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Episcopal Church Women in NC
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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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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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137th Annual Meeting Episcopal Church Women, Diocese of North Carolina Traveling the Way of Love: Responding to Human Needs through Loving Service Friday, November 1 and Saturday, November 2, 2019 St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 1737 Hillandale Rd., Durham NC 27705 What is the Way of Love? It has been described as a tool for understanding…
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November 22, 1919 – October 11, 2005 by Charles K. (Ken) McCotter, Jr., Christ Episcopal Church, New Bern, NC, 2016 Margaret Mitchell Hay StallingsMargaret Mitchell Hay Stallings was born in Charleston, South Carolina. She was the daughter of Samuel Marion Hay and Mabel Sutherland Mitchell Hay. She was reared in Mount Pleasant, across the Cooper…
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February 9, 1923 – May 6, 2000 by Episcopal Church Women of All Saints’ Episcopal Church, Hamlet, NC, 2014 Jean S. Smith was born in Richmond, Virginia. After her marriage to John B. Smith, Jr., Jean moved to Hamlet, North Carolina. Jean and John had two daughters, Gretchen and Gail. While living in Hamlet Jean…
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by Victor William Bustard, M.D., Christ Episcopal Church, New Bern, North Carolina, 2016 Ann Bustard was born in Barrie, Ontario, Canada, where she attended elementary, middle, and high school. Her family attended Trinity Anglican Church where she was baptized, confirmed and married. After graduation from high school, she continued her education at the University of…
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August 6, 1896 – May 7, 1993 by Nelson McDaniel, Christ Episcopal Church, New Bern, NC, 2016 Miss Gertrude Sprague Carraway was born in New Bern, North Carolina, in the same house where she died, yet she was a woman who was always on the move. Born at a time when women in America could…
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January 26, 1910 – August 4, 2005 By Julia White Nolan & Irma Crowell, All Saints’ Episcopal Church, Hamlet, NC, 2014 Jeanette Godfrey White was a member of All Saints’ Episcopal Church in Hamlet, North Carolina, for 65 years, but her early church years were spent at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Florence, South Carolina,…
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b. June 2, 1926 by Ann Victoria Harris Bustard, Christ Episcopal Church, New Bern, NC, 2016 Janet Josephine Latham was born in New Bern to Dr. Joseph and Mrs. Marjorie Latham. The Lathams raised four children with Janet being the third child. The family lived in a large brick home on National Avenue along with many…