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WOMEN’S
ACTION WEB ALLOWS DISCIPLES WOMEN What an eye-opener it was for the women on the 2004 Women’s Action Web (WAW) trip which was arranged through the Office of Disciples Women. Twenty-two women from regions across the nation gathered in Baltimore in early November and traveled through Washington D.C. and Virginia having a life-changing spiritual experience. WAW was created
to allow participants an opportunity to visit successful urban and rural
programs that provide service ministries within a community meeting
a specific need. The women who attend these trips are then charged to
go back to their own regions and create a WAW experience that will allow
the women of that community to identify existing ministries or start
a program of their own that will make a difference where they live. The next national WAW event is in 2006. It may be an opportunity for you to see with “new eyes” and learn from successful existing ministries and be the instrument to carry what you have learned back home to share with and encourage others to do the same – connecting one more thread in the Web of ministries that serve in the name of Jesus Christ. ####
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While on the 2004 WAW trip, the women walked in the park and talked
with the homeless; visited N-street village, a shelter for homeless
women who want to change their situation; Martha’s kitchen that
feeds more than 3500 hungry people a day; Christ’s House which
cares for the homeless who are too well to stay in the hospital and
still too ill to go back out on the street; Gateway House which provide
housing, care and support for the mentally ill; and so many more places.