Articles – Poems – Announcements
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Articles and Announcements
Stations of Hope: A Thursdays in Black Journey Against Violence
Introduction and Background: Lent is a sacred season in the Christian tradition—a time for deep reflection, repentance, and renewal. It invites us to walk with Jesus on his journey to the Cross, contemplating his suffering, sacrifice, and ultimate triumph over death. Yet, it is also a time to confront the harsh reality that Jesus’ arrest and crucifixion were acts of violence. His story resonates deeply with the experiences of countless people who suffer violence and injustice in our world today. Gender-based violence (GBV) is a global crisis. Statistics tell us that 1 in 3 women and 1 in 9 men are victims of [...]
Poems
The Knitting Shoppe
I finger the yarn, Checking its strength and quality, Comparing the weights and colors. The shop keeper watches me, Unsure and unconvinced. I am a foreign woman in a foreign land. Possessing only the barest words of her language. I pick up a particularly beautiful skein. It is soft and obviously hand-dyed. And sighing the sigh of true appreciation I meet her eye and breathe, “Sehr shon”. (There are umlauts over the ‘o’, ..) “Very lovely.” She stops, Then beams, Proud that the quality Of the material she loves Transcends. We nod in agreement As women (and knitters) will [...]
Planning Committee for General Convention – Update
At the meeting today of the Planning Committee for General Convention and Triennial, no decision was reached as to the [...]
Province I Board Meeting October 2020
The Province One Board has met twice since the last NECW Board meeting - September 21 and October 19th. The [...]
Women of the IX Province Beijing CONSERVATORY
Santiago de León de Caracas September 30, 2020 Attention: Ms. Karen O. Patterson Episcopal Church Women Best regards, [...]
Online Retreat: Winning the Right to Vote Oct 24th 2020
Diocese of El Camino Real in California Join us for this morning retreat with Ida B. [...]
Province VII ECW Zoom Conference – Sept 12 2020
All women in Province VII are invited to this conference. Province VII, also called the Province of the [...]
Healing in Yarn with the Diocese of Chicago
Chaplain Micheal at Rush Hospital Chicago Bishop Anderson House provides spiritual care training to lay persons as [...]
Episcopal Women’s Ministries Fall Retreat
September 25 and 26 on Zoom - 2020 Living our Call as Disciples - a Virtual Retreat - Led by the [...]
St. Asaph’s Prays through Epidemic Times
July 19, 2020 Rev. Joy delivers Homily July 19, 2020 Service in Pavilion July 20, [...]
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 [...]