I am pleased to inform you that the ECW of Province 5 has a new website!  You may reach us at www.ecwprovince5.org   Our intention is to have the most up-to-date information about programming across the region.  As so many events will be held via videoconferencing, we’re seizing the opportunity to share events that otherwise would be more local in attendance.  Our annual meeting was held online in April and our attendance was a bit higher than our previous year’s meeting, but it also included women who would not have attended an in-person meeting.

The Diocese of Chicago also has a website, www.ecwchicago.org.  The fall programs are still in development so it’s not as updated as it will be later this summer.

And the third news item is our Province 5 video on the women in the Episcopal Church.  “Connecting with History, Shaping the Future” is our 4 ½ minute video including historical information about women in the church, affiliated women’s organizations and current/recent service projects from several dioceses in the province.  We presented the first version of this program last summer at the Province V “Big Provincial Gathering” as part of the ECW workshop but it has been improved and background music has been added.  You may link to it with this link as well as find it posted on YouTube.  https://youtu.be/-Rthbg2JwPs

We’ve been busy and we have no plans to slow down!

Beth Petti

VP Province 5