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PRESS RELEASE: For immediate release
RE: VOICES OF SOPHIA NATIONAL MEETING
Contacts: Virginia Copenhefer at 502 592 -1529 or Mary Ann Lundy at 505- 455 0011
Voices of Sophia, a national advocacy group working for the full inclusion and equality of women in the Presbyterian Church, met recently in Ghost Ranch, Santa Fe from October 26-29, 2006, for worship, reflection and re-connection. The organization was formed in 1994 as a community of women and men in the larger community of the Presbyterian Church(USA) to work toward transformation of the church into a discipleship of equal persons.
Under the theme, “Recovering What Is Lost” participants heard Craig Barnes of Santa Fe, lawyer, historian, philosopher, and author of In Search of the Lost Feminine, a study of the myths that radically re-shaped Western civilization; Rev. Judith Wrought of Loveland, Colorado, former national staff person in Women’s Programs, who reviewed changes in women’s lives in the denomination and in the world since the 1960's; and Rev. Anne McKee, chaplain, and Rachael Whaley, student leader, from Maryville College, who led the group through an awareness process of the minds and hearts of college women today.
In business sessions the group reviewed the history of VOS and set new directions for the organization New emphases include a closer relationship with young women, a communication network that would more readily inform the membership of events and trends in the Church, regional links among members, resource coordination for the sharing of liturgical and theological materials, and a funding development contact.
In January a new Leadership Team will be named to replace the current team convened by Ginny Copenhefer of Louisville. Judy Strausz-Clement and Mary Ann Lundy of Santa Fe coordinated the October event. For more information see the Voices of Sophia website(www.voicesofsophia.org).
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