The Winifred Kiek Scholarship (WKS) is an important component of the program of Australian Church Women (ACW), and it has been awarded...

In 1978, all the nations of this world were not trying to overcome the deadly grip of a highly infectious virus that has killed more than...

Christmas greetings from the members of Australian Church Women

On Christmas Day in 2003, one of our ACW members was a guest at a church service in Colares, 37 kms from Lisbon, Portugal. On Christmas...

Christmas is fast approaching, and people are coming out of isolation and lockdown to tackle their annual preparations for this busy...

For 55 years Australian Church Women (ACW) has been blessed to have some wonderful women as members. Women who are and were very active...

I always find it interesting to look at the photos and reports of past national conferences of Australian Church Women (ACW). I’m always...

Even though the Fellowship of the Least Coin (FLC) prayer movement is not a fundraising body, it has witnessed not only miraculous...

In 1982, another exciting assembly was held by the Asian Church Women’s Conference (ACWC) from 15–20 October. It was the 7th Quadrennial...

Since its earliest days, Australian Church Women (ACW) has distributed and produced numerous non-denominational resources for women. Some...

Marjory Verco’s outline of the beginnings of Australian Church Women (ACW) continues this week with the progress made after the formation...

Australian Church Women (ACW) is fortunate to hold some great testimonies in our National Archive, especially from our earliest members....

Updated: 3 June 2021* Deaconess Cath Ritchie was the 2nd National President of Australian Church Women (ACW), and she served admirably in...

I find it fascinating to look in the National Archive files of Australian Church Women (ACW) and see how our organisation developed over...

‘To share with 106 women of 22 countries, living with them, talking with them, experiencing some of their hopes and aspirations was a...

Next month we celebrate World Community Day, and next week, on 1 October, we begin a month of prayers leading up to this event. This...

I’ve stated previously on this blog that Australian Church Women (ACW) began on 11 February 1965 after functioning as an Interim...

Keelah Pulsford Dey (née Dickson) is another past member of Australian Church Women (ACW) who appears in our Honouring Australian Church...

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...