March, 2007 I will put your calendar notices up front so you can’t miss them and thus have no excuse. Get your calendar and mark it now. The 2007 installment of the Historical Society will meet on Oct [...]
Read MoreJuly, 2006 I watch Antiques Roadshow, the PBS series for people like me. At other places, this might be a confession but because I am among friends who probably watch it as much as I do it is okay to [...]
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24
Apr
2006
Study Committee on Women as Deacons [2006]
Report of the Study Committee: Woman as Deacons EDITOR’S NOTE: With Conference having approved women as deacons at First Reading the previous year (2005), the committee's new assignment by Conference [...]
Read MoreJanuary, 2005 The holidays have ended again. You are either sad to see them go or somewhat relieved that they are over. I tend to get weary of the commercialism of the holidays and the schedule that c [...]
Read MoreJune, 2005 I will use this edition to give you a report on the memorial giving towards the purchase of fire resistant cabinets. I am very glad and grateful for the response. [...]
Read MoreEDITOR’S NOTE: The findings of this report led to BFC Conference adopting changes to the Faith and Order, allowing women to serve as deacons. Then Conference assigned the study committee to study [...]
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19
Apr
2004
Study Committee on Role of Women [2004]
Report of the Study Committee: Role of Women in the Church EDITOR’S NOTE: The findings of this report led the committee to propose that Conference allow churches to elect women as deacons. The 2004 Co [...]
Read MoreReport of the Study Committee on The Role of Women in the Church [2001] EDITOR’S NOTE: Based on an elder board request to the 1999 Conference, this committee was formed to examine what role women have [...]
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09
May
1997
Eusebius Hershey Goes to Canada, Donation Service, and Women’s Missionary Society: Society Newsletter
May, 1997 Annual Conference has been over for two weeks now. For those of you who just got used to hearing of Conference in October, you will be shocked to find that we now meet in the spring. F [...]
Read MoreReport of the Committee to Prepare an Alternate Understanding of 'The Biblical View of the Role of Women in the Church' [1980] EDITOR’S NOTE: This Committee proposed an Alternate to the 1977 Study whi [...]
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