Articles – Poems – Announcements
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Articles and Announcements
NGO CSW70 Virtual Parallel Event
Raising Awareness of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Save the Date! NGO CSW70 Virtual Parallel Event �� Wednesday, March 11, 2026 ⏰ 12:30–2:00 PM (Eastern Standard Time) �� Via Zoom (link forthcoming) The National Episcopal Church Women (NECW) invites members and partners nationwide to stand in solidarity and take action in response to the ongoing crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW)—a devastating reality affecting Indigenous communities across the United States and beyond. Rooted in faith, prayer, compassion, and advocacy, NECW recognizes the urgent call to raise awareness, support healing, and work alongside Indigenous leaders to seek justice and ensure the safety [...]
Poems
A Breathless Moment
It is a breathless moment when, coming to the edge Of what confounds me, I pause and ask myself if I have courage To trust completely and risk failure, Sometimes I have faltered, Turned back into the Wilderness of self-contained existence and stumbled, But when I listen to the beating of my heart I hear the voice of My Creator calling me to step outside myself, And I am always held safe and secure. by C.C. Johnson Diocese of Lexington Parish - St. Raphael the Archangel
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 [...]
Episcopal Church Women in the News 09-16-23
Episcopal churches observe National Suicide Prevention Month to promote education, destigmatization St. Michael’s Episcopal Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado, [...]
Episcopal Church Women in the News 09-09-23
Episcopal Church leader Michael Curry rejects claim that bishops get ‘free pass on behavioral issues’ “None of us want [...]
Episcopal Church Women in the News 09-02-23
House of Deputies president shares alleged incident of unwanted physical contact following conclusion of Title IV investigation President Julia [...]
Episcopal Church Women in the News 08-26-23
Episcopal Church hosts conversation on ‘fulfilling our promise’ to Afghan refugees as 2-year anniversary of war’s end approaches The [...]
Episcopal Church Women in the News 08-19-23
Los Angeles-area church celebrates ‘win for everyone’ affordable housing groundbreaking For Patricia Jebens, celebrating the groundbreaking for Orchard View [...]
Episcopal Church Women in the News 08-12-23
Episcopal church presumed destroyed as wildfires on Hawaiʻi’s Maui kill at least 36 An Aug. 9 post on Holy Innocents’ Facebook [...]
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 [...]
Episcopal Church Women in the News 08-05-23
Episcopal churches, ecumenical partners address crisis as asylum-seekers continue to arrive daily in Chicago Over the last year, more [...]
Episcopal Church Women in the News 07-29-23
Alameda is Working to End Homelessness Dignity Village can make a powerful difference in people’s lives by helping individuals [...]
Episcopal Church Women in the News 07-22-23
Rev. Hasselbrook of St. James Church in Montclair reflects on the Rev. Bakal of Grace Church in Nutley Bakal [...]
Plaza de Paz Respite Center Service Project
Join the National Episcopal Church Women Service Project Efforts for the Plaza de Paz Respite Center At the National ECW [...]
Episcopal Church Women in the News 11-05-22
Missouri church holds memorial service for funeral home’s unclaimed cremated remains “It just made sense that people who haven’t [...]
A Favorite Chapter Christmas Version of 1 Corinthians Chapter 13
If I design fabulous Christmas cards, with flaw-less family photos and write newsy, clever Christmas letters about my perfect life, [...]
Article Request: Food Pantries and Meal Programs – Communique spring 2022
Feeding the hungry is a daily task and the ECW has been involved in food support programs for over [...]
Board Meeting October 2021 – Rapid City, SD
The National Episcopal Church Women held their October 2021 board meeting in Rapid City, SD. The Rev. Deacon Twilla [...]
Mujeres ecuménicas Encuesta de la Comisión de la Condición Jurídica y Social de la Mujer de las Naciones Unidas, 66 ° período de sesiones (2022)
Ver o guardar como pdf Objeto de la encuesta: Mujeres Ecuménicas es una coalición internacional de denominaciones eclesiásticas y [...]
Ecumenical Women United Nations Commission on the Status of Women 66th Session (2022) Survey
View or save as pdf Purpose of the survey: Ecumenical Women is an international coalition of church denominations and [...]
Crock Pot Cooking Outreach Ministry – Jump Start Kitchen
Karen Wilkes, Patty Jacobson, and Bobbi Johnson, members of St Christopher's Episcopal Church, Boulder City, NV., introduce a new [...]
The Episcopal Churchwomen – The First 150 Years
To better understand how the Episcopal Church Women came into being, let’s look at a little bit of the Episcopal [...]
UNCSW 65 – Taking It Back Home: Report Back from the Presiding Bishop’s Delegation
National ECW President, Karen Patterson, will attend and speak at the UNCSW 65 - Taking It Back Home: Report [...]
Women of The Episcopal Church Province IX January 2021 Report
Highlights: At the province level, women are making use of the Zoom and WhatsApp platform to be able to be [...]
Saint Andrew’s Saratoga CA – Exciting Times
ECW WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE While our parish is going through some very challenging and exciting times, The Board of Saint [...]
2021 Lenten Series on Women
There are hundreds of remarkable stories of women who have served the Episcopal Church with love, with persistence, with energy [...]
News from St. Jude’s in Hawaii
Aloha! I thought you might be interested in the following from St. Jude's Epicopal Church in Ocean View, Hawaii. Aloha! [...]