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Upcoming Presbyterian Women Teleclasses!
A joint project of The eMinistry Network and Presbyterian Women (PW), the national women’s organization of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
The Churchwide Coordinating Team of PW voted in March 2007 to enter into a pilot project with eMinistry to offer live, low-cost training to Presbyterian Women around the country. Don't like computers? No problem! eMinistry is low-tech--classes are conducted over the phone. It's low-cost—most classes are between $12 and $15 an hour. It's personal--the class size is limited to 10-12 people, which allows everyone a chance to speak and ask questions. And it’s convenient—no travel, no need to get dressed up!
Ten teleclasses will be developed beginning in the fall of 2007, led by Presbyterian women authors and ministry leaders from across the country. The classes are intended to support the faith and ministry of women in Presbyterian congregations. They will provide quality presentations and guided discussion on a variety of topics aligned with the PW Purpose:
The project's goals are to:
Stay tuned to this page for class descriptions and registration information as PW teleclasses are developed! Members of other denominations are welcome to register for PW teleclasses.
How to Attract Younger Women to Your PW
Leader: Kathy Randall
Date: Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Time: 8:00 pm Eastern (one-hour teleclass) -- 7:00 Central, 6:00 Mountain, 5:00 Pacific
Please be sure to reflect the above time zone differences when you put this on your calendar!
Cost: $12.00 Please read eMinistry's registration policies before you register
Class size: Limited to 12
Class #: PW100
This class will help answer the question, "How do we get younger women involved in PW?” We'll look at how one congregation -- Kathy Randall's congregation of St. Charles Avenue Presbyterian Church in New Orleans -- has been successful in attracting young women to their PW programs. We'll explore practical steps that you can take, in your congregation, to strengthen the presence and participation of young women in your PW programs.
Join other Presbyterian Women from around the country for a lively hour of presentation and discussion with Kathy!
Kathy
has developed and led numerous workshops for synods and conferences,
including the 2003 Gathering of Presbyterian Women. She has served
as chair of the Community Ministry, Congregational Care, and Christian
Education committees for the St. Charles Avenue Presbyterian Church
session. From 2003 to 2006 she served on four committees as the
Synod of the Sun representative to CCT. She is very active in
community ministries and organizations in New Orleans.
She
has twenty years of experience in merchandising and marketing
communications with a national company, The Merchandising Group/DUPONT.
In her spare time(!), she
writes, “Genealogy is my hobby, and I like to share my “findings”
with my family as holiday and celebration gifts." I discovered
reading as a hobby and thoroughly enjoy its refreshing recharge to my
mind’s eye. I especially read Southern female authors.”
Mentoras y enlaces -- eslabones vitales en el ministerio de la mujer Presbiteriana
Leader: Florence Vargas
Date: Thursday, September 25, 2008
Time: 7:00 pm Eastern (one-hour teleclass) -- 6:00 Central, 5:00 Mountain, 4:00 Pacific
Cost: $12.00 Please read eMinistry's registration policies before you register
Class size: Limited to 12
Class #: PW105
Hemos de explorar el concepto de mentoras. ¿Que es una mentora? Cómo se es una buena mentora, Cuales son las carácteristicas de una mentora. ¿Cual es su contribución en el ministerio, especialmente en el liderato de la mujer Presbiteriana?
En el nuevo diseño de Mujeres Presbiterianas las Enlaces son vitales para mantener la red de MP activa. Las Enlaces proveen comunicación y adiestramiento dentro de la Red. Tambien hemos de explorar este ministerio, su efecto y su contribución.
Esta clase se enseñará en español.
Mentors and Cluster Leaders – Vital Links in Presbyterian Women’s Ministries
We are to explore the concept of mentors. What is a mentor? How to be a good mentor. What are the characteristics of a mentor. How do mentors contribute to ministry, especially in terms of leadership in Presbyterian Women? Cluster leaders are vital in the PW Network. Their role is to provide communication and training within this Network. We will also explore this ministry, its effect and contribution to PW.
Please note: This class will be taught in Spanish.
Both her BA (English major, and minors in Christian Education and Secondary Education) and her MA (English as a Second Language and Supervision and Administration) are from Inter American University in San German and San Juan, Puerto Rico. Florence taught English in high school and went on to train and supervise the English teachers in San Sebastian School District for 24 years. She retired from the Department of Education after 30 years of service, 14 years ago.
She has been involved in PW in all levels. She has been PWP Moderator and is presently PWS Moderator. She was Hispanic/Latin Member at Large on the CCT. She has chaired two gathering committees: Nurture and Great Room. At present she is Vice Moderator of Hispanic/Latin Presbyterian Women. Florence has taught workshops at the five Encuentros.
Florence is an elder in The Presbyterian Church in San Sebastian, where she teaches adult Sunday School and the New Members Class. She was Presbytery Moderator two years ago. She is on Presbytery and Synod Council. Florence has been a General Assembly Commissioner (in Charlotte, North Carolina).
"Your Faith Will Make You Whole" -- Eating Right, Living Well, Loving God
Leaders: Carol Showalter and Maggie Davis
Please note -- this class has been cancelled, and we hope to be able to reschedule it later this fall.
Carol Showalter, a Presbyterian minister's wife and Maggie Davis, Nutrition and Weight Management expert, have developed a comprehensive 12 week program entitled "Your Whole Life: The 3D Plan for Eating Right, Living Well, and Loving God."
Walking the path of a whole, healthy life involves eating right, living well, and loving God. These issues are often thought of as separate compartments of a woman's life. They are viewed as private, personal challenges, and yet the safeness and trustworthiness of small groups of women in the church setting can allow women to address the deep wounds that can prevent them from leading whole and healthy lives.
Although churches are often the venue for weight loss support groups or exercise classes, health and wellness cannot be achieved just by giving women another "diet" or a new exercise routine. Spirituality, when linked with the intellectual, physical and emotional issues facing women, provides the balance which is necessary for making changes in lifestyle habits. Conversely, tackling these challenges can strengthen spiritual growth.
In these 4 class sessions we will present the principles and tools of the 3D plan to educate, inspire and support individual small groups in your congregation.
Time: 8:00 pm Eastern (one-hour teleclass) -- 7:00 Central, 6:00 Mountain, 5:00 Pacific Please be sure to reflect the above time zone differences when you put this on your calendar!
Cost: $15.00 per individual class session OR $56.00 for the 4-class series
Class size: Limited to 12
Class #: PW104
You may register for any of the sessions individually, or you may register for the 4-session program.
Session 1: Monday, September 8 What does God/Faith have to do with health and wholeness? (Carol Showalter) Session 2: Thursday, September 11 Define "Eating Right" (Maggie Davis) Session 3: Monday, September 22 Self-worth and Low Self-image (Carol Showalter) Session 4: Thursday, September 25 Women's Health Needs at Various Stages of the Life Cycle (Maggie Davis)
**Please note: If you are registering for the discounted 4-session registration, our regular registration/refund policy applies for each individual session of the class. Please let us know if you find you cannot attend one of the sessions and a refund for that session will be issued according to our regular policy.
Carol Showalter, the founder of 3D, has been featured in numerous
newspapers and magazines including Ladies Home Journal, Outside,
Prevention, and Woman's Day. Carol and her husband,
Bill, a Presbyterian minister, have been involved in Christian ministry
for over 45 years. They live on Cape Cod and have four children and five
grandchildren."3D is about transformation from the inside out, and feeling good about yourself from the outside in. There is no time to waste in looking back and counting our failures and wishing that we could have done things differently. Now is the time to stand in the present and look forward." -Carol Showalter
Maggie Davis, MS, RD, LDN, FADA, CDE is the founder and director of Live
Nutrition, (www.livenutrition.com)
on Cape Cod. She is a frequent speaker at professional conferences,
including the American Dietetic Association Annual Meeting. Maggie is
known to her friends and colleagues as a gourmet cook, and she and her
husband, Steve, are avid gardeners. Maggie loves to canoe, kayak,
cross-country ski, and snowshoe in Vermont.
"Over the years I have seen that those who are successful in
eating right and managing their weight are the ones who bring mind, body,
and spirit into their work. My patients and clients have included
individuals from nearly every ethnic and religious background. They have
included people of faith as well as people who do not practice religion,
but one thing they have in common is that they have experienced spiritual
battles that involve food. They have collectively taught me that it takes
a whole person to make a whole life." - Maggie Davis
Jubilee: Luke's Gospel for the Poor
Click here to go on a waiting list -- we'll contact you if we're able to schedule another session.
Leader: Dale Lindsay Morgan
Date: Last offered Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Time: 7:00 pm Eastern (one-hour teleclass) -- 6:00 Central, 5:00 Mountain, 4:00 Pacific Please be sure to reflect the above time zone differences when you put this on your calendar!
Cost: $15.00 Please read eMinistry's registration policies before you register
Class size: Limited to 14
Class #: PW103
Join Dale Lindsay Morgan and others across the Church in a teleclass discussion of "Jubilee" -- the overarching theme of the gospel of Luke. We'll focus on the content, the theological perspective, and the historical setting of the gospel. We will discover what Luke learned about Jesus from the sources he read and the stories he heard-- and what he wanted the church and surrounding Roman community to know and understand.
This material has been introduced in the 2008-2009 Horizons Bible Study, Jubilee! Luke’s Gospel for the Poor, and will be helpful to those reading or teaching from that resource (click here to order from Horizons). But anyone may participate who simply wishes to learn more about Luke.
Dale holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Universities of Michigan and Minnesota in communications; she holds master of divinity and doctor of ministry degrees from the Claremont School of Theology in biblical studies, with a concentration in early church history. She served as pastor of congregations in Claremont and Santa Barbara, California, for more than thirty years and has been an elected member of the General Assembly Council of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and the board of trustees of San Francisco Theological Seminary.
Spinning the Sacred Yarn
Leader: Eugenia Gamble
Date: last offered Monday, April 28, 2008
Time: 7:00 pm Eastern (one-hour teleclass) -- 6:00 Central, 5:00 Mountain, 4:00 Pacific
Cost: $14.00 Please read eMinistry's registration policies before you register
Class size: Limited to 12
Class #: PW102
In
this one-hour class we’ll explore the importance of “story” for the
Christian faith and for our personal spiritual growth. Using the
stories of the Bible and the tool of personal narrative, participants will
learn to identify the major themes of Biblical faith in the stories of
their own lives.
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Florence Vargas was born in Puerto Rico but grew up in Brooklyn, New York;
where she attended public schools and graduated from Bushwick High School.
Dale Lindsay Morgan was author of
the Horizons 2004–2005 Bible study, What She Said: Quotable
Women in Scripture and the companion piece, What She (Could
Have) Said. As Bible study leader for the 1994 and 2006
Churchwide Gatherings of Presbyterian Women, Dale created the character,
the Gathering Woman, to present original biblical monologues from
“archaeological discoveries” dating to biblical times. 
Eugenia Gamble is Director of Spiritual Development, First
Presbyterian Church, San Luis Obispo, CA. From 1996 to 2005 she
served as pastor of the historic First Presbyterian Church in
downtown Birmingham, Alabama. A highly gifted and accomplished
pastor, educator, writer, speaker, and visionary, she has been keynote
speaker at numerous conferences, retreats, churches, television
broadcasts, both nationally and abroad. For over 17 years she wrote
a regular column in Horizons Magazine, as well as publishing numerous
essays, poems, and Bible studies. She won the Associated
Church Press Award of Excellence for her Bible study called: Glimpses of
Home: Biblical Images of the Realm of God.