Episcopal Church Women

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Episcopal Church Women

• Diocese of Easton

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EPISCOPALCHURCH WOMENS PRAYER

• Almighty God, we pray that you will bless our
  work in mission and ministry in the world.  Make
  us so thankful for the power of your love, given
  through your son, Jesus, that we may pray, labor
  and give liberally to make known that love
  throughout the world. Bless us that our lives may
  shine forth the joy and wonder we share in your
  name. Amen

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ECW Diocese of Easton

• Inviting women to join us in our mission to serve
  Christ, our Church, and our Community.
• WHO ARE WE?
• We are women of the Episcopal Church Rooted in
  our past and growing into Gods future

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About Our Logo

• The Cross represents Christ and our service to
  Him in the world. The Circle stands for our hope
  for wholeness in our lives. The out flowing lines
  from the center depict the many works of the
  Episcopal Church Women, going out into the world.
  The intertwined lines represent our lives
  centered in Christ.

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ECW Diocese of EastonPurpose

• To assist women of the Episcopal Church to carry
  out Christs work of reconciliation in the world
  and to take their place as leaders in the life
  and governance and worship of the church

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VISION

• Our vision for all women of the Episcopal Church
  is that we become a vibrant blend of all ages,
  coming together as a peacemaking, healing part of
  the Church.  We aspire to be a God spark -
  shining and sharing the love of Christ.
• God spark (from the Enneagram) the core self,
  the part of us made in Gods image, the spirit,
  soul.

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ECW Diocese of EastonOur Life

• Our life as the Episcopal Church Women begins in
  the local congregation and continues at the
  diocesan, provincial and national levels. Each
  has its own unique characteristics which enable
  the mission and ministry of women. Episcopal
  Church Women are an integral part of the
  Episcopal Church Communion USA which consists of
  nine provinces and is part of the world wide
  Anglican Communion.

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WHAT WE DO?Three focuses of the ECW

• To assist/enable the women of the church to carry
  out their mission and ministry
• To encourage proactive advocacy for educational
  initiatives
• To provide an opportunity for women to come
  together at Triennial Meeting for worship, study
  and action.

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GOALS

• To create an awareness of the skills and talents
  women have to offer to the church.
• To strengthen lines of communication through the
  website and diocesan and provincial visitations.
• To encourage familiarity with and participation
  in programs offered to Women of the Episcopal
  Church on a parish, diocesan, provincial and
  national level.

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What We Offer

• Spiritual growth and nourishment
• Fellowship
• Education
• Leadership Training
• Information on website http//www.episcopalchurch.
  org/ecw
• Information in Communiqué
• Opportunity for service, social action and
  advocacy

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Special Ministries of the ECW

• The ECW is the umbrella for a number of special
  ministries that support and enhance the work of
  the church. There is a diocesan chair for each
  ministry as well as a coordinator for each
  parish. The work of each ministry is linked to
  the work of the national church.

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ECW Diocese of Easton Affiliates

• Bishops Guild Fund
• Call to Action
• Women of Vision

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• The ERD is an effective, reliable and vital
  ministry of the Episcopal Church in communities
  around the world. ERD provides emergency
  assistance in times of disaster, rebuilds
  devastated communities after the immediate crisis
  is over, and offers long-term solutions to help
  people sustain safer, healthier and more
  productive lives.
• A MINISTRY OF THE WHOLE CHURCH FOR THE WHOLE
  WORLD. http//www.er-d.org/
• National Projects Diocesan Projects
• Floods in Haiti/ Dominican Republic Hurricane
  relief in
• Iran Earthquake Dorchester Co
• Iraq 9100.00
• Sudan in Crisis
• HIV/AIDS, A worldwide Crisis
• World Hunger
• El Salvador

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ERD in Diocese of Easton

• The Diocese of Easton received a grant of 9,100.
  from Episcopal Relief and Development for
  emergency assistance for victims of Hurricane
  Isabel. The grant was awarded in response to
  specific requests made by parishes helping those
  in need. The largest portion of the grant was
  administered by St. Johns, Cornersville, for
  areas of Dorchester County which suffered from
  severe flooding, especially Hoopers Island. St.
  Pauls, Centreville, asked for help to provide
  prescriptions for a flood victim. Christ
  Church, Easton, collected cleaning supplies,
  towels, sheets, and household items for flood
  victims and received funds to help with the
  project.

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• The Mission of the United Thank Offering is to
  expand the circle of thankful people. To achieve
  this mission, we encourage daily prayers,
  offerings and awareness of the abundance of God's
  blessings.
• In 2003, UTO awarded over 3 million in grants.
• UTO is very different from other groups. We are
  not fund-raisers and we do not collect
  contributions or donations. We do not think of
  UTO only once or twice a year. Thanks through
  Prayer and Offering
• What we do in the United Thank Offering is first
  to offer our prayers of thanks to God. This is
  the major difference between us and other groups.
  The United Thank Offering is prayer oriented.
  Then we give tangible thanks for the blessing in
  the form of coins or bills. This money is an
  offering, not a donation.
• This is the word we always use - an offering. An
  offering is not the same as a donation or a
  contribution. An offering is a thanksgiving to
  God - always. We do this every day - not just
  once in a while. Thanks be to God.
• http//www.episcopalchurch.org/uto.htm

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UTO Grants in the Diocese of Easton

• 1983 PRINCESS ANNE COUNTY Somerset Outreach
  Services Budget support for this program aiding
  isolated elderly handicapped clients in one of
  the poorest counties in the US 7,000.00
• 1986 EASTON Diocese of Easton To expand a la
  minister program where many churches have
  part-time clergy 5,950
• 1991 HILLSBORO MD Mission Outreach Center
  Diocese of Easton To erect furnish a
  multi-purpose building in a rural area for ethic
  educational, health mission outreach services
  to low income homebound individuals 38,000.00

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UTO Grants in the Diocese of Easton

• 1995 OCEAN CITY MD Parent and Child Nurturing
  Diakonia Inc. To hire a staff person to nurture
  and mentor parents and children thrust into
  homelessness by providing case management which
  is necessary to build self sufficiency and now
  lacking in the program 15,000.00
• 1997 CAMBRIDGE MD Community of the Ascension.
  To buy vinyl windows and rewire parts of a
  convent the community established in 1995 extends
  temporary shelter to women following
  incarceration. 13,370

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UTO Grants in the Diocese of Easton

• 1998 BIVALVE MD West Side Community Food Pantry
  Growing together to provide training about
  addictions crisis and resource development and to
  foster cross racial integration through
  fellowship activities for program participants
  and volunteers. 3,500.00
• 2001 HURLOCK MD St Andrews Mission. To purchase
  and install a health department approved kitchen
  in a parish hall addition funded by a
  self-sustaining mission health department
  approval allows outreach service beyond the
  immediate congregation. 15,000.

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Church Periodical Club CPC is a voluntary
organization

• THE CHURCH PERIODICAL CLUB is an independent,
  affiliated organization of the Executive Council
  of the Episcopal Church, dedicated to the
  worldwide Ministry of the Printed Word and to the
  Promotion of Christian Mission. It is the only
  organization in the Episcopal Church dedicated
  solely to providing free literature and related
  materials, both religious and secular, to people
  all over the world who need and request them and
  who have no other source for obtaining them.
  Prayer Books, books for seminarians, educational
  materials, medical textbooks, agricultural
  manuals and books for those in local and global
  mission are some of the publications the Church
  Periodical Club supplies.
• National Books Fund and the Miles of Pennies are
  the vehicles used for donations.
• 2004 Diocesan of Easton CPC gave 900 to
  seminarians http//www.jladefoged.com/cpctest/inde
  x.htm

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Bishops Guild Fund

• Bishops Guild Fund is the Bishops discretionary
  fund. Parishes contribute so that the Bishop has
  funds that he can use to help clergy within the
  diocese that find themselves in financial need.

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• The purpose of the National Altar Guild
  Association (NAGA) is to assist parish, diocesan,
  and provincial altar guilds through information,
  resources, and communication including a
  quarterly newsletterthe Epistle.
• By making itself aware of the great diversity
  among us Episcopalians, by staying abreast of
  liturgical changes not only in ceremony but also
  in the furnishings of worship, by helping solve
  contemporary altar guild problems, by spreading
  the word about who knows what "in altar guild
  country," NAGA is the center of the altar guild
  network.
• The altar guilds "out there" assist NAGA with its
  on-going projects such as making stoles and
  chasubles for the chaplains of the armed forces
  and rounding up articles for its regular gift to
  General Convention an outstanding
  Ecclesiastical Art Collection
• http//www.episcopalchurch.org/altarguild.htm

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• CharterWashington National Cathedral is operated
  by the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation
  (PECF). The PECF was chartered by the United
  States Congress in 1893 to operate the Cathedral
  and its affiliated organizations.
• Not-for-profitThe PECF is recognized by the
  Internal Revenue Service as a not-for-profit,
  educational 501(c)3 organization. All gifts to
  the Cathedral and memberships to the National
  Cathedral Association are tax-deductible to the
  extent permitted by law.
• General InformationThe cornerstone of the
  Cathedral was laid in 1907, and the final finial
  was set in place in 1990. The Cathedral was built
  and is operated solely on the support of private
  donations. The Cathedral receives no support from
  the federal government or any national church.
  Officially named the Cathedral Church of St.
  Peter and St. Paul, the Cathedral serves as a
  three-fold mission
• A National House of Prayer for All People
• A Great Church for National Purposes
• The Chief Mission Church of the Episcopal Diocese
  of Washington
• HTTP//www.cathedral.org

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• The Daughters of the King is an Order for women
  in the Episcopal Church with Chapters in the
  Roman Catholic Church and in the Evangelical
  Lutheran Church in America. Daughters are
  dedicated to prayer and service For Christ's
  Sake.
• The Daughters of the King is an Order for women
  who are communicants of the Episcopal Church, or
  churches in communion with it, or churches who
  are in the Historic Episcopate. Members undertake
  a Rule of Life, incorporating the Rule of Prayer
  and the Rule of Service. By reaffirmation of the
  promises made at Confirmation, a Daughter pledges
  herself to a life-long program of prayer, service
  and evangelism, dedicated to the spread of
  Christ's Kingdom and the strengthening of the
  spiritual life of her parish.
• Purpose of the Order "The object of this Order
  shall be the extension of Christ's Kingdom
  through Prayer, Service, and Evangelism.
• http//www.dok-national.org/

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• The Girls' Friendly Society is an international,
  non-profit organization for girls and young
  women, affiliated with the Episcopal Church. It
  is a parish based program with membership open to
  girls from the ages of 7 - 21 of any race,
  religion, or nationality.
• The purpose of the GFS/USA is to provide a girls
  program within the Episcopal Church whose members
  accept the Christian faith and seek in the
  fellowship of worship, study, work, and play to
  serve God and extend his kingdom.
• http//www.gfsusa.org/index.html

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CALL TO ACTION National ECW Program

• Literacy Supporting and creating programs and
  providing resources
• Non-violence Supporting and creating safe
  environments where learning and growth can
  thrive.
• Leadership Training Empowering individuals to
  discover their own gifts for leadership so that
  they can, in turn, use what they believe to make
  a difference.
• Interfaith Education and Outreach Networking
  with members of other faith communities and
  educating ourselves about other faith traditions
• http//www.episcopalchurch.org/ecw

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Women of Vision National ECW Program

• Women of Vision is a program which is spiritually
  based and grounded in scripture.  The programs
  include sessions
• Identifying and increasing awareness of
  individual differences
• Recognizing positive communication skills
• Identifying skills and spiritual gifts
• Exploring group dynamics
• Discerning personal mission
• Discovering the relationship between the Bible
  and the Book of Common Prayer
• Dealing with anger and stress
• Transforming negative concepts into positive
  images
• Using power effectively
• Celebrating ministry.
• http//www.episcopalchurch.org/ecw

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Top 10 Reasons to support ECW

• 10. Pilgrimages and Programs at the National
  Cathedral
• 9. Fundraising for CPF - Church Periodical Fund
  is used to provide printed materials for
  Seminarians of the Diocese and other print
  needs.
• 8. The Bishops Fund to assist Clergy in
  financial need.
• 7. The Bishops Spouse Fund
• 6. Sponsoring Episcopal Relief and Development
• 5. Supporting the United Thank Offering (UTO)

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Top 10 Reasons to support ECW (contd)

• 4. The Altar Guild to maintain the needs of the
  Clergy
• 3. ECW was the founding force behind allowing
  women to truly serve the church in all
  capacities.
• 2. The fellowship of your Sisters in Christ
  make new friends but keep the old
• THE NUMBER ONE REASON TO JOIN AND SUPPORT THE ECW
  IS..
• JESUS SAID TOO. WE ARE CALLED TO SERVICE

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Women of the Episcopal ChurchECW

• With Gods Help Serving Our Church and Community

Altar Guild UTO Bishops Guild CPC Episcopal
Relief and Development National
Cathedral
Christ Is Our Sure Foundation
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ECW Easton Diocesan Board

• Co-Presidents
• Linda Smith, St Peters Salisbury
• Pam Quarstein, Shrewsbury Parish
• Communications Ruth Kemp, St Pauls Berlin
• Treasurer Berry Passano, Holy Trinity Oxford
• United Thank Offering Margaret Schul, St Pauls
  Berlin
• Altar Guild Mary Clubb and Doris Hughes
• Bishops Guild Fund Peggy Rogers
• Church Periodical Club Elizabeth Flood
• National Cathedral Bonny Anderson
• Episcopal Relief and Development Roberta Gribbon

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