Communique Summer 2011

Communiqué

Summer 2011 EditionVol. 19, No. 5

This issue of theCommuniqué isbringing you infor-mation on the vari-ous ministries in theEpiscopal Churchthat are considered“women’s” min-istries. It is also giv-ing you an update onthe Triennial Meet-ing, which is just alittle over a yearaway – boy, time flies. Our theme, “ManyPaths, One Journey,” has become an inspi-ration to me and is showing me new waysof thinking about things.As we travel together on this journey,

we are called to many different ministriesin the church. As I look as these differentpaths on the same journey, I see that I amon many of these roads. I am a member ofECW and Daughters of the King. I partici-pate in United Thank Offering, ChurchPeriodical Club and the Altar Guild.Sometimes it is necessary for me to jumpto a different path so to speak. I am surethis is also the case for many of you.In many small churches these groups

are very intertwined. It may look a littlelike a busy interchange on a freeway – oneof those where several roads come to-gether for a time.In Denver, Col., this area is called the

Mouse Trap and I just recently learned thatin Indianapolis, Ind., it is called theSpaghetti Bowl. These areas can be con-

fusing, full of accidents and maybe hard tonavigate. It’s the same journey, just arriv-ing on different roads. You may come intothe trap or the bowl on one highway, butleave on another. You could arrive atchurch to serve on the altar guild, becomethe UTO coordinator at announcementtime and leave as the chair of the ECWspring luncheon.The United Thank Offering Board and

the National ECW Board spent some timethis spring traveling our journey together.We met at the same retreat center in Indi-anapolis. We traveled together to visit thehotel and convention center to get a handleon how the Triennial Meeting will look.We shared worship, meals and some freetime. But we were also on our “individual”paths. It was the UTO granting session,and the ECW board spent lots of time onthe Triennial Meeting planning. We werein and out of the trap or bowl, coming to-gether for a time and on our separate roadsfor a time. I know the same happens inparishes and dioceses across the commun-ion.So I urge you to read about the others

who share the journey with you. As youread you may see some of your own trav-els, or you may find a new path you wouldlike to try. As we move forward, sisters onthis journey, I urge you to help, encourageand pray for those traveling along side youand those on other paths.

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National ECWVice Presidentfor Information and Communication:Marilyn Rishkofski

Maggie Williams, editorPrinted by Copy Cats Printing

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Submissions to Communiqué are fromunique and diverse people throughoutthe world. Opinions expressed in thesesubmissions are those of the author andnot necessarily held by members of theECW board.

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From the President’s Desk

GGoodd’’ss ppeeaaccee ttoo yyoouu,,MMaarrcciiaa HHiimmeess

Journeys can be sharedand inspiring to others

Marcia HimesECW National

President

Thank you to Michael Rishkofski for designing the cover

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Submitted by Barbara OwensProvince IV representative

I have enjoyed contemplating my path inlife and invite you to think through yours.As Christian women we are all on the samejourney. How do youdefine your journey? Is it to grow closer toGod? But how? Per-haps through prayer,service, study. Whendid your journey begin?Think of your life asthe path you travel onyour journey. For somethe path has been prettystraight from birth until now. Most lives,however, have a few bends/curves. Some-times, we go on an ego trip rather thanbeing open to God’s direction. A few of ushave experienced a very wavy path. Whenthe path gets to weaving, one can always re-pent and follow the God of second chancesagain. You killed some time on your spiri-tual journey, but hopefully learned from it.We all travel at our own pace. More bendsjust means it takes longer to get to whereyou’d like to be. When you took a detour on your path

what got you back on track? Was it a cir-cumstance, an event or a person? Lookingback, can you now see God’s guiding hand?Have you said thank you? However youchoose to define your path and the journeyyou are on, life is still a pilgrimage. Thereare shrines by the side of every path wherewe may worship God and gain strength forthe next stage of the journey. Not only does the path of each of our

lives have at least a few curves from side toside, but even the majority of our path thatis straight is not always level. Paths go upand down. There are hills and valleys. Con-flicts, accidents, disasters and the like are allstressors that are like walking on an uphillpath, even if the path remains straight. Thestraightness versus the weaves in the roadare reflected in how we respond to thestresses we all experience from time to time.

Are you trying to keep the path straight bystaying open minded or are you just react-ing? Are you praying to God and asking forguidance? Newton’s law of gravity statesthat what goes up must come down. Even ifthe stressor has become a permanent situa-tion, you adjust to the new normal and yourpath becomes level again.Consider the construction of your path.

What is the foundation? Is it sandy ormuddy where you could sink in, or is itsolid and firm built on a foundation of God?Is the surface clear of debris or are there lotsof obstacles to have to step over to avoidtripping on them? No matter what the sur-face of your path looks like, it can some-times become slippery. Not every option inlife is beneficial. Some options can get usunder their control, especially when weyield to temptation and turn our backs onGod. Psalms 139:3 reads: “You comprehendmy path and my lying down, and are ac-quainted with all my ways.” Life worksbest, is the most profitable and the path isstraightest when we do good works. Thismay be no more than an active prayer life aswe age.An Advent ’09 devotion reads “Some

people seem to have a natural sense of di-rection, knowing exactly which way to goand when. But most of us find it a challengeto know exactly what our purposes are.Thank God as believers we are not left onour own in this struggle. God’s Spirit isworking within us to give us guidance forour walks of faith along our path. Listen forthe whisper of that guidance within.”In Prov. 3:5-6: “Trust in the Lord with all

your heart, and do not rely on your own in-sight. In all your ways acknowledge him,and He will make straight your path.” The ECW theme from the 2009 Triennial

“Grow in Grace” prepared us to look at ourpath and journey. Grace is the key word thatleads us on our mutual journey and Grace iswith us step by step on our individual path.You might say that how straight and smoothone’s path is correlates with one’s knowledge

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Communication: The Good News

One Journey, Many Paths?Now I have your attention. As thedeadlines neared for this issue ofthe Communiqué, I began to visualize our wonderful Triennialtheme in reverse. Of course, thisthought came to me at 3 a.m. onMay 14 (deadline was May 15) asI counted, not sheep, but howmany articles had been sent todate (very few). Our focus for theissue was how we all travel apath fraught with delays, detoursand difficulties. What better wayto illustrate this than by remind-ing this communicator the articles submitted will be a testi-mony to this process. We all havemany different ways of walkingour communication path. Someof us need weeks to ponder whatwe are trying to convey; someneed that dreaded deadline hovering overhead to be inspiredand motivated to write. As myfellow National Board communi-cator, Christine Budzowski, tellsme, some think of themselves asprocrastinators and will do any-thing not to sit down and writewhile some are as patient as Jobwaiting for the guidance of theHoly Spirit. Whatever categoryyou place yourself in, be assuredthat I am grateful to you for shar-ing your amazing experiences asyou have traveled your own path.Sequel to my story: On May

15, I opened my computer to findmany, many emails from womenall over the provinces sharingtheir pathway stories.

So thank you Holy Spirit forthe gentle slap and the kindly reminder to have faith.

– Marilyn Rishkofski

Triennial Meeting Theme:

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Triennial Meeting taking shapeBy Cordelia BurtNational VP-Program

Your ECW National Board arrived homefrom a very busy board meeting/site visit in In-dianapolis where we met at the Benedictine Innand Retreat Center. Marcia Himes, ECW presi-dent, Sandra Powers, ECW treasurer and I meta day early with members of the United ThankOffering board to discuss their needs for the2012 Triennial Meeting. During this joint meet-ing time, both boards shared meals, evening de-votions and the site visit. We watched the royalwedding together, getting up at 4 a.m. to enjoythe event as well as scones, lemon curd and teaor coffee. The UTO board brought crowns andpictures of the royal couple for everyone andthe sisters baked the scones for us.

We have listened to your ideas and hope this schedule fitsthe bill. We were able to set the tentative schedule for the Trien-nial Meeting which should be on the web by the time you readthis. Here’s what we have tentatively planned:• We have asked Bishop Katharine Jefforts Schori to be with usfor the opening celebration on Thursday, July 5 afternoon.

• Nominations for the 2012-2015 board will be the morning ofFriday, July 6, with speeches Friday afternoon and a meet thenominees event that evening.

• The Distinguished Woman celebration (formerly known asHonored Woman) will be Saturday morning, July 7, and elec-tion of officers will be held Saturday afternoon.

• Workshops will be Sunday through Tuesday af-ternoons, July 8-10.

• Closing ceremonies and commissioning ofthe newly elected board will be Wednesday,July 11, after morning Eucharist. We spent time with our musician, Adam

Graham, during our meeting and are sure youwill enjoy this talented young man’s musicalability. We look forward to the time we willspend with our chaplain at our next NationalBoard meeting in Colorado in July.

We have some new things to add this year. We listened when you said that it was too

expensive to take in all the dinners and for thisreason UTO and ECW have joined to have onedinner instead of two. More will be coming asplans firm up. We are adding a 5K run/3K walk

Sunday morning July 10 before the Eucharist and UTO Ingather-ing for those who enjoy this activity. We hope attendees fromGeneral Convention will join ECW for this inaugural event.

These are some of the happenings in the works for TriennialMeeting 2012. We will be looking for speakers, workshop pre-senters and special guests as we move forward in our plans. We’llkeep you informed as more is decided to make your time at theTriennial Meeting one of enjoyment along with the hard work.We will be sending out the first mailing to the presidents of dio-ceses and provinces shortly with the delegate information thatyou will need to make your plans.

Remember to reserve rooms for your delegates with yourdiocese. Stay tuned for more information as it becomes available.

SSAAVVEE TTHHEE DDAATTEEThe 47th

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Many Paths, One Journey

July 5-12, 2012 Westin Hotel,

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of and response to that grace. So what isgrace? Grace is God’s love as the unmerited

favor of God toward us. It’s what definesGod’s relationship with us as a daily partic-ipant. Grace is constant and reliable. Everystep we take in love represents the pur-poses of God, and it is a step along ourpath as our truest self. The word Gracemeans gift, from the Greek word Charis.So Grace is God’s gift to us. Romans 12:6says “we have gifts that differ according tothe grace given to us.” In Romans 12 and I Corinthians 12:27-31 gifts are listed as to teaching, ministering, leading, giving, faith,compassion, wisdom, knowledge, healing,prophecy, interpretation, hospitality.

We call these spiritual gifts, and we allhave some. Do you know your spiritualgifts? They are not a talent or skill – although talents and skills can be used asearthly gifts for others. We have different

spiritual gifts to be used as they areneeded, and it’s when we use our gift forothers that our path is the straightest andour journey is the most fulfilling. God’sgifts are given to us in seed form. It isgrace that empowers us to mature ourseedling gifts and watch them grow as weshare them with and for others.

Thus we not only grow in Grace, butwe are also treading the path as God in-tended. There are a variety of gifts and wehave different gifts so that we are depend-ent on each other.

This is where our individual path criss-crosses and intersects with so many otherpaths. It’s how we handle each encounternot only our path but of the other person’spath as well. “Do unto others as youwould have them do unto you.” Some-times our lives are so hectic or compli-cated we feel like we individually aretraveling several paths at once. However,

each of us can only travel our one path,even if we multi-task. Sometimes whenwe come across another’s path, it might bebetter off if we avoid that intersection ordelete the encounter.

Our life is really traveled on our ownsingle individual path, no matter what ourpath looks like. But when we look closelyat our past and present, we find God’spresence with us every step along the way.Therefore, we can look to the future withfaith and confidence as we continue alongour path to reach our earthly journey’send.

We find peace and joy along our pathwhen we love God with all our heart, soul,and mind and love our neighbors as our-selves. When we persevere to keep ourown path straight and we walk togetherwith our neighbors, who are likewise try-ing to keep their path straight, we can to-gether become a highway for God.

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Submitted by The Rev. Irene Miller RadcliffMember at Large, Social Justice

Some have questioned why Nets for Life is the 2012 TriennialUnified Gift. Some have suggested duplicating what other organi-zations are doing is not cost effective or energy effective.

In 2005, a group of Episcopalians traveling in Africa saw peo-ple suffering and dying from malaria. With the help and supportof the Episcopal church and ERD, Nets for Life was formed.Nets for Life is a malaria prevention program that supplies

long lasting insecticide treated nets to countries in Africa. Theprogram also educates the people on the proper use, maintenanceand benefits of the nets.To date, Nets for Life has educated thousands and delivered

millions of nets to 17 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The ECW board elected to join other Non-Government Organ-

izations and faith-based organizations and partner with Nets forLife to combat malaria, a disease transmitted through the bites of

infected mosquitoes. According to the latest statistics, more than 200 million people

are infected each year, and, of those infected, one million die,mostly children. Partnering has been proven to be enhancing andcost effective, and that is why Nets for Life was selected as the2009-2012 Unified Gift.The board invites all who have generously contributed to the

previous Unified Gifts to join us in partnering with the Nets forLife malaria prevention program as the 2009-2012 Triennial Uni-fied Gift.For additional information, please visit the website:

www.ecwnational.org or contact The Rev. Irene Miller Radcliff at<[email protected]>.You can send contributions for the 2009-2012 Unified Gift to:

Sandra Powers, 3 Adoracion Circle, Hot Springs Village, Ark.71909. Please make checks payable to DFMS and specify “Unified

Gift.”

Why Nets For Life?

Continuing connections helps communities growSubmitted by The Rev. Irene Miller RadcliffMember at Large, Social Justice

The 2009-2012 Triennial CommunityConnection Program is the John P. CraineHouse, located in Indianapolis. The JohnP. Craine House offers an alternative sen-tencing program for non-violent femaleoffenders and their pre-school age chil-dren. The program offers structure and guid-

ance with individualized goals for thewomen. The John P Craine House, often

referred to as the Craine House, is one ofsix facilities in the United States.The Craine House vision is to provide

services and programs to women that willempower them to engage in meaningfulwork, raise healthy families, thrive in free-dom, and to further educate and enlightenthe community. The Craine House’s current wish list in-

cludes:• Paper towels• Dish towels• Laundry detergent• Dish soap

• Cleaning supplies• Hygiene items• Foldable cribs• Bus passes• Postage stampsThe wish list will be updated regularly

until the 2012 Triennial Meeting.Previously, the women throughout the

world and those attending Triennial Meet-ings have generously contributed to theCommunity Connection. The women willbe asked to contribute items needed tosupport and sustain the programs of theJohn P. Craine House.

Have you checked out the national ECW web site lately atwww.ecwnational.org? If you have visited since early May, you have seen our re-

designed site. So far we’ve enjoyed some very positive feedbackfrom visitors who say the site is easier to read, with larger text,and easier to find what you’re looking for, too.We are busy adding new interactive forms to enable you to up-

date subscriptions and order supplies directly through the website. We also plan to post most forms and materials related to Tri-ennial Meeting, grouped in the Triennial Meeting section of theweb site, so you can quickly access additional copies of paper-work sent in the various mailings leading up to the start of ourTriennial Meeting in Indianapolis.And in case you forget how much time you have left to prepare

for Triennial, ECW President Marcia Himes asked us to add ahandy reminder at the top of every page. Right now you can seehow long until the meeting begins. We’ll add important dead-lines, such as delegate registration, as we announce them throughthe mailings.Please take a moment to visit the new web site and give us

your feedback. Tell us what we can do to make this web site bet-ter for you. We value your opinion and want to provide the bestonline experience possible.We look forward to hearing from you at ecwwebmaster@

ecwnational.org.Blessings,

Christine Budzowski and the National ECW Communications Team

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Submitted by Margaret A. CashProvince II representative

The Distinguished Woman Award, for-merly known as the Honored WomanAward, will be presented to a deservingwoman from each diocese at the 47thECW Triennial Meeting in Indianapolis.The name of the award was changed

following a review of the minutes of the40th Triennial Meeting held in July, 1991,in Phoenix. A motion was made during that meet-

ing which stated “each diocesan delega-tion is asked to bring the name andbiography of a woman in their diocesewhose life in the secular community re-flected her Christian values.” The motion was amended to further

state “a distinguished woman in every dio-

cese be honored at each Triennial Meet-ing.” Both motions were passed unani-mously.The diocesan board of each diocese is

asked to give careful thought and consid-eration in identifying a woman who de-serves the name “Distinguished Woman.”We also ask that you share with us whyyou believe she is worthy of this honor.We hope you will encourage others in

the diocese to assist with the selection.Please make your decision in 2011 and getyour information to us by Dec. 31 so wecan compile the booklet in early 2012.Members of the current National Episco-pal Church Women Board are not eligibleto receive the award.The nomination form, along with a 4x5

photograph, in color if possible, must besent by the Dec. 31. The biography and

picture will be included in the printed Dis-tinguished Women Booklet of 2012.Please let us know if the photographshould be returned. Please send the completed form and

photograph to: Margaret A. Cash, 3923 Amundson

Ave., Bronx, New York, 10466You may send the photo as a jpeg file

to [email protected] you have questions or have not re-

ceived the mailing regarding this event,please contact Margaret A. Cash, chair,Distinguished Woman Program, at 718-994-1946, or [email protected] look forward to meeting and

honoring all of our Distinguished Womenat the ceremony as we recognize the manypaths they have traveled during their onejourney.

Distinguished Woman Awards set for Triennial Meeting

Your National ECW Board Communication Team offers thechoice of downloading our newbrochures from our website or ordering hard copies to use for

meetings or mailings.We have updated the manybrochures you have used

as resources, including EpiscopalChurch Women; Women to Women;

Women of Vision; and the ECW Start-up Packet.

Prayer Cards and our newly created Communications Bookmarks have been very popular as give-aways at meetings. Let us know what

you need by emailing: vpinformationcommunication

@ecwnational.org.

It’s all about CHOICES

Submitted by Lynda SchultzDiocese of Missouri

I am a cleaning lady by trade. What seems in the world to be a lowly occupation has

turned into an opportunity for my Lord to shine. I have been inthis business for ten years. Around three and a half years ago, I went through an inter-

nal cleaning process by the Lord Jesus. He had seen thehypocrisy in my life – “I’d given Him all,” but in reality hadnot actually opened up to allow Him into my broken heart inorder for Him to heal it. After I let Him in, our relationship wasrestarted. He, not I, became guide and director of my life. I was asked at this same time to share with women at

churches how to clean their homes, and to give them informa-tion on cost saving products I use. At first, I declined, but afterprayer, I agreed. I was offered money to do the workshops, but Idon’t believe that is what God’s intentions are for me. If you at-tend a workshop of mine, you will receive free cleaning sup-plies, tips on how and what to use to clean and my testimony onhow He cleaned me out.Some tips for you:• Microfiber mops and cloths, damp or dry, can clean almost

anything without chemicals.• Rubbing alcohol is a good glass cleaner and disinfectant. • Hydrogen peroxide is used to disinfect and remove hard

water/stains.• Listen to an audio tape of the Bible while cleaning.

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Submitted by Lindsay Hardin Freeman

The other day, a funeral for which I was to officiate wasscheduled for early afternoon. Offsite meetings had filled themorning.

My day felt like a ham sandwich that had been dropped andcrushed. Questions about flowers, music and the presence of agrouchy funeral director echoed through the office. That wasdownstairs.

Upstairs, in the church itself, things were different. ThePaschal candle glowed softly. An embroidered white pall coveredthe cremated remains. The columbarium niche stood open, ready.And four Altar Guild members talked quietly, arranging flowers,getting everything just right.

They didn’t know the woman who died; she was the middle-aged daughter of two older parishioners. But they cared deeplythat the service go well, that we do all we could to providerespite, caring, a holy send-off. What they didn’t know was this:in addition to preparing for the grieving family, they gave balm tomy soul. I was grounded and centered because of their work.

And that is the way it is with women of faith. We come together to comfort, heal and take joy in each other’s presence.Whether strangers or old friends, there is a knowing of whatneeds to be done, a comfort in being together. We take care ofeach other. A holy oil is poured; prayers sent heavenward; soulsare fed. Yet that way of life – that way of being – seems under attack, both at church and in society. More women work outsidethe home. Sunday morning church attendance is no longer a surething. Bible stories go left unread. Frenzied daytime hours turninto shortened time with children.

The peace which passes all understanding generated bywomen of faith simply being together, is on the endangeredspecies list. Next summer: Many Paths, One Journey. And thatmakes next summer all the more important. From throughout theUnited States and Province 9, women are expected to gather inIndianapolis from July 5 through 11 for the 47th Triennial Meet-ing, aptly entitled Many Paths, One Journey. There, EpiscopalChurch Women will know the joy of being together, of service, of learning about new opportunities, and of participating in God’sessential work around the world.

And here is the key thing: note the title of the event, whichwas carefully chosen. For thousands of years, women have en-tered the sacred circle of faith from many different paths.

Take Rahab, from the book of Joshua. She was a prostitute.Yet her actions in Jericho made possible the long-waited entry ofGod’s people into the Promised Land. Take Ruth, the ultimateoutsider. If she had not accompanied Naomi to Bethlehem fromMoab, King David would not have been born, for she was hisgreat-grandmother. Take Sarah and Hagar and Leah and Miriam

and Mary Mag-dalene and Salome. They allcame to Godfrom differentplaces, geo-graphically andemotionally.None were per-fect, yet soughtrelationshipswith otherwomen andsought God. Indoing so, theycame into the sacred circle offaith.

Esther.Sarah. Lydia.The names ringto us downthrough thepages of scripture, each bringing their own story, their own path,to the deeper broader skein of God’s unfolding fabric. Through-out the ages, their actions and personalities have inspired those ofus who search to follow the Lord. Their witness is with us still,made new and alive in the ongoing witness of God’s stories in thelives of our sisters today. And that spirit, that life, that connectionwith others, past and present, is part of what draws women to Triennial Meetings.

“We will come to triennial from many places with many sto-ries,” Patricia S. Haldeman of Shinnston, W. Va. said. “But itwill be one journey forward, in faith, that we will be celebratingand sharing.”

Perhaps Barbara Owen, ECW’s Province IV representative,sums it up best. “Remember, God is with us all every step alongour path, bestowing us with spiritual gifts so that we can grow ingrace. For me this is a Christian journey toward eternity.” Comeand add the stories from your path. And if you are unable to come because of work or home responsibilities or illness, knowthat we lift you up in prayer. Know that your spiritual journey is respected and we are grateful for your presence – in God’s sacredcircle.

– The Rev. Lindsay Hardin Freeman is an Episcopal priest of 26 years, the award-winning author of The Scarlet Cord: Conversations with God’s Chosen Women, and the editor of Wisdom Found: Stories of Women Transfigured by Faith. Formore information, see www.scarletcordbook.com.

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By the Rev. Nancy CrawfordProvince VIII representative

During the next 14 months and beyond, you will hear about our themefor the 2012 Triennial Meeting: “ManyPaths, One Journey.” As with all thingsfor us Episcopal women, we look toscripture, tradition and reason to under-stand how we are to live into Christ.The psalmist wrote: “Show me your

ways, O Lord, and teach me yourpaths.” (Psalm 25:4) There are manyways available to know our God andfeel God’s presence in our lives. Fortu-nately, we are not alone; God is there toteach us.Think of the way you came to be a

follower of Christ. Think of the pathyou have taken to be an Episcopalwoman and, I hope, the path you aretaking to Triennial Meeting in Indi-anapolis. I remember growing up and attend-

ing Sunday school at an Episcopalchurch. I was taught “our” ways by ob-servation and participation. Occasion-ally I would attend other Christianchurches, learning their ways. Some-times there was a crucified Christ onthe cross above the altar; sometimesthere was no cross at all. Then in class I was taught the ways of world reli-gions, and different gods. More andmore in my adult life I have been learn-ing from those around me the ways ofthe non-believer. I pray that somedaythey will come to know Christ. Allthese ways can lead us to God, if weare open to God’s teachings.There are other paths, too. Look at yourself. What have you

encountered along the way? Did yourparents take you to church, whetheryou liked it or not, as my parents did?Or were you one of those amazing chil-dren who left their parents at thekitchen table, reading the Sundaypaper, while you got yourself to

church? Did faith come later in life to you?

Did a certain lifestyle set up barriers tochurch which thankfully have fallenaway so you can follow God’s path? Many paths. As you develop friendships with

other Episcopal women, you learn thatwe come from different cultures, differ-ent circumstances, different lifestyles,and even different understandings ofGod. But we are all on the same jour-ney: to respond to God’s call to us asbest we can, to love God and to loveour neighbor.Most of us are familiar with the

story of Ruth and Naomi.Naomi and her sons lived in Moab,

some 40 miles from their home town ofBethlehem. The sons marriedMoabites, Orpah and Ruth, wholearned to love their husbands and theirmother-in-law. When the two men died,Naomi told the women to go home totheir own mothers, and she left on thepath home to Bethlehem. But Ruthwould not leave her. She followedNaomi, taking a new path, forsakingher god and declaring that Naomi’sGod would be her God.The way was not easy for the two

solitary women. The return to Bethle-hem included poverty and uncertainty.In Lindsay Hardin Freeman’s book,The Scarlet Cord: Conversations withGod’s Chosen Women (publisher: O Books, Winchester, UK), Ruth describes her decision to go withNaomi on an unknown path. “We all do our part. For me, it was putting onefoot in front of the other and followingthe lead of a stubborn old woman.Thanks be to God she never gave up.Neither did I.”Ruth and Naomi are just two

women of Scripture who followed theirpaths to God. How about us? Ourpaths are many, our journey with Godis one.

A word about The Word

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Aug. 18-21: Diocese ofMilwaukee Women’s MiniWeek, Camp Lakotah inWautoma, Wis.Sept. 15-17: Diocese ofNorthern Michigan Directed Retreat with the Rev. Rise Threw-Forrester.Sept. 23-25: Diocese ofIndianapolis Fall Retreatwith the Rev. Dr. JaneTomaine at WaycrossCamp and ConferenceCenter.Sept. 24: Diocese ofMichigan Annual Meeting,St. John’s EpiscopalChurch, Howell, Mich.9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.Speaker: the Rev. SusanCarter on her experiencesin Howell and “Nets forLive.”September: Diocese ofFond du Lac Retreat,“Women by the Water,”Camp Tamarack, Waupaca, Wis. Keynotespeaker: Cindy Davisfrom New Mexico, andPastor Mary Trainer.Oct. 14-15: Diocese ofNorthern Michigan Convention.

Oct. 21-22: Diocese ofMissouri ECW AnnualMeeting at St. Martin’sEpiscopal Church, Ellisville, Mo. Theme:“Rejoice Together.”Jan. 19-21, 2012:Diocese of Michigan Spir-itual Journey.Jan. 27-29: Diocese ofNorthern MichiganRespite Retreat at MaryGrove Conference Center.Feb. 17-19: Diocese ofFond du Lac Women’sWinter Retreat at Norbertine Center forSpirituality, DePere, Wis.TBD: DIocese of Indianapolis SpringLuncheon.March 16-18: Diocese ofSpringfield Retreat cen-tered around the theme of“Celtic Spirituality.”April 27-29: Diocese ofNorthern IndianaProvince V Annual Meeting, Ramada Plaza,South Bend, Ind.July 5-11: ECW TRIENNIAL MEETING,Westin Hotel, Indianapolis, Ind.

Calendar of EventsInformation for this calendar comes from ECWs through-

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DDeeaarr EEllssiiee:: II aamm aann EECCWW bbeeccaauussee......“I discovered ECW very soon after coming into the Episcopal

Church. I loved working with the other women in the church onprojects – some as simple as making coffee for Sunday morning;others for fundraising. I could ask questions about why we didcertain things certain ways and I was never criticized for notknowing. In fact, my questions were welcomed.

“I had been a Christian all my life but had grown up in an-other tradition, and I was struggling with a life-long call to min-istry. ECW gave me a place to begin ministry, a place to see Godat work in the church and in the community. I would never havehad the courage to do EFM without the support of my ECWfriends. The sudden death of a good friend was made more bear-able by my ECW friendships. The work of the church was morefun when we did it together.

“ECW expanded my vision to the diocese as a whole andmade me much more aware of the national church. When I beganthe discernment process and went into seminary, ECW encour-aged and supported me with money and prayers. Even now as anordained priest, I wear my ECW cross or pin with great pride andgratitude.

“Without ECW my life would be infinitely duller, my faithwould be less mature and my connection to the Episcopal churchmuch weaker. I am grateful to ECW for all it has done for me.As a priest I hope to give back in some small measure.”

The Rev. June Johnson, interim rector, St. John’s Episcopal Church, Diocese of Georgia

***“I am a member of ECW because I want to be a part of the

support that the women give to the church body and functioning.I discovered ECW through announcements made in church con-cerning the ECW meetings. I discovered I should be active inECW when I was nominated to office.”

Juliet Richards, Diocese of Georgia***

“I have a long association with ECW. I appreciate the friend-ships that I have developed over the years and also the nurturingaspects of our ECW. The local ECW and diocesan ECW sup-ported my Christian education endeavors and fostered my leader-ship training. Eventually I became the diocesan news editor forLouisiana, but I still kept my strong ties to the ECW.“The ECW was a very active part of my congregation. There

was a woman’s guild for young mothers which became the step-ping stone for my deepening involvement in the church. Thewomen in our ECW guild were friendly so it was hard not to feelyou belonged from the start. Many of those women are still goodfriends even though I attend a different congregation at this time.“I am currently the co-convener of my local ECW branch and

a member of the diocesan ECW board as ecumenical liaison andchair of the diocesan ECW’s Distinguished Woman program. I at-tended three ECW Triennial meetings as a delegate in the 1980s.I was a deputy to General Convention in 2009.”

Ann Ball, Diocese of Louisiana***

“My name is Judy Weber and I am a member of Trinity Episco-

pal Church in Morgan City, La. I smiled when I read your questions. “When I was the young mother of three – barely 1, 3 and 5

an elderly member of ECW asked if I would accept the positionof Christian education for the group. I said I wasn't a member ofECW, but she said I was because I belonged to the Episcopalchurch. Since I taught school, I thought I could handle the posi-tion so I told her I would. Then I found out what she meant wasprogram chair for the meetings. “That was many years ago. The children are all grown and I

now have 11 grandchildren, but that one call asking me to take aposition of responsibility was encouragement enough for me tobecome an ECW member. I found a sisterhood of women with in-terests that matched mine and those ladies have been with methrough the valleys and mountain top experiences of my life. “I’m a widow now with time enough to devote to my ECW

sisters. I felt I belonged as soon as I became active in my churchECW. Now, I serve on the executive board of the diocese as dean-ery chairman. “When I read your question about how I discovered ECW, I

thought, “ECW discovered me.” Now, I think, it's time for me totry to involve another young mother in ECW.”

Judy Weber, Diocese of Louisiana***

“I am an Episcopalian who happens to be a women. I wasmarried in the church as a teenager, saw women gathering andthey invited me to join. I felt I belonged to ECW from the time Ijoined and began to participate in all the ECW and church events.I have been in the Church for 61 yrs.

Dorothy Moore, Province IV***

“I am an ECW because the ECW is a body of like-mindedChristian women. We include all women who are members of theEpiscopal faith. The ECW women strengthen the faith commu-nity with the goal to continue the mission of Christ. ECW arecalled to worship, to study and to minister to each other and toour church community. The ECW encourages women of all agesand socioeconomic groups to worship, encourage and fellowshiptogether. The actions of the ECW are a benefit to all in the churchand to their church community.“God willingly enters our lives. God willingly relates to us as

we wash dishes, work, travel, raise children, work for charity orshop. The ECW teaches us that we serve a God who is the creatorand all things, time, space and people are the creatures of his handsand we are called to serve and to continue the mission of Christ. “I discovered ECW at my church in Spartanburg, SC. I was

very glad when Pat Clanton wanted our new parish to begin anECW group. We started with five members and had 11 at our lastmeeting.“I felt like an active part of the ECW as soon as we completed

our first project.”Jean M. Sanderson, Diocese of Alabama

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member of the Episcopal Church. I became active in the organ-ized group about 35 years ago when my children were young (andstill coming). I was in the generation between being able to affordhousehold help, which I couldn't, and Mother's Day Out only ex-isted one day a week. MDO in itself was a new concept. We werea group of new young mothers, not working outside the home,and the church provided child care for the meetings and activities.That was a big attraction. Now, days all the new young mothersare still working outside the home, and don't have time for manydaytime meetings, just for lunch and a speaker. “Even when my children grew up, I went back to work and

myself couldn't attend daytime meetings. I did stay active dealingwith the scholarship my diocese awards to high schoolseniors/rising college freshmen, criteria mainly being church ac-tivities. I could do this on my time schedule, after hours so tospeak, and on weekends.“I have always felt a part of the ECW, met some of my now

closest friends working on activities together all these years. Agnes Gordon, president, ECW, Diocese of West Tennessee


UTO: Into the box, out of the boxSubmitted by Anne Gordon CurranUTO Province III representative and board member

In the Fall 2010 Communiqué, Marcia Himes, president ofECW board, wrote an article on “Blessings of God’s ‘stuff’ carryus through every time.” She talked about stowing the stuff fromour lives in neatly marked boxes and sometime later cullingthrough the stuff for redistribution. She also talked about the col-ors of the containers raising questions about relevance. Her im-portant question was, “What kind of containers would we buy tohold the ‘stuff’ that God gives?”

Here are my thoughts. There is a simple answer to the lastquestion: a United Thank Offering Blue Box. I will even stick myneck out further (is this all right Ursula?) to mention the CPC box.

These are both boxes that God might appreciate because theydo not just store stuff. They receive and distribute prayers andgifts in significant ways to help people throughout the world.They are pass-through stations to ministry and mission.

The purpose of these boxes is to act as a tangible presence toencourage each of us to stop (be at peace), be present in the mo-ment (prayerful), do something meaningful (give a coin), openthe box and give the blessings away (creating communities ofgivers and receivers).

How do we really know what God wants of us? We recognizeHis presence in our lives regularly at the Holy Eucharist (means“thanksgiving”) which is an opportunity to be one with Godthrough Jesus Christ while in community in God’s world. TheUTO Blue Box receives thanksgivings and gives the contents toprograms to assist in developing community within communities.

Marcia, I need at least one box in my life and I am sure Ur-sula Baxley will agree, as both UTO and CPC could not havelasted so long as ministries without the physical reminders thatboxes offer. The goodness of boxes is they can be reopened,

reused and a presence. The United Thank Offering’s new missionstatement is:

Put gifts into the Blue Box with thanksgiving, prayer andgenerosity.

Take blessings out of the box for grants to extend the church’sfaithfulness to God’s mission.

We as finite beings may need something concrete to remindus of God’s grace and infinite love. The Blue Box is one way tolive that love into the world – “Go in peace to love and serve theLord” (BCP – p. 366), His message to us at the end of the Eu-charist, after giving thanks.

The United Thank Offering Granting Session re-cently ended. One hundred fourteen grant applica-tions were submitted requesting more than $4million.The United Thank Offering board was able to

fund 59 grants from total ingathering funds of$1,634,526.19.The breakdown is as follows:

• 39 domestic grants• 8 companion diocese grants• 12 international grants

The United Thank Offering now has a facebookpage. Join in the ministry by typing in United ThankOffering in the search box at the top of the page.Click “like” to have UTO show up when someone

posts on the page. Please add your prayers ideasand questions to the conversation.

Giving thanks daily,Barbi Tinder

UTO board communications convener

Deadline for the next edition of Communiqué

will be July 31, 2011.

Send your news and views to Marilyn Riskofski at

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CPC: Still changing livesBy Ursula BaxleyPresident, Church Periodical Club

The Church Periodical Club was organ-ized in 1888 by Mary Ann Fargo at theChurch of the Holy Communion in NewYork City. In only four short years, the Church Pe-

riodical Club had already spread to 48 ac-tive dioceses and a national clearing centerwas opened. In the 1940’s, the National Books Fund

was established to meet the rapid growthof the overseas mission programs. In the2000’s, the Church Periodical Club has ex-perienced another huge impact: the inter-net. We receive most of our NBF grant ap-

plications and a few our of Mile of Penniesapplications from Africa. This is due to both of these applications

being on our web site, www.episcopalchurch

/cpc.org.Like our sister UTO, we get a great

many more applications than we can grant.So far we have been able to give some-thing to everyone. Our money comes from your donations,

from the CPC Sunday offering and fromgifts. We grant NBF monies every year at our

fall board meeting and then every thirdyear at our Triennial Meeting. Last fall wegranted more than $27,000.Unlike UTO parishes, dioceses and

provinces can collect and grant CPC fundsfor NBF projects. All Mile of Penniesfunds need to be sent to our office in NewYork. These funds can only be used forchildren’s books.Anyone who reads this article and sent a

check in 2010 for the National Books Fundcan see that their gift has changed manylives.

Anglican Women’s Empowerment: AWESubmitted by Kim Robey

Anglican Women’s Empowerment is anonprofit charitable organization thatworks for gender justice and the empower-ment of women and girls in the church andthe world. We accomplish our mission with tools

such as our annual gathering around theUnited Nations Commission on the Statusof Women and by publishing educationalresources for distribution about that gath-ering, by gathering women in Beijing Cir-cles and by participating in advocacycampaigns and events throughout the yearand in many locations.The UNCSW will have as its theme in

2012 “the empowerment of rural womenand their role in poverty eradication, de-velopment and current challenges.” We are already recruiting and receiving

applications from people who are con-nected to the issues of rural women. If you or someone you know is in-

volved with projects involving ruralwomen, especially in Latin and SouthAmerica, please let us know.

Other issues that we work on includematernal health and violence against women. We published a new resource on human

trafficking in February which is availablefor download on our website <anglican-womensempowerment.org/resources/human-trafficking/>.A project we are working on for the fall

involves the new series of films by AbigailDisney and her organization called “Women, War and Peace” which will be aired on

PBS on five consecutive Tuesday nightsbeginning Oct. 11 at 10 p.m. (Easterntime). You may have seen or heard of“Pray the Devil Back to Hell,” Disney’sfirst film about women peacemakers inLiberia.We are an open network of women and

girls throughout the world. If you would like to receive our

newsletter, please send me your email [email protected].

AWE’s four mission strategies are:• Ignite the passion of grassroots womenfor gender justice.

• Advocate for women’s rights as stated inthe Beijing Platform for Action.

• Build a coalition for change in the churchand the world.

• Connect women in our churches to theGlobal Women’s Movement.

Submitted by Sally Sedgwick

In 1980, the Episcopal Women’sHistory Project was created to recog-nize women’s contributions throughstudy, writing and publication. As partof these efforts EWHP is sponsoring aconference in Seneca Falls, New York,October 24-27, 2011, with the theme“Making Do, Getting It Done,” atheme that resonates with the ongoingwork of ECW. The conference will feature papers

by historians on the theme, visits tohistoric sites, and optional opportuni-ties to visit a winery and otherwise ex-plore the area. Come be part of this exploration of

other women in the church who havesaid, “Yes, we can.” Visit www.ewhp.org for more in-

formation.

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Grace Sears, PresidentThe Order of the Daughters of the King

Every Daughter of the King vows to keep the rule of prayerand the rule of service. We place the vow of prayer first becausewe believe that service flows from prayer, not the other wayaround. It is all too easy to see a need, decide how to respond tothe need, and then pray about it. But the Daughters’ motto asksGod to set the agenda: Lord, what would you have me do? When we pray about a person or situation that concerns us, we

begin to care in a deeper way; because we care, we may have adeeper insight or more creative response than we would other-wise have had. Or we may find ourselves part of a set of unlikely“coincidences” that signal to us that God is at work in this situa-tion, and we are invited to take part. It was Archbishop Templewho said, “When we pray, coincidences happen; when we don’t,they don’t.” This past year, God surprised many of us with wonderful coin-

cidences. One woman in Italy first learned about Daughters of the

King while taking a course in Ecuador a few months earlier. Whoknew she would meet two visiting Daughters of the King whenshe returned to Rome? Judith, the president of the new nationalDOK assembly in Haiti, went to visit a family member in Troy,N.Y., just when three Episcopal churches in the area were com-memorating the earthquake in Haiti. Joyce Pipkin put her intouch with the Daughters there, and Judith became an unplannedpart of the commemoration. I took part in a Compass Rose tour to Rio de Janeiro, where I

knew we had one chapter of Daughters of the King. When I in-quired where I could meet them, I was told the second chapter inthe city was ready to be installed, and I could be present for theinstallation. How wonderful to be on site to take part in God’swork.Many of the surprises in DOK this past year have come

through women in other countries who feel that God is callingthem to pray and serve together. We marvelled at the formationof the first chapter in India, which received its charter this past

Submitted by Alice MedcofDiocese of Toronto, Canada

I am passionate about justice issues,especially for women.

It began in 1949 while standing in ahigh school gym with 250 grade eightgraduates as we were being sorted intoclasses alphabetically by surname. Afterabout 15 British origin names there was along pause, then “Anybody here with aname bye-el-es-kee?”* The gym eruptedwith laughter, and I said “yes.”

That was when I knew I was an“other.” And it hurt.

In 1974, I went back to university tostudy part time. While standing in line tocheck out a library book, a male friend be-hind me said, “Alice, you need to read thisbook. You are studying theology and youare a woman.” I responded, “Inclusive lan-guage? Whatever for? I know I am in-cluded when the Creed says men.”

Then the penny dropped.There was no going back. I was an

other. Again. I made a lifelong vow tobreak the silence about exclusion when-ever the opportunity presented itself.

In the extreme, one can say that whenwomen are not named, they are excludedand invisible and so they cannot assumeleadership roles and violence against them

is not happening. Today, women are in leadership roles,

and men in power continue to stress theneed for women’s inclusion. Ban Ki-moon, Kofi Annan and the World Bankleaders agree that empowering women isthe key to a better world for all.

The Anglican Consultative Council“acknowledges the Millennium Develop-ment Goal for equal representation ofwomen in decision making at all levels,and so requests all member churches towork towards the realization of this goal in their own structures of governance, andin other bodies to which they nominate orappoint.” You can find the full text ofACC Resolution 13/31, 2005 at this website: http://anglicancommunion.org/communion/acc/meetings/acc13/resolutions.cfm#s31.

Today, violence against women, on theother hand, is still pervasive throughoutmany cultures in the world. The assump-tion that men have power over women and can abuse them without impunity isbeing challenged in Church and in society.The Anglican Consultative Council“unequivocally supports the eliminationof all forms of violence against womenand girls, including trafficking.” Full textof ACC Resolution 14/33, 2009: http://anglicancommunion.org/communion/acc/

meetings/acc14/resolutions.cfm#s33.The International Anglican Women’s

Network asks the IAWN link in eachprovince to devise an awareness-raisingprogram, suitable to her culture, that vio-lence against women is wrong. Wherepossible, the White Ribbon Campaign<www.whiteribboncampaign.ca> shouldbe highlighted.

The White Ribbon Campaign wasstarted in Toronto by men. It is now activein at least 60 countries. Wearing the WhiteRibbon pin means that the wearer willnever commit, condone, or remain silentabout violence against women and girls. Itis part of the 16 Days to Eliminate Vio-lence against Women which begins onNov. 25, White Ribbon Day and UN International Day to Eliminate Violenceagainst Women, and ends on Dec. 10, UNHuman Rights Day.

Editor’s note: The Rev. Canon AliceMedcof, BA, MDiv, ThM, was coordina-tor, 2003-06, of the International Angli-can Women’s Network. Currently, she isa member of the IAWN Steering Group.www.iawn.org or http://iawn.anglican-communion.org/index.cfm.

*Alice’s maiden name is Bielesch: herfather was Czechoslovakian. The Slavicword “biele” means “white,” and ‘sch’ iscommon in Austrian/Germanic names.

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ECW quilt: A patchwork historyBy Ann Fulk

It was a very small ad. Appearing in “The Living Church”

“Episcopal Life” and a few diocesannewsletters the request said: “The ECW ofeach diocese is invited to send a quiltsquare 12x12 (inches) of preferably flame-retardant material, any design, any wordswith diocesan identity.”I will admit I wasn't sure how many

squares would arrive at my address in thenext two years. Bess LeFevre quickly sentone for Arkansas. Then, likely helped by pro bono edito-

rial comments, squares began to arrive: inpackages, in brown paper, in tubes, fluffyin plain envelopes.Each one was unique, interesting. All

were done with thought and care. An invi-tation to UTO, CPC and Daughters of theKing also brought in squares.Nita Shelby was Girl Scout leader for

my daughter's troop of older girls whowent on camping and canoeing trips onthe many Arkansas scenic rivers. Thegroup also participated in many serviceprojects. Nita was also a prize-winningquilter.Nita and Ralph had two bright daugh-

ters (alas, they lost a third daughter at ayoung age from leukemia) and a remark-able son who has gone on to become adoctor, coroner, state legislator.When I asked Nita for help finding a

quilting group to create the quilt for thenational ECW Triennial meeting, she putme off for a short time and then said shewould do this herself. I was overwhelmedand grateful.Nita did the total design, framing the

squares in black, doing extra quilting, de-signing and stitching the center square

identifying the quilt. Alas, a few squaresarrived way too late for inclusion in theoriginal quilt (one week to one day beforethe September meeting, 1988). So shequickly made a small quilt of these tohang from the podium.The quilt traveled with me to Los An-

geles and took everyone’s breath away,hanging behind the Triennial dias. We fur-nished white gloves to keep it pristine. It was of those times and that year a

slightly crabby group with lots of con-frontation (fine) and discontent (what’snew) and blame (I’m sure our diocese sentin a square, why is it not there? or We didnot send a square but we want in). So thequilt has been reopened and enlarged bysomeone in South Dakota. (Does anyoneknow who this person is?)The other issue was individual requests

to have the quilt come visit their diocese:this was possible. Nita had added a sleevefor hanging; PVC pipe could carry theweight. I took requests for a visit by thequilt. The contract: I started the quilt outin a garment bag via UPS with sugges-tions for displaying it: hanging, stretchedover a form, on a large table. There was amap of the dioceses on the quilt, whitegloves for touching and labels for the nextrecipient. The receiving diocese paid tosend it UPS to the next location lookingfor it.It worked amazingly well. Episcopal

Church Women are reliable and conscien-tious.After two terms the new Triennial

Committee took over the “Transit Author-ity.” Neither Nita or I have seen it since.Nita, who is 90, has received much de-

served recognition for the quilt. She hascurrently refused further chemotherapyand is in Hospice care. Our rector thought

it important for the quilt to come back sothe congregation, new clergy and bishopcould see and celebrate what this multi-talented woman has made.The quilt has been cared for and still

looks radiant, diverse, enchanting. Youcan't stop studying the individual squares.It has been present at every TriennialMeeting since it was made. Should iteventually have a home at National Cathe-dral?It now travels rolled up in a strong

cardboard concrete form and is heavy.The revitalized Triennial Committee of

1985 (check the history, officially ECWand its Triennial Meeting was almost abol-ished and its trust funds absorbed) had acharge of writing a constitution and by-laws, embracing inclusion and provingthat ECW was still relevant once womenwere admitted with voice and vote tovestries, conventions – diocesan and na-tional – then, legally ordained to all theclerical orders. The quilt has been a visiblesign of interest and shown our creativityand inclusion.I hope you get to see it.– Nita Shelby, who designed and com-

pleted the ECW Quilt, died recently butshe did get to see the quilt again. Her fu-neral was held May 25 at Christ Churchin Little Rock, Ark. – Ann Fulk, who wrote this article,

serves Christ Church in a number ofways, many related to her interest in allthings historical. She helped start SecondGenesis, a home and program for womenreleased from prison. She has been amentor for EFM and continues to keepup with a working husband, four adultchildren, grandchildren aged 21, 6 and 3,AND she works out for an hour eachday.

The quilt can visit your diocese for an occasionSubmitted by Cordelia BurtECW Vice President-Program

The 39th Triennial Meeting was held in Detroit, Mich. underthe leadership of Marcy Walsh. As the women entered the meet-ing room the beautiful quilt was hanging for all to see completedand displayed for the first time. The love and labor of this gift

from the 89 dioceses, United Thank Offering, Church PeriodicalClub and Daughters of the King was finally finished, or so theythought. The following year 16 more squares would be added tothis labor of love.

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Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of articleson the history of the Episcopal Church Women. Submitted by Elizabeth Campbell

We are celebrating our 140th year this year organ-ized as women of the Episcopal Church in mission andministry. In the last issue, the first 100 years of theWomen’s Auxiliary was presented, based on AnneFulk’s Short History of the Triennial Meetings of theWomen of the Episcopal Church 1872-1984. The fol-lowing segment is based on the last part of the ShortHistory and subsequent triennium reports of the presi-dents of the national board. A reading play, Yet We Persist, written by Katerina

Whitley in 2009, is also available for presenting ourhistory. It is a humorous and can be easily staged byyour ECW group. A little review: In his opening address to the Gen-

eral Convention at Seattle in 1967 Presiding BishopJohn Hines had asked the women to contribute $1M ofthe United Offering annually to the Urban Coalition tohelp quell the unrest and riots in cities across the coun-try. At the same time he called for women, who wererelated to the urban poor by their powerless and sec-ond-class status in the church, to be seated as deputiesin the General Convention. It seemed that the womenwere about to be welcomed into church deliberations.At the 1967 Triennial Meeting, the women did de-

cide to devote the United Thank Offering to the UrbanCrisis Fund; the General Convention did change theword layman to lay persons to make it possible to seatwomen as deputies. Resolutions passed included a re-quest for equal remuneration for men and womenworkers for work of equal value and elimination of allforms of racial discrimination. But at the close of theTriennial Meeting, an enabling resolution was broughtto the delegates as a way of providing for flexibility inthe 1967-1970 triennium since the Executive Councilhad indicated there would be significant reorganization.So the women voted to “enter into such new structureswith other departments and units (of Executive Coun-cil) as seem appropriate to discharge the responsibili-ties and functions not vested in the General Division ofWomen’s Work.” Upon returning home, when trying toexplain what had happened, it frequently began, “It’s

impossible to tell you, you had to be there…”In May, 1968, the Executive Council established a

Committee for Women and authorized two staff posi-tions: Frances Young as executive officer, and AileenRucker as the UTO associate. The new committee de-cided dates for the next Triennial Meeting and voted toask the diocesan ECW boards to suspend the TriennialMeeting bylaws. In June, 1968, a letter was sent toECW presidents/coordinators for their vote on the issueand by December a majority had approved. FrancesYoung wrote to them, “We are not suggesting that youchange your way of life in your diocese, nor adopt newstructures nor make any move on the basis of ourmove.” She also included two resolutions from Execu-tive Council, one forming the Standing Committee onLay Ministries (which would absorb the Committee forWomen) and the other a procedure for selecting a UTOCommittee with a member from each province of theChurch. In 1969, a Special General Convention II was held,

with each diocese encouraged to send three additionalpersons to represent groups not usually included indeputations: women, youth, and ethnic minorities.Many did. Black and other minority issues were ad-dressed. The convention agreed to participate in theproposed Anglican Consultative Council, and its mem-bers voted a thorough review of missionary strategy,especially in South America. And so we come to the decade of great change for

the women of the Church. The first action of the Gen-eral Convention in 1970 was the reading of the consti-tutional change of the word laymen to lay persons andthe affirmative vote which allowed women to beelected as deputies to be seated. Before the GeneralConvention ended, 43 women had served among the364 seats as deputies. The United Thank Offering wasgathered in a Guatemalan bread basket instead of thegolden alms basin and it totaled only $1,383,243.24.The decrease was attributed to the confusion about thepossible loss of a Triennial Meeting, dissolution of or-ganized women’s work in some dioceses, disapprovalof the General Convention’s Special Program, and thedesignation of the UTO for urban problems and com-munity organizations. Nevertheless, the women of the

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church contributed more than $4.5 million for the Gen-eral Convention Special Program, and it was the con-sensus of those closely involved that a great deal ofgood was done and positive changes were made. Two significant votes for women occurred in 1970:• Women who had been set apart as deaconesses

were recognized as part of the diaconate.• A vote on ordination of women to the priesthood

did not pass but did better than even its supporters ex-pected. But the recommendation of the Committee for

Women that it be replaced by a United Thank OfferingCommittee and the Standing Committee on Lay Min-istries on an experimental basis for 1970 through 1973was also passed. For the first time since 1919, offi-cially, no national board for church women was elected.Unofficially, there had been a national policy boardsince 1889.Since they could now participate in the councils of

the church, it was thought that a separate track was nolonger the only way women could make their voicesheard or votes counted. The irony was that because ofthe women’s separate missionary work, headed by mento give it legitimacy, educational and social service, themissions of the Church, had indeed been effective. Theproposed Standing Committee on Lay Ministries be-came a Program Group on Lay Ministry. But their in-terest was in lay theological education and clergy-layrelations. It began to become obvious the programgroup was unwilling to spend any time on affairs ofwomen. If there was no national representational boardto speak for women and maintain communication withother ECW, would all women’s work cease?Sixty women met at the invitation of students and

faculty of Virginia Theological Seminary on Oct. 30,1971. The question that energized the meeting was:“When will women be priests in this Church?” Thiswas the beginning of the Episcopal Women’s Caucus,Inc. The same day, the House of Bishops met in Floridaand, ignoring the proposals of the 1966 study commit-tee, suggested another study committee to put off“solving the women problem.”Frances Young retired as executive of the Program

Group on Lay Ministry in 1972, and Olive Mae Mulicawas appointed coordinator of Women’s Concerns. Shegathered a group to plan a 1973 Triennial Meeting. PegGilbert, a liaison member of the UTO Committee, was

chosen by the planning committee to be the presidingofficer of the Triennial Meeting. The theme was “Free-dom” and each jurisdiction was authorized to send sixdelegates. There had been considerable correspondenceamong ECW boards prior to the meeting; many camewith authorization from their diocesan churchwomen towork toward continuing the Triennial Meeting.Much of the 1973 Triennial Meeting was overshad-

owed by the General Convention vote on the canonicalchange to allow the ordination of women to the priest-hood. Its defeat was devastating to those deeply in-volved in the issue. Triennial Meeting delegates werepresented with more than 35 resolutions on their ownfuture. After careful deliberation, the delegates votedoverwhelmingly to continue “a Christ-centered regularmeeting at the time and place of General Convention,national and international in scope, the delegates repre-sentative of the women of the Church, to deal prayer-fully and forcefully with all sides of issues facing theChurch, and to make their convictions known to Gen-eral Convention and to allocate the current year’sUnited Thank Offering.” Authority to do this was givento an elected Triennial Program and Planning Commit-tee with a representative from each of the nineprovinces, five members elected at-large at the Trien-nial Meeting, one liaison from the United Thank Offer-ing Committee, one person from the Lay MinistriesCommittee, and one staff person. Pamela Chinnis was elected chair of the Structure

Committee and, later, presiding officer of the next Tri-ennial Meeting.After the 1973 General Convention, further changes

occurred. Co-opted members were dropped from theLay Ministries Committee, leaving that committee withfour persons, all men. The women of the church hadentrusted their future and money to this group in goodfaith to discover they were left out of it. The new com-mittee was told they had used up the trust funds setaside for women’s work and ministry, so the TriennialProgram and Planning Committee sent out an appeal tothe dioceses for help with expenses for the next Trien-nial Meeting. A total of $50,000 was committed to backup their request for the meeting. In 1974, Elvira Lor-raine Van Buren left almost $55,000 to the ECW to beused for general use and purpose.On July 29, 1974, at the Church of the Advocate in




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Philadelphia, 11 of the approximately 30 women eligi-ble for ordination were ordained to the priesthood. Itwas irregular only insofar as the consecrating bishopswere not those of the dioceses from which the womencame. The presiding bishop denied they were validpriests. These women were in limbo, and they were cer-tainly troublesome for the church.Finally, the 35th Triennial Meeting convened in

Minneapolis in 1976 with Pamela Chinnis presiding. Astructure document was adopted and the delegates wereexposed to issues being discussed in the General Con-vention: a new Book of Common Prayer and ordina-tion of women. One of the historic moments of the church was the

joint session with the General Convention in which thevote was taken on changing the canon to allow womento be ordained priests. Everyone who wished to speakto the issue had been invited to open sessions wherethose for and those against were alternated and everypossible variation, color or meaning that could befound in the issue was said. The vote was preceded by silent prayer. Although

the hall was filled with 2,000 people, reports said “youcould hear a pin drop.” There was no outburst of vic-tory, only a quick, brief, intake and outgo of breath. Joywas there, but so was moderation. Apparently thosewho won were seriously concerned about those wholost.But what about the mission and ministries of all of

the non-clergy lay women? The times were full ofchanges throughout society everywhere. If womenwere doctors. astronauts, pilots of jumbo jets, lawyersand judges, and half of adult women were employed,

how could the church say women could not perform thework of a priest?Surprisingly, the decade ended very quietly for the

churchwomen when they met in Denver in 1979. Wor-ship was one of the highlights of the Triennial Meeting.There were small group discussions every day so thatthe women from different dioceses could get to knoweach other. Although women had been ordained priests for al-

most three years, no women priests celebrated the Eu-charist for the Triennial Meeting. In order to hear whatthe Episcopal Women’s Caucus and the task force weredoing and planning, it was necessary to go to a lunch-eon meeting held by the organizations. The StructureDocument was revised and a new Triennial Committeewas elected. Money continued to be a problem. The Executive

Council authorized $20,000 a year to defray expensesfor the Triennial Committee and to help with the nextTriennial Meeting. The United Thank Offering was au-thorized to call on the Wright Legacy for their ex-penses. Except for 1 percent retained for promotionalmaterials, all of the United Thank Offering went togrant recipients.In 1980, the Episcopal Women’s History Project was

begun to help increase awareness that much of thevaluable history of women in the Church was slippingaway. Each diocese was encouraged to form a historygroup to do oral histories of churchwomen, to preservehistorical documents, and to begin writing their respec-tive histories.• In the next issue: “Always the Cross,” the last 30

years of Episcopal Church Women.


January. That chapter developedthrough a companion relationship be-tween the Diocese of Durgapur and theDiocese of North Carolina. The Daughters in Haiti are astonish-

ing. They organized as a national as-sembly in November with six chaptersand several groups still in training. Sixmonths later, they have 15 chapters and299 members, with more studies under-way.

Growth continues in the Dominican

Republic, Honduras, and Malawi.More than ten percent of our member-ship is now overseas, and one of ourmajor challenges is sharing with eachother over long distances. Fortunatelye-mail and the internet are helping usimprove communication with all of ourmembers. You do not have to be a Daughter of

the King to receive our monthly newsbulletin, Cross+Links. Sign up for it onour website, www.doknational.org.

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could come for a visit and be displayed attheir diocesan event.

The quilt was packed up with PVCpipe for hanging, white gloves for han-dling and binders with pictures and a briefhistory of each block.

When the quilt arrived at its destina-tion it was lovingly unpacked and hung soall could enjoy. As functions were com-pleted the quilt was packed and mailed toits next place to be featured. Bishop Edmond L. Browning was

probably the one person that saw the quiltthe most over the years because most peo-ple wanted to display it for the Bishop’svisit. The quilt visited many dioceses and

provinces over the years and the only costto a diocese was the cost of shipping to itsnext show. Each Triennial Meeting, the quilt is

hung in the plenary room so that all canview this piece of history.

The quilt has taken its first trip in this triennium, a trip that is a little sad but again very glorious. The quilt washung at the memorial service for NitaShelby, the wonderful quilter who lov-ingly put the quilt together. What a won-derful honor.

If you would like to display this pieceof history, e-mail me at [email protected] arrangements can be made to once

again put our quilt “on the road.” Thegroup that requests the quilt pays the ship-ping to send it on to the next group orback to its home in Taft.

I ask that I be notified where the quiltis being shipped each time so that it does-n’t get lost along the way. The quilt will be on display at the “Many Paths, OneJourney” Triennial Meeting in Indianapo-lis July of 2012.

After this meeting the quilt will go tothe National Cathedral for storage and tobe displayed on special occasions. Eachfuture National Board will decide if theywould like to display the quilt at futureTriennial Meetings.

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Connecticut ECW talk of ‘work to do’Submitted by Shirley GriemanDiocese of Connecticut

About 346 women and men attended the130th Annual Meeting and Luncheon of theDiocese of Connecticut ECW, held at theAqua Turf in Southington, Conn., May 5.There were eight women from the Rhode Is-land ECW Diocesan Board and four fromWestern Massachusetts present.President Sylvia Corrigan welcomed

everyone after they had an opportunity tohave coffee and visit the table displays. TheRt. Rev. Ian T. Douglas was celebrant for theHoly Eucharist, and the Rt. Rev. James E.Curry gave the homily. Bishop Curry began by exclaiming that

“We have work to do” because walls of mis-trust have been built. But, he said, God is atwork in the world: Jesus has broken down the walls and the new building is where Jesuswill meet us: “Come meet me in the world.”There are phases of life where critical is-

sues cause us to have to go to great lengthsfor reconciliation and restoration as peopleof peace. How might the ECW work to-gether to honor those who were killed andcreate a new peace? To work on Reconcilia-tion for the 9/11 anniversary observances,you can visit: www.ctmissionconnect.org.Abolishing the death penalty in Con-

necticut is under consideration now by law-makers as we seek justice and dignity forevery person’s life. At General Convention,a stand against the death penalty was taken.It is very important to communicate witheach other to make our voices heard. Go tothis URL and follow the prompts: episcopal.grassroots.com/ctppn/Registrationthen.“Fear not. I have risen from the grave.

Sisters, go forth into the world and get mybrothers there too. I’m there ahead of you.We have work to do.”

Keynote speaker for the meeting was theRev. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas, priest associateof Grace Church, in Amherst, Mass., authorand retreat leader. She has been active in Re-ligious Witness for the Earth. Her topic was: “I Just Can’t Stop Loving

You: Reclaiming the Sacredness of Cre-ation.” Beginning her talk, she referred to how

“our attentions have been focused on unpre -cedented flooding, drought, and monster tor-

nadoes in the Midwest and the South. Were those record-breaking storms related to globalwarming? Meteorologists seem to be split onthe question, with most saying ‘no,’ andsome saying that the unusually warm watersof the Gulf contributed to the tornadoes.” To quote generously from her text: “Of

course, no particular tornado, flood, drought,hurricane, or any other extreme weatherevent can be directly attributed to human-caused climate change. But it is clear that theearth’s temperature is not only rising, butalso rising increasingly fast. Nine of the tenwarmest years occurred in the last decade.(The year) 2010 tied 2005 as the hottest yearin 131 years of recordkeeping.“Do you know how many countries en-

dured unprecedented heat last year? Nine-teen temperatures in Burma reached 117degrees Fahrenheit, setting a record forSoutheast Asia, while the ancient city of Mo-henjodaro in Pakistan hit 128.3 degreesFahrenheit, a record not only for the countrybut also for all of Asia.“For several years I have been asking

myself some questions: How do we live intothis decisive moment with creativity andhope? What theological convictions and spir-itual practices can sustain us in the yearsahead? Can we turn to God and bring to Godour fear, anger, sorrow, confusion, and senseof helplessness? Can we open ourselves tothe power of the Holy Spirit? Can we seekthe energy and insight that call out the bestin our selves and in each other? The humancommunity needs that hope as never be-fore…”She set forth three spiritual resources for

us to draw upon:1) Creation: “This is the stage when we

fall in love with the beauty of God’s cre-ation. We experience gratefulness, wonder,amazement, and awe. In this stage of thespiritual journey, we discover how loved weare as creatures that are part of creation.Claiming our basic God-given belovednessis a powerful antidote to the message thathuman beings are ‘a cancer on the planet,’ a‘virus’ – which is the voice of self-hatred,anger, and violence.”2) Crucifixion (letting go, grief, loss):

“No one wants to come to this second stageof the journey, the crucifixion, but here it is.We find ourselves at the foot of the crosswhen we become aware of the relentless as-sault on the natural world. The earth itself isbeing nailed to the cross. “How serious is the threat to God’s cre-

ation? Here is what one mainstream environ-mental lawyer, Gus Speth, has to say: ‘…allwe have to do to destroy the planet’s climateand [organisms] and leave a ruined world toour children and grandchildren is to keepdoing exactly what we are doing today, withno growth in the human population or theworld economy. Just continue to releasegreenhouse gases at current rates, just con-tinue to impoveish ecosystems and releasetoxic chemicals at current rates, and theworld in the latterpart of this century won’t be fit to live in. “Of course, human activities are not

holding at current levels. They are accelerat-ing, dramatically. What do we do with this?Can we let ourselves feel the grief? Can we

Left, Louise Caterson of Trinity,Trumbull, with the Rev. EllenKennedy, priest-in-charge at Trinity,and chaplain for the diocesan ECW.


These three pic-tures showscenes from theDiocese of Con-necticut’s 130thAnnual Meetingand Luncheon.


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let ourselves feel the pain of a brokenheart? The cross is the place where we faceand bear our anger, grief, and guilt – and theplace where Christ holds and bears for uswhat we cannot bear ourselves. It is at thecross of Christ that evil and suffering arecontinually met by the love of God, and in atime of ecological crisis, Christians need totake hold of the power of the cross as neverbefore.”3) Resurrection (healing/resisting, com-

passion and justice, changing the world):“Through the grace of God, we are drawnthrough ‘crucifixion’ into ‘resurrected life.’We are filled with the Holy Spirit and sentout to take the action God calls us to do; par-ticipate in God’s mission to restore all peo-ple and all creation to unity with God andeach other in Christ. We bear witness to theChrist who bursts from the tomb, proclaimslife, not death, has the last word...

“When we are led to ‘resurrection,’ wemove out into the world to participate inworks of compassion and justice. What wefeel ourselves sent out to do can take manyforms. Commitment to care for the earth willaffect what we buy and what we refuse tobuy, what we drive and what we refuse to

drive, how we heat our homes, how muchwe reuse and recycle. Lifestyle changes areimportant – they help us align our life withour values, and to increase our sense of per-sonal integrity.“But we can’t recycle ourselves out of the

environmental crisis. Working to stabilizethe climate is inevitably a political struggleas well, for only our national governmenthas the ability to make changes on a scalethat can make a difference fast and that canmake those changes economically feasible.”She cited a few specific ways to get in-

volved, including:• The Transition Town movement is

building resilient communities in the face of the triple threat of climate change,peak oil, and economic disruption –<www.transitionus.org/>.• The Interreligious Eco-Justice Network

(IREJN) has recently been focusing on foodand faith issues, particularly food securityand ecojustice issues around the availabilityof nutritious food in low-income areas<http://www.irejn.org/>.• The U.S. Senate is debating whether or

not the EPA has the power to enforce theClean Air Act and to regulate carbon emis-

sions. Now is the time to contact your sena-tor and to protect the power of the EPA.• Bill McKibben’s 350.org is building

the largest global grassroots climate move-ment that the world has yet known. The next event will be held Sept. 24: MovingPlanet, a worldwide rally to demand solu-tions to the climate crisis. For info, go to:<http://www.350.org/> and sign up to participate.She continued, “I want to add that resur-

rection actions spring from freedom, notcompulsion…Will we be successful? Willwe manage to avert catastrophe? I don’tknow. But I do know that if I cast my lotwith hope and if I get out of bed each morn-ing with the intention to do what I can toheal the earth, I feel the joy of participatingin God’s great work of healing.”She closed with a line from Helen Keller.

“I am only one, but still I am one. I cannotdo everything, but still I can do something.And because I cannot do everything, I willnot refuse to do something I can do.”

Finally, during the short annual meeting,Jack Spaeth, the diocese’s retiring Canon ofStewardship, was honored for his devoted 30years service.

Submitted by The Rev. Jennifer KennaProvince II

Twenty women from six dioceses gathered at Christ the KingRetreat and Conference Center in Syracuse, N.Y. for the ProvinceII ECW Annual Meeting. The center is at the top of a hill in a cul-de-sac and is surrounded by beautiful grounds.

The election of the president-elect, who will assume officeafter the 2012 Annual Province Meeting, was held during thissession. I am pleased to announce that Deborah Anderson fromthe Diocese of New Jersey was chosen. She has been very activein her diocesan ECW and also served on the National ECWBoard. Illness has prevented her from being among us for a whilebut we are so thrilled she has accepted this position.

The business portion of the meeting was very fruitful and wemade some difficult but timely decisions. Beginning in 2012, ourannual meeting will include only one overnight, running fromlate Friday afternoon into Saturday afternoon. Also beginningnext year, it will remain at a central location so travel for all willbe minimized. The dioceses will continue to take turns hostingand arranging the meeting at that location. The changes madewere prompted as a result of the fiscal downsizing for all dioce-ses as most diocesan ECW are experiencing difficulty fundingtheir own outreach projects. Making these major changes enabledus to keep the budget for 2012 the same as it was for 2011.

The presenter Saturday was Bambi Carkey, who entitled herprogram, “Doing Unto Ourselves as We Do Unto Others.” She isa psychiatric nurse practitioner and a clinical professor at UpstateUniversity Hospital School of Nursing. Bambi is a member of St.Luke’s Church in Camillus, N.Y. She spoke about stressors par-ticular to women and how to deal with them.

Bambi led us through a guided meditation to the Garden ofGethsemane with Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of Jesusand Martha of Bethany. We were invited to visualize the garden,imagine the sights and sounds, feel the presence of the womenand finally to meet Jesus at the tomb. Each woman visualized re-ceiving a gold box containing a special gift from Jesus and imag-ined opening it. We were also encouraged to offer Jesus a gift.

After the meditation, meeting attendees were invited to sharetheir gifts, both received and given. It was a delightful and spiri-tual oasis. In lieu of an honorarium, we presented Bambi with aprayer shawl and sent a check in her name to the El SalvadorMedical Mission of Miracles of the Diocese of Central New Yorkin which she is a dedicated participant.

The Rev. Toppie Bates, chaplain for the Diocese of CentralNew York, preached and presided at the Saturday Eucharist.There were opportunities for prayer and social time which is animportant part of the gathering. We departed Sunday morningwith a sense of accomplishment and the joy of new and renewedfriendships.

Province II women gather for work, inspiration

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