Presbyterian Women
Presbyterian Women’s
“Traveling Christmas Celebration”
December 12, 2009
Take
a step back in time as you enjoy a ride through the enchanting
musical Christmas lights. After that, feast on a delicious buffet at
the Evergreen. Wrap up the evening with the beautiful sounds of
Christmas at Holy Hill.
Seating
is limited.
$13.00
per ticket
Sleigh
leaves
KMUPC
at 4:00 p.m.
Tickets
available by calling
920-474-7068
or
262-966-7237
Confirm
your Reservation(s)
by
Dec. 6th
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Presbyterian Women
Presbyterian
Women meeting, Monday,
December 14th,
2009 at 9 AM
Your
attendance is needed and appreciated.
Agenda:
Election
of Officers for 2010.
Discussion
of Traveling Christmas Event.
Other
items of importance regarding Mission .
Budget
for 2010
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Looking
for a last minute Christmas Gift? Check out the
Church Note Packs.
Only
$5.00. See Note Packs on display in the Narthex.
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WOMEN
OF DISTINCTION
This
award is presented by the Presbyterian Women of the Milwaukee
Presbytery. Women who are honored are nominated by members of
their own congregation as recognition for outstanding contributions
of self to their faith and church.
Three women from
Kettle Moraine United Presbyterian Church were recognized with awards
at the Fall Gathering of the PW, at Linn Church, Lake Geneva.
Nancy
Hayden
Peggy
Krug
Patricia
Mauel
Check out the
display on the Kiosk in the Narthex
Building
Community in our Neighborhoods and Churches
was
the theme for the Presbyterian Women of the Milwaukee Presbytery on
October 10th.
The Fall Gathering was hosted by Linn Presbyterian Church, Lake
Geneva. Only four women from Kettle Moraine United attended the
gathering.
Keynote
speaker was Sara Dady. A practicing Lawyer, dealing with family
based immigration law. She is an adjunct Instructor of American
Government, Contract Law and Business Law at Rockford Career
College.
Bible
Study Leader, Deb Bergeson-Graham serves Faith Presbyterian Church in
Franklin. She presented different views of the Bible
Study Joshua:
A Journey of Faith.
This bible study is ongoing with the Women of Faith, here at KMUPC.
Join in this interesting study.
A
delicious luncheon was served by the women of Linn Church.
The
return trip back to KMUPC included a tour of some of the “Barn
Quilt” displays in Walworth County, over country roads including a
trip through the Fair Grounds.
MISSION
UPDATE:
Democratic Republic of Congo PW Projects
Have you ever wondered how much has been
donated to the widely publicized PW mission projects in the
Democratic Republic of Congo?
Here’s the update you have been
waiting for . . .the
following totals have been donated to these mission projects thus far
during the triennium:
Palm
Project
$57,284.35 (in addition to
$20,000 initial seed money)
Mattresses
$ 8,000.36
Bicycles
$24,189.70 (Congo and
Malawi)
This greatly exceeds
expectations!! Of this money received, $84,540.93 has been
disbursed.
“A
BIT OF HISTORY - 2008”
From
your Historian – Mary Stilling
As you may remember history reports were
submitted to me this past January 2009. Here are a few tidbits
from one of our history reports submitted to Presbyterian Women in
the Milwaukee Presbytery.
Kettle Moraine
has approximately 20 active members. They are very active in
missions. This past year they distributed baby clothes and
completed layettes for women and children; sent over 60 tee shirt
diapers and caps to the Honduras Project; and provided 10 hygiene
kits for the flood disaster program.
They also continue to support the various programs in their
congregation by helping fund the youth travel projects, youth
mission, camps and retreats. The Disaster
Relief fund USA, Sock-it-to-poverty,
Lake Area Free Clinic, Cooperating Congregations of Waukesha
County, Crisis Centers in Waukesha and
Milwaukee, River Hills Bingo prizes, Food
Pantries and World
Vision New Life Church, House of Hope,
Li zzies Place and House of Peace. The women
have also spent many hours creating banners for the church sanctuary.
This group also enjoys fun and fellowship!! They held their
yearly Mother-Daughter luncheon, a Christmas party and a “ladies
night out” with a makeup consultant and a napkin folding
demonstration.
Two women received Women of Distinction
Awards at the Milwaukee PW Fall
Gathering. The recipients were Helen Cummins and Marcia Roth.
Kettle Moraine is compiling a notebook showing all the Women
of Distinction honorees.
They like many of our Presbyterian Women are always looking for new
ways to increase the women’s involvement. Keep up the GREAT
WORK Kettle Moraine!!
Officers re-elected for the year 2009 & 2010 are: Nancy Haden Secretary
Marcia Roth Treasurer.
Betty Dean - Moderator and
Patricia Mauel -Vice Moderator, terms of office will end January 1, 2010
The
By-laws of the Presbyterian Women of KMUPC were revised in August of
2008. The PW changed to a Calendar year program to coincide with church
office installations. It was hoped that by having the PW officers
installed at the same time as the Church officers, it would promote
harmony and correlate a unified feeling. A copy of the new PW By-Laws
is available from PW Moderator, Betty Dean. Copies of the By-laws will
also be available at the Annual Meeting.
Summary of Presbyterian Women Meetings
FALL GATHERING
AWARDS GIVEN TO TWO KMUPC WOMEN
The
Fall Gathering of the PW of the Milwaukee Presbytery was held at
Apostle Church . Two Women from our Church were awarded The
Women of Distinction Award. Helen Cummins and Marcia Roth. Be sure to
read about these ladies on the revolving kiosk in the Narthex.
Presbyterian Women of Kettle Moraine United Presbyterian Church
Confessional Banner Booklets
Have
you noticed the Confessional Banners booklets now in each pew of our
sanctuary? We would like to draw your attention to these
banners. Many of these were made by long time members; if you
have any information as to who made the banners, please write it down
and we will share it with the congregation. Newer banners have
been made also and are displayed at appropriate times throughout the
Church Year. Knowledge of the ladies who worked on these banners
would be appreciated also. It is the hope of the PW to
acknowledge these women for their talent and dedication as part of the
history of our church. Your help would be sincerely
appreciated. Place any information you have in the PW or Betty Dean's
mailbox.
A personal copy is available for
download on Library page.
20 Years of Presbyterian Women
Brief History of PW
Presbyterian
Women's predecessor organizations began more than 200 years ago, when
women had no role outside the home. In the early 1800s the first
Presbyterian women's organization defied societal and churFinally in
1988, Presbyterian Women was born, incorporating the best in the United
Presbyterian Women and Women of the Church.
TWO
CENTURIES after the first Presbyterian women gathered to pray and
donate their money to the church; women have a voice in the church and
in the world. A legacy of devotion to the church and dedication to God
are a strong foundation for continuing mission and taking Christ into
every area of life in the third century. Presbyterian Women exists
today because women are adaptable, determined, proactive, charitable,
generous and dedicated to God. The Birthday Offering and the Thank
Offering make it possible for new and existing ministry projects around
the world to expand their work in new and creative ways.
Thank You
conventions. These courageous, dedicated women faced many biases. In
spite of numerous restrictions, the women's organization gained
respect, especially that of missionaries in the field who requested
women's donations and prayers.
In the mid-1800s with civil
strife in the nation, the church split; it would be many years before
the wounds were healed and the northern and southern branches were
reunited. The work of Presbyterian women varied with the cultural
backgrounds of North and South. Despite regional difference,
Presbyterian women have long advocated for women and children, and
crusaded for the right to fair, paid work for African - Native -and
Appalachian Americans. They went into the field to actively do
something about a host of other societal problems.
In the late
1800s the mission work of Presbyterian women broadened to include areas
in Alaska and San Francisco. By answering God's call, women's work in
the church and in society was validated, and the role of women in both
foreign and home missions expanded throughout the 19th century.
In
1872 the General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church in North
America (UPCNA) asked women members to devise some way to
systematically raise money to support women missionaries in the field.
In 1875 Sarah Foster Hartna spoke to the General Assembly and received
permission to establish the first national organization for women in a
Presbyterian denomination, the Women's General Missionary Society.
Southern women were more hesitant about organizing a church wide
missionary society; it took the southern women of the Presbyterian
Church in the United States (PCUS) more than 26 years to get permission
to set up a national women's organization, Women of the Church.
Presbyterian women's financial support of missions was phenomenal and
included the Thank Offering (first in 1888) and the Birthday offering
(first in 1922) both of which continue today.
The early 1900s
were a time of upheaval and discontent; but through it all, women
remained dedicated to the church. Then, in 1930, the Presbyterian
Church in the U.S.A. (PCUSA) opened the office of elder to women,
thereby expanding the approval of women to serve on any board of the
General Assembly. The offices of elder and minister were opened to
women in the UPCNA when the PCUSA and the UPCNA merged and to women in
the PCUS in the 1960s.
In the 1930s the definition of the word
"MISSIONS" expanded. It began to mean more than sending out
missionaries, preachers and teachers to far away lands. If meant
sending workers to work in the inner cities. It meant working to bring
people together. It meant working with former enemies after the two
great wars. Peace with justice became a continuing emphasis of
Presbyterian Women as they continued their faith journey through the
twentieth century and into the twenty-first century. They worked to
stamp out hunger, exploitation of women and children and war.
Presbyterian Women were strong women who took tough positions on
racism, freedom to choose in problem pregnancies and equal rights for
women in Society and in the church.
Reunification became a
reality in 1983 when the two churches rejoined, becoming the
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). There were many difficulties in blending
two organizations of strong women.
Finally in 1988, Presbyterian Women was born, incorporating the best in the United Presbyterian Women and Women of the Church.
TWO
CENTURIES after the first Presbyterian women gathered to pray and
donate their money to the church; women have a voice in the church and
in the world. A legacy of devotion to the church and dedication to God
are a strong foundation for continuing mission and taking Christ into
every area of life in the third century. Presbyterian Women exists
today because women are adaptable, determined, proactive, charitable,
generous and dedicated to God. The Birthday Offering and the Thank
Offering make it possible for new and existing ministry projects around
the world to expand their work in new and creative ways.
Thank You
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