Celebrating Our Call: Ordination Stories of Presbyterian Women

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Patricia Lloyd-Sidle
Westminster John Knox Press, 1 de gen. 2006 - 165 pàgines

Throughout 2005 and 2006, various events were held to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the ordination of women in the Presbyterian Church as ministers of the Word and Sacrament, as well as seventy-five years of their ordination as elders and one hundred years as deacons. In this collection of insightful essays, well-known women from across the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) reflect on their personal journeys of ordination as church leaders. This historically significant book is ideal for clergy, educators, and church leaders and is the perfect resource for church libraries.

Contributors include Joanna M. Adams; Susan R. Andrews; Deborah A. Block; Cynthia M. Campbell; Marj Carpenter; Choi, Moon Young; Melva Wilson Costen; Roberta Hestenes; Jane Parker Huber; Marian McClure; Ofelia Miriam Ortega; Jean Marie Peacock; Barbara A. Roche; and Letty M. Russell.

 

Pàgines seleccionades

Continguts

Generation to Generation
9
Wearing the Robe
19
It Takes a Village
31
Didnt Know Where I Was Headed
39
Headlines of the Struggle
61
From the Baptismal Font into a Life of Service
77
A Ministry Journey
87
In the Picture in the Halls in the Home
101
Acknowledgments
159
Copyright

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Sobre l'autor (2006)

Patricia Lloyd-Sidle serves as a mission co-worker for the Worldwide Ministries Division of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). She is the Regional Liaison for the Caribbean, with special attention to Cuba and the Caribbean-North American Council for Mission. Prior to this work she served as Worldwide Ministries staff for over a decade in various positions concerned with mission involvement and education.

Informació bibliogràfica

TítolCelebrating Our Call: Ordination Stories of Presbyterian Women
EditorPatricia Lloyd-Sidle
Edicióil·lustrada
EditorWestminster John Knox Press, 2006
ISBN0664502873, 9780664502874
Nre. de pàgines165 pàgines
  
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