ECW-NC
Episcopal Church Women in NC
Author: ECW-NC
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The Female Benevolent Society, spoken of in my last report as then recently organized, has been in successful operation during the year, and has greatly benefited the poor, both in soul and body. It has been a great assistance to the Rector, in aiding him in the discharge of his duty among the poor. The…
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b. September 22, 1946 by Barbara Kay Kelly Morgan, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Winston-Salem, NC, 2015 In the history of every church there are individuals who embody the soul of the church. Lucy Paynter is one of these people. From the time that Lucy and her husband moved to Winston-Salem in 1969, she has worshiped,…
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The Rector would also add, that the Working Society have continued their praiseworthy exertions, much to the advantage of the Church. They have contributed a considerable sum to painting and repairing the Church. He would also add, that the Church has received from a young lady, Miss P. J. D. Skinner, the present of an…
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In January last, I am glad to say, I was able to open our Mission school. We have a comfortable little school building and an able and consecrated teacher in the person of Miss Cornie S. Young. I am afraid, on account of the smallness of the salary, I shall not be able to keep…
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The Ladies have had a Fair within the past year, from which there was realized about $240. (Source: The Rev. Thomas F. Davis, Parochial Report, St. Luke’s Church, Salisbury, 1840 Journal of Convention, 16)
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The parish has lost by death one of its best and noblest laymen. She was its chief sustainer, and her loss is irreparable. The Mission at Roxobel is served in connection with this parish, services being held there on alternate Sundays. The Parish Church is now the owner of a beautiful and substantial pipe-organ, the…
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Mimp was a devoted member of the Woman’s Auxiliary at All Saints’ Episcopal Church in Hamlet. (And while she) …was short, Mimp stood tall to advocate for the poor, the mistreated, the prisoner, and those in need. Once she protested to city officials about placing youth “run-aways” on chain gangs. During World War II the…
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January 19, 1895 – July 12, 1990 by Ann Birmingham Head, Columbiana, Alabama, 2015 Known lovingly as “Mimp” to family and friends, Mildred Birmingham was born in Waltham, Massachusetts, to Claude Gilbert and Marjorie Anne England Milham. The poor health of a daughter led Claude to leave his dental practice in 1910 and move the…
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I have about 75 volumes Sunday School books sent to me by a good lady of New York (Grace Church) and another lady from New York sent me catechisms. (Source: The Rev. J. H. Postell, Parochial Report, Buncombe County, 1886 Journal of Convention, 82)
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For the Church to be built at Columbia, there are already in hand nearly $800. Thanks are due, for this, to many friends in different parts of the country, who have responded to the Missionary’s call for aid; and, more particularly, to the Ladies of Edenton, who, by their self-denying labors, raised, of the amount…