The Women's Missionary Society
is a community of Christians whose purpose,
in response to the love of God in Jesus Christ,
is to encourage one another and all the people of the church
to be involved in local and world mission
through prayer, study, service and fellowship.
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Next meeting: Monday, Sept. 27, 2010
at 1:45 p.m. in Bayfield Manor Library
The Synodical of Quebec and Eastern Ontario
Met here at St. Paul's
on April 23, and 24, 2010
The Guest Speaker was Arlene Onuoha
who had worked with the Presbyterian Church in
Nigeria since 1978
Everyone enjoyed a weekend of learning, sharing, and fellowship.
St. Paul 's Goforth WMS group, with both Women and Men members,
meets for prayer, study and fellowship
at 1:45 p.m. on the last Monday of the month
in the Library at Bayfield Manor Retirement and Nursing Home,
100 Elvira Street, Kemptville.
The Study for 2009 - 2011 is on the World Rufugee situation.
Our study book is entitled Staying Rooted in an Uprooted World.
Please consider joining us.
For more information about the Women's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, please go to the following web site: www.wmspcc.ca
With congregational support, the WMS collected several large boxes of personal care items which were distributed, at Christmas time, by the local Salvation Army.
Four bricks to help with the construction of a new hostel
for students at the Jobat Christian School in India, were purchased.
Two Sundae Sundays were held and the proceeds from one of these events was used to purchase school supplies for one elementary and one secondary school student in Eastern Europe.
Members helped with the Mission Awareness Sunday Service in April and were happy to hear Sarah McIlveen speak of her trip to India.
The Group hosted the May meeting of the Brockville Presbyterial.
WMS members helped the Church School with their Mission Luncheon on Palm Sunday and, in December, prepared Santa Treat Bags for the Church School.
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In 2010, we look forward to carrying out our purpose of keeping ourselves and the Church involved in local and World Mission.
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Glad Tidings Magazine
The Women's Missionary Society publishes a Magazine, six times a year. This publication, Glad Tidings, has many articles dealing with Mission and Social Justice Issues, the work of Presbyterian Mission Personnel in Canada and around the World, Worship Services for Special times of the year, book reviews, and reports on all levels of the WMS.
This is an informative resource for all Church members.
If you have a question for the WMS
please contact
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