b'OBITUARYCelebration of Life,Mother Bertha A. WashingtonF rom an early age, Mother Berthatiesinherlocalchurchandwith- After4yearsofserviceasthe A.WashingtonwasgroomedtointheEcclesiasticalJurisdictionAssistantSupervisor,Missionary become a leader in the church.AsofColoradoChurchofGodInWashingtonwasinstalledtoserve is evident from the fruit of her labor.Christ.Fordecades,sheservedas the Supervisor of Women for the Mother Washington was an extraor- astheEvangelistTempleChurchColorado Jurisdiction in November dinarylaborerinGodsvineyard.ofGodinChristSundaySchool2002.MotherWashingtonwas Sheservedinnumerouscapaci- Superintendentandthepresidentthe5thtoserveasSupervisor of the local Womens Department. ofWomensDepartmentforthe SisterWashingtoncontinuedtoEcclesiasticalJurisdictionof love Sunday School. She also servedColorado.asthestateSundaySchoolFieldAstheSupervisor,Mother Mother WashingtonsRepresentative for the EcclesiasticalWashingtons mantra over the past JurisdictionofColoradoChurch18 years has been to teach women mantra over the pastofGodInChristSundaySchoolto be Godly and to prayerfully and Department.She had the honor oforderlydotheworkoftheLord. 18 years has beenserving with the late Elder AndrewUnder her leadership, the Womens Singleton.Together,theyinstilledDepartment has flourished.Today, to teach womenineveryonetheimportanceofthe Colorado Jurisdiction Womens to be Godly andChristian education.She also dili- Departmentisafullyfunction- Bertha A. Washingtongently served as the public relationsingmultigenerationalwomens to prayerfully anddirectorfortheColoradoWomensdepartmentwithactiveauxiliariesevance of sound biblical teaching to Department.meeting the needs of women of allpresent day living. orderly do the workWhileservingintheWomensages.One of Mother WashingtonsNotonlydidMotherWashington Department,SisterWashingtongreatestaccomplishmentswasto of the Lord.Underbecamealicensedmissionaryclose the generational divide amongteach women of all generations, she andservedinnumerouspositionswomenservinginthejurisdictionledbyexample.Shewasslowto her leadership, theunder Supervisors J.F. Boyd, K.M.and to implement transformationalanger, patient, and kind. She truly ministries. exhibitedthegentlenatureand Neeley,andLillyO.Wells.While Womens Departmentpasturingthroughoutthejurisdic- Atquarterlyworships,sheledgrace of a Proverbs 31 woman.tion,MissionaryWashingtonwasthedepartmentinpresentingtop- Mother Washington passed away has flourished.consecratedtoserveasAssistanticstoinstilltherichheritageofonJune23rd,2020,shewillbe SupervisoroftheColoradotheGrandOleChurchofGodinmissedbyherfamily,friends,and JurisdictionWomensDepartment.Christ.Sheunderscoredtherel- community . BODY OF CHRIST NEWS JULY 2020 17'