Triennial Meeting July 2018
The 2018 General Convention of the Episcopal Church was held in the Live Music Capital of the World, Austin, Texas. July 5-11, 2018 at the Austin Convention Center.
The National Episcopal Church Women Board explored new and wonderful ways to make your Triennial Meeting a learning and spirit-filled experience.
Our theme:
GO! Share the Word: Every Day, Comunicamos, Every Where
…will help us bring God’s love to all. We hope you will come to Texas or join us online to help GO! SHARE the WORD.
— Linda Guest, 1st Vice President (Program)
Keynote Speakers
Bishop Steven Charlton
Bishop Charleston is the retired Bishop of Alaska. Over his long and distinguished career he has served the church in many capacities. He was the national director for Native American ministries, a tenured professor in systematic theology, and the president and dean of a seminary.
Today he is a nationally recognized author with a dozen titles to his name, including three novels and his groundbreaking Native American theology, The Four Vision Quests of Jesus. He is the recipient of three honorary doctorates and in 2014 a building was dedicated to his name “The Charleston House of Interfaith Cooperation,” on the campus of his alma mater, Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut.
He is a citizen of the Choctaw Nation in Oklahoma where he currently lives with his wife, Susan, a professional artist who designs all of the covers for his books.
The Rev. Canon Stephanie Spellers
She’s got a long title – Presiding Bishop Michael Curry’s Canon for Evangelism, Reconciliation, and Creation, but here’s the short job description for the Rev. Canon Stephanie Spellers: helping Episcopalians share the good news and cross boundaries as part of the Jesus Movement.
Previously she was the Canon for Mission Vitality for the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island and a member of the chaplain team for the House of Bishops. She served as the co-chair of the Standing Commission on Mission and Evangelism (2009-2012).
A former church planter and seminary faculty member, she is the author of Radical Welcome: Embracing God, The Other and the Spirit of Transformation. A native of Kentucky, Stephanie now lives in New York City.
She graduated from Episcopal Divinity School with a Masters of Divinity; Harvard Divinity School with a Masters of Theological Studies; and Wake Forest University with a Bachelors in Religion, where she began organizing for justice and peace.
Special Events – Dinner, Lunchen, BBQ
When:
Thursday, July 5, 2018
6:30 PM – 9:00 PM CDT
When:
Sunday, July 8, 2018
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM CDT
(hosted by Diocese of Texas)
49th Triennial Meeting of the Episcopal Church Women
Austin, Texas
Certification via National ECW Website – Registration via Your Diocesan Office
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Donations
Triennial Meeting Donations
In just a few months we will be in Austin, Texas, for the 49th Triennial Meeting of the Episcopal Church Women. The ECW National Board is working on the plans for the Triennial with a goal of making it spiritually fulfilling as well as providing lots of workshops and fun.
Your help is needed both in attending and financially supporting this event. Your contributions are a necessary part of making the Triennial Meeting happen.
Unified Gift Donations
Community First! Village, a ministry of Mobile Loaves and Fishes in Austin, Texas, has been selected by the National Board of Episcopal Church Women as the recipient of the Unified Gift, which will be presented at Triennial Meeting in 2018.
Donna Emery, development director for Community First!, has described the village as a “novel approach to mitigating the problem of homelessness.”
Community Connection Donations
The Trinity Center Shower Ministry, housed at St. David’s Episcopal Church in downtown Austin, has been designated the recipient of the Community Connection Gift for Triennial Meeting 2018. In addition to collecting financial donations for this life-affirming ministry, the National Board of Episcopal Church Women has a goal of assembling and delivering, during the Triennial Meeting next July, hundreds of “summer survival kits” to the homeless citizens served by the shower program.
49th Triennial Meeting of the Episcopal Church Women
Austin, Texas
Workshop Registration
Registration is now closed
Policy on Electioneering
Biographical information must be presented to the Election Committee of the National Board of Episcopal Church Women. This information shall be published and distributed by the Board. Any other material not approved by the committee shall be reported to the President of the Board or the head of the Election Committee and removed. Campaigning will not be permitted.
October 23, 2017: Nominating Committee announced; nominations period opens
January 12, 2018: Deadline for submission of nominations
January 19, 2018: Nominating Committee report to National ECW liaison
January 25-29, 2018: National Board of ECW reviews Nominating Committee report
February 1, 2018: Slate to Presiding Bishop & Executive Council for approval
May 1, 2018: Slate announced no later than this date
July 10, 2018: Elections held at ECW Triennial Meeting in Austin, Texas
Distinguished Woman Nominations
Distinguished Woman recognition is given at every ECW Triennial Meeting. Every diocese is encouraged to select one woman for this honor whose Christian principles are lived out in both her secular and sacred communities.
A woman may be chosen posthumously. Current members of the National Board of Episcopal Church Women are not eligible for consideration. Typically, the ECW board or women’s ministries council in a diocese leads the Distinguished Woman selection process.
The Distinguished Women for the 2015-2018 triennium will be recognized at a luncheon to be held in July 2018 in conjunction with the General Convention in Austin, Texas. (Details will follow.) In addition, each Distinguished Woman will have a brief bio and picture included in the Distinguished Woman booklet.
The deadline for submission of the biographical information and photo was February 1, 2018.
