Resources

Find resources and information about:

• National Network of Presbyterian College Women (NNPCW)
• Ghana Women's Project
• Racial Ethnic Young Women Together (REYWT)
• Celebrate the Gifts of Women
• Inclusive Language
• Women's Theology
• Women's History in the Church
• Women's Advocacy

Celebrate the Gifts of Women

Celebrating the Young Women Within

Download Celebrate the Gifts of Women.
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Celebrate the Gifts of Women Sunday is set aside to honor women who contribute their gifts and talents to the church and community. In 2007, we celebrated young women who are, and have potential to be, present leaders as well as future leaders in the church. In 2008, we continue the celebration of young women within our church, as well as honoring the “inner young woman” dwelling inside gracefully aging women, who have within them the divine spark of vitality. We invite women of all ages to gather into the community of faithful women who provide leadership and service.

The Presbyterian Planning Calendar designates March 9, 2008, as Celebrate the Gifts of Women Sunday. Celebrate the Gifts of Women is often associated with International Women’s Day, March 8. Many congregations choose the Sunday closest to that date for their annual celebration. However, this resource may be used whenever your congregation or women’s group chooses to celebrate women.

Download the 2007 Celebrate the Gifts of Women which celebrates the diversity of spiritual and cultural gifts of the young women who are active in our denomination.

On Behalf of Women

This brochure outlines the work of the Women's Ministries.

Download brochure.

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Resources for congregations that counsel and support pregnant women facing difficult circumstances

This Web site features resources for congregations that counsel and support pregnant women facing difficult circumstances. Includes four pamphlets consistent with the policies of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) on the topic of problem pregnancy.

Recommendations from the Women of Color Consultation

What happens at the intersection of race and gender? What impact does that answer have on the life of the church? Those questions and many more were explored at the Women of Color Consultation in the fall of 2004 when Presbyterian women of all ages and racial ethnic backgrounds gathered, through the auspices of Women's Ministries and Presbyterian Women, to share struggles and build bridges. To help the church take on the challenges that were identified, the gathered community of the Women of Color Consultation generated recommendations for future action.

Read the full report and recommendations.

Tending the Flame Pin: Women Called to Lead

Commemorating the anniversary of the ordination of women as deacons 100th, elders 75th and ministers of Word and Sacrament 50th, the pin is based on the logo of the Tending the Flame: Women Called to Lead events.  Let it remind you of the many women who worked to gain the right to participate in the governance and leadership of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).  Garment jewelry with a safety catch.  Limit 5.

$10.00
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The January/February 2006 volume of Church & Society focuses on women's call to ordination in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Read articles about the official Presbyterian history, tradition and theology on ordaining women. Reflect on stories of women's experiences in their call to ministry. Discover the future challenges facing women in leadership as well as other issues of ordination. Use this volume as a resource for this year of celebration but also as a guide for thoughtful reflection and decision making in the future.

Read the introduction to this issue.

$3.00
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Come! Be Refreshed! A gathering of Women of Color in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

Church & Society Magazine, March/April 2005. Often women choose to be African American, Asian, Hispanic/Latin or Native American first and female second. To address the complexities of living at the 'intersection' of race and gender, a consultation of racial ethnic women in the PC(USA) was held in Atlanta, October 2004. This issue contains panel presentations on Immigration: Issues and Impact, stories of racial ethnic women's organizing in the PC(USA), sermons from the event and issue presentations and recommendations from ten mini-consultations.

$3.00
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