Spending
the day at the Church Centre for the UN, across from the main UN buildings. Our
worship was energetic, and we celebrated the reality of powerful women working
- in the bible, through history to today, and well into the future.
We
enjoyed a speech form the Director of UN Women, who invited us to consider a
number of concerns to be discussed, including (among others) the definition of
family, women in agriculture and technology and informal sector.
A
panel discussion on the priority theme
(women's economic empowerment in the changing world of work) invited us to
consider what it means to empower women locally and globally, and to
acknowledge that the world of work is changing.
We
had opportunity to meet as the ACO delegation, and shared some of our journeys,
and what influences had brought us to this moment. It was a profound sharing.
Perhaps
my favourite part of the day was the connections (and re-connections). For me,
despite the busy-ness of the day, our personal sharing (with lots of hugs)
highlighted that we are the body of Christ - the full body of Christ - whether
we saw one another yesterday or last year or more than a decade ago.
We
are here as Anglicans, as Christians, as sisters. It's not about what divides us, what regions
we come from, what our politics are, or any other arbitrary division. No matter
where we have been or what we have plans to do, we are here to support one
another, to build up the body of God's Holy Church, to focus on being sisters.
We
are ALL part of that! We are all called to the same work. We are the beloved of
God - and by God, it is good.
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