ecw-dev
Episcopal Church Women in NC
Category: Events
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One of the traditions of the ECW Triennial at General Convention is Shirt Day. Delegations show their team colors, so to speak, with the wearing of shirts announcing their diocese’s name, and sometimes more. (Who knew Province II is the “home of the kazoo”?). Shirt Day was Saturday. Here we are in our but-white-goes-with-everything shirts.…
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Present at the United Thank Offering Sharing Dinner Friday evening were 400 people from throughout the Anglican Communion—including bishops, priests, deacons, ECW members and diocesan UTO coordinators. Our own Bishop Curry addressed the assembly. Using the 20th chapter of the Book of John as his frame of reference, he continually referred to the sister ministries…
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The National Honored Woman award is the highest recognition given by Episcopal Church Women. Every three years, diocesan ECW executive boards around the country are invited to submit the name of a woman from their diocese they believe has, by word and deed, best exemplified the ministry of ECW. She is then honored in a…
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The story of women in the church, the story of my life In addition to blogging, I’ve been asked to contribute to the in-house newspaper about the proceedings at General Convention and ECW Triennial. This is taken from an article I wrote for the July 10 issue of The Daily. The Rt. Rev. Barbara C. Harris…
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The Archbishop of Canterbury (aka “ABC”) Rowan Williams had just one day to spend at General Convention, and he made a point of devoting a portion of his time to the Episcopal Church Women. He and his entourage, including what appeared to be a security team, were escorted into our plenary session and he quietly…
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And so on Wednesday, July 8, there was joy as hundreds of women from places as diverse as Navajoland and the U.S. Virgin Islands, Delaware and the Dominican Republic, gathered for opening day festivities.
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The gang’s all here in the Diocese of Los Angeles. Good thing as the activity level, already humming along, has picked up. Joining me in Anaheim are the following Diocesan ECW board members: We very much miss Moli Jones, Church Periodical Club Director. She was to have been a part of the delegation, but her…
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This afternoon the House of Bishops requested that the Millennium Development Goals remain a program and budget priority for the Episcopal Church for the next triennium. But then they went even further. They not only recommended reinstatement of the MDGs budget line item of 0.7%, but to raise it to 1% of the non-government revenue…
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The House of Deputies has adopted five priorities proposed by the Program, Budget and Finance Committee that will guide the mission of the Episcopal Church for the next three years. Included is reinstatement of a triennial budget line appropriating 0.7% in revenue for specific Millennium Development Goal spending as well as Christian education and formation.…
