Allen Park Presbyterian Church
​Presbyterian Women

Our Annual Holiday Extravaganza will take place on Saturday, November 8, 2025. 

For information about Presbyterian Women, please email: [email protected]

Phoebe Circle meets the first Monday of the month at 7 pm.  For Zoom invite:  [email protected]

Dorcas Circle meets the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 1 pm in the church parlor

Ruth Circle meets the first Wednesday of the month at 8:30 AM at Charlie's Family Dining in Lincoln Park 

All women of the church are considered members of Presbyterian Women (PW) and are cordially invited to participate in any or all of our activities.

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Presbyterian Women Churchwide Gathering 2024 - August 8-11, 2024

Sharing Our Experiences - St. Louis, Missouri

​St. Louis - Here we come!

Deanna, Sandy, Diane, Suzan 

At the Gathering

Suzan, Diane, Sandy, Deanna

We shared ​​some of our experiences in St. Louis. We all agreed: "what happens on a road trip, stays on the road trip!!!"

PW Purpose

Forgiven and freed by God in Jesus Christ, and empowered by the Holy Spirit, we commit ourselves

• to nurture our faith through prayer and Bible study,
• to support the mission of the church worldwide,
• to work for justice and peace,
• and to build an inclusive, caring community of women that strengthens the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and witnesses to the promise of God's kingdom.​

Join PW

Presbyterian Women (PW) offers women in the church meaningful ways to live out their faith in the midst of a caring community of women. For more than 200 years Presbyterian women’s groups have strengthened the Presbyterian Church and played a major role in sharing the good news of Jesus Christ and witnessing to the promise of God’s kingdom. And in 2013, Presbyterian Women celebrated 25 years of praying and working together as “Presbyterian Women,” the organization created within the reunited Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).  To learn more about Presbyterian Women: PW Women

History

Women’s groups in the Presbyterian Church have a powerful history. Since the early 1800s Presbyterian women have organized themselves to support mission and combat social injustices nationally and internationally. While the levels of involvement and recognition from the denominations has varied, women’s dedication to living out God’s call through women’s organizations has remained steady. Learn more about the history of PW.

Mission

Birthday Offering and Thank Offering The Birthday and Thank Offerings have supported thousands of mission projects worldwide. The Birthday Offering has primarily funded capital improvement projects, while the Thank Offering has funded smaller, new or expanded projects and small capital improvement projects.

Give to the Presbyterian Women Birthday Offering

Since 1922, the Birthday Offering has provided and continues to provide much-needed financial assistance to numerous worthwhile programs not included in ongoing General Assembly mission support. Each year, as many as five new projects-domestic and international-are carefully and prayerfully selected by the Creative Ministries Offering Committee to help meet a crucial need for persons who are hurting or are disadvantaged. The generosity of Presbyterian women and their families and congregations, as demonstrated through their Birthday Offering gifts, helps chosen recipients find real solutions for projects related to health, education, economic development and the needs of women and children.  Click:  GIVE

Build Community

At the national level, Presbyterian Women offers programming that intentionally builds community with sisters around the world. These programs offer the opportunity for mutual sharing, consideration and building up of one another!

Antiracism 
Presbyterian Women has committed itself to eradicating racism and increasing the cultural proficiency of the organization and its members through self-evaluations and racial ethnic dialogue groups.

Churchwide Gathering 
This triennial event is an opportunity for Presbyterian women from across the country (and around the world!) to gather for worship, education, community-building, fun and renewal.

Global Exchange 
Global Exchange is triennial, relationship-building, fact-finding trip that takes Presbyterian Women to another part of the world to hear the joys and pain of our sisters.
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USA Mission Experience 
USA Mission Experience is a triennial, fact-finding, relationship-building trip that takes Presbyterian Women to an area of the United States to learn about the region’s history and culture, and the region’s existing church ministries.

Read about the Presbyterian Women logo.

International Peacemaker Phares Nyaga Mithamo - 2017 PW Mission Sunday Keynote Speaker

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Past Presidents/Past Moderators

Jean Gettemy
Dorothy Uren
Virginia Chowen
Eleanor Kelley
Jean Wagner
Megan Melling
Victoria Akey
Ruth McKenzie
Ruth Sanko
Shirley Botu
Lola Hutchison
Virginia Horvath
Phyllis Jones
Margaret Clark
Carol Maki
Janet McAnally
Margaret Ottinger
​Inez Robinson
Marie Coffee
Nan Funkey
Ruth Hawley
Nina Lankin
Kathleen Ballard
Alice MacRitchie
Viola Pretty
Alberta Rogers
Katherine Riley
Marjorie Redick
Haxel Campbell
Viola Pretty
Allison MacTavish
Lucille Collision
Marie Brunelle
Audrey Newman
Verne May Bryant
Margaret Fellows
Billie Lange
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Dorothy Church
Lillian Wright
Mildred Haxter
Opal Beattie
Susan Hill
Nancy Larson
Barbara McIntyre
Faith Sanko
Virginia Harmon
Betty Bray
Susan Hill
Virginia Horvath
Pauline Doubek
Phyllis Jones
Cheryl Herman-Harkins & Stella Migliore
Kitty Martin
Virginia Harmon & Alice Lieber
Kitty Martin & Ceil Pretty
Linda Clark & Marianne VanTuyl
Deborah Szwed & Joyce Welch
Janet Morton & Anne Winslow
Gretchen Lafferty & Bev Milotz
E. Suzan Maxey
Donna Schmidt
Beverly Milotz
Susan Hill
Patricia Jones
Pat McBride
E. Suzan Maxey
Pat McBride
Patti Johnson
Patti Johnson
Pat McBride
Sandy Sourbeck and Margaret Pagnucco
Pat McBride
​E. Suzan Maxey

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Past Honorary Life Memberships

Dorothy Adams 1988
Victoria Akey
Kim Ammons 2016
Nancy Atkinson 2015
Darlene Barnard
Libby Beebe
Mary Blahnik
Kristine Blahnik 1995
Edna Boonie
Shirley Botu
Amy Bowerman 2005
Linda Bowser 1999
Betty Bray
Wanzer Brunelle
​Russell Carlson 2024
Virginia Chowen
Norma Clark 1985
Clare Cloutier 1990
Mildred Coolman
AnnMarie Crawford 2001
​Megan Cuthbert 2019
John Dam 2015
Rose Dazy
Elaine Doran 2006
Pauline Doubek 2001
Edna Douglass
Cathy Drapeau 1983
Jeanette Durand 1986
Ruth Eades 1997​
June Eckmeter
Mary Fancher 1990
Wilma Ficken 1988
May Fleming
Winnie Frank 2005
Patricia Frazier 2010
Phyllis Froehlich 2014
Jean Gettemy
Anne Gnich 1999
Joan Goode 2000
Don Graham 2014
Winifred Grassie 1989
​Michele Grimble 2020
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Virginia Harmon 1986
Cynthia Harmon 2000
Graydon Harris 1984
Velma Hill 1992
Susan Hill
Virginia Horvath 1983
Susan Hughes 2012
Lola Hutchison
Rev. Michelle James 2018
Phyllis Jones 1984
Patricia Johnson 2018
Gloria King 1988
Maureen Klein 2003
Virginia Koehler 1982
Neoma Kulick 1985
Gretchen Lafferty
Nancy Larson 1984
Phyllis Lehecka
Alice Lieber 2001
Frances Lush 1998
Carol Maki
Clint Maki 2008
Maude Malett
Judy Martin 2016
E. Suzan Maxey 2008
Janet McAnally
Pat McBride 2015
Susan McCausland 1995
​Deanna McDonnell 2019
Barbara McIntyre 1992
Ruth McKenzie
Megan Melling
Joseph Melling 2006
Mary Mercurio
James Migliore 2010
Stella Migliore
Kirk Miller 2003
Beverly Milotz 2013
Janet Morton 2005
Robert Morton 2013

Annetta Ohlson 1985
Margaret Ottinger
Charles Ouellette 2011
Judith Ouellette 2011
Margaret Pagnucco 2017
Janet Robertson 1987
Faith Sanko
Frances Scodellaro 1982
Eileen Shade 1997
Ethel Slotka
Shirley Slotka 2001
Sandra Sourbeck 2020
Lucille Stevens
Nellie Swank
Deborah Szwed 2004
Marcia Swinehart 1991
David Swinehart 1991
Eva Tatar
Joanne Taylor
Nellie Tennes 1995
Helen Umbarger 1982
Dottie Uren
Kerri Van 2017
Jean Wagner
Betty Walker
Carol Webb 2012
Lillian Willis 1987
Anne Winslow 2004
​Linda Wulff 2024
Earlene Zeh 1989


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