PARTICIPANTS ANNOUNCED
for
PW GLOBAL EXCHANGE FOR 2008
Anna McIlwain of
the Presbytery of Sheppards and Lapsley recently received the good news that
she has been selected to represent the Synod of Living Waters on the PW 2008
Global Exchange trip to Eastern Europe.
Congratulations, Anna!
Anna will work
her way through a list of reading materials and other resources before her trip
starts in Geneva, Switzerland, on Sept 8, 2008. The group will travel through the Czech Republic, Ukraine, and
Hungary, and then fly home from Budapest on Sept. 26, 2008.
After the trip
Anna will spend the next two years, by invitation, interpreting her experience
to PW groups in the Synod.
The “Exchange”
part of the trip will happen prior to and during the 2009 Churchwide Gathering
when guests from Eastern Europe will visit the United States.
These trips
change lives! We are happy to support
Anna as she embarks on this project which is an important part of PW’s work in
mission, justice, and peace.
SYNOD OF LIVING
WATERS
Fund
Raising Request
For
Global Exchange, 2008
October
15, 2007
Dear
Presbyterian Women Sisters,
Anna McIlwain of the Presbytery of Sheppards and
Lapsley has been selected to represent the Synod of Living Waters when the PW
Global Exchange travels to Eastern Europe in September of 2008. We are honored to have someone chosen from
our Synod. A group of women from
Eastern Europe - Hungary, Czech Republic and Ukraine – will be invited to
attend the 2009 Churchwide Gathering in Louisville, KY.
The
theme of this Global Exchange is “Joined and knit together in love”. I know that we will want to encourage all of
the participants as they prepare for their adventure. The focus of this Global Exchange is to discover how our church
partners have fared and are in ministry since the end of Communism, how the
societies are dealing with minority populations, and the issues facing women
and children in these societies.
Resources
for study and information about the countries to be visited will be in future issues
of Horizons magazine and on the
Presbyterian Women’s web site, www.pcusa.org/pw. Because Anna will represent us, study the
resources to prepare herself and take three weeks to travel in September 2008,
we are privileged to assist her financially.
The cost of the trip is $4500 for each participant. I am hoping that PW in each church and every
presbytery in our synod will contribute as they are able to the 2008 Global
Exchange. A remittance form is
attached, and all money must be forwarded from your presbytery to our Synod
Treasurer, Jean Starnes, at 9738 Pine Point Cove, Bartlett, TN 38133. Your support will be appreciated! Consider that you are paying the honorarium
for a future program when Anna can come to you to interpret the Exchange.
Participation
in the Global Exchange changes lives and opens the participants to seeing the
world in a different light. Feel free
to share this letter with others and plan to schedule a presentation by Anna in
the two years following her return.
You
may reach me at hillsidetwo@roadrunner.com with questions regarding the Global Exchange
and about scheduling a program. Do not
hesitate to call me if there is some way I can help your PW.
Peace
and Joy,
Moderator
of Presbyterian Women
Synod
of Living Waters