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14-November-1997 
97431 
 
    New Team of Presbyterian Women Leaders Gathers 
 
    by Jerry L. Van Marter 
 
LOUISVILLE, Ky.--With new people in most of its top leadership positions, 
the Churchwide Coordinating Team (CCT) of Presbyterian Women met here Oct. 
23-28.  The new 30-member team will serve until the 2000 triennial 
Churchwide Gathering of Presbyterian Women. 
 
    CCT moderator is Diana Lim of San Jose, Calif.  Other new leaders 
greeted by the team were Jane Parker Huber, interim coordinator for 
Presbyterian Women; Barbara E. Dua, the new associate director for women's 
ministries in the National Ministries Division; and Marie T. Cross, the new 
editor of  "HORIZONS" magazine. 
 
    The group chose the Middle East, Ethiopia and the United States as the 
destinations for its 1997-2000 Global Exchange program.  The Middle East 
and Ethiopia were chosen, team members said, in support of the "Year with 
Education" emphasis of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and because of the 
long history of mission service -- particularly educational ministries -- 
in the regions.  The United States was chosen as the third site in order to 
connect issues in the Middle East and Ethiopia with similar issues in this 
country. 
 
    In other actions, the CCT voted to 
 
    *  reaffirm its support of the PC(USA)'s "Commitment to Peacemaking" 
    *  appeal to President Clinton and Secretary of State Madeline Albright 
       to increase food aid to North Korea 
    *  urge President Clinton to endorse the Ottawa Initiative for a total 
       worldwide ban on land mines 
    *  request Stated Clerk the Rev. Clifton Kirkpatrick to highlight the 
       conclusion of the Ecumenical Decade: Churches in Solidarity with 
       Women at the Ecumenical Worship Service of the 210th General 
       Assembly (1998) next June in Charlotte, N.C. 
    *  ask Presbyterian Women throughout the church to assist in the 
       building of the national Network of Presbyterian College Women 
    *  urge Presbyterians to sign petitions calling for a halt to sweatshop 
       abuses as part of the "Holiday Season of Conscience" 
    *  call upon Presbyterians to write to members of Congress urging 
       support of the Violence against Women Prevention Act of 1997. 
 
    The next meeting of the CCT will be Feb. 27-March 6 at Plaza Resolana 
in Santa Fe, N.M. 
 
    Members of the 1997-2000 Churchwide Coordinating Team of Presbyterian 
Women 
 
    Diana Lim, San Jose, Calif., moderator; Carol Hylkema, Dearborn, Mich., 
vice moderator for mission relationships; Ann Beran Jones, Western Springs, 
Ill., vice moderator for issues; Florence Reeder Morrison, Traverse City, 
Mich., secretary; Carolynne J. Keleher, Bend, Ore., financial secretary; 
Sara Wallace Payne, Greenville, S.C., historian; Kyung-Soon Yoon, 
Perrysburg, Ohio, liaison from Korean Presbyterian Women; Amy Heusinkveld, 
Fairport, N.Y., liaison from the National Network of Presbyterian College 
Women; Wilma Bennett, Louisville, Ky., chair of the organization's search 
committee. 
 
    At-large members: Artence Johnson Walton, Dayton, Ohio; Sunok Chun Pai, 
Overland Park, Kan.; Mary Elizabeth Anzaldua, Corpus Christi, Texas; and 
Mary Jane Souther, Lapwai, Idaho. 
 
    Synod representatives: Beulah Townsend, Spokane, Wash., Synod of 
Alaska-Northwest; Louise C. Davidson, Dublin, Ohio, Synod of the Covenant; 
Lois Potter, Albertville, Minn., Synod of Lakes and Prairies; Millicent 
Hankla, Anna, Ill., Synod of Lincoln Trails; Diane Blankenhorn, Madison, 
Miss., Synod of Living Waters; Ellen Carter, Hill City, Kan., Synod of 
Mid-America; Ellen Newbold, Rose Hill, N.C., Synod of the Mid-Atlantic; 
Elizabeth Addison, Toms River, N.J., Synod of the Northeast. 
 
    And  Kathryn Baker, Ontario, Ore., Synod of the Pacific; Flavia 
Alvarez, Quebradillas, P.R., Synod of Puerto Rico; Jane Westfall,Yuma, 
Colo., Synod of Rocky Mountains; Peggy Lane, Davenport, Fla., Synod of 
South Atlantic; Mary Lee, Anaheim, Calif., Synod of Southern California and 
Hawaii; Betty Forsberg, Sun City, Ariz., Synod of the Southwest; Sharon 
Mihaltian, Cabot, Ark., Synod of the Sun; and Gloria Venett, State College, 
Pa., Synod of The Trinity. 

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