Celebrating Our Call: Ordination Stories of Presbyterian Women

Throughout 2005-2006 various events have been and will be held to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the ordination of women in the Presbyterian Church as ministers of the Word and Sacrament, as well as seventy-five years of their ordination as elders and one hundred years as deacons. In this collection of insightful essays, well-known women from across the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) reflect on their personal journeys of ordination as church leaders. Contributors include Joanna M. Adams, Susan R. Andrews, Deborah Block, Cynthia M. Campbell, Marj Carpenter, Moon Young Choi, Melva Wilson Costen, Roberta Hestenes, Jane Parker Huber, Marian M. McClure, Ofelia Miriam Ortega, Jean Marie Peacock, Barbara A. Roche, and Letty M. Russell. This historically significant book is ideal for clergy, educators, and church leaders and is the perfect resource for church libraries.