Women’s Sabbath in the Muntenia Conference, Romania

On May 4, 2019, 270 women from the Muntenia Conference gathered for a Women’s Sabbath in Cernica, at the campus of the Adventist University in the vicinity of Bucharest. 30 guests (non-SDA women) were also in attendance. The motto of the day was “Women at the Crossroads.”
The speaker used the story of Abigail as an example. According to her course of action the participants received five helpful points to follow in difficult situations:
1. Act (promptly)
2. React (wisely)
3. Transform (the bad into good, the curse into a blessing)
4. Speak wisely! (Choose to use words as a powerful instrument given by God)
5. Wait patiently for the victory!
The second part of the church service looked at the story of Elizabeth and Mary. God called both women to extraordinary tasks, but both had completely different circumstances. Both accepted God’s call. How do we react when God calls? Are we ready to follow?
The afternoon was filled with many diverse reports of what Women’s Ministries groups are doing in their local churches. It was so interesting to hear the reports and to see how creative the women are. Some activities have already been reported in our WM News.
The whole day was very encouraging, inspiring and motivating. The desire was expressed to organize an annual meeting of the women in the conference in order to strengthen and encourage each other as well as to share experiences.
The meetings were enhanced by various musical performances, and they had even composed a special motto song for the day.
Reported by Dagmar Dorn, EUD Women’s Ministries Director.