Allen Park Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Women
Our Annual Holiday Extravaganza takes place November 9, 2024 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more info: Craft Fair
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 1:30 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.
Sharing Experiences of Love from the 2024 PW Churchwide Gathering
Special event at Allen Park Presbyterian Church on Saturday, September 14 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
You are invited to a special event on Saturday, September 14, from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM in the parlor.
Ladies from APPC and the Presbytery of Detroit will be sharing their experiences from the recent Churchwide Gathering in St. Louis, Missouri.
Join us for this heartwarming event, whether you were there or not, to listen, learn, and connect.
Enjoy a continental breakfast and light lunch. Donations are gratefully accepted.
Ladies from APPC and the Presbytery of Detroit will be sharing their experiences from the recent Churchwide Gathering in St. Louis, Missouri.
Join us for this heartwarming event, whether you were there or not, to listen, learn, and connect.
Enjoy a continental breakfast and light lunch. Donations are gratefully accepted.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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International Peacemaker Phares Nyaga Mithamo - 2017 PW Mission Sunday Keynote Speaker
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Past Presidents/Past Moderators
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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 |
Past Honorary Life Memberships
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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 |
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 |