Sunday, March 8, 2009

What is PresWIC?

Basically, PresWIC is made up of women attending  the various churches within a specific Presbytery.    Most local churches have a WIC (Women in the Church) of some form.  Some have officers, others have leadership committees.

Please know that if you are a woman in a local church, you are part of WIC--you don't have to sign up or anything!  You are a Woman in the Church and, thereby, welcome to all WIC/PresWIC events.

PresWIC has a group of women who serve as officers (Executive Council).  These officers meet 4 times per year to plan the 3 PresWIC wide meetings that are held throughout the year.  Officers are nominated and must be approved by their local church and by the Presbytery.  Each officer serves a 2 year term and may serve up to 2 consecutive terms.

PresWIC also has 5 offerings that it collects money for throughout the year.  Briefly, these offerings are:

Contingency Fee--Used as the operating fund for Warrior PresWIC.

Showers of Blessing--Recipient is approved by the Warrior PresWIC Executive Council.  
This is a contribution to MNA (Mission to North America).  The 2009 recipient is 
Palmer Home for Children.

WIC Love Gift--Recipient is chosen by CE&P (Christian Education and Publications) in
Atlanta and rotates between all PCA committees.  
The 2009 recipient is the Administrative Committee.

Atlanta Budget--Used toward the WIC Headquarters operating fund in Atlanta.

Send the Light--Recipient is approved by the Warrior PresWIC Executive Council.  
This is a contribution to MTW (Mission to the World).  The 2009 recipient is 
The Border Sewing Ministry of Joyce Huizinga.

For an excellent resource on WIC/PresWIC, please take a few minutes to read this.

The logo for WIC is an old fashioned kerosene lamp.  Here is an explanation.

The PresWIC Executive Council strives, with all of the meetings, to further the purpose of WIC which states:

The purpose of the Women In the Church is that every woman know Christ personally and be committed to extending His kingdom in her life, home, church, community, and throughout the world.” 


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