Visioning, Planning, Leadership Development
April 11-14, 2002
Site changed to Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary (as of 3/7/02)
For INformation regarding the changes, please click here.
Registration Deadline: March 14, 2002
Purpose: To gather together with the community of VOS to vision, plan, and nurture ourselves into the future.
Tasks: To evaluate the work of VOS, our future goals and direction.
To cultivate and nurture leadership.
Planning Team: Melanie Hardison, Stefanie Muntzel-Wilkin, Rebecca Reyes, Jean Snyder, Mieke Vandersall. Advised by Mary Kuhns and Sylvia Thorson-Smith
Who might consider coming:
· Those committed to engaging actively with Voices in the future.
· Those who hold dear the 95 Theses/Illuminations.
· Those who would be enriched by participating in a challenging, creative and collaborate process with women and men in the Presbyterian Church committed to dreaming dreams and seeing visions.
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Room and Board ____ $55 a night, double occupancy (which means 2 people to share a queen bed), $70 single occupancy, Thursday, Friday, Saturday. Please add roommate preferences or homestay requests ($55) here: ________________________
Registration ____ $75
VOS Membership Fee ____ $35, $10 Students (optional)
Additional Donation ____ Your generous help will allow students and low-income women to attend.
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Arrival Thursday evening. Departure Sunday afternoon. Louisville is the nearest airport. Bus service will be provided. Optional: If you can’t attend the entire Gathering, we hope you can attend Saturday from 9-5. Upon receipt of your registration form more details will follow shortly in the mail. Please print and fill out this form and then mail it to the address at the bottom.
Scholarship funds are available. Please contact Mieke Vandersall at 718-623-3732 or via e-mail for further information.
In order to assess the skills and interests of the participants before we arrive in April please answer the following questions:
- What experience have you had with VOS in the past:
- Have you been to a VOS Gathering?
- Have you been to a VOS breakfast at General Assembly or at the Presbyterian Women Triennial Churchwide Gathering in 2000?
- Are you a member of a local chapter?
- Have you been on the VOS Central Team?
- Other?
- How/what has been the most important aspect of VOS to you?
- What skills, passions, and interests would you bring to VOS?
- What sort of VOS participation might you foresee for yourself in the future? (i.e. reading newsletter, contributing financially, starting or attending local gatherings, serving on VOS Central Team).
- What do you believe are the most pressing issues for your life, as they relate to the Presbyterian Church (USA)?
- What do you believe are the most pressing issues in the PC (USA)?
- What do you believe are the most pressing issues in VOS?
Please send this form and check payable to Voices of Sophia to:
Voices of Sophia Ann Olson 1974 W. Summer St. St. Paul, MN 55113.
If you have any questions you are welcome to call 718-623-3732 or email miekel@mindspring.com.
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