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ACW and Faith and Risk-taking – Part 2
Marjory Verco’s outline of the beginnings of Australian Church Women (ACW) continues this week with the progress made after the formation...
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Oct 31, 20203 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...
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Sep 5, 20204 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...
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Aug 29, 20203 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


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


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

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


A Transformed Life
Almost 54 years ago, in June 1966, Australian Church Women awarded the second Winifred Kiek Scholarship to Miss Sabita Devi Swarup of...
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Feb 22, 20204 min read

Getting to Know The Reverend Winifred Kiek
In the National Archives of Australian Church Women, there is an inspirational bio of The Reverend Winifred Kiek MA, BD, that was...
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Jan 24, 20204 min read


The First Winifred Kiek Scholarship Holder
Miss Connie Tan Kwie Hwa, a social worker from Djakarta, Indonesia, was the first woman to be awarded a Winifred Kiek Scholarship for one...
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Dec 13, 20196 min read


The Beginnings of Australian Church Women
During the 1940s and 50s, a growing number of church women had expressed a desire to fellowship at a national level with women of other
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Nov 7, 20195 min read


The Herstory of Australian Church Women
Welcome to the Herstory blog of Australian Church Women Inc. I’m Donna, the current National Archivist for Australian Church Women (ACW)
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Oct 28, 20192 min read
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