The Sower Newsletter for the Presbyterian Women

in{resbyterian the Synod of Lakes & Prairies April 2019 Mission Issue Editor: Linda Barnett

Dear Synod Sisters, One of the most simplistic of questions asked by a toddler is “Why?” A young child can take you down an exhausting repetitive path asking “Why?” about any topic of conversation. It can really make a person think through something never mindfully explored in years! Our churches are currently being asked “Why?” with the new challenge to step up and be a Matthew 25 church. It is an invitation joining everyone in the church to unite in common mission, calling forth and celebrating churches and communities who are strong in mission. I had an opportunity to hear Diane Moffit, our new Presbyterian Mission Agency director, in a Zoom meeting recently. She said that we are saved to serve and that we are connectional. The focus of Matthew 25 is to develop vital congregations, dismantle structural racism, and systemic poverty. Those three missions sound like a good answer to “Why do church?” Could we as a Presbyterian Women’s organization answer our “Why do PW?” with a similar response? One of our purposes is to support the mission of the church worldwide. That seems to be a perfect fit! Ask yourselves, “Who would miss you if you closed your church doors?” That may tell you a lot about your service. Diane reminded us that being a vital congregation or PW has nothing to do with its size. Along these same lines, you might want to ask yourself, “Why go to the Synod Gathering on June 20-23 in Ames, IA?” Could it be because you want to nurture your faith through prayer and Bible study? Or maybe you want to change systems that affect those who struggle with poverty or racism. Are you looking for hands-on mission opportunities that make a difference in the lives of others and give you purpose? Do you need an uplift in your Christian walk and need support and companionship? You will find all of these and more there. Register today! To conclude, my personal answer to “Why do PW?” is PW has equipped my faith by first having others believe in me and investing in me. I have been inspired by the wisdom of the women; their genuine drive to serve. The women glowed when they served, and I wanted that. Because of their influence on my life, I now enjoy lifelong partners in the faith and everlasting friendships.” May you find an answer of your own to “Why do PW?” as you attend our Synod Gathering.

Walking with you on the journey of PW, Sue Kimball, Moderator of PWSCT

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Mark your calendars: April 28-30, 2019 - Synod of Lakes and Prairies meets in Farmington, MN May 3-5, 2019 - Dakota Presbytery meeting at Pine Ridge (if flooding allows) June 20-23, 2019 - PW Synod Gathering at Gateway Hotel and Conference Center, Ames, IA July 12-21, 2019 - USA Mission Experience in western New York - “Standing on the Shoulders of Empowered Women” Aug 8-13, 2019 - Dakota Mission Meeting with UCC at Goodwill Presbyterian Church, Sisseton, SD Oct 4-6, 2019 - Dakota Presbytery meeting at Lindsey Memorial Church, Popular, MT Oct 11-13, 2019 - PWSCT meeting in Minnesota Valley Presbytery (church TBA) April 17-19, 2020 - PWSCT meeting TBA Oct 16-18, 2020 - PWSCT meeting TBA ======Risky Business” from Wellspring 365 Meditations to Refresh Your Soul by Karen Moore submitted by Lana Schultz “Send out your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will get it back.” Ecclesiastes 11:1 God must be a risk taker. After all, he made this universe, saw that everything was good, and then made human beings. He had to have wondered just for a second whether that was one of his better ideas. He took the risk so he could build a relationship with a being who was more akin to himself. His creative Spirit surely hoped for the best possible outcome, yet, he also knew what would happen since he is God, after all. He knew the whole scene, every being that would be born, every century that would pass, and he knew it would contain people who were absolutely worth the risk. He knew what he was doing when he made you. Sometimes, you have to cast your bread upon the waters too. You have to put everything you’ve got out there and hope for the best. You’ve got to take a chance on life and see if you win. It’s the only way to get the reward. God risked his Son, his heart, and his love. He risked it all for one reason . . . so you could have a home with him one day. That’s how much he wanted a relationship with you. Show him in any way you can that you were definitely worth the risk. Lord, thanks for creating the universe, creating the life I have. Help me be willing to step out in faith for you. Amen.

Smile when you use Amazon! When you purchase items from Amazon.com, you can simultaneously donate to PW. Visit smile.amazon.com and select Presbyterian Women as your favorite charitable organization. Shop as you normally would through “regular” Amazon, and a portion of the purchase of eligible items is donated to PW. In other words: you shop, Amazon gives, PW receives The total received in 2018 for the Amazon SMILE opportunity was $1,902. As you can see, it all adds up and with so little effort. Keep on using Amazon SMILE!

Peace starts with a smile.

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SYNOD GATHERING OF PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN IN THE SYNOD OF LAKES AND PRAIRIES

JUNE 20-23, 2019 GATEWAY HOTEL AND CONFERENCE CENTER AMES, IOWA REGISTRATION COST: $200 Program Highlights will include: Morning and evening worship Bible study Selection of workshops Hands-on mission project Mission display Many speakers Book display Fair trade store Movies

Who should attend: Women of all ages who would like to join in Christian Fellowship and are looking for a spiritually enriching experience.

Choose from a variety of workshops including a look at the 2019-2020 Horizons Bible Study, mission speakers, justice and peace opportunities, leadership training, and some fun things.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Rev. Kathy Reeves, retired mission coordinator for Presbyterian Women, Inc.

PLENARY SPEAKERS: Elona Street-Stewart, synod executive of Synod of Lakes and Prairies Mary Newburn-Williams, executive presbyter of Presbytery of Missouri River Valley

WORSHIP LEADER: Rev. Suzanne Gorhau

BIBLE STUDY LEADER: Kathleen Keefer

MUSIC LEADER: Kris Peterson

ACCOMMODATIONS AT THE GATEWAY All events for the Gathering will be held at the Gateway Hotel and Conference Center. All participants will reserve their own rooms. Give them the dates and tell them you are with Presbyterian Women. We have rooms with 2 beds blocked off for our use. The room rate is $120/night plus taxes for 1-4 in a room. If you start saving $1/day now, you will have your registration and room covered by next June. Phone: 515-292-8600 or 800-367-2637

A Registration Booklet was sent with this newsletter in a separate document or click here to download

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Synod Gathering Skit 2 scripted actors on stage—PW1 and PW2 wearing blue scarves and sunglasses. 3 actors planted in audience—beach ball, water pitcher, boat The two ladies enter and act as if they are looking for something.

PW1: Did you say we are to be searching for PW1: They said there would be a great keynote water? speaker. A Rev Kathy Reeves who is the just PW2: Yes, but what kind of water do we need to recently retired Mission Coordinator for PW. find. I heard she is a great speaker. There will be PW1: (Talking to the audience) I don’t know, worship services, plenaries, and they have maybe these ladies can help us? What kind lots of fabulous seminars that you can of water do you think we need to find? attend. From the audience: What about a swimming pool? PW2: That would take care of the women in my dream. But what does this have to do with What about drinking Water? the water part? What about water in a lake or river?

PW1: It must have been because of their theme. PW1: All good ideas, but I still don’t think that’s it. Out of the believer’s heart shall flow What do you think? Streams of living water. John 7:38 PW2: All I know is that I had a dream and was PW2: THAT MUST BE IT!!!! Sounds like a told, “to Believe, and them something about wonderful place for me to find the living water and women” water. You say this will be a place of PW3: You know, I wonder…… could they be learning, inspiration, singing, and fellowship. talking about the upcoming Synod Is that right. Gathering? PW1: That and much more. PW2: What Synod Gathering? PW2: I want to go, how do I get registered?

PW1: The registration form is out so start saving PW1: The one to be held this year June 20-23rd in now so we can go together. Ames Iowa

PW2: Perfect. I can’t wait. PW2: Well I don’t know if that sounds like any fun. Why should I go? BOTH: And we hope to see many of you there too.

Bring a decorated pillowcase to the Synod Gathering. Decorate with fabric markers, sewing, special material, whatever. These will be given to the Emergency Foster Care children in the Dakota Presbytery. The children usually use garbage bags to carry their things. We thought it would be better to carry them in their own pillowcases with hopeful thoughts and pictures on them. Pillowcases should be new. Thanks for your help!

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Despair, Then Hope in NYC By Kathleen Keefer I really wanted to go to the UN. I felt called to go and I really had no idea why. I didn’t even know about the Presbyterian Mission at the UN before I listened to a fellow PW who had gone two years ago (61st CSW) and I still didn’t grasp the significance of the two week event at the United Nations. But, I still had to go! So, I applied, I was chosen to go and I danced!! I worked at getting funding (a big thank you to all those groups who helped make this possible!!) and then I studied, I read, and I studied some more! And this is when I began to despair! Did you know that the Presbyterian Church (USA) has an advocacy office in New York City directly across the street from the United Nations? Did you know that the Presbyterian Church (USA) has an advocacy office in Washington D.C directly across from Capital Building? These offices allow the PC (USA) to have a voice that is heard nationally and globally and our passion for human rights, care for creation, and peace to be heard. The Presbyterian Church, along with other churches, had a voice in formation of the UN in 1945 and the PC (USA) continues to have a formal consultative status with the UN since 1998 and Presbyterian Women has had this same status since 2018. In 1979, the Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) was signed and ratified* by 185 countries. The following countries have not yet signed and ratified CEDAW – Islamic Republic of Iran, Nauru, Palau, Qatar, Somalia, Sudan, Tonga, United States of America. Further research has shown that in 1989, the 190 member states signed and ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child; Somalia, South Sudan, and the USA have not. In 1995, a global conference was held in Beijing where 36,000 women, men, and NGOs met to talk about the status of women. It was the largest gathering of its kind and the document that came out of it was and still is the greatest achievement of the Commission on the Status of Women. This document is called: The Beijing Platform for Action and it is brilliantly comprehensive. It covers every aspect of a woman’s life, from the girl child, to adolescent, to woman, marriage, education, work, home life, old age. Everything. As I said, brilliant. And although the US signed the Beijing Platform, it was never ratified and this year, the US, removed the word “affirms” from the Beijing Platform (As the “US affirms the Beijing Platform…”) and replaced it with “notes.” I might also add, that the famous Equal Rights Amendment was never ratified either! I am a United States Citizen. I am an older citizen. I have rights. But I don’t have equal rights. I never have had equal rights. NO WOMAN ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD HAS EQUAL RIGHTS WITH MEN. We make up more that 50% of the world’s population and still we do not have equal rights. I left my home in Iowa in despair and anger, thinking “why are we still doing this after all these years?” HOPE: But I found great hope while attending the 63rd Commission on the Status of Women. Nine thousand beautiful, grace-filled women came from all over the world to voice their concern for the lack of advancement for rights of women and to talk about the great things their countries are doing. Hundreds of ‘parallel’ and ‘side’ events were held during the two week commission, along with UN ticketed events. Conversations ranging from the education of girls, health and reproductive education, nutrition, climate change, STEM education promotion for girls, women in politics, women in economics, business, etc. Languages heard in the cafes were a cacophony of delightful music – women coming together to support each other and to lift each other up. We hugged and kissed and exchanged cards and stories and recipes and patterns for sani-pads. We talked about

5 the strange diet of the people in the US – sweets for breakfast, orange colored cheese on everything, and horrible tasting bread. Every morning at 8 AM, Ecumenical Women met for worship. If you weren’t awake by 8:10, there was no hope for you. We praised God joyously, through shouts, dancing, clapping, praying, and in the silence of our hearts. We confessed that we have always fallen short and always will. We were forgiven. And we were lifted up. We heard scripture in every language imaginable and even a call to worship Maori Haka style which was breathtaking. We were always called to be our sisters’ keepers, not only those sisters standing next to us, but those we were to learn about during the day. I heard many stories about young women not going to school because of their periods. This is such a taboo subject in some countries and in most places even the mothers cannot talk to daughters about menstruation because of the shame. I learned that in some cultures, a menstruating woman cannot cook for her husband, go to community activities, or be around any people because she is considered unclean. There are projects in these countries, beginning in the schools, where teachers and all students are taught about menstruation, what it is, what it means for the girl and for the others around her. It doesn’t make the girl dirty nor should she be shamed. The girls are given reusable sani-pads, a nice draw string bag and a bar of soap to wash the pads with. They are also taught how to use them. The teachers are happy that the girls are now in school all the time and the boys now know that their friends, who are girls, are not going to die because of their “sickness.” As PW and the PC(USA) we had the unique privilege to meet with the US Mission to the United Nations. We were able to meet with Ambassador Cherith Norman Chalet for quite a while. Later we found out that very few NGOs have met with the US Mission to the UN since 2017, so this was really an honor. There were 23 of us in the room and we shared our “Talking Points” with her. The Presbyterian Ministry at the UN Director Ryan Smith gave the Ambassador a folder prepared with our joint statement, a booklet on racism, UN Study and Devotional Guide, and our “Talking Points.” Most poignant was when Beth Olker asked if we could pray for her and the Mission and she replied that we could – Beth’s prayer was remarkably heartfelt and I believe it really touched Ambassador Chalet’s heart. So, we may not have made any head way with our points but in other ways God’s voice was heard. My final takeaways: Someone during the CSW said that if we continue to move forward at the rate we are it will take us 217 years for women to gain true equality with men. We don’t have time. We have to have women working for peace side by side with our male counterparts or we will never have peace. Women’s rights are human rights. It has been said before and it bears repeating. We are our Sister’s keepers. In our own country and in all the other countries. Women and girls are used as weapons of war, they are trafficked as slaves and sexual objects, they are tortured and murdered because they stand up for the rights of others. Women die in child birth because of the lack of medical care, and the elderly woman slowly dies as she has no pension or funds to live on after her husband has died. If we don’t take care of them, no one will. *ratification requires 2/3 vote by Senate and signature of the sitting President.

Presbyterian Women in the Synod of the Lakes and Prairies were the top contributors to the Mission Pledge/PW’s Annual Fund for 2018. Congratulations! You are making a difference in the world!!

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Give God what’s right, not what’s left

Mission From PW churchwide quarterly: Quarterly News for Presbyterian Women - February-April 2019 Supporting mission. We have previously discussed the new directions that PW mission is taking— alternating triennia for the USA Mission Experience and international Global Exchange trips; fewer centralized and more local choice hands-on mission projects; a revised Together in Service guide that recommends partnership with national and international projects, but also recommends being responsive to local needs; phasing out some extra giving opportunities (development projects) and phasing in others; and so forth. In this triennium, PW will concentrate our Together in Service efforts on Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria. Finally, the Birthday and Thank Offering programs continue to do what they have always done: support ministries that serve people struggling with poverty, hunger, disasters human-made and natural, marginalization, sickness, infirmity, lack of access to education, and more. In 2019 we celebrate the Birthday Offering by supporting these four projects: • Disaster Response Team, Presbytery of Charlotte—PW’s grant will help provide a warehouse, parking and security fencing for household goods, food, hygiene and school kits, clean-up buckets, mobile shower units and trailers. • Effingham Child Development Center Playground, Illinois, will use PW’s grant to improve the center’s playground with a new play surface and all-inclusive play equipment. • Presbyterian Homes and Services of Kentucky, Inc., will improve the quality of life and safety for residents in the Appalachian region of Eastern Kentucky with new wardrobes, bedside cabinets, over-bed tables, nursing beds, mattresses and lift recliners. • Wings of Refuge Restoration Home, Iowa, provides a safe and healing space for women survivors of human trafficking. PW’s grant will help fund a larger long-term safe home where many more women will find restoration, community, opportunity and hope. Give online or learn more at www.presbyterianwomen.org /birthday.

Possible Mission Trip – Watch for More News From Churchwide Board Meeting Summary – Feb 2019 Jyung In Lee – PW Moderator - visited PW and PC(USA) partners in Seoul to discuss a possible PW peace and reconciliation trip to South Korea. The purpose of the tour will be learning history, visiting PW offering sites, connecting with partners, and sightseeing. The trip cost is estimated at $2,200, plus travel to South Korea. The 15 participants will be self-funded. The Board will make a final decision on the trip during the May 30 board meeting.

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PW Synod of the Lakes and Prairies CT Met in Boone, IA EASY CHICKEN LEMON RICE SOUP Served at the CT meeting – submitted by Linda Hora

 1 - 46oz can chicken broth 8 SERVINGS

 1 – 10 ¾ oz can condensed cream of chicken soup

 1 c. uncooked orzo OR rice

 2c. cooked and cubed chicken

 ¼ c. fresh lemon juice

 ½ tsp. lemon rind In a 5-qt. pan, combine chicken broth and cream of chicken soup, mixing until well blended. Stir in orzo or rice, cooked chicken , lemon juice, and rind. Bring mixture to a boil. Reduce heat. Cover; simmer 15 – 20 minutes or until orzo or rice is tender.

And they decorated pillowcases for emergency foster care children in Dakota Presbytery

Shared ideas for mission work in our presbyteries Nancy Siewert – Homeless Shelter – cooked a meal with a PW group from Illinois Beth Jensen – Bdecan Church - will be doing VBS this summer Donna Preston – Partnership with Bdecan Church Lana – backpacks with not only groceries but gift cards Jan Letsos – items for the Seaman who come to port – vests, hats, hygiene kits Linda Barnett- music for nursing homes – used ipods or other devices to share; fidget blankets for Alzheimer patients Janine Brandt- fleece scarves, tea party to raise money for a hospitalized baby with influenza, basket social at nursing home – gift baskets and very competitive Linda Hora – weekend feeding program – sharing VBS Annabelle Wells – sleeping mats for the homeless using grocery bags Joan Berglund – PDA – mission of church and PW is shared Gloria Rust – nursing homes; ecumenical breakfast; human trafficked girls home - quilters are making quilts for the girls to take with them Susie Amos –sharing knowledge to prepare food for funerals; making quilts –made 30 blocks quilts in one day… Marilyn Stone – Quilt project for Freedom House , a home for sex trafficked – young girls between 12-15 years old; Maggie Horak – PDA Belinda Breit – Rural Health Care Initiative in Sierra Leone (GiveMN.org) Kathleen Keefer – Snicker Sunday, Christmas stockings for incarcerated individuals Sue Kimball – Sleep in heavenly peace – making quilts for simple beds for children who don’t have beds.

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“Gifts of Women Sunday” Dialogue: Presbyterian Women This skit will need to be modified to reflect the PW activities and projects of your church. It requires a Reader 1 and Reader 2. Each of the questions can be read by a different teen or young adult planted in the congregation (with a handheld microphone, so they can be clearly heard). The intent is that the questioners stand up and ask their question, in an unexpected and “interrupting” manner. (note: if you modify this skit and use it in your church let Marilyn Stone know how it worked – she submitted it) Reader 1: You know, (name of reader 2), there are so many ways that women here at Apostle share their gifts of leadership, especially in Presbyterian Women. Question 1: I’ve seen things in the newsletter and bulletin about Presbyterian Women, but what is Presbyterian Women? Reader 2: That’s a great question – What is Presbyterian Women or who are Presbyterian Women? Presbyterian Women, known for short as PW, is a churchwide organization open to ALL women of the PC(USA) who choose to participate in or be supportive in any way. PW gives strong support to the mission of the PC(USA). It determines its own leadership, program and budget. . . and all that it does is driven by the PW Purpose. Question 2: What is the PW Purpose you make reference to? Reader 1: Our PW Purpose reads: 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 (USA) and witnesses to the promise of God’s Kingdom. Question 3: What do Presbyterian Women do? Reader 2: I’m really glad you asked the question, “What do Presbyterian Women do?” because Presbyterian Women are involved in a variety of activities which include Bible study, justice and peace advocacy, mission interpretation, mission giving as well as completing mission projects. PW also provide special ministries to the congregation and community. Question 4: What kind of mission giving or projects are you talking about? Reader 1: Hmm. . . What kind of mission giving and projects are we talking about? That’s a great question! You may recall that in the Spring, money is collected for hams for Hope House, a shelter for women and children in Milwaukee. . . the hands-on mission work day projects created double bed sized tied fleece blankets for young girls rescued from sex trafficking staying at the Freedom House, little girl dresses were stitched, car packs were assembled to be handed out to hungry individuals on street corners, over 300 sandwiches were made for the Guest House of Milwaukee, ornaments were made for the women and men serving in the military. Also, hats are knit and cool ties are stitched year ‘round for the military folks. The CROP Walk is also coordinated by PW. Reader 2: In addition to all the hands-on projects, almost $5,600 in monetary gifts were made during 2018 as extra mile giving beyond our pledge to the church. These funds supported Church World Service blankets, Good Samaritan Outreach, Salvation Army, purchasing school

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supplies for a local school, Birthday Offering, Thank Offering, Fellowship of the Least Coin, Suwung School and Clinic in Bali, Indonesia; Dakota Children’s Music Ministry in Fort Kipp, Montana, and West Allis Opioid Crisis/Education Project here in West Allis. It’s possible that I missed a couple of donations here, although you get the picture that our financial contributions support lots of ministries locally and around the world. Question 5: Are Presbyterian Women only at Apostle? Reader 2: Absolutely not! Presbyterian Women is organized at all levels of the PC(USA) – in congregations, presbyteries, and synods as well as at the churchwide or national level. This connectional system allows ideas and information to continually flow back and forth to strengthen the work of Presbyterian Women and the ministry of the PC(USA). Apostle happens to have women who serve at all levels of Presbyterian Women. Question 6: How can I become involved? Reader 1: You can come to any of the groups already established which are listed in your bulletin. . . including Covenant Circle which meets on the second Tuesday evening; Mary Paull Circle which meets on the third Thursday afternoon; and Hope Circle which meets on the fourth Thursday in the morning and early afternoon. Activities and programs are held throughout the year and everyone is welcome to attend. And you can start a new group as well, centered around a particular interest. Some churches have book discussion groups, or scrapbooking groups that do service projects for the church. Hope Circle is devoted to stitching items for mission projects. You can contact any of the coordinators to get involved – we’d love to have you join us or help you to start a new circle! Reader 2: We are so glad that you were interested in learning more about Presbyterian Women here at Apostle. If you have further questions, be sure to ask one of us anytime!

======Mission Opportunities at the Synod Gathering in Ames Remember the opportunities you have to share your love at the Synod gathering.

If you will be attending:  There will be a hands-on mission project for “Days for Girls”. Sewing machines will be set up, with materials to make reusable sani-pads  Saturday’s offering will be split between a Sudanese tutoring program that works with children and adults and Marion Medical Mission where $450 can build a well for a village in Africa. 100% of donations goes for the cause and it employs locals to maintain the wells. Like Habitat for Humanity, the village is required to do a lot of work before the well is finished – a partnership. Whether attending or not:  $10 gift cards from Target and Hy-Vee will be collected. The recipients will be the Butterfly Freedom House which is transitional housing for women coming out of prison and Wings of Refuge which is girls coming out of trafficking. (Wings of Refuge is receiving a 2018 Birthday Offering grant)

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2019 PW Mission and Together in Service Opportunities The following PW Mission/Together in Service opportunities are provided by the PW Churchwide level. Submitted by Marilyn Stone, our CCT Representative who is willing to field questions. 1) Disaster Recovery with PW in Puerto Rico https://www.presbyterianwomen.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/TIS-Puerto-Rico-flier.pdf Consider supporting Hurricane María recovery work in Puerto Rico. PW in the Synod of Boriquen (Puerto Rico) are key leaders of recovery efforts in the aftermath of this devastating storm. From the beginning, women have taken up the task of serving their communities and now they are part of the transition to long term recovery. Your gift to Together in Service in Puerto Rico will support ongoing recovery efforts in three key areas:

 Community Centers This project will establish after-school support through music, sports, homework help and other child-centered activities. The purpose of these activities is to shift community activity towards the Presbyterian churches across the Synod of Boriquen (Puerto Rico). Establishing a children’s community program will provide space for recreational activities to take place, allowing children to develop the resilience and social skills that are needed, particularly in the context of the aftermath of the storm.

 Clean Water This project will help make possible the installation of a clean water system in the First Presbyterian Church in Aguada, Puerto Rico. The well, which will be drilled at the church, and clean water systems will provide access to potable water to thousands in the municipality of Aguada. This project will be installed through the non-profit Fountains of Hope and operated through the Presbyterian Church in Aguada. The estimated cost is set at $6,000 for an installed water purifying system.

 Home Reconstruction Funds from this project will be used for construction materials and equipment used by churches and mission teams coming into the Northwest Presbytery, the largest presbytery of the Synod of Boriquen (Puerto Rico). Teams will repair and rebuild homes that have not been restored through federal assistance. Such repairs include paint, roof sealers, doors, windows and other home necessities. Homes will be selected based on financial need and the living condition of the home. The maximum amount to be assigned to an individual home will not exceed $5,000.

2) Hands-on Project for children in Puerto Rico – PW Pillowcases Presbyterian Women can demonstrate love, concern and prayers for the children affected by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. PW, Inc. is partnering with the three presbyteries on the island of Puerto Rico to create personalized pillowcases and distribute them through Presbyterian churches and schools. PW will send personalized pillowcases to the PW of the Synod of Boriquen (Puerto Rico) in August 2019. We are hoping for at least 100! (note: they received far more than 100) Details at: https://www.presbyterianwomen.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/TIS-Puerto-Rico-pillowcase- flier_8.5x11.pdf

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3) Projects identified during past Global Exchanges and USA Mission Experiences The following Together in Service projects were identified by past Global Exchange and USA Mission Experience participants as opportunities for PW support. The year in parenthesis indicates the last year PW will support this project. Be sure to identify which project you are financially supporting when submitting funds to PW. Contributions to these Together in Service projects should be mailed to the PW Presbytery treasurer according to the quarterly deadlines (March 10, June 10, September 10, December 10).

 On Eagle’s Wings Ministries, Charlotte, NC (through 2020) On Eagle’s Wings offers free, Christ-centered support to individuals caught in the web of sex trafficking. They also have an online call center and continue to learn how to reach out to those in need. https://www.oneagleswingsministries.org/  Sunset Gap Community Center, Cosby, TN (through 2020) Sunset Gap is a “Christian-based organization uniting people of all faiths and providing programs that contribute to the physical, social, economic and spiritual growth of the people of Cocke and Sevier counties” in Tennessee. Coordinating home repairs, a thrift shop, food pantry and meal delivery program, Sunset Gap enhances the well-being of people in an impoverished area of Appalachia. http://www.sunsetgap.com  Bay Area Anti-Trafficking Coalition, San Francisco, CA (through 2023) Ending human trafficking will require building awareness and coordinating efforts in every community. San Francisco’s Bay Area Anti-Trafficking Coalition (BAATC) works to achieve a slave- free Bay Area by coordinating the intervention, aftercare and prevention services in the community. http://www.baatc.org/ and in Horizons January/February 2017 issue, page 15  Puente Community Resource Center, Pescadores, CA (through 2023) Puente is the only community resource center in south San Mateo County, California. This area’s farms employ many immigrant workers who cannot easily access social services. Puente offers programs in health and wellness, adult education, leadership development and employment, in addition to providing emergency resources for rent, utilities, clothing and toiletries. https://mypuente.org/whoweare/ and Horizons January/February 2017 issue, pg 17  Ciliwung Community Center, Jakarta, Indonesia (through 2024) This community center provides women in Jakarta with the opportunity to learn about nutrition, get support for their families and learn skills that will be a source of income. The center also houses a kindergarten and library. Learn more in the Horizons January/February 2018 issue, page 15.  The Suwung School and Clinic, Bali, Indonesia (through 2024) Sorting and recycling items from garbage dumps is a source of income for a number of residents of Bali’s capital, Denpasar. The Protestant Reformed Church in Western Indonesia (GPIB) supports these individuals and their children with a school and medical clinic in the garbage dump. Learn more in the Horizons January/February 2018 issue, page 20.  Disaster Recovery with PW in Puerto Rico (through 2024) See page one for description. www.presbyterianwomen.org/tis

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4) Additional mission giving opportunities  Birthday Offering https://www.presbyterianwomen.org/what_we_do/support-mission/birthday-offering/ In 2019, we will offer our prayers and financial support to four projects:  Disaster Response Team Presbytery of Charlotte Charlotte, NC $100,000  Effingham Child Development Center Inclusive Playground Effingham, IL $100,000  Presbyterian Homes and Services of Kentucky, Inc. Good Shepherd Community Nursing Center Phelps, KY $119,000  Wings of Refuge Restoration Home Iowa Falls, IA $120,000 Birthday Offering Applications are due May 15th, $75,000-150,000, primarily for capital improvement projects

 Thank Offering In 2019, grants totaling $391,812 were awarded to twelve domestic projects and six international projects. More than 40% of the total funds awarded were given to health-related projects. Thank Offering Applications are due September 15th, $5,000-$50,000, primarily for small/new projects or small capital improvement projects.

 Presbyterian Disaster Assistance partnership  Recruiting and training disaster preparedness trainers who, in turn, train disaster preparedness coordinators in their presbyteries and synods.  Gift of the Heart Kits are assembled in response to disasters domestically and internationally. http://pda.pcusa.org/page/kits/

 Knitting 4 Peace partnership Making handmade items that are specifically requested brings hope, healing, and peace to people in need in our own neighborhoods and around the world. List of items and patterns can be found at https://www.knitting4peace.org/

 Presbyterian Hunger Program partnership https://www.presbyterianmission.org/ministries/compassion-peace-justice/hunger/  Cents-ability  Advocate for anti-hunger legislation

 Bread for the World partnership https://www.bread.org/  Adequate maternal/child nutrition

 Mission Yearbook https://www.presbyterianmission.org/yearbook/ Since 1892, the Mission Yearbook has been the PC(USA)'s mission devotional, featuring inspiring stories of mission and ministry. Read today's story.

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2019 Dakota Presbytery Partnership Opportunities PW Synod Together in Service

Children Protective Services - Baby Layette Kits - Pine Ridge Reservation, Oglala, SD These baby layette kits contain only NEW items for newborns. The items listed below are needed for each baby layette kit. Place items in a large Ziploc storage bag and label boy or girl. Place kits in shipping boxes and include a self-addressed and stamped postcard. This postcard will be mailed upon arrival of your box to show that it has been received. Layettes can be shipped to: Sonia Weston, PO Box 254, Pine Ridge, SD 57770

Baby layette kits should each contain the following items: 2-onesies, 2-sleepers, 1-outfit, socks, bibs, 2- receiving blankets, disposable diapers (newborn size only), and a little book/toy/rattle. ______ch

Pine Ridge Presbyterian Church - Baby Layette Kits - Pine Ridge, SD Items for these baby layettes should be NEW and sized 3 months to 12 months (with all items the same size within one kit). Place items in a large Ziploc storage bag and label with size. Place kits in shipping boxes and include a self-addressed and stamped postcard. This postcard will be mailed upon arrival of your box to show that it has been received. Please do not ship via Fed- Ex. Layettes can be shipped to: Mrs. Violet Robinson, 006 White Tail Deer Road, PO Box 378, Pine Ridge, SD 57770.

Baby layette kits should each contain the following items: 2-onesies, 2-sleepers, 1-outfit, socks, bibs, 2-receiving blankets, disposable diapers (not newborn size), and a little book/toy/rattle ______

Red Eagle Memorial Presbyterian Church – Dakota Children’s Music Ministry Wakhanyeza Odowanpi meaning Children Singing, the translation of Wakhanyeza means "they are holy" and Odowanpi means "singing” Fort Kipp, Montana The children and youth of Red Eagle Memorial Presbyterian Church, as well as other children and youth on the Fort Peck Reservation are eager to learn songs in the Dakota language. A teacher is being hired to teach the children songs in their native language. Your financial contributions will support the teacher’s fee, as well as cover costs for equipment and supplies.

Contributions can be made to: Red Eagle Memorial Presbyterian Church, % Ernestine Youpee, PO Box 542, Poplar, MT 59255. Please note on the memo line: Dakota Children’s Music Ministry. ______

Wolf Point Emergency Foster Care – Children’s Clothing Kits Fort Kipp Reservation, Wolf Point, Montana Emergency foster care is required when it is necessary to remove children and youth from unsafe living environments, with only the clothing they are wearing. These clothing kits will enable foster care providers much needed clothing when these children and youth arrive. Each kit should include the items listed below in one size, placed in a large Ziploc bag, labeled with the gender and size. A self-addressed, stamped postcard should be included with the shipment of kits. Items needed for each kit and address for mailing will be forthcoming.

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Gather the Children Home – Children’s Clothing Kits - Pine Ridge Reservation, Oglala, SD Gather the Children Home is an emergency foster care home for children ages birth through age 12. It provides a caring and immediate safe environment for children removed from their homes due to abuse or neglect, while a suitable foster or relative home becomes available. www.gatherourchildrenhome.org

Children Clothing Kits are needed to have on hand when children arrive. Each kit should contain NEW clothing items listed below. All items should be placed in a large Ziploc bag and labeled according to gender and size: sweat pants, sweat shirts, underwear, and socks

These items can be shipped to the following address: Gather Our Children Home, BIA 41 North, Oglala School Housing #944, Oglala, SD 57764 ______

Bdecan Presbyterian Church – Vacation Bible School Joe Obermeyer, Youth and Outreach Coordinator Physical Address: 8194 34TH ST NE Tokio ND 58379 Mailing Address: PO Box 141 Tokio, ND 58379 Phone: (701) 294-2283 E-mail: [email protected]

Bdecan Presbyterian Church, the only Native American Presbyterian Church in North Dakota, is located on the Spirit Lake Reservation in north central North Dakota. An important way to “keep Christ’s love at our center” for the children is to host 10-12 member mission teams who would lead Vacation Bible School for a week during the summer. The 20-30 children in the community love VBS and never tire of it! VBS is so critical for the children for many reasons, including learning about and experiencing God’s love, as well as participating in positive activities when few other activities exist for the children. In addition to VBS, a hands-on mission project could be done, as well as participating in a “cultural night”.

Bunk trailers are available for lodging for the mission teams, at no cost. Motel options are about 20 miles away in Devils Lake. Your mission team would need to cover the cost of the motel.

Won’t you consider putting together a team and taking VBS on the road connecting with children and adults? It promises to be a great learning experience for you too. Complete an application online at https://www.bdecanpresbyterianchurch.org/mission-teams.html

From the Latest Quarterly News from Churchwide: Communications is collecting stories of PW in action—stories about how PW’s annual fund (the Mission Pledge) makes possible the work of PW at all levels, stories of PW’s mission activities improving lives, stories of advocacy and peacemaking, PW circle stories, stories of women in leadership—in short, any and all PW stories can be used to interpret the work of women in the church. Send circle stories to susan.jackson- [email protected]; send justice and peace action stories to [email protected]; send Mission Pledge stories to [email protected]; send mission stories to [email protected]; send stories for the magazine to [email protected] .

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Request for Help Whether you attend Synod Gathering or Not!

There are some things needed to make the Synod Gathering better and you can help. Here is a list of the things we would like you to send or bring to the gathering: 1. Copies of your latest PW Presbytery newsletters. The Communication Committee would like you to see what other Presbytery PWs are doing in newsletters – or gathering booklets. Maybe you can pick up some pointers or make contact with other newsletter editors. Send them to Sue Medsker- Nedderman - s.medsker.nedderman@gmail (or along with your registration….) or Linda Barnett – [email protected] or bring them to the Communication table at the gathering. THANK YOU! 2. Pictures of your spring gatherings. The media guru for the gathering would like to display pictures from circles, gatherings, etc. on the screen during breaks. She needs pictures for that purpose. Please send them to: [email protected] 3. While you are looking through pictures, remember they are historical and should be shared with your Presbytery, Synod (Audrey Fenton), and even Churchwide historians. 4. Tell us how you promoted the Birthday Offering at your church and presbytery (maybe a birthday party?) so ideas can be shared with others. Send them to Janice Letsos - [email protected] 5. Tell us how you plan to promote the Thank Offering at your church and presbytery so ideas can be shared with others. Send them to Janice Letsos - [email protected]

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Inviting you to be part of the BE-JEWELED PARTY at PW Synod Gathering! June 20-23, 2019 Ames, Iowa, will be the site of the Presbyterian Women of the Synod of Lakes and Prairies Synod Gathering.

Please bring a piece or two of good, clean jewelry or a scarf that you are willing to DONATE to PW. Should be in a small sandwich/snack bag (or similar). We will sell all donated pieces (bags) for $5.00 each. Proceeds will be given to our Native American Scholarship fund. Unsold items will be donated to a local womens shelter

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2018 Churchwide Gathering of Presbyterian Women Mrs. Rogers’ Neighborhood Horizons Skit Characters Mrs. Rogers – tennis shoes, sweater Costumes/Props Ms. McFeely Mrs. Rogers—dress shoes, tennis shoes (place at bench), sweater Ms. McFeely—clothes similar to a postal worker or delivery person Mailbag with “Horizons Delivers” on it; Horizons magazines poking out the top Mrs. Rogers enters singing along with Bench music, sits on bench and changes Music: “It’s a beautiful day in this neighborhood” shoes.

Mrs. Rogers: Hello Neighbors, welcome to my space. Today we are going to learn more about our neighbors near and far. Also, we will see if we can find ways to help or encourage them, because that is what a good neighbor does. Now how shall we start?

Knocking or bell chime off stage

Mrs. Rogers: I wonder who has come to visit?

Ms. McFeely walks in rapidly

Ms. McFeely: Horizons Delivers is here.

Mrs. Rogers: (Addressing audience) Please welcome Ms. McFeely. She is our Horizons Delivers person in the neighborhood. She brings us exciting deliveries. Ms. McFeely, we were just talking about how we can learn more about our neighbors and be good neighbors to everyone in the world. Do you have any ideas?

Ms. McFeely: Yes I do. I think my delivery today is just what you need. I brought you Horizons Magazine. In this issue we find out about [flip through most recent or favorite issue and highlight a few articles in the issue]. We travel the world over in the stories of women around the world, finding out more about our neighbors. And we learn about what our neighbors near at hand are doing in the articles about local circles and churches.

Mrs. Rogers: Wow, that is a great magazine to have. Will you be delivering me more?

Ms. McFeely: You need to subscribe for me to bring you more. It costs $24.95 for 1 year, but if you subscribe for two years, it’s $44 or three years is $63. Each year includes six issues, plus the annual Bible Study! And did you know that both the Bible Study and magazine have won many awards of excellence? I do hope you will subscribe, so I can make some more Horizons Delivers.

Mrs. Rogers: Did you know that explaining things is another way to say “I love you”? And that is what you did today, Ms. McFeely. So thank you. You have been a good neighbor today, helping us learn more about some of our other neighbors.

Ms. McFeely: Have to go. More Horizons Delivers stops to make! Bye!

Ms. McFeely walks rapidly off stage.

Mrs. Rogers sits down to change shoes

Mrs. Rogers: Well, we have had a great day learning about Horizons and how helpful it is to us to learn about our neighbors. I going to renew by subscription and I’m going to give a gift subscription to my neighbor . . . and my pastor . . . and a seminary student I know . . . and my niece who just graduated from college!

It’s been great being with you today. As I leave you, please greet your neighbor and say, it’s beautiful day in the neighborhood.

Mrs. Rogers exits stage singing, “It’s a beautiful day in this neighborhood.”

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Native American Concerns Corner Join a book study . . . THE WOLF AT TWILIGHT: An Indian Elder’s Journey through a Land of Ghosts and Shadows by Kent Nerburn

This book study is sponsored by Presbyterian Women in the Synod of Lakes and Prairies and led by members of the PWS Native American Concerns Committee. It is open to interested women and men across our synod, via Zoom (using computer or phone). There is no charge to participate nor to use Zoom, yet registration is requested.

Daytime study begins: Monday, May 20, 2019 at 1:30 – 2:30 PM (CST) Evening study begins: Monday, May 20, 2019 at 6:30 – 7:30 PM (CST) Groups will meet every two weeks for five sessions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Synopsis: A note is left on a car windshield, an old dog dies, and Kent Nerburn finds himself back on the Lakota reservation where he traveled more than a decade before with a tribal elder named Dan. The touching, funny, and haunting journey that ensues goes deep into reservation boarding-school mysteries, the dark confines of sweat lodges, and isolated Native homesteads far back in the Dakota hills in search of ghosts that have haunted Dan since childhood. . . Nerburn brings the land of the northern High Plains alive and reveals the Native American way of teaching and learning with a depth that few outsiders have ever captured. (The Wolf at Twilight is the second in this series although one does not have to have read Neither Dog nor Wolf in order to participate in this study.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Questions, contact Marilyn Stone at [email protected]

REGISTER HERE by May 13, 2019 Please register by emailing the following information to Marilyn Stone at [email protected] : Name: Email: Phone #: Presbytery: Afternoon or Evening Study:

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Mission - Justice and Peace Corner Mission has been dispersed throughout this newsletter.

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PW Working for Justice and Peace 2019 Calendar

May 1 May Day 5–11 PW Together in Action Days for Children’s Literacy 6–10 Teacher Appreciation Week 11 World Fair Trade Day New Calendar begins June 2019 11 Stamp Out Hunger drive 12 Mother’s Day 22 International Day for Biological Diversity 25 Orange Day 26 Disability Inclusion Sunday

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Book Reviews

“Being Mortal” by Atul Gawande submitted by Linda Barnett Medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming the dangers of childbirth, injury, and disease from harrowing to manageable. But when it comes to the inescapable realities of aging and death, what medicine can do often runs counter to what it should.

Through eye-opening research and gripping stories of his own patients and family, Gawande reveals the suffering this dynamic has produced. Nursing homes, devoted above all to safety, battle with residents over the food they are allowed to eat and the choices they are allowed to make. Doctors, uncomfortable discussing patients' anxieties about death, fall back on false hopes and treatments that are actually shortening lives instead of improving them.

In his bestselling books, Atul Gawande, a practicing surgeon, has fearlessly revealed the struggles of his profession. Now he examines its ultimate limitations and failures-in his own practices as well as others'-as life draws to a close. Riveting, honest, and humane, Being Mortal shows how the ultimate goal is not a good death but a good life-all the way to the very end. (From Amazon.com)

I wish I had read this book before my husband died and before my parents entered the nursing home. It would have better allowed me to see things through their eyes. After reading it, I purchased a copy for my doctor.

Prayers for the New Social Awakening: Inspired by the New Social Creed by Christian Iosso (Editor), Elizabeth Hinson-Hasty (Editor) submitted by Linda Barnett In honor of the one-hundredth anniversary of the 1908 Social Creed and the development of a Social Creed for the twenty-first century, Chris Iosso and Elizabeth Hinson-Hasty have compiled new prayers from well-known church and community leaders. This seminal volume includes the words from the new Social Creed and prayers reflecting social justice themes referenced in the creed, including poverty, economic justice, and care for the environment. Walter Brueggemann, John Buchanan, Tony Campolo, Katie Geneva Cannon, and Marian Wright Edelman are among contributors, making this an important resource for laity and congregational leaders in every denomination for the next century. (From Amazon.com)

I find this a good resource for devotions. I like that contributions were made from all faiths.

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Prayer: Don't give God instructions, Just report for duty!

RULES FROM GOD

1. Wake Up! Decide to have a good day. “Today is the day the Lord hath made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.” Psalms 118:24 2. Dress Up! The best way to dress up is to put on a smile. A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks. “The Lord does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at outward appearance; but the Lord looks at the heart.” I Samuel 16:7 3. Shut Up! Say nice things and learn to listen. God gave us two ears and one mouth, so He must have meant for us to do twice as much listening as talking. “He who guards his lips guards his soul.” Proverbs 13:3 4. Stand Up . . . For what you believe in. Stand for something or you will fall for anything. “Let us not be weary in doing good; for at the proper time, we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good. . . “ Galatians 6:9-10 5. Look Up . . . To the Lord. “I can do everything through Christ who strengthens me.” Philippians 4:13 6. Reach Up . . . For something higher. “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not unto your own understanding. In all your ways, acknowledge Him, and He will direct your path.” Proverbs 3:5-6 7. Lift Up . . . Your prayers. “Do not worry about anything; instead Pray about Everything.” Philippians 4:6

(from Good News at Renner Lutheran newsletter – an ELCA church)

The task ahead of us is never as Great as the Power behind us.

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Officers & Appointed Positions January, 2019 (changes highlighted) Moderator: Historian: Native American Concerns: Sue Kimball (2016-19) Audrey Fenton (2019-21) Ernestine Youpee -Dakota - -Des Moines - Prospect Hill PO Box 542 12339 Pershing St 1111 Meadowview Ct #4 Poplar, MT 59255 Indianola, IA 50125 Sioux City, IA 51106 406-768-7663 C 515-961-2493 C 712-276-6322 406-786-3491 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Vice Moderator: Churchwide CT Rep LaVonne Looking Elk Maggie Horak (2017-20) Marilyn Stone - Milwaukee -Dakota- - Homestead 3915 Lake St 3729 W. Chicago 5601 Barrington Park Dr Burlington, WI 53105 Rapid City. SD 57702 Lincoln, NE 68516 262-763-0918 (H) 605-716-0888 H 402-429-0523 C 262-492-7921 (C) [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Sonia Weston -Dakota- Secretary: Appointive Positions: PO Box 254 Kathleen Keefer (2017-20) Justice and Peace Coordinator: Pine Ridge, SD 57770 - MO River Valley - Kathleen Keefer (2017-20) 605-867-1623 H PO Box 243 - MO River Valley - [email protected] Clarinda, Iowa 51632 PO Box 243 712-542-0039 Clarinda, Iowa 51632 Donna Preston – Northern [email protected] 712-542-0039 Plains- [email protected] PO Box 276 Treasurer: Grandin, ND 58038 Debi Jensen (2019-21) Sower Editor: 701-484-5633 H - N Central IA Linda Barnett –South Dakota- 701-238-7414 C 1115 7th St. Apt 1 PO Box 193 [email protected] Boone, IA 50036 Hendricks, MN 56136 515-709-2445 507-275-4053 H Marilyn Stone - Milwaukee [email protected] [email protected] 3915 Lake St (newsletter) Burlington, WI 53105 Search Committee: [email protected] 262-763-0918 (H) Nancy Siewert (2016-19) (personal) 262-492-7921 (C) -Winnebago- [email protected] 1511 Biemeret St. Communications Coordinator: Green Bay, WI 54304 Sue Medsker-Nedderman - - Sharon Falck - Des Moines 920-609-2051 C Central Nebraska- 2009 Edmonson Dr [email protected] 314 N. Cedar Ave. Oskaloosa, IA 52577 Hastings NE 68901-5348 641-660-7615 Beth Jensen (2017-20) – 402-984-3545 [email protected] East Iowa - s.medsker.nedderman@gmail [email protected] 6719 25th St. Van Horne, IA 52346 Leadership Enhancement 2019 Synod Gathering 319-223-5742 H Coordinator: Co-coordinators: [email protected] Linda Hora –N Central Iowa- Sue Medsker-Nedderman (Chair) 1210 Southview Ct 402-984-3545 Donna Preston (2019-21) – Boone, IA 50036 Joan Berglund 402-440-5478 Northern Plains- 515-230-9275 C Terri Sherman 402-525-6008 PO Box 276 [email protected] Linda Hora 515-230-9275 Grandin, ND 58038 Melissa Muzzy 319-231-5767 701-484-5633 H Mission & Advocacy 701-238-7414 C Coordinator: [email protected] Belinda Breit -Twin Cities- 345 Niagara Lane N Plymouth MN 55447 736-475-3568 H 612-306-5961 C [email protected] 21

PW – SLAP PWSCT Moderators/Representatives (changes hightlighted)

Central Nebraska - John Knox – N Central Iowa – Moderator/Rep Moderator/Rep Moderator/Rep Annabelle Wells Janine Brandt Melissa Muzzy 6825 Cottonmill Ave. 1362 175th St. 2710 Clayton Dr. Kearney, NE 68845 Postville, IA 52162 Ames, IA 50010 308-893-2156 H 563-532-9427 H 319-231-5767 C [email protected] 563-419-7371 C [email protected] Term: 2013-2018 [email protected] Term: 2016-2019 APR Term: 2017-2020 APR Linda Hora – Rep Dakota – Moderator/Rep 1210 Southview Ct Susie Rivera Amos Milwaukee –Co- Boone, IA 50036 451 Nolan Avenue, Unit 255 Moderator/Rep 515-230-9275 New Effington, SD 57255 Judy Bell [email protected] [email protected] 5217 Roberts Drive 605-637-5155 H Greendale, WI 53129 Northern Plains – Term: 2018-2021 414-423-0062 H Moderator/Rep 414-378-6437 C Lana Schultz Des Moines - [email protected] PO Box 891 Moderator/Rep Term: 2017-2021 Casselton, ND 58012 Sharon Falck Co-Moderator/Rep 701-347-5308 H 809 Turnberry Dr Helen McMasters 701-238-4538 C Grinnell, IA 50112 3595 Westshire Cir [email protected] 641-660-7615 Delavan, WI 53115 Term: 2016-2018 APR [email protected] 262-740-1321 [email protected] [email protected] Northern Waters – Term: 2018-2021 APR Moderator/Rep Minnesota Valleys – Janice Letsos East Iowa – Moderator/Rep 1414 Cypress Ave. Moderator/Rep Gloria Rust Superior, WI 54880 Beth Jensen 1657 200th Ave. 715-394-6009 H 6719 25th St. Luverne, MN 56156 715-919-3394 C Van Horne, IA 52346 507-283-4975 H [email protected] 319-223-5742 H 507-227-7393 C Term: 2017-2020 APR [email protected] [email protected] Term: 2017-2019 DEC Term: 2018-2021 JUN Prospect Hill - Moderator Audrey Scholten Homestead – MO River Valley – 25 6th St. NE Moderator/Rep Moderator/Rep LeMars, IA 51031 Terri Sherman Kathleen Keefer 712-546-7608 H 12244 N 84th St PO Box 243 [email protected] Lincoln, NE 68517 Clarinda, IA 51632-0243 Term: 2015-2018 [email protected] 712-542-0039 C Audrey Fenton – Co-Rep [email protected] [email protected] 1111 Meadowview Ct #4 402-441-2823 W Term: 2017-2020 Sioux City, IA 51106 402-446-0063 H 712-276-6322 402-525-6008 C [email protected] Term 2017-2020

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South Dakota – Twin Cities – Winnebago – Co- Moderator/Rep Moderator/Rep Moderator/Reps Trudi Nelson Michele Gallick Brenda Breitner 6498 Evergreen Acres Dr 6019 Cedar Lake Rd 5635 Jefferson St. Wentworth, SD 57075 St Louis Park, MN 55416 Stevens Point, WI 54482 605-636-9287 H 952-512-1857 C 715-341-6690 H 605-480-0560 C [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Term 2017-2020 JUN Ann Grittinger Term: 2016-2019 N2319 Cardinal Lane Oostburg, WI 53017 920-564-3647 H [email protected] Term 2018 APR

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Learn about Presbyterian Women Presbyterian Women (PW) is the national women’s organization of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). With more than 300,000 members and 30 years as an organization, PW is organized at all levels of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Learn more about PW and consider joining your local group. It’s a good read at our website. www.presbyterianwomen.org

Here is a link to the Who-Ya-Gonna-Call? The Who’s Who at PW National https://www.lakesandprairies.org/files/448_pw_national_staff.pdf

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