Annual Conference is just around the corner and Global Women's Project would like to see you there! Take a break from meetings and workshops to stop by our booth for a cup of tea on Monday, July 9th at 4:45pm. Come and meet members of the steering committee and learn about our partner projects, worship … Continue reading Annual Conference, Mother’s Day Wrap-up
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Mother’s Day Gratitude Project: GWP’s May E-Links
When I agreed to serve on the GWP Steering Committee in 2007, I didn't really know what I was getting into. I had a vague notion of what GWP was all about, but there was one main reason that I said yes: my mother had been on the steering committee. My mom doesn't go for … Continue reading Mother’s Day Gratitude Project: GWP’s May E-Links
Saying Goodbye and Hello
Global Women's Project's Steering Committee met recently in W. Alexandria, Ohio to continue the visioning and administrative work of this COB women's empowerment group, started over 30 years ago. Joined together were Anna Lisa Gross, Emily Matteson, Kim Hill Smith, Nan Erbaugh, and Carrie Eikler. The weekend began with prayerful focus and ended with worship … Continue reading Saying Goodbye and Hello
Share gratitude with mothers around the world!
GWP is eager to announce our annual Mother's Day gratitude project! Read all about it! Please download and share this flyer with any who may be interested! It's the perfect size for a bulletin insert - who do you know who puts together church bulletins?
International Women’s Day
Happy Valentine’s Day from Global Women’s Project! In addition to showing your love and affection for loved ones today, consider the ways you might better care for all the people of the world. Perhaps you could invite one of your neighbors over for a hot cup of tea on a chilly day, or maybe you … Continue reading International Women’s Day
Lenten resources
Happy Valentine’s Day from Global Women’s Project! In addition to showing your love and affection for loved ones today, consider the ways you might better care for all the people of the world. Perhaps you could invite one of your neighbors over for a hot cup of tea on a chilly day, or maybe you … Continue reading Lenten resources
December E-Links
Are you still searching for a meaningful holiday gift for a special child in your life? Are you looking for a gift that would nurture her or his appreciation for other people throughout the world? Global Women's Project has just the gift idea for you. Sister Stella Santana from our partner project in Uganda has … Continue reading December E-Links
Brethren Woman Honored
Church of the Brethren United Nations representative Doris Abdullah was moderator of a Nov. 10 event in the “Sacred Season Series” sponsored by the Subcommittee for the Elimination of Racism of the NGO Committee on Human Rights. Held at the UN Plaza in New York, the event was on the theme “Spirituality, Environmental Justice, and Human Rights.” Abdullah … Continue reading Brethren Woman Honored
Gratitude & Romance
With unemployment soaring in the United States, with famine spreading in East Africa, with earthquakes killing in Asia and the Pacific Islands, with drugs, fear and poverty ruining communities in Central America, how we find gratitude in our hearts this Thanksgiving, and generosity in our souls this Christmas? LOVE. Wait.... Really? I mean, that seems … Continue reading Gratitude & Romance
Cultivating Gratitude in Children
What does gratitude mean to you? What does it DO to you? For me, it churns up my insides… but in a good way. It is a stirring, a turning. It is a cultivating of my inward parts, the spiritual light and darkness, turned to meet the goodness in the world. It is a physical sensation. Butterflies of gratitude. I … Continue reading Cultivating Gratitude in Children
