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Episcopal Church Women in NC
Category: Missions
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In The Spirit of Missions for October, 1906, there is an interesting article by the late Miss Kate Cheshire in which there appears the following paragraph: “This little log church (Knollhurst) is in the heart of the woods. By the inspiration of the one Churchwoman (Mrs. C. R. Wall) of the community, it was built…
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During our Annual Meeting, a special time was set apart for prayers for the President of the United States, and intercession for the peace of the world. The following telegram was sent to the President: “We, the Woman’s Auxiliary to the Board of Missions of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of North Carolina, in…
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Part I I regret to be compelled to report that the Men’s Missionary movement, upon which were laid strong hopes for the future, has not fulfilled the purpose and promise of its creation. No new leagues, so far as I know, have been organized, and those formerly begun have not made themselves felt in any…
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The Woman’s Guild has raised and disbursed during the year $1,650, including assistance rendered to three missionaries of the Diocese and several churches and missions, and aid given to the education of the children of missionaries. (Source: The Rev. McNeely DuBose, Parochial Report, Trinity Church, Asheville, 1892 Journal of Convention, 84)
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Our Medical missions in China and Africa need assistance. They find it absolutely necessary in many cases to supply proper nourishment as well as medicines to the destitute sick. I have received several requests for such aid. Suppose each of our thirty branches promises to send something for this purpose this year, according to their…
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In response to a call of the Rector of St. James’s Parish, Rev. Mr. Bush, eight ladies, including one visitor, assembled with him in the Vestry Room. He proposed to them to form a society, which should be a part of the Diocesan Branch of the Woman’s Auxiliary to the Board of Missions. This was…
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No minister in this Church in America can afford to neglect or discourage the Woman’s Auxiliary. No parish is in greater danger of losing its missionary spirit than the parish with a weak Auxiliary, and if a congregation loses its missionary spirit it has lost its life. Every parish branch combines in a wonderful way…
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It is the old story of the “little drops of water, little grains of sand.” The amount that each one can do alone seems hopelessly and discouragingly little and useless, and still the union of these weak and insignificant labors – of these few and feeble and widely scattered bands of women – gave to…
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Of the sum reported as collected for Missions, $47.92 were received by the Bishop at his annual visitation, and $41 were contributed by the Female Missionary Society of Raleigh. (Source: The Rev. R. S. Mason, Parochial Report, Christ Church, Raleigh, 1860 Journal of Convention, p. 46)
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We will tell the stories not because we live for the past but because the past informs the present, and we must be present before we begin, with God’s help, to claim our future. (/the-story-goes-on/) Episcopal Church Women have been an organized, officially recognized presence in the Diocese of North Carolina for more than 130…