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Episcopal Church Women in NC
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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…
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Ludia Galia Jambo is a Moro, and might have been born in the year 1939. She is not really certain of her age, which is quite common for those born in rural areas of South Sudan. She knows she was born in Mundri District, and knows that she was baptized by Bishop Oliver Allison, possibly…
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Teresa Aduk Jerboam was born in the village of Duk, north of the town of Bor, in South Sudan in 1968. She came to Renk in 1987, two years after getting married, when her husband, Joseph Nyading, was transferred here from Malakal, where they had been living. Joseph is now a brigadier general in the…
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b. April 9, 1936 by Mary Louise Burress and Sue Burress Wall, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Winston-Salem, 2016 Tog Newman has had extensive experience with cultural, civic, and community leadership in Winston-Salem, the state, the region, and the nation. She has been an active member of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church since she and her husband…
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August 10, 1813 – July 21, 1903 by Ellen Chesley Weig, St. Matthew’s Church, Hillsborough, NC, 2015 Mary Curtis was a clergyman’s wife. Some of her letters, written at the end of the Civil War, were the focus of St. Matthew’s participation in Hillsborough’s sesquicentennial celebration of the end of the war. Hillsborough was the…
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b. May 12, 1947 by Lucy Couch Payne Paynter, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Winston-Salem, NC, 2016 After retiring from 31 years as an educator (teacher and administrator), Kay transferred that same passion for service and ministry to the many outreach opportunities at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Winston-Salem, NC. There she was drawn in by…
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Hearts, Homes & the Holy Spirit: Mission and Ministry in North Carolina Mill Villages, 1890-1940. The stories and contributions of churchwomen and “women workers”.
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b. February 14, 1933 by Sara Elizabeth Harding Palmer, Assistant to the Rector, Saint Mary’s Episcopal Church, High Point, 2015 Ruth Purser has been a great blessing to me since I arrived at Saint Mary’s. She unhesitatingly and immediately offered me her warm and wonderful hospitality, including overnight stays when I needed to work late.…
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b. September 22, 1946 by Barbara Kay Kelly Morgan, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Winston-Salem, NC, 2015 In the history of every church there are individuals who embody the soul of the church. Lucy Paynter is one of these people. From the time that Lucy and her husband moved to Winston-Salem in 1969, she has worshiped,…