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Synod of the Sun 2025 PW Gathering

Theme: Our Joy is in Christ

When: July 24 – 26, 2025

Where: First United Presbyterian Church, Fayetteville, AR

The team responsible for planning the gathering has been working diligently and we are pleased to report that registration is now open for the 2025 Presbyterian Women Gathering.

Below you will find the full agenda for this anticipated event in Fayetteville.

Click here to download: Registration Form. Online Registration Form is coming soon!

Scholarships are available for the gathering. Look under CONFERENCES at the top of this page, and then click on Application for PW SOS Scholarship to retrieve an application form.

We hope to see you there!

Schedule for OUR JOY IS IN CHRIST
Thursday, July 24
10:00a.m. – Early registration (optional) for those going to Crystal Bridges
11:00 a. m. – Field Trip to Crystal Bridges (return to church by 4:45 p. m.)
3:00 p. m. – 4:45 p. m. – Registration and displays open
5:00 p. m. – 6:00 p. m. – Buffet Dinner
6:15 p. m. – 7:30 p. m. – Opening Evening Worship w Keynote Speaker w/Communion
7:30 p. m. – 8:00 p. m. – Welcoming Reception

Friday, July 25
8:30 a. m. – 9:30 a. m. – Registration & displays open w/Continental Breakfast
9:35 a. m. – 9:45 a. m. – Singing in the Sanctuary
9:45 a. m. – 10:30 a. m. – Morning Plenary & Worship w/Keynote Speaker
10:30 a. m. – 11:30 a. m. – 2025-2026 Horizons Bible Study Overview by Rhashell Hunter
11:45 a. m. – 12:45 p. m. – Lunch
1:00 p. m. – 2:00 p.m. – Workshops Session #1
2:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. – Workshops Session #2
3:30 p. m. – 4:30 p. m. – JOYful Activities for Finding Our RESILIENCE – Sessions #3
5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p. m. – Dinner off campus

Saturday, July 26
7:30 a. m. – Field Trip to Fayetteville Farmers Market
8:15 a. m. – 8:45 a. m. – Continental Breakfast
8:50 a. m. – 9:00 a. m. – Sing in the Sanctuary
9:00 a. m. – 10:30 a. m. – Morning Plenary, Worship & Installation of Officers
10:45 a. m. – 11:45 a. m. – Workshop Session #4
12 noon – Lunch

Synod of the Sun PW Gathering next Summer

When: July 21-23, 2022, Thursday at 1 p.m. until Saturday noon

Where: St. Charles Avenue Presbyterian Church, New Orleans, Louisiana

With visits scheduled throughout the UPTOWN NEW ORLEANS area.

(Travel along the Avenue of Churches along St. Charles Avenue)

Theme: “Sabbath” with outstanding music

Bible Study author, Carol Bechtel, will present her study in depth.

Plenary at Loyola University, great food, dorm and hotel housing.

Visit the oldest Reform Jewish Synagogue outside the original 13 colonies.

Registration: Affordable at $135

Click here to view a tentative schedule of events.

(Scholarships are available–Look under CONFERENCES at the top of this page. Click on Application for PW SOS Scholarship to print out an application.)

Come and let the good times roll!!! Learn how one church is 2/3s YOUNG PW.

Miscellaneous items to bring with you

A flashlight for evening walk from church to hotel.

Light sweater or jacket to wear in church.

Water bottle

Hardback or paperback books for book exchange.

***Please remember to bring items listed under Mission Projects to benefit the Emergency Infant Services in the Tulsa area and the Memory Support Unit in Tulsa at Inverness Village.

Tulsa Gathering Mission Opportunities

Mission Projects will be assembled at the Gathering so please bring the following items, either individually or from your PW circle.

Emergency Infant Services is a non-profit organization providing help for children 5 years and under in the Tulsa area, assisting over 18,000 infants and toddlers each year. (https://www.eistulsa.org/ )

  1. Layette supplies (one of each for each bag):  sleeper and onesie (newborn for preemie layettes and 0-3 mo. for newborn layettes), pair of booties, fleece blanket, receiving blanket, baby wash, bottle, bulb syringe, pacifier, thermometer, and new reusable shopping bag to put supplies in.
  2. Art kit:  drawing paper, construction paper, markers, coloring and activity books, glue stick, and stickers.

Inverness Village is a non-profit retirement community with a Memory Support Unit in Tulsa. (https://www.invernessvillage.com/health-services/memory-support/)

Fidget mat or apron for Alzheimer’s patients in Memory Support Unit at Inverness Village in Tulsa.

Fidget mats and aprons for Alzheimer’s patients:  Goal is to make 12 mats or aprons for the Memory Support unit at Inverness Village in Tulsa; extra mats/aprons may be taken home by Gathering participants for patients in their communities.  Fabric placemats; scraps of fabric, cuffs to button and unbutton, ribbon, lace, buttons, knitted flowers or other knitted objects, men’s ties, bows, zippers, shoelaces and other tactical odds and ends that can be hand-sewn or glued to the mats/aprons.