A Click Away
The information you need is only a click away. The web pages of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) provide
information to enhance your program and facilitate your work and witness. Check out the various sites.
Presbyterian Church (USA)
The home pages will give you access to denominational information in many areas - reports from Presbyterian News Service, available
resources, curriculum, mission and justice concerns, and an opportunity to contribute to disaster assistance.
Women's Ministries
The Women's Ministries Program Area is found at this address. Check here for Women of Faith awards, Celebrate the Gift of Women
materials, and access to reports in all synods. Check your synod for information supplied by leadership from your area and the
staff serving your synod.
Presbyterian Women (PW)
Information is shared on the programs and resources of PW. Find a community building activity, information on using the Christ
candle in your meeting, frequently asked questions and answers, leadership development information, justice and peace concerns,
mission and more.
Presbyterian Women - PW Enabler
What is a PW Enabler and what does she do? Find out at this site. The newsletter - Patterns - is available along with other
resources to help PW Enablers serve PW in the Congregations.
Women's Ministries - 2003 Women of Faith Awards
Looking for a good program on the history of women in the church? At this site is a brief play titled "Everywoman: a historical
morality play in 5 acts & 3 interruptions OR It's a Grand Old Tradition." Easy to produce, with a simple set and few props,
this play has a great impact. It was written by Donna Blackstock for the Women of Faith Breakfast at the 2003 General Assembly.
Enough for Everyone
The Enough for Everyone program information is provided for Equal Exchange - Free Trade Coffee, Sweat Free T's, Electric
Stewardship Congregations, and Investing in Hope. This is a good way to spend your money.
Mission Connections
Find information on mission speakers, newsletters, mission profiles and more. Give a face to the mission work of the church.
Church World Service.org
Church World Service provides services and information about needs all across the world. Check the information on Iraq and what
you can do with a school kit for children or gain information on Aids in Africa.
Children's Defense Fund
At the business meeting PW committed to continue to advocate for children and to partner with the Children's Defense Fund. Check
out their web site for helpful information in advocating for children.
Both the Presbyterian Coffee Project
and the Sweat-Free T projects are part of the PCUSA Enough for Everyone program.
Many of you are familiar with the Coffee project but do you support the
Sweat-Free T project? Through Sweat-Free Ts, Presbyterians now have new ways to
find non-sweatshop apparel. To learn more about this an other projects,
check-out:
www.pcusa.org/sweatfree
www.pcusa.org/enough/about.htm
www.pcusa.org/coffee
Local Access to Reproductive Health
Would you like to know more about contraceptives available in your area,
local trends in teen pregnancy or learn about restrictions on abortion in your
state? Visit
www.guttmacher.org/statecenter
Also order When Pregnancy Involves Loss, a new PCUSA pamphlet addressing
miscarriage, abortion, adoption and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS),
Available from PDS, Item #7271004001
HELP FOR SEARCH COMMITTEES!
PW groups at all levels are struggling to find new leadership. Nancy Darter,
former Churchwide Search Committee chair, has developed a new guide for search
committees that is available free on the PW Web site (www.pcusa.org/pw).
Resource: Living the Vision: Becoming a Multicultural Church includes a study
guide for a group discussion and more practical information on how to become a
multicultural church. Order from
PDS
Book: #72341-04-001 FREE
Video:#72341-04-003 $10.00 plus shipping
