Wiesbaden Protestant Women of the Chapel

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With the advent of dependents in the European commands in the early 1950's, women’s organizations made their appearance in the chapels of USAREUR (US Army Europe). In 1952, the Nuremberg Post formed a group called "Protestant Women of the Chapel" becoming a forerunner of what would soon become PWOC-Europe. In 1955, CH Edwin Kirtley, USAREUR Chaplain, called for women in all chapels to form PWOC groups. He invited leaders of all women's groups in the European Theater chapels to a training and organizing conference in October 1955. One hundred and fifty women attended that conference and in those few short days, these women put together the basic organization that prevails
today in PWOC.

PWOC is a time to come together to worship our Lord Jesus Christ, study His word, fellowship with one another, and reach out to our community sharing Christ's love with them.