Articles – Poems – Announcements
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Articles and Announcements
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 treat God’s creation; how we negatively affect the lives of God’s people because of how we misuse water. When we lament, we feel or express deep sadness, grief or sorrow. We express regret for how we have treated God’s people and God’s water. Through lament, we can also complain in faith how we have not done what we should do to protect creation and ask forgiveness, correction, and direction. A biblical lament is a prayer of faith that brings hurt, [...]
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
St George Mask Makers Respond To An Urgent Call for Help
Haven House, a domestic abuse shelter in Leesburg, FL, had an urgent need for face masks for the 40 [...]
Triennial 2021 Status Update
I wanted to bring you all up to date on the status for Triennial 2021. Basically at this [...]
St. Francis Episcopal Church Sews Masks for Local Hospital
When shortages of PPE were reported throughout the nation as the pandemic took hold in mid-March, the women of [...]
ECW Province 5 news – New Website
I am pleased to inform you that the ECW of Province 5 has a new website! You may reach [...]
St. Gregory’s ECW Awards Scholarship
Three years ago the Episcopal Church Women of St. Gregory's Episcopal Church in Boca Raton, Florida started a scholarship program [...]
Announcing our New Website
Over the past three months we have rebuilt our website. We've included a lot of upgrades that allow us [...]
Province II continues to serve in the midst of Covid-19 pandemic
Jennifer Kenna, Province 2 Representative National Board of Episcopal Church Women As I write this article, I hold in [...]
Nebraska Province VI make Covid-19 masks and hold Zoom meetings
Lynn Fitzgibbon, Province V Representative, sent a note on what their group at St. Martha's in Papillion are doing: [...]
Living with COVID-19
Being confined at home and keeping physical distance from dearly loved ones as are our families, friends and faith [...]
Women Helping Women
The Episcopal Women’s Caucus and The Episcopal Church Women are pleased to announce a joint initiative to support our [...]
Encouragement
Encouragement can be another word for hope, belief, even for love. When used by different people in our lives [...]
Words Matter
Here, as Advent draws to a close, is a reflection about Mary the mother of Jesus. Written by the [...]
Persistence
Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. He [...]
Appreciation
“For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son…" John 3:16. This Bible passage was [...]
Compassion
Merciful God, look with compassion upon the perpetrators within the family of violence upon women, girls and boys. Heal and restore relationships [...]
Resilience
RE – SIL – IENCE: “The capacity to recover quickly from difficulties.” How do we get the ability to [...]
Perseverance
We pray for all those who have been marginalized and abused because of their cultural traditions in the world. We [...]
Forgiveness
God is with you at this time of trial. The fabric has been torn but the weavers are among [...]
Empowerment
Empower me To be a bold participant, Rather than a timid saint in waiting, In the difficult ordinariness of [...]