The purpose of PW is to nurture our faith through prayer and Bible study, to support the mission of the church locally and worldwide, to work for justice and peace, and to build an inclusive, caring community of women that strengthens the Presbyterian Church (USA), and witness to the promise of God's Kingdom.

PW meets three times a year for a program and fellowship. Meeting day and time vary to accomodate our members' schedules. The programs each year include (check the church calendar for exact dates and times and the topics):

May	Spring Luncheon
Oct. 14th, noon	Fall Luncheon
Dec. 5th	Christmas Tea

 

 

 

 

 

Small group meetings are held monthly for study, mission work, and fellowship. Some women belong to more than one group; others join us for the quarterly programs. Groups and their leaders are:

Circle Name	Description	Meeting Time	Contact
Esther Circle	Study / discussion group, using the PW Bible Study course.	Third Wednesday of each month at 9:30am	Julie Mackey
Mary Circle	Main interest is community service, involving local missions. Meetings rotate between our own church projects and local charity projects.	Second Monday of each month at 9:00am	Susan Leiber
Ruth / Talbot Circle	Bring a sandwich and dessert is provided! We are very welcoming and would love to have you join us.	Second Thursday of each month at noon.	Ginny Trost
PW on the Go	Fun and fellowship while on a variety of travel activities throughout the year, usually including a meal "on the road." Car pooling via church members is used.	Varies -- watch bulletin for times.	Barb Ryan
Readers Group	Reads selected books, and specializes in book discussions and fellowship.	Fourth Tuesday of each month at 7:30pm	Diane Betz / Anne Dropp
Mission Sewing	Includes lunch and fellowship. Members (at church and at home) create quilts, lap robes, knitted sweaters, mittens, hats, scarves and booties for local, state, national and international missions.	First Thursday of each month at 10:00am	Susan Leiber / Julie Mackey
Papercrafting	Meets to work on work on various papercraft projects such as calendars, cards and scrapbooking -- all skill levels are welcome!	Third Saturday of each month from 10am - 3pm	Jan Pomprowitz

 

 

 

 

 

PW locally is part of the PW in the wider church. we have four women on the PW Presbytery Coordinating Team and one on the PW Synod Coordinating Team. Activities and projects of our local PW are planned and coordinated by the PW Coordinating Team, which meets monthly. This team consists of the circle leaders and elected officers.

PW works to support over twenty-five different missions. To that end, quilts and clothing are produced and given away locally and abroad, baby items are collected for the YWCA Teen Closet and Christmas gifts are given to Ledgeview Nursing Home. Meals and necessities are provided to people at Freedom House, Golden House and Green Bay Community Shelter. Mosquito nets for the Networkers Project Against Malaria are financially supported. With the help of the congregation's donations and the handiwork of Mary's Circle, we are able to donate many schoolbags filled with supplies and many fully stocked health kits to Church World Services.

We support the three special offerings of the National PW: the Thank Offering, the Least Coin Offering and the Birthday Offering. Annual fund-raisers include rummage sales, used book sales in May and November, election day bake sales, Christmas cookie bake, winter soup/bread sale, preparing and serving meals for various church groups and Presbytery-sponsored events and collecting grocery store receipts. Direct donations are also received, including the "Bag of Thanks."