Horizons magazine is published by Presbyterian Women (PW) the national women’s organization of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
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January/February 2016 41 Looking for PW's Next Leaders The Search Committee for Presbyterian Women's Church- wide Coordinating Team has begun its work of finding lead- ers for the organization who will serve 2015 through 2018. T he committee is looking for women to serve in the following positions: • Moderator • Vice moderator for mission relationships • Vice moderator for justice and peace concerns • Secretary/historian • Financial secretary • Search Committee moderator • Five Search Committee members (representing different regions) • African American member-at-large • Asian American member-at-large • Hispanic/Latina American member-at-large • Korean American member-at-Large • Middle Eastern American member-at-large • Two young women members-at-large (at least one must be racial ethnic) • New Immigrant Women representative All positions must meet the basic requirements listed below. Some positions or assignments may require additional duties or time commitments. The work of the CCT requires at least 40 to 50 days per year. Meeting and travel expenses are covered. Candidates must 4 be a member of a PC(USA) congregation or a clergy member of a PC(USA) presbytery; 4 attend two CCT meetings annually for approximately five days each, including travel days (meetings may convene on weekdays and weekends); 4 be assigned to a committee that meets during CCT meet- ings (additional committee assignments may include com- mittees, which meet in person or teleconference between CCT meetings); 4 attend the PW Churchwide Business Meeting as an observer at the beginning of term and as a voting represen- tative at the end of term; 4 attend at least a portion of a General Assembly at least once during term; 4 check email at least every two days and expect two or more conference calls between CCT meetings; 4 if employed, arrange with employer to have a flexible working schedule that allows participation in the mission and ministry of PW/CCT. For a full list of requirements and nomination forms, visit www.presbyterianwomen.org. Nomination forms are due November 1, 2016. Mobile App Seeks to Prevent Human Trafficking T he Lifeboat Project—founded and directed by Jill Cohen, PW in Central Florida, to educate about and pre- vent human trafficking—has developed a one-of-a-kind e ducational gaming app for students between the ages of 11 and 15. This app was developed in partnership with ECS (Engineering and Computer Simulation). The objective of the game is for players to recognize and cor- rectly identify cues or "red flags" that signify a situation where trafficking may be occurring. Players have access to lifelines that give them valid information about human trafficking. The lifelines include a reference library, an informed police officer who is a family friend, and a class- mate/friend of the player. Players can mark a hotspot with a "red flag" or simply ignore the object if they deem it normal. Each scene has a number of correct "red flag" hotspots. Users must play through the scene until the correct objects have been tagged. The app, called Aware- ness Combats Trafficking (ACT!), will be available in late February 2016 from mobile application stores. May's Together in Action Days Educate a Child Initiative Presbyterian Women is supporting the PC(USA)'S Educate a Child, Transform the World initiative in this triennium and beyond. Through this initiative, the church hopes to improve education for one million children in the U.S. and around the world, focusing particularly on strengthening early childhood education and decreasing drop-out rates. (More information is available at www.presbyterianmission.org/ministries/call- mission/globalpoverty.) Presbyterian Women pledge, through the Purpose, to work for justice and peace. You can be sure you are working for peace and justice at the most fundamental level when you work with children, the most vulnerable and easily exploited members of society. How can your church or PW group support this effort? Maybe an after-school program that will help kids with homework or to improve their reading skills? Could you partner with another church to make a community impact for kids? Email yvonne.hileman@pcusa.org with ideas. In the meantime, implement those ideas and plan now for PW's May Together in Action Days, focused around children's literacy! May Together in Action Days will coincide with Children's Book Week, May 2–8, 2016. Visit www.presbyterianwomen.org/justice for ideas. m o s a i c