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donnabryan
Sep 19, 20202 min read
Who Were They and What Did They Do?
I’ve stated previously on this blog that Australian Church Women (ACW) began on 11 February 1965 after functioning as an Interim...
donnabryan
Sep 12, 20202 min read
Keelah Pulsford Dey
Keelah Pulsford Dey (née Dickson) is another past member of Australian Church Women (ACW) who appears in our Honouring Australian Church...
donnabryan
Sep 5, 20204 min read
1978 WKS Scholars — Part 2
Barkat Dass, our second Winifred Kiek Scholar for 1978, was from Karachi, Pakistan. She was a member of the Church of Pakistan and the...
donnabryan
Aug 29, 20203 min read
1978 WKS Scholars — Part 1
At the 1977 National Committee Meeting of Australian Church Women, it was announced that two Winifred Kiek Scholarships would be offered...
donnabryan
Aug 22, 20203 min read
Silver Jubilee of the FLC
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...
donnabryan
Aug 15, 20204 min read
‘Go and Do Thou Likewise’
Five women from Australia attended the 5th Assembly* of the Asian Church Women’s Conference (ACWC), which was held in Bangkok, Thailand,...
donnabryan
Aug 8, 20204 min read
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...
donnabryan
Aug 1, 20202 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...
donnabryan
Jul 25, 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...
donnabryan
Jul 11, 20203 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...
donnabryan
Jul 4, 20202 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...
donnabryan
Jun 27, 20203 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...
donnabryan
Jun 20, 20202 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...
donnabryan
Jun 13, 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...
donnabryan
Jun 6, 20203 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,...
donnabryan
May 30, 20202 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...
donnabryan
May 23, 20204 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...
donnabryan
May 16, 20202 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...
donnabryan
May 8, 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...
donnabryan
May 2, 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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