The Lucknow Sentinel, 2015-02-04, Page 1616 Lucknow Sentinel • Wednesday, February 4, 2015
WMS holds
Annual Meeting
Lorraine Clugston
Submitted
"Caring Reaches `Round
the World" was the theme
for the Women's Missionary
Society Maitland Presbyte-
rial annual meeting held on
January 19, 2015, at St.
Andrew's Presbyterian
Church in Wingham.
Co -President Betty John-
ston constituted the meet-
ing and Lorraine Clugston
welcomed the women and
introduced the speaker,
Laura Newson of Wingham.
Laura and her husband,
Jamie Newson were mis-
sionaries in Liberia with
SIM until civil war forced
them to relocate to Nigeria.
They spent sixteen years in
Nigeria, raising their two
children, and working in
northern Nigeria, caring for
the people there in various
areas of their lives. Laura,
who has a Masters degree
in Education from a univer-
sity in Wales, was the
language teacher and
learned that as she cared
for the Nigerian people,
they reciprocated the love
and also wanted to care for
the "white" missionaries.
This gave a double meaning
to the thought that "Caring
reaches around the World':
The area of Nigeria where
they worked is now trou-
bled by Boko Haram and
this affects both Christian
and Muslim people there.
Laura brought a perspec-
tive of looking for the work
of God's kingdom in that
area of Africa.
A delicious lunch was
served by the Ladies' Auxil-
iary of St. Andrew's fol-
lowed by the business por-
tion of the meeting. The
new executive for 2015 was
installed.
An invitation to the
Spring Rally on Monday
May 11 was extended from
the WMS in Melville Pres-
byterian Church in
Brussels.
WMS Presbyterial Exec
WMS Presbyterial executive was installed for 2015 at their annual meeting on January 19, 2015. Front from left: Norma Raynard,
Recording Secretary; Betty Johnston, Co -President; Mary Simmons, Vice President. Back from left: Evelyn Dickson, Treasurer; Kathy
Armstrong, Past President; Mae Raynard, Adult Secretary; Lorraine Clugston, Publicity Secretary. Absent: Nancy Maclntyre, Co -
President; Donna Sutton, Historian; Marg Deyell, Glad Tidings Secretary.
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