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Episcopal Church Women in NC
Category: The Story Goes On
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The women of the Church Service League of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Winston-Salem, want in this way to express a very real sorrow and loss in the death of Mrs. Susan Hill Steadman, and also an appreciation of her meritorious life and service as a loyal, faithful member of our organization. Her life was a…
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Miss Marshall read an interesting article on Church advertising based on the text, “Go ye into the byways & hedges & compel them to come in.” We decided to have a “Rooster Party” the following Tuesday to help on the Building Fund and to pay the 75¢ per member for St. Luke’s Hospital [Tokyo]. (Source:…
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The Ladies have contributed as usual, by means of their Industrious Society, to the good of the Parish; and have now the pleasure of meeting weekly at the house of the Rector, which is chiefly the fruit of their labor. (Source: The Rev.William D. Cairns, Parochial Report, St. James’ Church, Wilmington, 1831 Journal of Convention,…
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The Ladies’ Society has been of great assistance in the Parish in works of benevolence, and in beautifying and adorning the Church. (Source: The Rev. John Huske, Parochial Report, St. Philip’s, Durham, 1885 Journal of Convention, 68)
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I have been enabled, by the exertions of the ladies, to put one coat of paint on the church. We are exerting ourselves to raise $500 to complete and paint the building. I am pleased to say no debt hangs over the church, as I am determined the building shall remain unfinished rather than be…
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The Sunday school in this place is still kept up by the unremitted activity and benevolence of the females of the congregation. (Source: The Rev. William M. Green, Parochial Report, Warrenton, 1823 Journal of Convention, 11)
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Camp Penick is a camp for the girls of the diocese. The boys have had their camp for two or three years and have had a grand time, and now it is time for the girls to have theirs. Camp Penick? Doesn’t it sound interesting and intriguing? Well it is. Mrs. Challen, the new Executive…
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Have kept up regular services at Spring Hope, where also Rev. M. A Barber and myself held a very encouraging mission last July. The congregation there has secured a large and desirable lot, partly through the generosity of Mrs. E. G. Muse, and hope to build a chapel this summer. (Source: The Rev. Robert B.…
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The Directress of the ‘Ladies Working Society’ represents it as being in a more flourishing condition than formerly. (Source: The Rev. Philip B. Wiley, Parochial Report, Christ Church, Elizabeth City, 1832 Journal of Convention, 10)
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In giving an account of the State of the Parish, according to the fifth canon, I may further state, that agreeably to the recommendation of the last Convention, we have established a Female Missionary, and Common Prayer Book Society, which numbers about forty subscribers, at three dollars per annum. We have likewise a Bible Society…