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Reasons to Celebrate


MARTHA MCKENZIE WM President


t amazes me that there are wom- en in our denomination who have never heard of our Jubilee Birthday Ladies. Well, guess what – it’s not their fault. It’s our fault! Sometimes sketchy information is passed down. There are times when we think you already know. Pos- sibly, you kind of have an idea, but don’t know exactly how to get start- ed. Next year (2025) will be the 100th year of celebrating Jubilee Birthday Ladies. How will you celebrate? Start with prayer and information; add cake and possibly a fun activity. Don’t forget the offering.


I In my next article, I would like


to share how you celebrate in your churches, so we may get ideas from one another. Jot your party ideas down, and email them to mmmck- enzie@aol.com. Be sure and identify your church. Wouldn’t it be wonder- ful if every church has a Jubilee Birth- day Party to celebrate our hundredth year? We can do it – you can do it! Now, here is how the Jubilee birth-


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        served in Egypt from 1875 until her death in 1881. Although the ARP women supported missions since 1818, these were  throughout our denomination for foreign missions. How did the Jubilee Birth- day celebrations come about, then? At the 1925 Synodical Union meeting, Mrs. A. G. Brice proposed the recognition of 50 years – the year of the jubilee – and the establishment of the Jubilee Birthday Ladies as their focus. The purpose of having an annual celebration is to raise awareness of missions in general but - day Ladies. Past and present, these Jubilee Birthday Ladies uniquely represent the ARPWM - us - in taking the Gospel Message and love of Christ to the world. One last hint, in preparation for your celebration - ask your pastor to an- nounce your upcoming party, and have it announced in the bulletin, too. Do this at least two weeks in advance. Remind your members to bring their offer- ings, and make sure there is plenty of yummy cake! Have a program to inform everyone of what these ladies do, and who they are, as Jubilee Birthday Ladies. Much of the information I have used, and you may use to obtain facts to im- part, came from a wonderful pamphlet by Mary Alice Mitchell, entitled “His- tory of the Jubilee Birthday Celebration,” and The Centennial History of the ARP Church, 1803–1903. There also is a wealth of information on this website: worldwitness.org. Look for Jubilee Birthdays under resources.


Women’s Ministries


Shelia Osborne


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