ECW-NC
Episcopal Church Women in NC
Author: Lisa Towle
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We will tell the stories not because we live for the past but because the past informs the present, and we must be present before we begin, with God’s help, to claim our future. (/the-story-goes-on/) Episcopal Church Women have been an organized, officially recognized presence in the Diocese of North Carolina for more than 130…
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Since, a week earlier, Cecilia was the last person we collected on our journey into Tsabong for the annual conference of the Mothers’ Union, she is the first person to get home. Home is Moshupa, a large village with a population of about 20,000. The afternoon sun is waning as we exit the van to…
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Travel on the two-lane Sir Seretse Khama Highway (named for Botswana’s first president) is uneventful except for encounters with those animals who prefer meandering in the middle of the road. Singing, talking, eating and dozing in the sun streaming through the windows of the Mothers’ Union van help us pass the time.
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There’s a problem with the trusty, hard-working white van that will take us out of the Kalahari Desert and back to Botswana’s capital city, Gaborone. While the repair is being made I take a seat outside to bask in the morning sun and watch the village of Tsabong come to life.
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At its heart, the NetsforLife campaign to eradicate malaria in sub-Saharan Africa is about the promise of the Episcopal Church to raise up the Millennium Development Goals and use them as a mission orientation. Of the eight goals, NetsforLife, an initiative of Episcopal Relief and Development, particularly focuses on goal six: “Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases.”…
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Of the many worship services I’ve attended in Botswana during my visits in 2008 and 2010, one in particular stands out. On a cool August morning (August is a winter month in the Southern Hemisphere) in 2010, 500 or so Anglicans sat shoulder to shoulder and bundled against the wind blowing through the broken windows…
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The Very Rev. David du Plantier, Dean of Christ Church Cathedral in New Orleans, visited the ECW plenary along with Bishop Duncan Gray of the Diocese of Mississippi and Bishop Charles Jenkins of the Diocese of Louisiana. Their central message was this: “Thank you for your constant and relentless focus on mission and ministry, not…
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Some North Carolinians taking care of business in Anaheim: When it all gets to be a bit too much there’s Barnabas with his human, Mike. Every morning Mike offers people heading into the convention center an opportunity to give the big pooch a pat and scratch behind the ears. As the sign says, “it’s therapeutic.”…
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Here is a statement from the Church, issued today, July 15, about proposed budget cuts: The Program, Budget and Finance (PB&F) Committee of The Episcopal Church today presented a budget to the General Convention that proposes a $23 million reduction in the 2010-2012 triennial. “This is a very difficult day,” said Pan Adams-McCaslin, chair of…
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Budget results are starting to trickle in. A big win for the Millennium Development Goals. The .7% has been returned as a line item. The recommendation of the bishops that the MDGs be returned as a line item and upped to 1%, while a wonderful gesture, was never going to happen. I’m just grateful the…