Presbyterian Women of the Presbytery of Southern Kansas Spring Newsletter, March 2015

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Spring Gathering Speakers: Toni Spieth will present a program on her Global Mission trip to Guyana.

You will have a chance to browse and purchase items from Newton s Faith and Life Bookstore display. Refer to the enclosed flyer for registration information.

2015 Spring Gathering Mission Project: Our mission project for this Spring Gathering will be school supplies in tote bags to create school kits for Church World Service which are in short supply.

1 Sandy s Corner on The Southern Scene Presbyterian Women of the Presbytery of Southern Kansas Spring Newsletter, March 2015 Presbyterian Women of Southern Kansas (PWSK) Spring Gathering is planned for Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at New Covenant Presbyterian Church in Hutchinson. The theme for the gathering is One Body, One Spirit. Our morning will include a worship service with communion. Spring Gathering Speakers: Toni Spieth will present a program on her Global Mission trip to Guyana. After lunch, we ll hear a presentation by Rhoda Frasier on her PW reformation tour to Geneva, Switzerland. Our afternoon will also include the installation of officers for our new year. You will have a chance to browse and purchase items from Newton s Faith and Life Bookstore display. Refer to the enclosed flyer for registration information. Spring Gathering Offering: We will be taking a cash offering during the worship service. The offering will go to a designated mission choice of our morning speaker, Toni Spieth Spring Gathering Mission Project: Our mission project for this Spring Gathering will be school supplies in tote bags to create school kits for Church World Service which are in short supply. Enclosed with this mailing is the list for *supplies and instructions on making the bags to put the supplies in. Please bring your school kits to the April 21st gathering at New Covenant Presbyterian Church, 700 E 25 th Ave., Hutchinson, KS Should you have questions regarding this project, please contact me, Sandy Larson, at ; ronlarson@sbcglobal.net. *If you don t have school bags, bring gallon plastic bags with the exact listed school supply items in each plastic bag. We will match up your bags of school supplies with our extra empty bags. PW CHURCHWIDE GATHERING: Will be held in Minneapolis, Minnesota; June 18-21, 2015 and held all under one roof at the Hyatt Regency. You have the opportunity to be among thousands of women from the US and 20+ other countries experiencing great fellowship, worship, workshops, forums and plenary sessions. Optional field trips will visit local Presbyterian, mission-focused and cultural sites. Registration opened January 15, Special incentives are available if registering by March 20, Full registration is $395 for the 4-day conference and hotel room rates at the Hyatt Regency are $169 per room, per night, for one to four persons per room, plus tax. Visit the website; or ww.facebook.com/presbyterianwomenpcusa the PW Facebook page; and of course Horizons magazine for updates on the gathering. Plan now, for a great, uplifting, and spiritual renewal experience, awaiting you. CONSIDER taking a $10 prepaid Target gift card to the Gathering for the American Indian Family Center (AIFC) in St. Paul. This St. Paul program supports Native American families by valuing and strengthening the American Indian community and its culture. You may want to ask other PW to donate a card to give to you to take to the CWG if they are not going. (Those who register by March 20 will receive a special-edition Gathering pin, a chance to purchase a limited-edition Gathering tote bag, and can vote for the official Gathering theme song.)

PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN ADVOCACY: Domestic violence awareness continues to be a focus for the Justice and Peace Committee of the CCT. Take action to raise awareness of violence against women.

2 PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN ADVOCACY: Domestic violence awareness continues to be a focus for the Justice and Peace Committee of the CCT. Take action to raise awareness of violence against women. Did you know that the United States is just one of seven United Nations member countries that have not ratified a treaty that works to end the oppression of women around the world? This agreement, called the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), addresses the major issues facing women worldwide, including human trafficking, education, employment, and economic and social standing. Visit PW s website to find links to written articles. Order new PW shirts for Orange Day through Presbyterian Distribution Service, (800) ; $28 + shipping. Information on ordering will also be available at our Spring Gathering, April 21. Fellowship of the Least Coin (2014 Grants) The Fellowship of the Least Coin (FLC) is first and foremost a prayer movement. When women pray for justice, peace and reconciliation, FLC asks that they set aside the lease coin of their country for the support of women and children around the world. The least coin is significant because women in any economic context can give equally. In more than 80 countries around the world, women are in solidarity through prayer and their least coins. Grants from funds collected regionally are distributed through the International Committee for the Fellowship of the Least Coin (ICFLC) to individual projects as well as to church conferences and organizations. Project grants and FLC Scholarship Awards totaled $289,000 throughout the world in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America, and the Pacific. It is truly amazing how one least coin can make such an imprint in the world Birthday Offering Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God. He will feed his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms. Isaiah 40: 1, 11a*. The Birthday Offering of Presbyterian Women, May 10, 2015, celebrates Presbyterian women s history of mission giving. Presbyterian women have a long tradition of caring for others and helping those in need. Ever since Hallie Paxson Winsborough challenged each member of the Woman s Auxiliary in 1922 to give a penny for each year of her life as a birthday gift for Miss Dowd s School for Girls in Japan, Presbyterian Women s Birthday Offering has helped fund mission projects that improve the lives of women and children around the world. While the projects and donation amounts have changed, Presbyterian Women s commitment to improving the lives of others has not. In 2015, we will offer our prayers and financial support to the Community of St. Therese of Lisieux (CSTL) (Memphis, TN) and to Bethesda Christian Community Center (Barranquilla, Columbia) with support from the sister churches of Oxford Presbyterian Church (Ohio) and Seventh Presbyterian Church (Colombia). Both groups minister to women affected by poverty and violence. CSTL leads women from prostitution, addiction and trafficking to self-reliance and wholeness in Memphis. Bethesda Christian Community Center reaches out to women in the violenceriddled El Por Fin neighborhood in Barranquilla, Colombia. The grant amount will depend on gifts contributed during The goal for the 2015 Birthday Offering is $500,000. Please promote prayerful, generous support of the Birthday Offering by giving through your PW group in your presbyteries or online at Materials for promoting and interpreting the offering are listed on the back of Horizons magazine (January/February 2015) or by visiting Presbyterian Distribution Service, 800/ or (type Birthday Offering in the search box). Your gifts make a difference!

3 Presbyterian Women of Southern Kansas announcement of By-law Change The PWSK Coordinating Team Board voted at their January 24, 2015 meeting to bring a vote to the Presbyterian Women of Southern Kansas to change Article VII of our By-laws with the following revision. This will come to a vote at our Spring Gathering on April 21, 2015 at the New Covenant Church in Hutchinson, Kansas. The change is suggested in order to retain our current treasurer in her position longer than the current term of three years to stabilize the bank account in the current location in order to eliminate the need to locate a new bank in another community of a newly elected treasurer s position. Please read the following to be voted on. Should you have questions, please contact me by phone: or ronlarson@sbcglobal.net. ARTICLE VII Section 2 Term of Office The term of office for all leaders shall be three years. No leader may repeat the same office after filling a complete term excepting members of the Leadership Resource Committee who may serve two consecutive terms. Any leader who completes an expired term may repeat in that office. Suggested new wording: The term of office for all leaders shall be three years. No leader may repeat the same office after filling a complete term except when the need arises as determined by the Coordinating Team. Members of the Leadership Resource Committee may serve two consecutive terms. Any leader who completes an expired term may repeat in that office. Attention PW Moderators If you have not sent your Local Moderator s Information Form to Nora Coryell, please do so at once. She is in the process of publishing the annual booklet to be handed out at our gathering in April. Also, I need your PW Mission Project information for the year I know many of your PW organizations have been busy so I d like to hear from everyone. Also our treasurer, Ginger Reed, is still waiting on several PW pledge forms for 2015 that were sent out in our Fall PWSK Newsletter. Please have your PW treasurer (or church) remit your form if you haven t done so already. Thank you.

Presbyterian Women of Southern Kansas Gathering Spring One Body One Spirit 1 Corinthians 12: 12-27 (particulary versus 12-13 12.

In the same way, all of us, whether Jews or Gentiles, whether slaves or free, have been baptized into the one body by the same Spirit and we have all been given the one Spirit to drink.

4 Presbyterian Women of Southern Kansas Gathering Spring One Body One Spirit 1 Corinthians 12: (particulary versus Christ is like a single body, which has many parts; it is still one body, even though it is made up of different parts. 13. In the same way, all of us, whether Jews or Gentiles, whether slaves or free, have been baptized into the one body by the same Spirit and we have all been given the one Spirit to drink. Tuesday, April 21, 2015 New Covenant Presbyterian, Hutchinson 700 E. 25 th Ave., Hutchinson, KS TIME: 9:00 AM 2:45 PM COST: $8.00 ($6.00 for lunch, $2.00 for registration) MORNING WORSHIP and COMMUNION: Rev. Kitty Lum, First Presbyterian Church, Liberal Mission Project: Bring your Gift of the Heart School Kits (School supplies in School Bags). We will dedicate them during our gathering. MORNING PRESENTATION: Toni Spieth, John Calvin Presbytery 2014 Global Exchange to the Caribbean AFTERNOON PRESENTATION: Rhoda Frasier, Northern Kansas Presbytery PW Reformation tour to Geneva, Switzerland AFTERNOON BUSINESS MEETING AND INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS RESERVATION INFORMATION New Covenant Presbyterian Church, Hutchinson 700 E. 25 th Ave., Hutchinson, KS Call or by Friday, April 17, 2015 Contact: phone church (620) ; Linda@newcovenantpc.net NOTE: IF CHILD CARE IS NEEDED notify church RESERVATIONS MUST BE MADE BY THE SAME DATE AS THE GATHERING RESERVATIONS!

GIFT OF THE HEART KITS SCHOOL KIT (Value: $15) 1 pair of blunt scissors (rounded tip) 3 70-count spiral notebooks or notebooks (total 200-210 sheets of ruled paper; no loose-leaf or filler paper.

5 GIFT OF THE HEART KITS SCHOOL KIT (Value: $15) 1 pair of blunt scissors (rounded tip) 3 70-count spiral notebooks or notebooks (total sheets of ruled paper; no loose-leaf or filler paper.) 1 30-centimeter ruler (12 ) 1 hand-held pencil sharpener 6 new pencils with erasers 1 large eraser 1 box of 24 crayons 1 cloth bag, 12 x 14 to 14 x 16 finished size cotton cloth bag with cloth handles; pattern is available. (Please do not use grocery bags.) PACK ALL ITEMS IN THE CLOTH BAG. NOTE: The Church World Service mission agency can only use the items listed above.

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