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‘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 18, 20202 min
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 11, 20203 min
‘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 4, 20202 min
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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Jun 27, 20203 min
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 20, 20202 min
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 13, 20202 min
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 6, 20203 min
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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May 30, 20202 min
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 23, 20204 min
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 16, 20202 min
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 8, 20202 min
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 2, 20202 min
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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Apr 25, 20207 min
‘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 18, 20202 min
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 10, 20202 min
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 4, 20201 min
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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Mar 28, 20202 min
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 21, 20202 min
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 14, 20201 min
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 7, 20204 min
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...
