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Annual Meeting 2025
143rd Annual Meeting Episcopal Church Women,Diocese of North Carolina Saturday, November 15, 2025, 9 AM – 3:30 PM The Station at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church875 W. 5th St. Winston-Salem NC 27101 Special Guest: Lisa Bortner President, National Episcopal Church Women Sharing her vision for… ECW Reimagined! National ECW is a churchwide organization dedicated to empowering Episcopal…
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The ladies are rewarded
The Ladies’ Working Society is at length rewarded by seeing the Church freed from debt, chiefly by their labours. They are now labouring diligently to aid in purchasing an Organ. (Source: The Rev. William M. Green, Parochial Report, St. Matthew’s Church, Hillsborough, 1836 Journal of Convention, 28)
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promoting the prosperity of the Congregation
The Ladies’ Working Society again deserves to be noticed for their untiring industry, and efficient labours in promoting the prosperity of the Congregation. (Source: The Rev. William M. Green, Parochial Report, St. Matthew’s Church, Hillsborough, 1835 Journal of Convention, 13)
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THE RALPH FAMILY
SARAH DIANE RALPH LANIER, b. June 26, 1937 SANDRA FAULKNER RALPH JOSEPH, b. November 7, 1942 SARAH PAULETTE LANIER WELLS, b. March 5, 1969 ALLISON ANN JOSEPH CRUMPLER, b. April 16, 1972 by Barbara Sue Oglesby Nicholl, St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Erwin, 2016 In 2005, at the time of the 100th Anniversary of St. Stephen’s…
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Rectory paid for by the ladies
Since the last Convention, a convenient house has been purchased for a Rectory, and paid for, principally by the Ladies Working Society, and by the liberal contributions of a few individuals. (Source: The Rev. John Avery, Parochial Report, St. Paul’s Church, Edenton, 1835 Journal of Convention, 14)
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She didn’t just keep all these things in her heart, she shared them
“If there was ever anyone who appreciated God as the creator of the universe, and who took it on as her responsibility to keep our earth green, it was Pauline Ralph.” Pauline, of Erwin, NC, passed away eight years ago, just a month after her 91st birthday. You are encouraged to learn a bit about…
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PAULINE JEWEL FAULKNER RALPH
November 11, 1917 – December 27, 2008 by Barbara Sue Oglesby Nicholl, St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Erwin, 2016 If there was ever anyone who appreciated God as the creator of the universe, and who took it on as her responsibility to keep our earth green, it was Pauline Ralph. She was appointed by the mayor…
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the Ladies, (as usual,) deserving most, if not all, the credit
It is also with pleasure I have to inform the Convention, that we have ordered an Organ: the Ladies, (as usual,) deserving most, if not all, the credit of it. We hope, ere the next visit of our Diocesan, to have the organ in its place. (Source: The Rev. John Morgan, Parochial Report, St. Luke’s,…
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MARY LOUISE RIDDICK GREGORY
December 21, 1919 – February 5, 2000 by Mary Louise Gregory Wilson, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Winston-Salem, NC, 2016 Mary Louise Riddick was born December 21, 1919, to Louise Josey and Neusom Allsbrook Riddick in Scotland Neck, North Carolina. She was baptized (1920), confirmed (1931), and married (1946) at Trinity Church in Scotland Neck. In…
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a charity school
The Ladies Working Society is now supporting a Charity School of about forty members. (Source: The Rev. Thomas F. Davis, Parochial Report, St. James’ Church, Wilmington, 1834 Journal of Convention, 19)
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a considerable portion of the Church debt
The labors of the Ladies’ Working Society are still exerted with a wholesome and blessing effect on the interests of the congregation. They have zealously undertaken to pay a considerable portion of the Church debt. (Source: The Rev. William M. Green, Parochial Report, St. Matthew’s Church, Hillsborough, 1834 Journal of Convention, 22)
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