Women Keeping the Message Alive
On the Third Sunday in Lent, March 7, our worship will celebrate the gifts of women, using resources from Horizons Magazine, the publication of Presbyterian Women. Celebrate the Gifts of Women Sunday honors women who contribute their gifts to the church and community, and lifts up issues of women’s rights. March 7, 2010, is Celebrate the Gifts of Women Sunday, the day before International Women’s Day on March 8.
This year’s theme is “Women Keeping the Message Alive.” From Eve, the mother of all living, through the tears of Esther, through an angel to Mary, through Mary and Martha at their brother’s death, through the women who came to the tomb, through Priscilla during the time of Pentecost, through women in the church today, God’s word is kept alive. From sermons preached to lessons taught, from emails sent to text messages received, from inscriptions on papyrus to internet blogs, the message is still being sent and received by women. We rejoice in and celebrate God’s message to women, along with the way women continue to keep God’s word alive.
We will welcome to our pulpit our own Marilyn Koszarek, who serves as Moderator of Presbyterian Women in the Presbytery of Western New York. Women will provide leadership in every facet of worship, except for the celebration of the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper.
