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Episcopal Church Women in NC
Category: Missions Overseas
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Meet the Keynoter Petero Sabune was born in Uganda. The son of a priest, he came to the United States through the American Field Service (AFS) exchange program in 1969. He returned to Uganda 1970 and, fleeing the ruthless dictator Idi Amin, came back as a freshman at Rutgers University in 1972 where he joined…
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Recommendations for 2021 Mission Funds Awards The Episcopal Church Women, Diocese of North Carolina, accepts offerings from churches to support Mission ministries. The generous support of these programs enables us to help demonstrate Jesus’ love. 1. The Christmas Mission Fund is a designated gift for mission work in children’s programs, inside and outside the diocese.…
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Letter to All – The Christmas Mission Fund November 27, 2020 Dear Rector, ECW President/Local Missions Chairperson, and Members, As Missions Coordinator for the Episcopal Church Women, Diocese of NC, I am writing to ask for your participation in the Christmas Mission Fund. This offering supports children’s programs inside and outside the diocese. This offering…
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Recommendations for 2020 Mission Funds Awards The Episcopal Church Women, Diocese of North Carolina accepts offerings from churches to support two ministries. The generous support of these programs enables us to help demonstrate Jesus’ love. 1. The Christmas Mission Fund is a designated gift for mission work in children’s programs, inside and outside the diocese.…
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The call of all Episcopal Church Women to mission work dates back more than a century to the earliest days of ECW as an organized ministry. This call is summed up in our Missions Prayer: Almighty God, help us we pray Thee to shed abroad the light of They church in all the world. Give…
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The Epiphany Offering Many years ago, the Epiphany Offering was begun by the Episcopal Church Women with a corporate communion service and a “thanks be to God” offering reminding us of the first missionaries – the Wise Men – who took the good news of the birth of the Christ child to the Gentiles in…
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Martha Deng Nhial, also known as Nhiebol, her childhood name, is a trained nurse who for years worked at the diocesan clinic in Renk Town. A leader in the Mothers’ Union as well, she was an obvious choice to be among the first ordained women in the Diocese. Martha is well-respected in town, a leader…
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Deborah Akon Wei, who grew up in a family with a Muslim father, decided to become a Christian in 1973. Growing up in Malakal, a major city along the White Nile in South Sudan, she lived near a Christian cemetery, and remembers hearing the songs of hope being sung and the Bible being read at…
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Grace Isaiah Kpari is the only woman priest in Renk who is married to a priest. Her husband, Gordon Binza Tombu, was ordained in 1994, following a career in the Sudanese Armed Forces. Grace, like the other five women, was ordained more than 10 years later.
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Alice Benzine Foke has always been a Christian. She was born near the town of Yambio in South Sudan about the year 1957; she thinks she is 49 years old, but is not certain, a common occurrence in Sudan. She grew up in the Episcopal Church and went to church schools. She is Zande, a…