WOMEN’S DEPARTMENT of the BAPTIST UNION OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
Digest of business OCTOBER 2011.
The AGM was co-chaired By Rina Solomon & Janet Galant as the new structure of the Assembly has moved the induction of the president to before the AGM. Portia will chair the next AGM
Rina’s devotions from 2 Corinthians 2:14-16 and encouraged us to improve our relationship to Jesus and then seek to be a fragrance to God. She then welcomed the
Area Co-coordinators’ Wives; New Pastors’ Wives and Presidents Delegates and Visitors
Janet’s theme is “The Greatest Shepherd Leader” she shared from Psalm 23
The shepherd stays with his sheep, the sheep know his voice, he cares for his sheep, he will save his sheep from harm and they will not want.
There were 127 REGISTERED DELEGATES AND 5 PERSONAL MEMBERS present.
A record number of Past Presidents attended our meetings, special mention was made of Rosalie Burnett, had Rose Temlett, Zena Voke and, Shirley Davies who had travelled from Germany to be with us. At the banquet there was a parade mentioning the years they had served, the areas they had visited and their themes.
Apologies were received from Les Brandt. Phil Goetsch
TRIBUTES to E Corbin and M Gilfillan were shared
Glynn Nash prayed before the elections the new Vice President is Mrs. Portia October
Patricia Ihlenfeldt who has served 6 years as the director was re elected for 3 years.
The ladies set up the had and provided a lavish tea three entertaining WD ladies from New Brighton sang for us and Mrs. Cynthia Vena the EP WD President welcomed us.
Patricia thanked the officers the Ex-President Glynn Nash and Passed President Rina Solomon Present President Janet Galant, President Elect Portia October, Heather Sullivan and Pearl Grunewald. Rina thanked our director Patricia Ihlenfeldt all these ladies were given large bouquets
Our Treasurer Heather Sullivan presented the Statements for 2010 pages 17 – 20
Heather Sullivan proposed that the Annual admin fee be increased to R400
an option to pay a debit order can pay R40 per month. Those who are paying cash are asked to use the Nedbank account as far as possible to avoid bank charges.
Nedbank account name BWD Edenvale Branch 190142 Account 1910 243 469
First National Bank for cheques and transfers 250655 Account 593 800 26161
Reference :Please do not write Baptist Church just the FULL name of the church
When asked why the contribution to the Manse fund of R150 was not included in the set amount. Patricia explained that it’s a voluntary extra amount for the Manse Fund; other voluntary amounts are for the day of prayer in November and for the Thanksgiving Day –Birthday of the local WD. The Budget for 2012 would be sent to the churches, this is just a guide to show us where we are going with our finances. The Trust Funds are invested to get the biggest returns for the Bursaries, Widows and Manse Funds.
The Woman’s World day of prayer will once be held on the 7th November 2011 –programmes are available. The offering to be sent to Heather and be clearly marked prayer- your church name
The Board proposed the details and the way forward regarding the running of the Baptist Campsite, appointing a manager and caterer.
The reports of the President page 15 and Director page 16
Itinerary for the President for President 2011/12 – KZN Janet Galant
Our new President Elect Portia October was given chance to say a word to the ladies. She gave her testimony and thanked the ladies for having confidence on her.
The only new Board appointee was the
Coordinator of Missions Patricia proposed Michelle Taylor (Bethany Emmanuel)
All the reports are in the Assembly booklet :-
The MINISTRY REPORTS were shared by
BIBLE WAY -Les Roos page 23
MANSE & WIDOWS FUND -Heather Sullivan page 21
HIDDEN TREASURE REPORT -Tere Basson page 24 – 25
LEADERSHIP MINISTRY -Pearl page 26
PASTOR’S WIVES -Naomi page 25 – 26
MISSIONS was presented by Patricia page 28
PROJECT DORCAS -Patricia page 27
She also reported that Department of Agriculture promise to take 18 participant from the King site for internship training
BU CAMPSITE -May page 28
SEMINAR 2011 -Patricia page 22
The seminar for 2012 will take the format of a retreat and special invitations we handed out to :-
· “The wedding feast of the Lamb”
· The seminar will be held at our BU WD Site in Wilro Park
· The cost is R800
· The speaker is the actress from Fireproof Erin Bethea
The collection for the 2011 – For the Centenary Offering we challenged each church and fellowship to raise R1000. We will need about R1 000 000 to completely renovate the campsite, we hoped to raise R250 000. The fund will remain open till 30 November 2011.
The offering was counted at the Banquet and the amount was R97 262.40.
One church has given an amount of R41 000 can any other churches match that?
The offering for 2012 – will go to the furnishing of the Campsite this needs to be an ongoing project as we will hold the Seminar there in 2012 and in the future. Another plan is to hold the 2013 Assembly at the campsite
Gifts and prayer reminders were handed to each of the ladies from Janet Galant.
The centenary banquet was attended by almost 600 people, a lavish meal and birthday cake was served. Displays of the various ministries of the WD were set out and our history from 1911 to 2011, with contributions from past presidents, was depicted by Pearl Grunewald & Gaye Austin. The evening ended with a powerful message by Patricia Ihlenfeldt. Patricia shared from Paul’s letter to the Romans chapter 16 and challenged the Pastor’s and leaders to follow the example of those who have gone before and encourage the women in their ministries.
. All the ladies receive small pink bags with creams and a mirror and the men received magnetic license discs. Centenary Diaries (October 2011- May 2013) R30 Mugs R20 & Pens are available.