AN APPROPRIATE GIFT

When you wish to remember someone who has died, or to honour someone for a significant achievement or anniversary, consider making a special gift to Baptist Women of Ontario and Quebec. Beautiful floral cards that you can use to announce your In Memory and In Honour gifts are now available free from our office. When ordering, please request a supply of our colourful new BWOQ brochures (below) to give to all the women in your church.

SEND USED STAMPS TO THE OASIS DUFFERIN COMMUNITY CENTRE

Used postage stamps are a great little fund-raiser for the Oasis Dufferin Community Centre, the BWOQ-supported outreach in Toronto. Trim the stamps from the envelopes, leaving about 1/4 inch of paper around the stamps, and send them in batches to Erika Abele, Oasis Dufferin Community Centre, 1219 Dufferin St., Toronto, ON M6H 4C2. Please not send ordinary stamps (i.e. the 51¢ flag stamp).

LEGACY FOR MINISTRY

Legacy for Ministry is a new joint project of BCOQ, BWOQ, and CBM that will serve all of our BCOQ family. It helps people to write a will (60% don't have one) and encourages them to include their church or other ministry interest as a beneficiary. Sign up now to host a Legacy for Ministry workshop in your church, association, or women’s group! Participants will receive a workbook and instruction on writing a will and the benefits of remembering charities in your will. Contact Meghan McIntosh at 1-866-512-8911 or legacy@baptist.ca.

BELOVED MISSIONARY DOCTOR WAS A MEMBER OF THE ORDER OF CANADA

Dr. Dorothy Timpany, who worked in India from 1939 to 1982 as a medical missionary supported by BWMS/BWOQ, died at her seniors' home in Nova Scotia on February 3. She was 95. Audrey Morikawa happily recalls the joy of knowing her as a "great woman of faith who lived her life in service for others." A tribute to this remarkable woman will appear in the May/June 2008 Link & Visitor. And look for her autobiography, Love Affair with India, in your church library.

THE MAY/JUNE LINK & VISITOR: DESIGNED TO BEAR FRUIT (2)

This Link celebrates the lives of adventure lived by Baptist women such as Dorothy Timpany, Judith Chambers, and Agnes Lee. Present-day adventurers Anne Woolger-Bell (Matthew House), Karen Robinson (Light Patrol), and Marie-Andree Cimon (YWAM, Alaska) share stories worth reading. And in our new advocacy column"What can One Woman Do?" Sarah Patterson shares from the heart about the effect of aggression on children.

THE MARCH/APRIL LINK & VISITOR: DESIGNED TO BEAR FRUIT (1)

This Link celebrates the lives of adventure lived by Baptist women such as Dorothy Timpany, Judith Chambers, and Agnes Lee. Present-day adventurers Anne Woolger-Bell (Matthew House), Karen Robinson (Light Patrol), and Marie-Andree Cimon (YWAM, Alaska) share stories worth reading. And in our new advocacy column"What can One Woman Do?" Sarah Patterson shares from the heart about the effect of aggression on children.

HAVE YOU SENT IN YOUR TOONIES FOR TUNI?

This winter Baptist women across Canada took part in the annual Great Canadian Bible Study. It looked at Hagar, a slave taken from Egypt and placed in the service of Sarai, wife of Abram. Download the study (.doc file) .

Participants in this study were asked to contribute a Toonie toward women in developing countries facing oppression and injustice. One story of hope is the Eva Rose York Girls’ School in Tuni, India. It offers girls a brighter future than being sold into the sex trade or placed in abusive labour camps. The total amount collected during the study should be sent as a cheque to Baptist Women of Ontario and Quebec, marked Great Canadian Bible Study.

PROGRAM AND LEADERSHIP RESOURCES FOR YOUR WOMEN'S MINISTRY

Our new By Design Program Resource Package is crammed with user-friendly materials and ideas to help you plan and create events that will help the women in your church fulfill God’s plan for their lives. It includes

• 11 complete programs and events, including a drama about a modern Job, two Bible studies on Ephesians, Christmas activities, two mission presentations, and two community outreach ministries
• A video visit to the Oasis Dufferin Community Centre, and a PowerPoint slide show on using our homes for mission and ministry
• A "Redesign Your Women’s Ministry" booklet with fresh approaches to Bible study and new women’s groups
  

Cost: $24. Only at ReadOn Bookstore, 416-620-2934 or books@readon.ca

Updated March 10, 2008. Comments or questions? Contact webweaver@baptistwomen.com. Copyright 2007, Baptist Women of Ontario and Quebec.