They represented the Anglican, Uniting and Catholic Churches in Jerilderie, who joined in prayer for the people of Nigeria.
Stories from Nigerian women made us realise how lucky we are to live in Australia.
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Congratulations to Keisha and Chris Marshall following the recent birth of their third child, Sonny Lou.
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The Jerilderie Uniting Church community is currently trialling weekly services at 10am each Sunday for three months.
This is instead of previously only meeting for services on 2nd, 4th and 5th Sundays. All welcome.
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Saturday, March 21 will be Fishing Day at the Cape, from 9am to 1pm.
Saturday, March 28 will be the evening for the postponed Australia Day fireworks at the lake.
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Jerilderie CWA held its first meeting for the year with a good attendance of members.
Nine members have indicated they will attend the next Murray Group CWA meeting in Holbrook on March 19, 9.30am for 10am.
Handicraft and Land Cookery will be judged, and Jerilderie CWA has entries to be taken.
Due to this event being held on our normal meeting day, the next meeting will be tomorrow, Thursday, March 12 at 1.30pm. There will be no handicraft until next month.
CWA recently donated to Jerilderie Public School, with the money to be used for food etc. for their pupils.
Members will be attending International Women's Day on Monday, March 30 with Rosalie Ham of The Dressmaker fame being the guest.
Morning tea will be provided and the event is fully booked.
At the recent meeting members had cooked a light fruit cake to be judged by Lyn Baker from Deniliquin with the winner being Rosie Stevens.
Guest speakers from Origin, Samantha Murrow and Roxanne McGee, talked about what will be happening in our area over 2026-2027 with the construction of 208 wind turbines.
This was good information and a lot of questions were answered regarding the impact on towns, farms and environment.
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After 36 years of telling the stories of local individuals, their happy and sad moments, and some amusing ones, I am hanging up my ‘correspondent’s hat’ in coming weeks.
Anyone interested in taking over the column can call general manager Nigel Lutton on 0450 907 774, or email nigel.lutton@denipt.com.au.
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