1st Vice President
Ms. Patricia Wellnitz
I am a cradle Episcopalian, baptized, confirmed and married at St. Mary’s-Holly Episcopal Church, a small county church north of Rushville, Nebraska. My husband Jerry and I have two sons and six grandchildren. I was the manager of the laboratory at Gordon Memorial Hospital, a twenty-five-bed critical care hospital until I retired in 2019. I have taught Sunday school and Bible school since I was in high school and been a member of St. Mary’s Altar Guild and ECW since I was 20 years old. I have served on the vestry as warden, secretary and treasurer many times over the years. I am a lay reader and lay Eucharist minister. I served as both secretary and co-convener for the Diocesan Women’s Ministries in Nebraska and have been a delegate to Triennial three times, serving as head of the delegation twice. I served as NECW secretary from 2015-2018, I have been the 1st VP since 2018.
My job as 1st VP is to Plan and implement the Triennial Meeting and serve as chair of the Triennial Meeting Team and to oversee all details pertaining to the Triennial Meeting. We were so sad that we could not hold the 2022 Triennial Meeting. In 2024 we are planning on presenting an amazing slate of women running for office. We will be offering a variety of workshops that will give everyone something to take home and share with the women in churches. We will be celebrating the 150+ years that ECW has been in existence. Hope to see you there.