Articles – Poems – Announcements
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Articles and Announcements
President Report 12-2025
President’s Report National Episcopal Church Women Board Meeting Reporting Period: September–December 2025 Since the September 2025 Board Meeting, I have remained actively engaged in representing and advancing the mission and ministry of the National Episcopal Church Women through worship leadership, governance, communications, partnerships, and provincial and diocesan engagement. Provincial, Diocesan, and National Engagement In October, I had the honor of serving as keynote speaker at the Arkansas ECW Fall Gathering (October 10–11), offering reflections on the theme “Cultivate and Let Go.” I also attended the Province I ECW Annual Meeting via Zoom on October 18, along with the virtual event [...]
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
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 [...]
Girls Friendly Society Triennial Delegation 2015
This year is the first year that the Girls Friendly Society has had a presence at the Triennial. [...]
Fortune-Telling Slave Girl
I find it intriguing that the voice within the slave girl had something wonderful and profound to say: “These men [...]
Sapphira and Lydia
Have you ever served on a stewardship or pledge campaign committee? I have. Not only does the committee work [...]
National Board Scholarship for Graduate Study
ECW National Board Scholarship for Graduate Study for Ordained Ministry and the Helping Professions Application Deadline March 31, 2015 The [...]