Lisa H. Towle, Immediate Past NECW President

For the past six years I had the honor of serving Episcopal Church Women as a member of the National Board of Episcopal Church Women, first as secretary, then as president.

Now that the hand off to the 2018-2021 board is complete and it begins its first full year of operation, it’s time to say thank-you. Thank-you to the people of The Episcopal Church, most especially its women and girls, for walking what the Right Reverend Steven Charleston calls the “sacred path … sharing the same commitment to be true to our word, to practice what we preach.” […]

– Submitted by the National United Thank Offering Board

United Thank Offering (UTO) generates a lot of excitement about its ministry because UTO awards grants—5257 grants and a whooping $137,094,170.52 since 1889. We’ve built churches and schools, paid salaries for new ministries, and even purchased a plane named the Blue Box for the Bishop of Alaska.

In this latest grant cycle, in support of the Presiding Bishop’s Jesus Movement initiative, the UTO Board focus was Becoming Beloved Community: Racial Healing, Reconciliation, and Justice. This focus has generated fascinating new ministries. Every penny of the coins and bills we collect from your Blue Boxes, given in gratitude for your many blessings, is given in grants. A highlight for the UTO Board each Triennial Meeting is that we announce the grant recipients and meet some to thank them for their ministries. UTO’s 2018 grant awards totaled $1,283,216.21. […]

ECW OUTREACH IN MAUI

— Submitted by Kekuhaupi’o Akana ACCW Run Leader, Province VIII Episcopal Diocese of Hawaii

Thanks to Maui’s Episcopal churches and their friends, the Episcopal Diocese of Hawaii is now in its 5th year of service to our poor, needy, and house-less neighbors on Maui.

Envisioned by a small group of dedicated Episcopalians from the four Maui churches, A Cup of Cold Water (ACCW) launched its outreach ministry on October 13, 2013 at Trinity by the Sea Episcopal Church in Kihei teamed with Maui’s three other Episcopal churches – Good Shepherd (Wailuku), Holy Innocents (Lahaina), and St. John’s (Kula). Today ACCW has 80 plus volunteers from Catholic, Protestant, non-denominational, and Buddhist churches. This mission, beyond the church-of loving service, is strongly supported by the Episcopal Diocese of Hawaii and its bishop the Rt. Rev. Robert Fitzpatrick. […]