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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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HISTORY DAY 2016: Hearts, Homes & the Holy Spirit
The stories and contributions of churchwomen and “women workers” will be featured during the Diocese of North Carolina’s History Day 2016 – “Hearts, Homes & the Holy Spirit: Mission and Ministry in North Carolina Mill Villages, 1890-1940.” This event will take place on Saturday, April 9th at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Gastonia, NC. To…
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We shall need bandages, first aid remedies, a sterilizer, chairs, etc.
An appeal for Help from the Rev. N. C. Duncan (Good Shepherd, Cooleemee): “For some time I have been working towards the establishment of a clinic here in connection with our work, the plan being to secure a graduate nurse, and have headquarters in two rooms in the parish house. I am glad to report…
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History Day 2016
Hearts, Homes & the Holy Spirit: Mission and Ministry in North Carolina Mill Villages, 1890-1940. The stories and contributions of churchwomen and “women workers”.
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the ladies (three in number) succeeded
The Mission has, through the untiring efforts of the ladies (three in number), succeeded in securing and paying for a good Mason & Hamlin cabinet organ, at a cost of $85. (Source: The Rev. Edward Wootten, Parochial Report, Holy Innocents Mission, Avoca, Bertie County, 1881 Convention Journal, 158)
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the purchase of suitable hangings for the Desk and Pulpit
The Ladies’ Working Society, which has been in useful operation for several years past, has this year appropriated a portion of its funds to the purchase of suitable hangings for the Desk and Pulpit, and is now taking measures to obtain, with the assistance of voluntary subscriptions, an Organ for the Church. (Source: The Rev.…
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for pious uses
A Working Society for pious uses has been instituted by the Ladies of the congregation, and has the prospect of being conducive to the interests of the Church. (Source: The Rev. John Avery, Parochial Report, St. Paul’s Church, Edenton, 1828 Journal of Convention, 19)
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a Bible class, of about sixty of the ladies of the congregation
There is also a Bible class, of about sixty of the ladies of the congregation, … [also] an association of ladies and gentlemen, called the Harmonic Society. (Source: The Rev. Gregory T. Bedell, Parochial Report, St. John’s Church, Fayetteville, 1820 Journal of Convention, 7)
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the gift of an excellent bell
The Parish gratefully acknowledges the gift of an excellent bell from Mrs. Leak and her sister, Miss Smedes, of Raleigh, in memory of their parents. The tower has been about completed, and the yard enclosed with a neat fence. (Source: The Rev. Walter J. Smith, Parochial Report, Trinity Church, Scotland Neck, 1889 Journal of Convention,…
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Mrs. Plaisted, from Maine, has had a day-school for colored children and it has proved a noble work
During the winter Mrs. Plaisted, from Maine, has had a day-school for colored children and it has proved a noble work. It has done more than anything else to strengthen the work and gain the confidence and love of the people. I was present at the close of the day-school, and was much gratified to…
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SARA RUTH LYNCH PURSER
b. February 14, 1933 by Sara Elizabeth Harding Palmer, Assistant to the Rector, Saint Mary’s Episcopal Church, High Point, 2015 Ruth Purser has been a great blessing to me since I arrived at Saint Mary’s. She unhesitatingly and immediately offered me her warm and wonderful hospitality, including overnight stays when I needed to work late.…
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