The Pilgrimage
From our Moderator
What’s Inside this Issue ...Churchwide CT Report…………4
Honored Women ……….7
Justice & Peace Notes…………2
Leadership Enhancement………
Mission Report………..…3
Moderator’s Letter………1
PWP Moderators for 2018……..8
Search Committee………..….5-6
Stay connected! ………10
Synod luncheon Reimbursement
at Churchwide Gathering …….11
Treasurer’s Report………..9
Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,
Here we are in May, twixt Easter and Pentecost, with less than ninety days until the Churchwide Gathering, “Arise, shine, your light has come!” There will be over thirty-five from the Synod of the Pacific at the Gathering, and I look forward to seeing old friends and meeting new ones!
Easter, the basis of the Christian Church, gives us hope for new life in Christ. Pentecost is the beginning of the Christian Church, when the disciples realized that everyone belonged. In a sense we are always caught twixt Easter, the individual promise of new life in Christ, and Pentecost, symbol for the birth of the church and all that means in our weekly lives of regular attendance and acceptance of responsibility.
Presbyterian Women grew from church women’s involvement in mission 30+ years ago and today includes the Horizons Magazine, the Horizons yearly Bible Study, the Annual Fund giving to Presbytery, Synod and Churchwide levels of PW, and the offering of the Least Coin, the Birthday offering, and the Thank
offering. At Churchwide there will be a banquet dinner and plenary celebrating these 30 years of Presbyterian Women.
Even if we are home the first week of August and not at Churchwide, we can pray for the gathering of women, that new insights will be taken home, that new friendships will be made, and that new connections will lead to more learning.
We continue to be challenged by the issues of the day: the opioid addiction crisis, the “Me Too” awareness and movement, the growing Muslim population in the USA, the reawakening of the ‘race’ issue, and the individual struggle with the question of ‘how am I a racist?’
Each congregational and Synod PW group is invited to continue in the support of the itineration of Global Exchange Synod Rep Mary Lemm Davis. Please send donations to Vicki Hautala, 31865 Little Valley Road, Fort Bragg, CA 95437
For your summer reading I would recommend the books of Celeste Ng and Jodi Picoult. Ng’s book Little Fires Everywhere and Picoult’s book Small Great Things will be discussed at Churchwide.
Remember, we are called to be followers of Christ individually, yet we are called to fellowship with each other and to worship God in the ‘body of Christ’, the church.
Jacquelyn Benjamin
May the Spirit of Pentecost fill us all as we sing together:
Spirit of the Living God Fall afresh on me! Spirit of the Living God
Fall afresh on me!
Melt me Mold me Fill me Use me
Spirit of the Living God Fall afresh on me!
Do you know what I want? I want justice—oceans of it. I want fairness—rivers of it.
That’s what I want. That’s all I want. —God
(Amos 5:21-24, The Message)
My church is a small, aging, historical, downtown church in a troubled neighborhood. As we were beginning to plan a Conversation about Constructive Ways to Prevent Gun Violence, a new young member asked me where in the
congregation we have had success getting people to discuss sensitive issues. I thought only a moment, and realized that the only consistent place such questions have been faced has been Presbyterian Women.
These are uncertain, tense times in our nation. We are searching for the truth, for solutions, for direction. We cannot predict what our leadership will do or say next. But I have come to realize that the important question is “How are we going to respond as people of God?” There is a new movement to Reclaim Jesus. There is the Poor People’s Campaign. There are young people demanding sensible laws that protect all citizens. There are marches and walks to highlight the importance of taking care of creation. We need to pay more attention to what we are doing than to what the leaders of our nation are saying and doing, or not doing.
Presbyterian Women have committed themselves to having open eyes. I am thankful for the invitation from Sunnyvale PW to join them for a program about Race, Racism and Privilege: Are You Living in a Woke World? We considered these questions: “What is race? Who is a racist? What is white privilege?”
We all have such a wealth of experience to share with each other and with our churches. It was very rare that Jesus shared with individuals. He came to small and large communities. And this year that is what our Horizons Bible Study has been all about: building community. Even as many of us are finding it more difficult to find time and energy to continue with our studies, circles, and luncheons, our Savior still calls us to care for our neighbor. We do not have the luxury of being tired.
These are the worst of times that we must transform into the best of times. We are forgiven and freed from worry about the future if we but follow the teachings of Jesus.
Presbyterian women are involved in many mission projects during this year and the upcoming year of 2018. Please go to www.presbyterianmission.org and read the stories regarding mission trips and the work involved in these projects.
There is a National Call for Moral Revival. Have you heard of the Poor People’s Campaign? The Poor People’s Campaign is a project in work which is uniting people nationwide to challenge systemic racism, poverty, wage economy, ecological devastation and distorted morality. In another word, let’s bring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s dream to a reality for all that suffer in poverty, discriminated against, and economic
inequality.
Dr. Martin Luther King had a dream that one day all men would be equal. In May of 1967 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in his speech he stated: I think it is necessary for us to realize that we have moved from the era of civil rights to the era of human rights…[W]hen we see that there must be a radical redistribution of economic and political power, then we see that for the last twelve years we have been in a reform movement…That after Selma and the Voting Rights Bill, we moved into a new era, which must be an era of revolution…In short, we have moved into an era where we are called upon to rise certain basic questions about the whole society.
Unfortunately, with the government changes going on now, it seems that discrimination has increased even more among our society, poverty has increased more due to high cost of living, increase in health care costs, and low paying wages and higher education costs.
This is a nationwide effort inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and 50 years after his death this is a new push for a fairer society.
If you would like more information regarding the Poor People’s Campaign, please go to
www.poorpeoplescampaign.org. Please look at the website and see if maybe you may want to see if you can have a speaker come to your event, congregation or PW meeting and talk more about this campaign.
Thank you for your love, compassion and kindness towards others and your passion for the mission work you do.
You can contact me at [email protected] and inform me of any mission projects that your PW committee are involved with now, upcoming or next year. Please do not hesitate to contact me.
Blessings. Constance Rubio
Churchwide Coordinating Team Report
Financial Notes about the Annual Fund
The Presbyterian Women’s CCT met in March in Louisville. Representing the Synod of the Pacific, I signed up for the new Stewardship Committee. The goal just now, as I perceive it, is to clarify for our women in the Synod of the Pacific that what we have known as the Mission Pledge is now called the Annual Fund.
The Annual Fund supports the entire program of Presbyterian Women (PW), not only mission projects.
What is included in the entire program of Presbyterian Women?
• The triennial Global Exchange Program (soon to be every 6 years)
• The triennial Churchwide Gathering (Aug. 2-5 this summer in Louisville)
• Publications (Horizon’s magazine and the annual Bible Study)
• Communications (Quarterly Newsletter, Social Media, Eblasts) And check out www.presbyterianwomen.org
• Salaries of 13 PW staff in Louisville
• Working together to strengthen PC(USA) Racial Ethnic and Women’s Ministries Young Women’s Ministries
Presbyterian Ministry at the UN Office of Public Witness
New Immigrants World Mission Hunger Program
• Special Events
• Honorary Life Membership Program
• Management of Special Offerings (Thank, Birthday, Least Coin)
• The triennial US Mission Experience (soon to be every 6 years alternately
every 3 years with the Global Exchange Program)
We are called to be the hands and feet of Christ through the ministry and mission of PW. You have the opportunity to be a part of an organization that puts women and children first and tries to make a difference wherever we serve.
Let us join together in supporting PW.
Search Committee Report
And the Nominees are….
The Search Committee for PW in the Synod of the Pacific (PWS) is excited to present its nominees for leadership positions on the PWS Coordinating Team. Each PW in the Presbytery Coordinating Team will select three “electors” to cast ballots. The women elected will be installed at the Synod of the Pacific luncheon at the PW Churchwide Gathering in August.
Linda Lee: Vice Moderator/Historian
Linda is a member and Ruling Elder at the Presbyterian Church in Chinatown (PCC), San Francisco where she has been chair of Worship & Nurture Committee and a member of the English Personnel Committee. She is past Moderator of the Presbytery of San Francisco (2010) and a Commissioner to General Assembly (2016).
Linda is active in her PW circle called Women’s Fellowship where she has served various roles and is a frequent leader of the Horizons Bible Study. In 2014, she represented the PW Synod of the Pacific on the Global Exchange to the Caribbean visiting Jamaica and Guyana. She is also a member of Northern California Asian Presbyterian Women (APW).
Linda is married to the Rev. Harry Chuck, retired Executive Director of Cameron House. They have four adult children and three grandchildren. She enjoys travel, jazzercise, reading, protest rallies/marches, and being a liturgist in worship. Her favorite TV shows are NCIS, NCIS: New Orleans, and This Is Us.
Rebecca Oswald Jewel: Secretary
Becky will fill a one-year vacancy and be eligible for a full three-year term. She was born a Presbyterian and spent most of her adult life in Ohio, Kentucky, and Michigan before moving west to Oregon. Her husband pastors a small PC(USA) congregation in Portland. She has been an active participant in Presbyterian Women and its predecessor organizations since 1975. She attended her first Gathering at Purdue University in 1976 and several more since then. Becky has served as PW Moderator, Secretary and Treasurer in her congregation and as Treasurer of PW in the Presbytery of the Western Reserve. She received an Honorary Life Membership from the women of Parma-South Presbyterian Church in 1995, taught at Synod School and provided programming for presbytery and synod PW gatherings.
Becky currently serves as PW Moderator for Kenilworth Presbyterian Church in Portland and as Secretary for the PW Coordinating Team in the Presbytery of the Cascades. She has been a Deacon and Ruling Elder, Sunday Contemporary Worship Service Team leader and sings in the choir. She is a retired dietitian. She has been married nearly 50 years to husband, David. They have two children and two grandchildren. She is an office volunteer for the Oregon Food Bank and enjoys reading and hiking, doing math logic problems and eating good food.
Vicki Hautala: Treasurer and Cheryl Hunt: Justice & Peace Coordinator
If elected, Vicki and Cheryl will serve second three-year terms in their positions on the Synod Coordinating Team.
Vicki is a member of First Presbyterian Church, Fort Bragg, California where she has served as Elder, Clerk of Session, and Deacon. She has also served the Presbytery of the Redwoods as Recording Secretary and Secretary to the Clerk of the Presbytery. Her leadership includes service as Treasurer and Secretary to her church PW and Secretary/Treasurer for PW in Redwoods Presbytery. She enjoys coordinating quarterly United Christian Women’s Luncheons for her community.
Vicki has been bookkeeper for her family construction/plumbing business for 40 years. She has been married to her high school sweetheart for 50+ years. They have two adult children and two grandchildren. She enjoys walking, reading, gardening, quilting, knitting, traveling and cooking.
Cheryl is a member, Ruling Elder, and Sunday School teacher at First Presbyterian Church of Stockton, California. She has served Presbyterian Women in the Congregation (PWC) as a Circle Leader and Moderator and in PW in Stockton Presbytery as Moderator. Leadership in Stockton Presbytery has included terms as Member of Council and the Mission Committee.
Cheryl’s service to the Presbyterian Church (USA) includes the Columbia Accompaniment Program (2011, 2013, 2017) and Living Waters for the World/Living Waters World Mission (part of teams working with local churches to install clean water systems in Colombia, Guatemala, and Peru). She has joyfully attended every PW Churchwide Gathering (except one or two) since 1991.
Cheryl taught 7/8 grade Language Arts and Social Studies in the inner city for 34 years. She was a Peace Corps Volunteer to Paraguay and is really fascinated by the Art of Neighboring
Thank you to these wonderful women for volunteering to serve!
Lea Lawrence Moiso
Last fall, Judy Wilkins was recognized as "Pendleton's First Citizen - Woman of the Year" for her many hours of community service over the last 38 years. That is a
gigantic honor. As First Citizen, Judy was in three Pendleton parades. Among other things, Judy orders, displays and sells crafts made by third world artisans. This year sales were excellent and will help many artisans support their families. Any profits go to Presbyterian Women for special mission projects. She also works on Fridays at the local food pantry and arranges for volunteers to assemble food boxes for families in need of food.
2018 PWP Moderators
BOISE SACRAMENTO
Jacquelyn, Benjamin Mary A. Harbison Sindle Co-Mod
P.O. Box 249 6041 40th Avenue
Emmett, ID 83617 Sacramento, CA 95824
[email protected] [email protected]
208-398-7103 916-216-8124
Karen Sturdevant
CASCADES 6465 Woodpark Way Co-Mod
Lynne Martin Citrus Heights, CA 95621
PO Box 2571 [email protected]
Corvallis, OR 97339 916-967-3519
541-753-7642 cell 916-390-1614
SAN FRANCISCO
KENDALL Betty Delaney
Joan McCune 47 Exeter Sreet
30 Colgate Street San Francisco, CA 94124
Pocatello, ID 83201 [email protected]
208-233-7467 415-656-0705
SAN JOSE Rosaleen Zisch
REDWOODS 1228 Rodney Dr.
Helen Archerd San Jose, CA 95118
2412 Foothill Blvd.#240 Blvd. #140 [email protected]
Calistoga, CA 94515 408-723-8456
[email protected] 707-942-6042
STOCKTON Sharon Miller
EASTERN OREGON 907 Spring Meadow Drive
Lori Powell Co-Moderator Manteca, CA 95336
756 NW 23rd [email protected]
Pendleton, OR 97801 209-823-2611 home
[email protected] 209-815-2561 cell
PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN SYNOD OF THE PACIFIC TREASURER’S REPORT - April 30, 2018
ASSETS
Bank/Cash. . . $5,029.56 Synod on demand account. . . 10,545.33 TOTAL. . . 15,574.89
DESIGNATED FUNDS
USAME. . . (00.00) Global Exchange. . . 725.90 Racial Ethnic Dialog. . . 939.43 TOTAL. . . 1,665.33
ASSETS LESS DESIGNATED FUNDS.. . . . $13,909.56
GLOBAL EXCHANGE TO INDONESIA 2017 - MARY LEMM DAVIS Report from April 4, 2016 to April 30, 2018
INCOME. . . $6,770.73
EXPENSES
Three payments to PW (PCUSA)
1st Installment 4/12/2017. . . $1,500.00 2nd Installment 5/25/2017. . . 1,500.00 3rd Installment 7/21/2018 .. . . 2,000.00
Reimbursement for lodging/travel/etc.
speaking tour of California. . . $1,044.83
Balance on hand for next GEX participant. . . $725.90
Vicki Hautala, Treasurer Presbyterian Women Synod of the Pacific
Presbyterian women stay connected!
Horizons on the web
www.presbyterianwomen.org/horizons
Subscribe to Horizonsmagazine on line or call 866/802-3635.
PW on YouTube
www.youtube.com/presbyterianwomen
Subscribe to YouTube to see the latest PW videos.
PW on Flickr
www.flickr.com/photos/presbyterianwomen
PCUSA’s store
www.pcusa.org/store
Order PW resources through the online store or by calling 800/524-2612.
Presbyterian Women on the web
www.presbyterianwomen.org
Call 844/PWPCUSA (844/797-2872).
PW on Facebook
www.facebook.com
Search for “Presbyterian Women in the PC(USA).”
PW on Twitter
www.twitter.com
Sign up, then search for PWPCUSA, and “follow.”
PW on Pinterest
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Sign up, then search for Presbyterian Women.
Presbyterian women stay connected!
Horizons on the web
www.presbyterianwomen.org/horizons
Subscribe to Horizonsmagazine on line or call 866/802-3635.
PW on YouTube
www.youtube.com/presbyterianwomen
Subscribe to YouTube to see the latest PW videos.
PW on Flickr
www.flickr.com/photos/presbyterianwomen
PCUSA’s store
www.pcusa.org/store
Order PW resources through the online store
Presbyterian Women on the web
www.presbyterianwomen.org
Call 844/PWPCUSA (844/797-2872).
PW on Facebook
www.facebook.com
Search for “Presbyterian Women in the PC(USA).”
PW on Twitter
www.twitter.com
Sign up, then search for PWPCUSA, and “follow.”
The Pilgrimmage page 11 IMPORTANT ****SYNOD LUNCHEON REIMBURSEMENT ***** IMPORTANT
At the October 2017 CT meeting of the PWSOP the matter of a $35.00 price tag for the luncheon was discussed, and the following motion was passed: “It was decided by vote that a line item be added to our budget to help subsidize the $35 Synod Luncheon cost, with $15 to be offered to each woman upon her request.” A reimbursement coupon will be added to the Treasurer’s Report which will be distributed at the Synod Luncheon; this coupon must be returned to the Treasurer at the Synod Luncheon to qualify for reimbursement.
Churchwide Gathering
May
It’s not too late to register for the Gathering! There will be worship, community, education, fun and much more.
Join us!
June
Get your green on! Friday, August 3, will be PW’s Justice Day at the Gathering and on that day
Presbyterian women are asked to wear green. June is the perfect time to crochet a green scarf, design and make t-shirts for everyone in your group who is planning to attend, dig deep in your closet or sock drawer, purchase something new (fair trade is best) to find that perfect (green) extra-special something to show that you are committed to PW’s work
for justice and peace!
July
Gift cards, gift cards, gift cards! Now’s the time to collect gift cards for the Gathering gift card offering from your PW sisters who are unable to attend the 2018 Churchwide Gathering.
August
Finalize your plans, water your potted plants and double check that you’ve packed your most comfortable shoes! It’s time to go!
RESOURCES
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RESOURCES
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