Barkat Dass, our second Winifred Kiek Scholar for 1978, was from Karachi, Pakistan. She was a member of the Church of Pakistan and the...

At the 1977 National Committee Meeting of Australian Church Women, it was announced that two Winifred Kiek Scholarships would be offered...

On the eve of the 25th anniversary year of the Fellowship of the Least Coin (FLC) prayer movement, a celebration took place to mark this...

Five women from Australia attended the 5th Assembly* of the Asian Church Women’s Conference (ACWC), which was held in Bangkok, Thailand,...

Let’s journey down to Tasmania today and have a brief look at the part that Mary Seavington Wood played in the founding of firstly, the...

This week we’re going to travel to Queensland to find out what the Queensland Unit of Australian Church Women (ACW) had to say when they...

This week, let’s have a closer look at some of the preparations for the 1965 Fellowship Day. 1965 was the year that Australian Church...

At the 4th Assembly of the Asian Church Women’s Conference (ACWC), Mrs Betty (Elizabeth) Ashton was an observer for Australia. A brief...

It was decided at the ACW National Meeting in February 1972 to establish a Memorial Bursary Fund for contributions received in tribute to...

A couple of weeks ago, my attention was caught when I was reading some of our old newsletters in the archives of Australian Church Women...

For the first decade after the formation of Australian Church Women (ACW) in 1965, an annual national committee meeting was held and...

We extend thanks again to the family of Edna (Roughley) Beales for supplying further information to give us a clearer picture of who Edna...

Yesterday, I received another unexpected email; this time from the grandson of Edna Roughley Beales. If you read last week’s blogpost,...

[Updated 6 June 2020 and 29 July 2020] Another request for information, from our ACW blog, has been answered by the delivery of a very...

In 1971, Australian Church Women (ACW) suggested projects to be assisted by grants from the Fellowship of the Least Coin (FLC): the...

In the early days of Australian Church Women, our newsletter was called Women at Work. The following 1970s description of women at work...

With Mother’s Day almost upon us, I was attracted by a heading that I spotted when browsing the Archives of Australian Church Women...

Almost 12 months old, the infant National Committee of Australian Church Women (ACW) held its second gathering in January 1966 at St...

This was the theme of the third assembly of the Asian Church Women’s Conference (ACWC) in 1966. Two Australians attended this assembly...

Many organisations today lament that their membership numbers are not increasing and that bureaucracy, as well as distractions of other...