‘The New Year is still in its infancy. It is unknown territory to all of us. We do not know what it may hold of joy or pain. For some it...

Doris Mabel Mitchell was born in Victoria, in 1908, but spent most of her life in New South Wales (NSW). She attended Petersham Primary...

We are now in the season of Advent as Christmas approaches with its message of hope for the world because of the birth of Jesus Christ,...

This week Australian Church Women (ACW) received a generous gift from a relative of Maisie McKenzie, the woman who began the Northern...

The Victorian Unit of Australian Church Women (ACW) continued to be known as the Women’s Inter-Church Council (WICC) of Victoria until...

The newsletters of Australian Church Women (ACW) have often been employed to promote the Fellowship of the Least Coin (FLC), and to...

Last year, on 3 October 2020, I posted a blog on the 6th Assembly of the Asian Church Women’s Conference (ACWC) held at the Tozanso YMCA...

A couple of ‘second’ things have occurred lately for Australian Church Women (ACW) as we continue the journey through the second year of...

I like to look at past minutes of Australian Church Women (ACW) because they are historical documents that record an on-the-spot view of...

The television programme Four Corners influenced the choice of project for Australian Church Women’s 1972 World Community Day. According...

I’m always surprised at what I encounter in the National records of Australian Church Women (ACW). Even though the report in today’s blog...

In the month of October, Australian Church Women (ACW) hold a service for the second of their two annual special days. This event is...

This blog post is number 100 for our ACW Herstory Blog, which means our blog will celebrate its 2nd birthday in four weeks. How quickly...

It is always interesting to look back and see what resources have been used over the years for the various ministries and programs of...

This week, I’m puzzled by another mystery page in our ACW National Archives. It concerns the 4th Assembly of the Asian Church Women’s...

Last Wednesday, in the Pause for Thought segment of our website, we were reminded of God’s ‘life-giving water’ in the Gospel of John,...

We’re travelling to Adelaide this week and going back to 1986 when South Australia celebrated their 150-year Jubilee. In that same year...

Sometimes we encounter a document that has a message so appropriate for our time that it fairly leaps off the page. Whilst continuing to...

Elsa Warner was one of the early representatives of the Baptist Church on the Women’s Inter-Church Council of Victoria, the forerunner of...

Shanti Solomon, founder of the Fellowship of the Least Coin (FLC), was the guest of Church Women United (CWU) USA in April/May 1971 when...