Ashenhurst said the impetus to put down the shaver for a month came in the form of a message to Anderson from Hailey Aderman, regional director of special events for Special Olympics Wisconsin. â
Definition of handmaiden. 1  1 : a personal maid or female servant. 2  2 : something whose essential function is to serve or assist criticism is not the enemy of art but rather its handmaiden â Gary Michael.
Hannah: Devoted Handmaid of the Lord. The story of this stalwart disciple testifies to the importance of faith and commitment. Hannah: âBehold the handmaid of the Lord,â said Mary, mother of Jesus; âbe it unto me according to thy wordâ (Luke 1:38). Just as she exemplified total submission to Godâs will, so Hannah, a sister in the gospel more than 1,000 years earlier, walked a similar path of commitment and trust.