Anglican Church Women

The St Michael and All Angels “Anglican Church Women” – ACW – includes ALL women belonging to our Parish.

The ACW provides an opportunity for the women in the parish to come together to socialise and work together and to participate in the on-going activities, such as fund-raising events, to support our Parish as well as to support many outreach projects both locally and further afield.   The main fundraisers are the spring and fall tea/coffee, bazaar, raffles and making and selling turkey pies.  Some of the organizations supported by the ACW are St Michael and All Angels, the Inn of the Good Shepherd, Corunna FoodBank, Rebound, Hub, Pathways, Huron Church Camp, Monica Place, Diocese of Huron Fair Share, Anglican Foundation and World Vision Child.  There is often a speaker prior to the business meeting (Rebound, travelogues, parishioners sharing special skills, local history).  There is usually one external planned activity such as a bus tour or theatre option during the year. 

Structurally, the organized ACW of All Saints’ has two co-chairs, a secretary and a treasurer. The meetings are held the first Thursdayof each month at 1:30 p.m. in the Parish House in Sarnia from September to June, and all women of the church are encouraged to attend.  The Parish Rector is an ex officio member of the ACW and we welcome his/her attendance at any or all meetings.  The December and June meetings, traditionally, are social gatherings. The December meeting is usually held at the Golden Palace Restaurant in Corunna and the June meeting is held at another location.  Attendance at the meetings tends to rangefrom 15 to 25 women.

The April meeting has traditionally beenour “Thank Offering Meeting” when we have a special collection to take to the Annual meeting to support the work of the ACW Diocesan Council.   The Diocesan Council (meets monthly in London) is made up of representatives from all the deaneries in the Diocese ofHuron and acts as a liaison and mentor between the parishes, deaneries and the diocese.   The Diocesan Annual Meeting at the Cathedral in London affords the opportunity to meet women from across the diocese to share ideas and information.

Our local group is part of the Anglican women of the Lambton Deanery who meet twice a year at host churches throughout the Deanery. 

Women –please feel free to come and enjoy any meeting with us without any fear ofbeing asked to take on any commitments. The group is friendly, fun-loving and dedicated to supporting the Parishin which we worship and our work is always done with the glory of God in mind.