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Episcopal Church Women in NC
Category: The Story Goes On
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Much good has been done by the work of zealous women, and there is bright promise of further well-directed self-denying effort on their part. The Sunday School Superintendent has successfully trained the children in the songs of the church. A lady communicant, as an Easter-offering, furnished the Church with handsome and costly Bishop’s and Chancel…
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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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It’s been said that most organizations meet, eat, and retreat. I pray we do not retreat. What can we do to bring about change? We must be informed and educated. We must be aware of situations facing us, our sisters, daughters, and granddaughters in this time and place. We must seek solutions. Two women in…
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Rockingham, N.C., November 18th, ‘27 My dear Bishop Penick: It has been suggested at our Guild meetings that we give a card party as a means of making money for church activities. Mr. Hartzell, our rector, is agreeable, provided it is not out of harmony with church procedure in the larger parishes in the state. Some of us…
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The Interracial Committee, appointed a few years ago for the purpose of coordinating the work of the Woman’s Auxiliary, has served you faithfully to the best of its ability in bringing about better and more effective relations among the districts. Last year you approved the abolishing of the Negro District as requested. This year the…
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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…
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The establishment of Female Societies for the purpose of aiding the contingent expenses of their respective congregations, and for the more worthy objective of relieving the poor; calls for the commendation, and from their general existence in almost every parish, we believe that the aggregate benefit to the church will not be inconsiderable. (Source: Report…
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It is not incompatible with the 45th Canon, renewedly to notice, and to recommend to the notice of others, the Female Working Association. This Association, by the mere ordinary labor of the hands, during one half day every week, has made enough since last Convention, to contribute, For the annual education of a heathen child,…
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The society in which we live still depends on us ‘women folk’ to come together in spite of the odds against it, to reach out and remind all of us that the times may be changing, but the issues of life are still the basic ones of loneliness, hunger, shelter, and the need for loving…
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The Committee cannot refrain from noticing the pleasure with which both these gentlemen speak of their visits to Warrenton. The small congregation collected in that place by the Rev’d Mr. Phillips, seem distinguished for their attachment to the Church. A few ladies of the congregation have formed a school, in which upwards of twenty children…