Celebrating Our Call

by Lloyd-Sidle, Patricia

• ISBN13: 9780664502874
• ISBN10: 0664502873
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-03-09
• Publisher: Geneva Pr

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
``Now Is the Time!'' An Introduction	1	(8)
Jane Parker Huber
Generation to Generation	9	(10)
Joanna M. Adams
Wearing the Robe	19	(12)
Deborah A. Block
``It Takes a Village''	31	(8)
Cynthia M. Campbell
Didn't Know Where I Was Headed	39	(10)
Marj Carpenter
From the Kitchen to the Pulpit: A Korean Woman Pastor's Journey	49	(12)
Moon Young
Headlines of the Struggle A History	61	(16)
Barbara A. Roche
From the Baptismal Font into a Life of Service	77	(10)
Melva Wilson Costen
A Ministry Journey	87	(14)
Roberta Hestenes
In the Picture, in the Halls, in the Home	101	(10)
Marian McClure
Encounters and Visions	111	(12)
Ofelia Miriam Ortega
Risky Business	123	(10)
Jean Marie Peacock
Outsiders Within: Women in Ministry	133	(12)
Letty M. Russell
Thanks Be to God! A Conclusion	145	(14)
Susan R. Andrews
Acknowledgments	159	(2)
Notes	161