This year marks the 50th anniversary of the ordination of women in the ELCA, the 40th anniversary of women of color, and the 10th anniversary of LGBTQ+ siblings. Click here for ELCA resources.
It’s an incredibly important marker for the ELCA, though it is only the beginning for the Church, as women are still denied ordination across the denominations and hold less than 15% of the leadership positions in the worldwide church! Therefore, in 2020, we in the Oregon Synod will highlight one woman from Christian history every week. Some you may know, others you may not, but all worthy of our respect and gratitude.
- Dec 29: Unnamed & Unknown Women Leaders
- Jan 5: Mary Magdalene
- Jan 12: Thecla
- Jan 19: Perpetua & Felicity
- Jan 26: Desert mothers
- Feb 2: Phyllis Wheatly
- Feb 9: Jarena Lee
- Feb. 16: Sojourner Truth
- Feb 23: Mother Mary Lange
- Mar 1: Ancient Women of Words
- Mar 8: Empress Theodora
- Mar 15: Bishop Barbara C. Harris
- Mar 22: Florence Nightingale
- Mar 29: Clara Barton
- Apr 5: Julian of Norwich
- Apr 12: Thérèse of Lisieux
- Apr 18: Corrie ten Boom
- April 26: Teresa of Avila
- May 3: Marguerite Porete
- May 10: Susanna Wesley
- May 17: Juana Inez de la Cruz
- May 24: Mother Jones
- May 31: Pauli Murray
- June 7: Francis Ellen Watkins Harper
- June 14: Harriet Tubman
- June 21: Kathy Lee Bates
- June 28: St. Brigid of Kildare
- July 5: Junia
- July 12: Hildegard of Bingen
- July 19: Fanny Crosby
- July 26: Thea Bowman
- Aug 2: Catherine Booth
- Aug 9: Ida B. Wells
- Aug 16: Mechthild of Magdeburg
- Aug 23: Dorothy Day
- Aug 30: Dr. Lucy Jane Rider Meyer
- Sept 6: Eleanor Roosevelt
- Sept 13: Rosa Parks
- Sept 20: Francis Perkins
- Sept 27: Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary
- Oct 4: Ella Baker
- Oct 11: Evelyn Underhill
- Oct 18: Fannie Lou Hamer
- Oct 25: Katie Luther
- Nov 1: Mimi Jones
- Nov 8: Leymah Gbowee
- Nov 15: Hadewijch
- Nov 22: Dovey Johnson Roundtree
- Nov 29: Elizabeth Ann Seton
- Dec 6: Mary of Nazareth