I attended the Zoom meeting of the Annual Province V ECW Meeting on May 1st and 2nd. The presidents met on May 1st. We had 57 members for the May 2nd Zoom meeting. It started with the Business Meeting, where we elected the 2021-2024 Reps. To CPC, NECW and UTO. Then we had 15 minutes of music between our speakers. Our speakers were The Rev. Rosalind Hughes, “Responding to Gun Violence”, Church of the Epiphany, Euclid, Ohio; for more information about gun violence you can go to Bishopsagainstgunviolence.org; Ms. Shelby Kretz, “Little Justice Leaders”, littlejusticeleaders.com, she creates books for children; and the Rev. Kay M. Houck, “Her Way of Love”, herwayoflove.com. I highly recommend you look at their websites. Ms. Kathy Mank, Province V ECW President and Ms. Beth Petti, Province V ECW Vice-President did a great job putting this meeting together.
On June 10th, the Diocesan ECW had a Zoom meeting titled: “Diocese of Missouri Zoom Connections Event”. The Rev. Dr. Maria Evans is interim rector at Christ Church in Rolla, MO and is also a pathologist, a laboratory medical director, and has served on hospital infection control committees for more than 30 years. Her topic title is “Living Life on the Fly: Holy Humor & Absurdities”. She showed us where there is humor in the Bible. We participated in 2 break-out groups and discussed the humor we have experienced during the pandemic. They are planning more of these “Zoom Connections Event”.
Jan Goossens
Province V Rep.