Author: ECW-NC


  • Valeria D. Dove

    My name is Valeria D. Dove and I became chairwoman of the Winston-Salem Convocation ECW at the diocese-wide ECW Annual Meeting in November of 2011. I am the mother of two wonderful daughters and the grandmother of an astounding 3-year old. I work full -time for Cardinal Health, a pharmaceutical wholesaler in Greensboro, commuting everyday…

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  • Please join us for a day of spiritual renewal on Saturday, March 2, as we explore how to mindfully construct space for God in our lives during this Lenten season. We are excited to have author and priest, Dr. Lauren Winner, as the speaker at our Eighth Lenten Women’s Retreat. New this year is a…

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  • The 10th Annual Women’s Lenten Retreat Co-sponsored by St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and Centenary United Methodist Church Register now at http://stpaulswinstonsalem.org/retreat-registration/ Download a printable registration form at http://stpaulswinstonsalem.org/retreat/ Lifting Women’s Voices, the 10th annual Women’s Lenten Retreat co-sponsored by St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and Centenary United Methodist Church in Winston-Salem, will be held at St.…

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  • View photos from the festival here “…Grant that as we adorn and make ready your altar we may learn greater love and reverence for all that belongs to your service, and through all these outward symbols come to a clearer vision of the inward and spiritual truth taught by them.”(From the Altar Guild Prayer) On…

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  • The national UTO has announced the timeline for the 2016 granting cycle. NOTE: All questions about grants and all grant requests from the Diocese of NC should first be directed to the diocesan ECW interim president. 2016 United Thank Offering Focus and Criteria, Fifth Mark of Mission: “To strive to safeguard the integrity of creation…

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  • 2017 United Thank Offering Grant Focus and Criteria Evangelism-Reconciliation: Following Jesus’ way of creating loving, liberating, and life-giving relationships with God, each other, and all creation. Friday, February 3, 2017: Submission deadline for individual parish UTO grant applications. The applications will be reviewed by the diocesan ECW review committee. All grant applications should be submitted…

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  • MARGARET MITCHELL HAY STALLINGS

    November 22, 1919 – October 11, 2005 by Charles K. (Ken) McCotter, Jr., Christ Episcopal Church, New Bern, NC, 2016 Margaret Mitchell Hay StallingsMargaret Mitchell Hay Stallings was born in Charleston, South Carolina. She was the daughter of Samuel Marion Hay and Mabel Sutherland Mitchell Hay. She was reared in Mount Pleasant, across the Cooper…

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  • JEAN S. SMITH

    February 9, 1923 – May 6, 2000 by Episcopal Church Women of All Saints’ Episcopal Church, Hamlet, NC, 2014 Jean S. Smith was born in Richmond, Virginia. After her marriage to John B. Smith, Jr., Jean moved to Hamlet, North Carolina. Jean and John had two daughters, Gretchen and Gail.  While living in Hamlet Jean…

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  • ANN VICTORIA HARRIS BUSTARD

    by Victor William Bustard, M.D., Christ Episcopal Church, New Bern, North Carolina, 2016 Ann Bustard was born in Barrie, Ontario, Canada, where she attended elementary, middle, and high school. Her family attended Trinity Anglican Church where she was baptized, confirmed and married. After graduation from high school, she continued her education at the University of…

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  • GERTRUDE SPRAGUE CARRAWAY

    August 6, 1896 – May 7, 1993 by Nelson McDaniel, Christ Episcopal Church, New Bern, NC, 2016 Miss Gertrude Sprague Carraway was born in New Bern, North Carolina, in the same house where she died, yet she was a woman who was always on the move. Born at a time when women in America could…

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