Articles – Poems – Announcements
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Articles and Announcements
Season of Creation We are Living Waters Week 5
What are the Episcopal Church Women to do? Are we the women at the well? Are we the woman protecting the well? In ancient Israel, maintaining the household was the work of the woman. Carrying jars or skins of water weighing 35–45 lbs (16–20 kg) on the head or hip was not unusual regardless of one’s age. In the video from week 2, “Living without Clean Water,” 12-year-old Tarique made that trek every day to gather dirty water to bring back to her family. Remember the man? He had difficulty keeping up with a 12-year-old (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPxMOzN0Uq4). In Genesis 24:18-20, [...]
Poems
I tried to capture you
You alluded me. I smelled fresh moonlight, felt your light bless me and I wonder… Perhaps these moments are just to be between us, deep within, held close in the tapestry of my inner being, gazing at the moon. I am offered a window to the unseen God. My heart opens and gratitude flows, knowing the Divine is not absent, but a living light. Shining in all beings Patti Joy Posan - Sewanee, TN
Season of Creation We are Living Waters Week 4
The poor and needy search for water but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. But I [...]
Season of Creation We are Living Waters Week 3
“My soul is in deep anguish. How long, Lord? How long?” – Psalm 6:3 Are we called to lament how we [...]
Semana 1 Estación de la creación. Somos Agua Viva
Del Libro del Génesis (edición Dios Habla Hoy): 1 En el comienzo de todo, Dios creó el cielo y la [...]
Season of Creation We Are Living Waters
The National Episcopal Church Women are hosting The Season of Creation, an annual ecumenical commemoration running from September 1 [...]
Season of Creation We Are Living Waters Week 2
“Then Adonai Elohim formed the human out of the dust from the ground and God breathed into the human’s nostrils a breath [...]
Women in Healing and Theology Scholarship 2026 Winners
The National Episcopal Church Women is proud to recognize the recipients of its inaugural 2026 Graduate Scholarship Program, celebrating [...]
Presidents Report April 2026
I’m honored to share a brief reflection on what it was like for the National Episcopal Church Women to [...]
Women in Healing Scholarship
Women in Healing Professions Graduate Studies Scholarship Application Deadline: April 1, 2026 Applications Open: February 1, 2026 Award Amount: [...]
President Report 12-2025
President’s Report National Episcopal Church Women Board Meeting Reporting Period: September–December 2025 Since the September 2025 Board Meeting, I have [...]
NGO CSW70 Virtual Parallel Event
Raising Awareness of Missing and Murdered Indigenous WomenRegister Now!NGO CSW70 Virtual Parallel EventWednesday, March 11, 2026⏰ 12:30–2:00 PM (Eastern Standard Time)The [...]
Women in Theology Scholarship
Women in Theology Graduate Studies Scholarship Application Deadline: April 1, 2026 Award Amount: $5,000 Submit to: scholarship@ecwnational.org Download the [...]
Sacred Earth Sacred Voice Quarterly Book Series
A Quarterly Book Series on Faith, Creation, and Justice Hosted by the National Episcopal Church Women’s (ECW) Creation Care and [...]
Acting in Hope Prayers and Witness Prayer Meeting
Acting in Hope: Prayers and witness to a safer world for women and girls, an online prayer gathering on December [...]
National ECW Rejoices: Episcopal Church Welcomes Missionary Diocese of Navajoland
The National Episcopal Church Women (ECW) join in joyful celebration and thanksgiving with the Episcopal Church as it welcomes [...]
Episcopal Church Women Stand in Solidarity with Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
The National Episcopal Church Women (ECW) is called to action in support of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW), [...]
How to be a Prison Volunteer
How to be a Prison Volunteer! Presents: A Luncheon Workshop Saturday July 12, 2025 11:00am – 1:00pm CST Ever [...]
Reflections from the 69th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women: Beijing +30 Meeting
By Susan Howland It was a delight to join members of the National ECW board and others at the UNCSW: [...]
National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Wear Red on May 5 in Recognition of National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls [...]
National Board Met in Birmingham AL January 17th 2025
On their second board meeting, The National Episcopal Church Women spent part of their time commemorating the Birmingham Civil [...]
Publishing Deadlines for 2025
The National Board maintains two publications. For monthly information about the Episcopal Church Women and all is local groups, [...]
WEEK 1 The Burden of Injustice
March 6th 2025 Station 1: Jesus is Condemned to Death We stand with you, O + Christ, in solidarity [...]
Stations of Hope: A Thursdays in Black Journey Against Violence
Introduction and Background: Lent is a sacred season in the Christian tradition—a time for deep reflection, repentance, and renewal. [...]
Arrival and Navigating General Convention 2024
View as Webpage | GCO Website Español 81st General Convention - Know Before You Go GC81 Resources vBinder GC Media Hub [...]
Episcopal Church Women in the News 09-23-23
Episcopal Attendance Bounces Back 19% from Pandemic Low We have fewer parishes and we have fewer people,” said the [...]
Mira Washington from Church Women United
Mira Washington from Church Women United, CWU, spoke to the board this past Saturday while they all met in Syracuse [...]
Praying with Sparrows – A poem of the 2020 pandemic
Praying with Sparrows A poem of the 2020 pandemic I never thought to pray with sparrows, black throated wild and [...]
A Breathless Moment
It is a breathless moment when, coming to the edge Of what confounds me, I pause and ask myself [...]
The Knitting Shoppe
I finger the yarn, Checking its strength and quality, Comparing the weights and colors. The shop keeper watches me, [...]
What is Heavy Turns to Spirit
All that is hard and heavy turns to spirit. It cannot help but eventually Become like a cup of [...]
A crack, a slap, a painful plea
A crack, a slap, a painful plea A cry for help Heard, unheard, denied. Cultural Institutional Interpersonal And... Really...personal [...]