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Mary Wood and the Founding of the Tasmanian Unit of ACW
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...
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Aug 8, 20204 min read


Eileen Dingle
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...
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Aug 1, 20202 min read


‘bridges to Asia’
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...
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Jul 25, 20202 min read


Prayer of the Fellowship of the Least Coin
O loving Creator, we present ourselves in your divine presence to thank you for all the bountiful gifts of life. We are especially...
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Jul 18, 20202 min read


‘Who is my Neighbour?’
At the 4th Assembly of the Asian Church Women’s Conference (ACWC), Mrs Betty (Elizabeth) Ashton was an observer for Australia. A brief...
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Jul 11, 20203 min read


Founding the ACW Memorial Bursary
It was decided at the ACW National Meeting in February 1972 to establish a Memorial Bursary Fund for contributions received in tribute to...
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Jul 4, 20202 min read


Fellowship Day
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...
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Jun 27, 20203 min read


The Future of Conferences?
For the first decade after the formation of Australian Church Women (ACW) in 1965, an annual national committee meeting was held and...
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Jun 20, 20202 min read


Would You Believe Another Wonderful Surprise?
We extend thanks again to the family of Edna (Roughley) Beales for supplying further information to give us a clearer picture of who Edna...
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Jun 13, 20202 min read


Another Wonderful Surprise
Yesterday, I received another unexpected email; this time from the grandson of Edna Roughley Beales. If you read last week’s blogpost,...
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Jun 6, 20203 min read


A Wonderful Surprise
[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...
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May 30, 20202 min read


Assisting Our Neighbours
In 1971, Australian Church Women (ACW) suggested projects to be assisted by grants from the Fellowship of the Least Coin (FLC): the...
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May 23, 20204 min read


Moving Forward in Faith
In the early days of Australian Church Women, our newsletter was called Women at Work. The following 1970s description of women at work...
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May 16, 20202 min read


The Hand that Rocks the Cradle
With Mother’s Day almost upon us, I was attracted by a heading that I spotted when browsing the Archives of Australian Church Women...
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May 8, 20202 min read


Some Needs Haven't Changed
Almost 12 months old, the infant National Committee of Australian Church Women (ACW) held its second gathering in January 1966 at St...
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May 2, 20202 min read


‘Abide in Me—Bear Rich Fruit’
This was the theme of the third assembly of the Asian Church Women’s Conference (ACWC) in 1966. Two Australians attended this assembly...
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Apr 24, 20207 min read


Change!
Many organisations today lament that their membership numbers are not increasing and that bureaucracy, as well as distractions of other...
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Apr 18, 20202 min read


What is EASTER?
In 2019, I spent Easter in Perth visiting my parents. The year before, I celebrated Easter with friends in Louisville, Kentucky, in the...
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Apr 10, 20202 min read


Tell Me the Old, Old Story
Palm Sunday Tomorrow, 5 April 2020, is Palm Sunday, and as I searched the archives of Australian Church Women for past messages on...
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Apr 4, 20201 min read


March is Women’s History Month
Internationally, March is Women’s History Month. As March draws to a close, many websites, blogs, and other forms of social networking...
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Mar 28, 20202 min read


A Message for Our Time
THE GATE OF THE YEAR ‘God Knows' And I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year: “Give me a light that I may tread safely into...
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Mar 21, 20202 min read


The FLC is Extraordinary!
The Fellowship of the Least Coin is an extraordinary vision that was given to Shanti Solomon, the founder of this prayer movement. It...
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Mar 14, 20201 min read


International Women’s Day
‘International Women's Day (March 8) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The...
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Mar 7, 20204 min read


World Day of Prayer and Rathi Selvaratnam
As the first Friday in March rapidly approaches, Christians around the world will begin to heed the call to gather for the annual World...
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Feb 29, 20204 min read
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