ECW-NC
Episcopal Church Women in NC
Author: ECW-NC
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Of the fund in parochial work with which to repair the church, on hand $155.75. I am glad to say God has put in the heart of one daughter of the church so to swell that fund that before the summer is over we will have beautified the House of Prayer so as to gladden…
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A recent item in News of Colored People said that Mrs. J. Herbert Jones, wife of the rector of St. Stephen’s Church, who is one of the national workers of the Child Study Commission, is doing a great work in their city in establishing a training course for those interested in kindergarten work and to…
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The church has just been completed and is one of the most beautiful in the State. Four hundred persons were within the doors when the church was opened the 9th of April… From a little Mission Sunday-school, started by some devoted women from St. Barnabas’ Church in Greensboro, this flourishing congregation has grown in two…
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First Dividend on the Miss Auld bequest, Thirty Dollars, which, together with Twenty Dollars for Valle Crucis, were paid into the hands of the Bishop. (Source: The Rev. Jarvis B. Buxton, Parochial Report, St. John’s Church, Fayetteville, 1849 Journal of Convention, 16)
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There is a work to which I have called the attention of the Clergy and the Laity, and that is the instruction of the convicts on the State farms. About eighty percent of them are colored, and no systematic attempt is made to secure religious instruction for them. I have made two visits to one…
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The Female Industrious Society still continues to ply the needle for purposes of benevolence and charity. In addition to the sum they have annually set apart towards the support of the poor widows belonging to the congregation, they have this year contributed $30 to the Missionary Society, and sent on to New York $50 for…
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In addition to the flourishing state of the Sunday School, the Ladies of the Sewing Society have organized a School of Industry, which, during the last four months has been in successful operation. Its object is the relief and education of distressed and indigent children. The School at present consists of nine children – three…
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The Ladies have lately, with praiseworthy zeal, raised two hundred dollars for the purpose of building a Vestry Room; and a subscription paper is now in circulation among the male members of this flock, with a prospect of success, to build a Parsonage for their Minister. (Source: The Rev. Jacob B. Morss, Parochial Report, Christ…
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In Washington, the Female Working Society mentioned in the last report, have generously undertaken to contribute $150 this year, to the pastoral support, and it is encouraging to know, that their efforts for this object are likely to be crowned with success. (Source: The Rev. George W. Freeman, Parochial Report, St. Peter’s Church, Washington, 1829…
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Creation of a trust fund, the income of which is to be used to train young men for the Episcopal ministry and young women for church work is provided in the will of Miss Emma Jane Karrar, who recently died in Raleigh. Bequests were also made to Christ and St. Saviour’s churches in Raleigh, St.…