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Day of Prayer 2008
Thank you to everyone who took part in the 2007 Annual World Day of Prayer. We would love to hear your stories! I am sure it was a time of blessing and celebration for you all. Please remember to forward any finances that you were able to raise to your area treasurer. If you are not sure to whom to send it, contact Lorraine.
The 2008 program is now available (in English) for download from the Women's Department website. download and start preparing early in the year. Let us all celebrate this opportunity for prayer together.
Any queries,
Email: lorraine@walker.org
Download the 2008 Program
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Quniquennial Conference of BWUSWP May 2009
The quinquennial Baptist Women's Union of the South West Pacific Conference will be in Cairns, Queensland from Friday 1 to Monday 4 May 2009, beginning with welcome celebrations on the Friday evening and concluding with lunch on the Monday.
We would like as many women as possible to be there – all ages! We are hoping to have a number of women from West Papua at the Conference this time, for whom we are planning a translator. There are direct flights from Papua to Cairns at the moment, so please pray that these will still be in place in 2009. Nothing is more stirring to our faith than to meet sisters from countries where Christianity is not the primary religion.
It will also be a special time of meeting our Baptist sisters from every state and territory in Australia, from New Zealand, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Papua Indonesia and elsewhere in the pacific.
A very interesting program has been outlined that includes a visit and dinner at the the Tjapukai Aboriginal Culture Park on the Saturday night (www.tjapukai.com.au) This includes the story of the past in sound and light, music, dance, firesticks and local food.
Cairns is situated in the Northern end of Tropical Queensland. It's a modern city and a great location from which to explore some of Australia's vast array of flora and fauna. Positioned to take advantage of the Great Barrier Reef and rainforest areas of the far north, it is perfect for that once-in-a-life time holiday.
If you have any further queries, please contact BWUSWP Secretary, Judith Searle
Email: judith@searleconsulting.net
Venue (Cairns Colonial Club) website
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Registration and information for SWP Conference May 2009
You are now able to register on-line for the upcoming Quinquennial BWUSWP Conference. Click on the link below and fill in the details and proceed to the secure checkout to pay your fees.
Please take the time to read the Registration Information as well. This gives details of the venue, transfers etc.
Any queries
Email: judith@searleconsulting.net
Click here to proceed to Registration Form
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Please read: Registration Information
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Publicity flyers for SWP Conference 2009
Flyers have been prepared and are now available in two sizes. One is the standard A4 size and good for notice boards. The other is a 1/2 A4 (A5) size which is a good handout size.
Please download and print as many as are needed to distribute amongst the women in your church. This is a wonderful opportunity for women to meet and fellowship in a cross-cultural environment.
Cairns is also a beautiful place for a holiday. The Conference is over a long weekend, plan a few extra days and explore this beautiful part of God's creation.
Download:
A4 Conference 09 Poster
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Download:
A5 Conference 09 handout
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Copy of on-line SWP Conference registration form
This form is a .pdf. If you do not have a .pdf reader on your computer, please click on the link below to download your free copy.
You may wish to pay for the conference by cheque, postal order or credit card in preference to paying online by credit card. If this is the case, please download, fill in this form and forward it with your payment to Judith. Her postal address is on the bottom of the form.
If you have any queries, please contact her on
Email: judith@searleconsulting.net
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Registration Form Copy
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BWUSWP Leadership 2009 - 2014
May 2009 draws to a close the term of office for the current President, Secretary and Treasurer. Now is the time to start praying about who God would have you nominate. In the attached documents you will see that one outlines the Role of the President and the other is a nomination form.
These people will take on their new role at the Quinquennial Conference to be held in Cairns in May 2009. See below for more details.
The nomination form for Secretary and Treasurer will be available soon.
If you have any queries, please contact BWUSWP secretary, Judith
Email: judith@searleconsulting.net
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President's July 2008 Newsletter
Lorraine Walker has just sent out her latest update and payer points. Use the link below or the President's Page from the side menu.
July 2008 Newsletter
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Current Executive of BWUSWP
President Lorraine Walker, Brisbane, Australia.
Vice President Alma Emery, from New Zealand.
Secretary Judith Searle, Queensland, Australia.
Treasurer Meliki Kaumaitotoya, Fiji
Communications Officer Helen Woodall Victoria, Australia.
At their induction service Alicia Zorzoli, the secretary treasurer of the world Baptist women, spoke from Ezekiel 47:1-12 saying that the river of life flows from God and from it the leaves on the trees do not wither, the tree bears fruit and its leaves are used for healing. She prayed that these women would be like this tree.
Please feel free to contact the Secretary with any queries etc.
Email: judith@searleconsulting.net
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Welcome, Come in and browse
Baptist Women's Union of the South West Pacific invites you to come and journey through our member countries. Some exciting things are happening.
Leave us a message in the Guestbook, add a Discussion subject or an Event. We have some Links that you might like to visit or add ones that you have found helpful.
Any queries to BWUSWP Secretary, Judith Searle
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World AIDS Day
I send greetings from the BWA Women's Department.
This is to let you know that World AIDS Day is December 1, 2006. I have been invited to Stop AIDS - Keep the Promise meeting on December 1. The emphasis of the meeting will be on the role of faith-based communities in stopping violence against women and fighting AIDS. The meeting will take place here in Washington, D.C.
I just received an email from David Haroz, who is the policy officer UNAIDS-USA, about AIDS Global Epidemic. The document has some very important information that I wanted to share with you. Please share this with your women and ask them to use this as a prayer guide on December 1, World AIDS Day.
Patsy Davis
Executive Director, BWA Women's Department
The information is in a .pdf. If you need to, an PDF reader can be downloaded from the site shown below.
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Global Epidemic
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Day of Prayer money put to use
The Baptist Women s Fellowship of Papua (Indonesia) have opened a bank account and banked their gift from the Baptist World Day of Prayer ($2000) and a $200 love gift from the South Pacific meetings in Fiji earlier this year.
Elke is the wife of a helicopter pilot. She and her husband are living in the Global interaction (formerly ABMS) house as there are currently no GIA personnel in Papua. She is German and is doing a wonderful job of translating and being our communication person in Papua for the Baptist Women s Fellowship of Papua (BWFP).
Elke writes:
Thank you very much for sending the money. The ladies came here to report that it has arrived safely. They are very happy about it and want to thank you and all the ladies who donated it very much!
Right away we went to the bank together (three of the ladies plus a husband of one of them) and I helped them fill in a withdrawal form. It was so cute! Ibu Lena in the queue and the others watching from the side. They found out that they had received Rp. 14.250.000 from you. This is a huge help to equip and redecorate the house which they have bought and want to use as an office and meeting place for the BWFP. The house needs a lot of help so your gift is very much appreciated.
They took out some of the money to start working and I took them to a store to buy some basic office supplies. The first thing was a folder and a hole puncher to keep the receipts. Then I gave them a little example for the bookkeeping. Since the two ladies who are in charge of the finances live a five hour drive away from the bank it is vital that whoever does the shopping etc keeps all the records in order so they can see what the status is when they come out and for the people in town to be able to ask them to come to town in time to get more money from the bank. A little complicated but I think it is a good start and I hope and pray that things will get easier for them and for the communication with you as well. It will be exciting to watch things happening!
Thank you very much again for your help and for this wonderful gift!
Elke for the BWFP
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