Category: Womens Assn - Edmonds Presbyterian Church

Women's Association News

2/25/2021

The Women’s Association met on Wednesday, February 10, 2021 at 11am virtually via Zoom with ten members and one guest (Freddie) present. Mission Chairman Ruth R reported she made and sent Valentines and candy to three students from our congregation, Teddy K, Kate S and Tyler M. Ruth also gave a report on recent activities of Habitat for Humanity, one of our mission recipients, telling of new homes being built in Gold Bar with the help of the new home owners and community volunteers.
Our program was a presentation by Tyler and Rochelle H, a missionary couple partially sponsored by our church who are presently sheltering in place in Louisville KY, while awaiting permission to return to their mission post in Malawi. Tyler works with the University of Livingstonia Faculty of Theology training new pastors and church leaders for the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian. Rochelle works (virtually) with Mzuzu University Center of Excellence, in water sanitation, supporting research and community outreach. Clean water and sanitation are a real problem in Malawi and is often a matter of life and death. They presented a slideshow showing the area where they lived in Malawi and some of the native people they work with along with their daughter and some of their friends. They ask that we pray for the country of Malawi, its government, its leaders and its students and also for the CCAP and the universities that they work for.
Our next meeting will be March 10, 2021 and we plan to have a presentation by Mary’s Place as a program.

Women's Association News

2/3/2021

The Women’s Association met on January 13, 2021 via zoom, with Pastor Amy hosting the meeting. Thank you notes were read from the Pregnancy Resource, Salvation Army, Everett Gospel Mission, and New Horizons. Vision House has remained open and has welcomed 10 new families. They continue to support their clients even after they find other housing and move out, so the appreciate all the help we can give them.

Our next meeting will be via zoom at 11am on February 10. We have 2 speakers scheduled. Tyler and Rochelle H have agreed to join us and tell us of their missionary life in Malawi and their work among the Malawi people. The entire congregation is invited to attend the meeting if you are interested in what missionaries do in Africa.

WOMENS ASSOCIATION NEWS

12/1/2020

The November 11th Women’s Association meeting was via Zoom hosted by Pastor Amy with 8 women attending. Minutes of the last meeting were read by Ruth R and the treasurer’s report was read by Kathy M who said we still have ample funds for a special project in our treasury.

Mission chairman Ruth R reported that she mailed 83 pairs of socks and a check for $80 to Operation Nightwatch. Ruth is also accepting donations toward buying gift cards for the Christmas family whose information was given to her by Pregnancy Resources. This year the family consists of a mother, a 14 year old girl and a younger boy. Contributions for gift cards for the family are being collected by sending a check to our church office.

We had the privilege of having Ann Sakaguchi from Operation Nightwatch as our speaker. Ann told us about Rick Reynold’s episode with being ill with Covid-19 with the good news that he has recovered and is now a blood donor for treating others with the disease. They have had to markedly cut down on their mission housing due to the virus so now can only 24 people per night instead of the 99 they used to house. It is a constant struggle to find food and housing for all their clients. They have to purchases hotel rooms for those who need help the most and they need warm hats, scarves, hand warmers and snacks for those who have to sleep on the streets. They really appreciate any money we can send. The church will collect contributions and we will see that they are delivered.

Our next fund raiser is the Thank Offering for this month which Ruth will report about in our December meeting. Our December meeting will be our Christmas program which Pastor Amy and Kathy M are planning. We will again have a communion service and sing Christmas carols. The meeting will be at 11 AM on December 9, the same zoom as our church service. Hoping to see all the women of the church there for our Christmas party. Wishing you all a Merry Christmas!

Margaret S, moderator

CHRISTMAS FAMILY
Our Christmas family this year is a mother, Courtney, a girl, Kiara, who is 14, and a 7 year old boy named Kingston. Kim said $435 has been donated for the family, enough to give each child two $50 gift cards, a $100 grocery card, which we can increase to $135 and still have $100 for gift cards for the mother. We will be able to give all we were required to give, plus some extra. Thank you to everyone who donated to make this family’s Christmas a little brighter. I will deliver the cards to Pathways in early December. Let us keep this family in our prayers. Although we do not know what problems they face, God knows, and he can provide guidance and hope for them.

WOMENS ASSOCIATION NEWS

11/10/2020

The Thank Offering for The Women’s Association will be by mail this year. Please mail checks to Treasurer Kathy M. at 18300 88th Avenue West, Edmonds, WA 98026. Recipients for offerings given this fall will be chosen early in 2021. Grants will be given to entities who work to help victims of sexual abuse, child abuse, people experiencing hunger, and/or homelessness, people in need of justice, areas where clean water is needed, people needing medical help and others who meet requirements and are chosen by the committee. Forty percent of the offering goes for health care. One recipient from last year’s offering was the Green Lantern Lunch Program in the Olympia Presbytery which received $30,000. This ministry provides summer-time lunches to children whose families cannot find jobs providing adequate income. Lumber and fishing jobs lost in the area have not been replaced with other jobs that provide a living wage for families.
Ruth R., Session Liaison
The EPC Women’s Association met via Zoom on October 14, 2020 with 7 women attending. Treasurer Kathy M. reports she received enough money in member contributions to send each of our 13 mission projects $75. Mission chairman Ruth R. has already received thank-you notes from Cocoon House who informed us they have expanded their teen services, and Mary’s Place who provide housing for homeless women. We are collecting white socks for Operation Nightwatch via a collection box just outside the front door of the church every Tuesday morning all through October. Ruth plans to contact Pathways for Women for a Christmas Family for us to adopt.

Please contact me if you have an idea for a speaker or mission project you would like to hear from. Amy Sukaguchi from Operation Nightwatch has agreed to be our Zoom speaker for the Women's Association meeting to be held on November 11th at 11am. I am asking her to Zoom in to our meeting at 11:30 and to speak to us about how their program is progressing in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Even if you are unable to use Zoom on your computer you can dial in by phone by using the same telephone instructions as for our church services. Either Pastor Amy or Kim will host the meeting.

Our condolences are being sent to Dick S. for the passing of our longtime friend and member Barbara S. Remembrance cards are being sent to Jerry G, Ila C, Marcia P, and June N.

Kathy M. is already making plans for our Christmas meeting which will be on December 9th. We will discuss more about this at our November meeting. Wishing you all good health and good cheer.

Margaret S., Moderator

WOMENS ASSOCIATION NEWS

10/1/2020

Eight women of the congregation met together with Pastor Amy for Zoom meeting at 11:30 Wednesday, September 9. We enjoyed hearing from each other about what activities we are doing since we last met and how we entertain ourselves while in isolation.

Our treasurer, Kathy M, is collecting our mission offering and will disperse $75 to each of the 13 mission projects we support. In this time of unemployment they surely need all we can send them. We already sent $75 to Jonna R per special request as she informed us she had a specific need.

Linda R shared her views on establishing a Prayer Walk as a special project as she has noticed various neighbors walking in our woods and seeming to enjoy the peaceful quiet of our property. We discussed making or purchasing some inspirational signs with a Christian message which could be placed in various places on the grounds and perhaps motivate visitors to continue visiting our church.

Our next Zoom meeting will be at 11:30 am on Wednesday, October 14. All women are welcome to attend, and feel free to invite a visitor which can be easily accomplished by sending them a copy of our church service with instructions to use the Zoom link.
Looking forward to seeing you all in October.
Margaret S, Moderator

Womens Association News

9/3/2020

Since we still can not meet in person, the board has decided to give our mission offering by mail. Checks may be sent to our treasurer, Kathy M. (please contact the church office for her mailing address if you do not have a church directory.)

She will mail checks to the mission agencies we have been sending to each year.

A Zoom meeting has been scheduled for 11:30 am on Wednesday, September 9th. Pastor Amy and Margaret S will host the meeting. We will begin with devotions and prayer, followed by a chance to visit with each other. This will give us a chance to see how well the Zoom meeting works. If it works well, we can get some speakers in the future.

WOMENS ASSOCIATION NEWS

8/4/2020

Would the Women of the congregation like to resume meetings on the second Wednesday of each month beginning in September 2020? Our last meeting was in January 2020 and we have a few decisions to make. We can meet by Zoom as we do for bible study and coffee hour starting anytime. We can use either our phones or computers to meet and even vote and have discussions. Pastor Amy suggested that we can even have speakers with Zoom by scheduling them ahead of time. Some business to take care of includes collecting and distribution of our mission offerings, selecting officers for the year, and revealing our prayer partners.

We also need to rethink our role in the church in the post virus time. We may have to have some meetings outside and may not be able to serve meals with our meetings or at best have picnic style meals outside the building. How can we best serve the church now and in the future? Can we continue as a functioning group when we may not be able to physically meet together in the near future? I would like to talk to each of you to discuss our plans, so give me a call and we will make some decisions for now. I miss meeting together and hope to hear from everyone.

Margaret S.

EPC Women’s Association

3/4/2020

The Women’s Association will met on March 11th at the church at 11:30 a.m. for a business meeting, lunch and program. We mailed Valentine cards and candy to college students connected with our congregation.

EPC Women’s Association

2/5/2020

The Women’s Association will meet at the Pancake Haus on 5th Avenue in Edmonds on February 12th at noon. Jonna Reeder from Frontier Fellowship gave a very inspiring talk on women and mission in Central Asia at the January meeting.

Women's Association

12/5/2019

The Women’s Association will meet at the church on Wednesday, December 11th at 11:30. The Thank Offering for the National Presbyterian Women will be collected since we met at the Pancake Haus in November. After the business meeting, Pastor Amy will lead us in communion.
Lunch will be a salad luncheon, with everyone who is able bringing a salad to share. If you can’t bring a salad, come anyway so we can enjoy your company.
The Bake Sale will be December 8th following worship. Bake your favorite goodies and bring some of them for the sale. All proceeds go to support missions.