Dorcas Circle
Meets on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 1:30 pm in the Conference Room for a planned service project.
The Dorcas Circle has a variety of projects during the year. These include Hugs Blankets, Collections for Connections or Salvation Army, Thanksgiving cards, Senior Blankets, and Easter cards. They respond to needs expressed by members of the Church and the community. |
Who was Dorcas?
Meaning: a female antelope, or gazelle
A pious Christian widow at Joppa whom Peter restored to life (Acts 9:36-41)
She was a Hellenistic Jewess, called Tabitha by the Jews and Dorcas by the Greeks. Acts recounts that when she died, she was mourned by "all the widows ... crying and showing (Peter) the robes and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them." (Acts 9:39). This may indicate that Dorcas was a widow, or at the very least that she joined the widows in their works of charity. The disciples present called upon Peter who came from nearby Lydda to the place where her wake was being held and raised her from the dead.
-from ChristianAnswers.net and wikipedia
A pious Christian widow at Joppa whom Peter restored to life (Acts 9:36-41)
She was a Hellenistic Jewess, called Tabitha by the Jews and Dorcas by the Greeks. Acts recounts that when she died, she was mourned by "all the widows ... crying and showing (Peter) the robes and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them." (Acts 9:39). This may indicate that Dorcas was a widow, or at the very least that she joined the widows in their works of charity. The disciples present called upon Peter who came from nearby Lydda to the place where her wake was being held and raised her from the dead.
-from ChristianAnswers.net and wikipedia