ECW-NC
Episcopal Church Women in NC
Author: ECW-NC
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The society in which we live still depends on us ‘women folk’ to come together in spite of the odds against it, to reach out and remind all of us that the times may be changing, but the issues of life are still the basic ones of loneliness, hunger, shelter, and the need for loving…
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The Committee cannot refrain from noticing the pleasure with which both these gentlemen speak of their visits to Warrenton. The small congregation collected in that place by the Rev’d Mr. Phillips, seem distinguished for their attachment to the Church. A few ladies of the congregation have formed a school, in which upwards of twenty children…
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There is a feeling of fear on the part of some of our women, that perhaps our Auxiliary, by becoming a member of the organization asking for remedial legislation, is slipping too much into politics. We pray to God that His women may never become a political machine. But we must remember that Jesus taught…
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The early morning procession of the flags, where members of the Mothers’ Union carry the standard for the MU branch at their parish through the streets of the host locale, has taken place, as has the closing communion. Chairs in the meeting hall have been stacked, posters removed from the walls, the hiccuping microphone unplugged…
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Mrs. DeLaCroix of Oxford was asked to give us some particulars of the work of Miss Ellen Hicks, of Oxford, who is the only woman from the Diocese of North Carolina at work in a far distant field. Miss Hicks is a trained nurse of experience and has been at work under Bishop Brent in…
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There’s hazy sunshine and a good breeze the day I’m to address the annual conference of the Mothers’ Union in Botswana. In the hall are MU representatives from neighboring South Africa, clergy from a range of faith groups, the chief of Tsabong (which has been hosting the assembly), and John Toto, who represents in the…
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b. December 14, 1923 by William Horsley, St. Thomas, Reidsville, 2011 Marian was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, but grew up in Florida. She graduated from Florida State University in 1945 with a degree in accounting. She taught at FSU for a year when the university became co-ed. She attended graduate school at the University…
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August 16, 1916 – June 18, 2010 by Shara Partin, Church of the Holy Comforter, Burlington, 2010 My friend was born and reared in Eufaula, Alabama. She graduated from Agnes Scott College in Decatur, GA, attended UNC Law School and got her LLB from the University of Alabama in 1941. Luckily for us, she married…
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April 25, 1897 – November 6, 1994 by Eva Morriss, Saint Timothy’s Church, Wilson, 2011 “Life is exciting. There’s a new adventure every day,” declared Florence T. Stratton Morrill, who moved to Wilson, North Carolina, in 1925. Florence was very active at Saint Timothy’s, Wilson, where she taught Sunday school for an extended period and…
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1839 – 1911 by Ellen C. Weig, Saint Matthew’s Church, Hillsborough, 2010 Baptized Eliza Adam Jones, Miss Lizzie was the daughter of Mary Cameron Jones and Hillsborough physician Halcott Pride Jones. Both parents were from genteel families of longstanding Episcopal faith. Miss Lizzie attended the Burwell School from 1848-1852. It was a progressive education at…