Presbyterian Women
Get Involved — PW Ongoing Groups for All Ages
Church Women United: March 2, 2012 -
A World Day of Prayer will be celebrated with worship and a program at Overland Park Christian Church, 7600 West 75 St. in Prairie Village. For more information on either of these events, please call Audrey Pollard at 913-722-1638 or Virginia Stuhr. 913.642.7596.
“Alive Now” Bible Study: This dedicated group, facilitated by Judy Cooper, meets Wednesdays at 7:30 a.m. and is open to women of all ages. Various theological and biblical related subjects with application to life’s daily journey are studied. Contact: Sally Wallace, 913.677.3545 or e-mail.
Amazing Graces: A fellowship of women (45-65ish) who meet during the day and evening for Bible studies, book club discussions, dinner groups, speakers, yoga classes and field trips. Please direct any questions about Amazing Graces to the following coordinators…
Bible Studies - coordinator: Lisa Schellhorn, e-mail; Book Club Discussions - coordinator: Sara Wallace, e-mail; Dinner Groups - coordinator: Alice Carrott, e-mail; Yoga Classes - coordinator: Janice Newberry, e-mail; General Questions - Julie Beets, e-mail
Amazing Graces “Showing We Care”
Making Your House Your Home
The Amazing Graces together with the Women of Wisdom groups will gather at Webster House for a special luncheon and seminar, “Antiques in the Modern Home” presented by Keitha Kaminski, Director at Webster House.
Saturday, February 25, 2012
11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
1644 Wyandotte Street, Kansas City, MO 64108
Roasted Beet, Frisée and Local Greens Salad
grilled chicken, goat cheese, toasted pistachios, and apple dressed with apple cider vinaigrette
Fallen Chocolate Soufflé
(with white chocolate ice cream garnished with fresh berries)
Roasterie Coffee and Earl Grey Tea
{Wine available for purchase ($7, cash only)}
Your check for $25, made out to “Presbyterian Women of Village Church”, is your reservation.
Please mail your check to: Christine Maurer, 6434 Norwood Street, Mission Hills, KS 66208
All reservations must be received by Tuesday, February 21st.
For more information about Amazing Graces, contact Julie Beets, e-mail.
Jesus honors those who work for shalom as sisters and brothers, children of God. Peace, shalom in Hebrew, is an all-encompassing word communicating wholeness and wellness for all of God’s children. Peacemakers find ways to make shalom a reality—they take steps to make sure that their communities are whole. Jesus identifies peacemakers as “sons of God” to communicate that those who make peace will receive the full inheritance of God, just as male heirs received their fathers’ property in Jesus’ day.
The promise that peacemakers would be sons of God challenged Roman peace because, rather than the leaders of Rome being called sons of God (which was a common title for emperors), those who make peace were identified as the true sons of God. This kind of thinking disrupted the pax Romana, or Roman peace, because it challenged the notion that the civic religion of the empire, the people who ruled the empire, and the Roman military were capable of bringing peace.
In honoring peacemakers, Jesus challenges us to be peacemakers, as well, to live into our identity as children of God. We are called to a cessation of violence against one another, and we are called to work for the cessation of all violence. Making peace means we provide for the needs of others, working for the wholeness of all our neighbors.
Mission Sewing:
We are back to work! The final total of items delivered in 2011 was 9,910. The group, including at home sewers and knitters totaled 17,360 hours. We are in need of knitted or crocheted afghans measuring 48 X 48 for cancer patients. Other needs: knitted baby caps, child size mittens & caps, and youth caps. Patterns and yarn available. Sewing projects also available for home sewing.
If you are interested in joining the group on Tuesday, come give us a try. Doors are open 8-3, come and go as you can. Brown bag lunch is at noon, or visit the coffee shop.
Donations are welcome. For more information, call Edie Hultman, 913.432.2515.
Page Turners is a Village Church book club sponsored by Presbyterian Women. All are welcome at their meetings on the fourth Tuesday of the month at 9:30 a.m. in Room 127. They will meet on February 28, 2012, to discuss Cleopatra: A Life by Pulitzer Prize winner, Stacy Schiff Cleopatra: A Life, brushes away the distortions and sexism's corruptions to reveal the truest possible portrait of history’s most enduring and intriguing women.
On March 28, 2012, Page Turners will discuss Caleb's Crossing, by Pulitzer Prize winner Geraldine Brooks. Caleb’s Crossing is set on Martha’s Vineyard and is inspired by the story of Caleb, a member of the Wampanoag Nation who was the original inhabitants of Martha’s Vineyard. Caleb was the first American Indian to graduate from Harvard College in 1665, a time when his people were considered intellectually impaired savages. The story is told through the voice of the daughter of one of the island's Calvinist minister, a brilliant young woman who aches for the education her father wastes on her dull brother. She meets Caleb at twelve, and their mutual affinity for nature and knowledge evolves into a clandestine, lifelong bond. When her father realizes Caleb's genius for letters he prepares him for study at Harvard. This book examines the questions of the power and cost of knowledge not just in Harvard's halls, but in the fire of a Wampanoag medicine man.
Operation Breakthrough Reading:
We invite you to join us for the spring Operation Breakthrough Reading program, March 21-April 25 on Wednesdays 9:45-11:00 a.m. Questions? Contact Mary Ann Jermann at 913.677.0032 or LeAne Story at 913.648.6022. We accept book donations for ages 3-5 preschool children all year. Drop box is by the Village Church Children’s Library.
Women of Wisdom: A fellowship of women (60 and up) who meet in the afternoon and evening for lunch and dinner groups, game groups and various field trips. Yoga classes are available - see information at the bottom of this page. For more information, contact: Ann Shaw, 913.677.2144 or e-mail.
Women of Wisdom will join Amazing Graces and gather at Webster House for a special luncheon and seminar, “Antiques in the Modern Home” presented by Keitha Kaminski, Director at Webster House.
Saturday, February 25, 2012
11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
1644 Wyandotte Street, Kansas City, MO 64108
Your check for $25, made out to “Presbyterian Women of Village Church”, is your reservation. Please mail your check to: Christine Maurer, 6434 Norwood Street, Mission Hills, KS 66208. All reservations must be received by Tuesday, February 21st.
For more information or carpools, contact Julie Beets, e-mail.
Women with Spirit: WWS is a group for women 25 to 45ish who get together monthly for dinner with the girls, themed brunches, community service, fun outings, and couples’ nights out. Child care is available for all events with advance reservations to 671-2352.
Couples’ Wine Exchange
Shake off those winter doldrums with a fabulous couples’ night out! Please join Women With Spirit for our annual Couples’ Wine Exchange. This is always our most popular event! Hope you can make it on Friday, February 10, 6:30-9:00 p.m. at the home of Martha and Christian Mann. We’ll enjoy delicious appetizers and a wine tasting with a fun twist! Please bring two bottles of the SAME wine. One will be opened for everyone to sample; the other will be exchanged in an exciting bottle swap! Each couple will go home with a new wine to enjoy. Please RSVP to Martha Mann, e-mail or 913.432.5001.
The Manns live just a short drive from the church at 4415 W. 63rd Terrace in Indian Fields (behind Indian Hills school). Child care is available at the church, starting at 6:15 p.m. and ending at 9:00 p.m.. Please call the child care office directly, 913.671.2322 by Thursday, February 2, to make reservations.
For more information about WWS activities or to RSVP, please contact Martha Mann, e-mail or 913.432.5001.
Gentle Yoga at Village Church! These classes are officially sponsored by the Amazing Graces but all are welcome! Instructor Katie Hurcomb from ineedmyoga.com provides 2 yoga classes a week! First visit is FREE. $40 a month for 4 classes. Come and see for yourself how healing and beneficial yoga can be for you.
Wednesdays: 1:30 p.m., Gentle Yoga at Village Presbyterian Church in room 233 on the 2nd floor, South side of bldg. Instructor collects monthly fee on the first Wednesday of each month. $40/mo. Please bring your own yoga mat to class. All other props will be provided. This yoga is appropriate for beginners, those with knee and back troubles, anyone wanting a light practice and pregnant mothers-to-be! This yoga will ease pain throughout the body as well as strengthen while stretching. Breathing techniques and the alignment of the skeletal system will be introduced and practiced. Call instructor for any questions at 913-244-5623 Katie Hurcomb.
Thursdays: 6:15 p.m., Hatha I/II at Village Presbyterian Church in the Youth Room on the 3rd floor, South side of bldg. Instructor collects monthly fee on the first Thursday of each month. $40/mo. Please bring your own yoga mat to class. All other props will be provided. This yoga is appropriate for beginners to intermediate students. Strength, flexibility, breathing technique and alignment of the skeletal system to enhance balance and decrease of pain will be the focus. Students should be able to get up and down from the floor with basic ease. Call instructor with any questions; 913.244.5623 Katie Hurcomb.
Please note that all groups welcome women of any age (even though the groups are divided into suggested ages).
Child care is available for most events with advance registration by calling Pam, 913.671.2352.
