Finding Balance by Amy Starr Redwine

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Listen to the inspiring, challenging stories of four women in ministry—Amy Miracle, Cynthia O'Brien, Suzan Hawkinson and Heidi Worthen-Gamble. Read the full text of this article in the January/ February 2006 issue of Horizons.	by Amy Starr Redwine Since women became eligible to be ordained pastors, and with the increase in the number of homes in which both parents work outside the home, family leave has become a more complex issue in many churches. Before women stood in the pulpit, it was not uncommon for a minister to preach and lead worship the Sunday after his wife had a baby. Now, some women (and men) choose to leave the ministry when they have children, some negotiate with the church to reduce their hours to part-time, while others continue their full-time work as pastors after taking family leave. But the various ways pastors and churches navigate family life must take into account the delicate balance most people strive for between work and family. Amy Starr Redwine is a graduate of Middlebury College and Princeton Theological Seminary. Amy, along with her husband, Derek, and daughter, Sarah, recently relocated to Cleveland, where she will attend Case Western Reserve School of Medicine beginning in July 2006. Other Articles Online This Issue In the Picture Commander in Chic Finding Balance Who Needs PW? From Preacher in the Field to Mother in the Church Lent (Horizons Bible Study Resource) Dispatch from Forbearance Presbyterian Church Nurturing Our Faith Supporting Mission Mosaic 2006 Churchwide Gathering of Presbyterian Women	Current Issue January/February 2006 About This Issue Features PW Resources Departments Jan/Feb Index How to Use In Our Next Issue Items underlined can be seen in this Web site, all others appear in the January/February 2006 issue of Horizons magazine. Subscribe to Horizons, call 800/524-2612 or order the January/February 2006 issue (HZN-06-200; $4 plus shipping and handling) now. Information Due to Hurricane Katrina, Horizons subscriptions have been suspended in the following three-digit ZIP Code ranges: 369, 393, 394, 395, 396, 700, 701, and 704. At their convenience, affected subscribers should write to Presbyterian Distribution Service, attn. Mindi Stivers, 100 Witherspoon St., Louisville, KY 40202-1396, email subscriptions@ctr.pcusa.org or call 800/524-2612 to have their subscriptions extended or have the missed copies mailed.
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Listen to the inspiring, challenging stories of four women in ministry—Amy Miracle, Cynthia O'Brien, Suzan Hawkinson and Heidi Worthen-Gamble. Read the full text of this article in the January/ February 2006 issue of Horizons.

by Amy Starr Redwine

Since women became eligible to be ordained pastors, and with the increase in the number of homes in which both parents work outside the home, family leave has become a more complex issue in many churches. Before women stood in the pulpit, it was not uncommon for a minister to preach and lead worship the Sunday after his wife had a baby. Now, some women (and men) choose to leave the ministry when they have children, some negotiate with the church to reduce their hours to part-time, while others continue their full-time work as pastors after taking family leave. But the various ways pastors and churches navigate family life must take into account the delicate balance most people strive for between work and family.

Amy Starr Redwine is a graduate of Middlebury College and Princeton Theological Seminary. Amy, along with her husband, Derek, and daughter, Sarah, recently relocated to Cleveland, where she will attend Case Western Reserve School of Medicine beginning in July 2006.

Other Articles Online This Issue

In the Picture
Commander in Chic
Finding Balance
Who Needs PW?
From Preacher in the Field to Mother in the Church
Lent (Horizons Bible Study Resource)
Dispatch from Forbearance Presbyterian Church
Nurturing Our Faith
Supporting Mission
Mosaic
2006 Churchwide Gathering of Presbyterian Women

Current Issue
January/February 2006

January/February 2006 Issue of Horizons Magazine

Items underlined can be seen in this Web site, all others appear in the January/February 2006 issue of Horizons magazine.

Subscribe to Horizons, call 800/524-2612 or order the January/February 2006 issue (HZN-06-200; $4 plus shipping and handling) now.

Information

Due to Hurricane Katrina, Horizons subscriptions have been suspended in the following three-digit ZIP Code ranges: 369, 393, 394, 395, 396, 700, 701, and 704.

At their convenience, affected subscribers should write to Presbyterian Distribution Service, attn. Mindi Stivers, 100 Witherspoon St., Louisville, KY 40202-1396, email subscriptions@ctr.pcusa.org or call 800/524-2612 to have their subscriptions extended or have the missed copies mailed.