{"id":80263,"date":"2017-04-29T05:27:48","date_gmt":"2017-04-29T09:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=80263"},"modified":"2017-04-28T21:06:40","modified_gmt":"2017-04-29T01:06:40","slug":"women-of-worship-honorees-luncheon-may-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=80263","title":{"rendered":"Women of Worship honorees&#8217; luncheon May 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?attachment_id=61288\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-61288\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-61288\" src=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Church-cross-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>The luncheon will be held Saturday, May 6, at noon, at Hart&#8217;s Hill Inn.\u00a0Music will be by The Doc Woods Quartet and Delmarshia Curry. Call <a href=\"tel:(315)%20525-9792\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">315.525.9792<\/a> by Wednesday, May 3, for reservations.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"m_-530313936563795500divtagdefaultwrapper\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>The \u00a02017 <span id=\"m_-5303139365637955000.9138949894122738\">Women<\/span> <span id=\"m_-5303139365637955000.6079892578254958\">of<\/span> <span id=\"m_-5303139365637955000.865315409708451\">Worship<\/span>\u00a0a<span id=\"m_-5303139365637955000.904240722465678\">ward<\/span>\u00a0h<span id=\"m_-5303139365637955000.41818527466929056\">onorees are:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Astena Smith\/St. Matthew\u2019s Temple COGIC, Utica<\/li>\n<li>Barbara Decharo\/Redeemer Church, Rome<\/li>\n<li>Elizabeth Mitchell\/Tabernacle <span id=\"m_-5303139365637955000.8739077737495584\">of<\/span> Praise, Utica<\/li>\n<li>Pastor Jamina Lilley\/First Youth CLG, Utica<\/li>\n<li>Rev. Joell Szachara\/St. Stephen\u2019s Episcopal Church, New Hartford<\/li>\n<li>Judy Pfister\/Trinity Episcopal Church, Camden<\/li>\n<li>Mae Frances March\/St. Matthew\u2019s Temple, Utica<\/li>\n<li>Mary Grow\/First Presbyterian Church, Rome<\/li>\n<li>Rebekah Rittenburg\/Richfield Springs Bible Church, Richfield Springs<\/li>\n<li>Pastor Regina Thornton\/Greater Highway Deliverance Temple, Utica<\/li>\n<li>Saundra Wilkerson\/St. Paul Baptist Church, Utica<\/li>\n<li>Renee Darby\/New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, Whitesboro<\/li>\n<li>Suzanne LaLonde\/St. Helena\u2019s Catholic Church, Sherrill<\/li>\n<li>Theresa Gifford\/.Federated Church, West Winfield<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The event is not just about recognition but it is community building, diverse across all levels, race, age, ethnicity, denominations. We have found a common denominator and that is being moved by selfless individuals who give endlessly from the heart. Almost every, Protestant, Catholic and Jewish denomination have been represented. With these honorees,\u00a0135 women have been honored during the<\/p>\n<p>With these honorees,\u00a0135 women have been honored during the 10-year history of the existence of the Women of Worship Awards. The awards are not governed by a church or denomination but\u00a0by an independent organization, Success Strategies.<\/p>\n<p>The WOW Awards will launch outside of the Mohawk Valley this year, and will ultimately be presented in communities across the country.<\/p>\n<p>The entire Mohawk Valley community is invited to this celebration. Tickets may be purchased by calling <a href=\"tel:315.525.9792\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">315.525.9792<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The luncheon will be held Saturday, May 6, at noon, at Hart&#8217;s Hill Inn.\u00a0Music will be by The Doc Woods Quartet and Delmarshia Curry. Call 315.525.9792 by Wednesday, May 3, for reservations. The \u00a02017 Women of Worship\u00a0award\u00a0honorees are:\u00a0 Astena Smith\/St. Matthew\u2019s Temple COGIC, Utica Barbara Decharo\/Redeemer Church, Rome Elizabeth Mitchell\/Tabernacle of Praise, Utica Pastor Jamina [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-religion","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=80263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/61288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=80263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=80263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}