Linda Garner, Good Shepherd, with Bishop Barbara Harris.
Linda and Bishop Harris
Friday evening, Linda, Laura, and Isabel (our UTO representative) attended the UTO dinner. Bishop provided an invigorating speech fully encapsulated with story on getting out and just “GO”! He was a wonderful and refreshing Episcopal speaker.
Sessions and workshops over the weekend encouraged us to grow in grace and share that with others. The Rt Rev Stephen Charleston, Dean of Trinity, spoke with the Spirit and the anointing of God, as he phrased it, on the Virgin Mary and how she understood grace and its depth. He wished for us to use her as a portal in our brokenness to understand grace. She was there uplifting the women and people of the early church. She understood them as she understands us. He saw women as having porous hearts, more readily to receive others and move in grace.
Sessions and workshops over the weekend encouraged us to grow in grace and share that with others.
Phyllis Tickle spoke on Saturday on the genealogy of Jesus in the most enlightening way of story. She focused on Tamar, daughter-in-law of Judah, who later bears a son for Judea. She found grace by finding the great righteousness in God. There is a narrow place of righteousness where grace enters in. In prayer, take the time to listen, not petition God. Find the beauty in grace.
On Saturday afternoon, we attended workshops. Laura attended “Finding God in a Recycling Bin” seeing a very active plan on honoring creation and implementing “green” procedures by involving all committees at a parish. Linda attended Prayer Line Workshop: Learning the Prayer of Beading by The Rev Barbara Seras where they made Anglican prayer bead (rosary) and learned a variety of ways to use prayer beads.
On Sunday, we sat with the Youth during Eucharist. It was great to sit in our Utah community. We attended two work shop sessions in the afternoon. Linda attended Time for Joy: Spiritual Adventure for Busy Women by Ione Dean. The diocese of Louisiana and Arkansas provided a wonderful annual retreat that women have to be nominated for in order to attend. She received wonderful ideas on how to make a retreat truly special. Laura attended “So you are an ECW president?” by Mary MacGreagor. Mary was a fantastic speaker on how to engage ECW in your diocese and work with your bishop and priest and be effective. Linda and Laura attended “Women Leading” by Mary MacGregor. This was another powerful presentation on how to effectively lead and many resources and books on that.
The gathering meeting was opened and the group was addressed by Rev Sloan. Using a quote from “A Raisin In the Sun”, she called us to expand our space and bring others in. She reminded us that it is easy to love those that understand us, but that we are called to love all. She challenged us to make room for those that may have “sharp elbow” and those with “no discoverable riches”. Make room at your table of life; offer that extra chair.
The group was then addressed by Bishop Gray of Mississippi and Bishop Jenkins of the New Orleans area. They discussed the rebuilding of the gulf coast, all that work that has been done and all the remains to be accomplished. Bishop Jenkins stated that they have had 40,000 volunteers in New Orleans who have contributed 1.5 million hours of labor. He talked about helping a gentleman that had slipped through the crack, one who received no federal help because of the fine print. As they help this man recover, he gave them dignity.
The Very Reverend David DuPlantier from Christ Church in New Orleans talked about the work of Jericho road. The success is changing the area in which they are working. They have purchased or been granted 56 lots and are building 23 homes. They have completed and moved families into a dozen or so. They are also reclaiming a contaminated city block that will serve as a park for the area. The work continues. Later on the day, it was reported that towards the ECW goal of raising $110,000 before the end of the Triennial, that $72,830.55 had been raised and more was still coming in.
This afternoon, elections were held for the 2009-12 National Board of Directors. The new board is as follows: President, Marcia Himes (Diocese of Wyoming) ; VP for Program, Cordelia Burt (Diocese of San Joaquin), VP for Information, Marilyn Rishkofski (Diocese of New Hampshire); Treasurer, Sandra Powers (Diocese of Arkansas); Secretary, Kathy Mank (Diocese of S. Ohio); Member at Large of Multi Media, Christine Budzoski (Diocese of Los Angeles)
Friday evening, Linda, Laura, and Isabel (our UTO representative) attended the UTO dinner. Bishop provided an invigorating speech fully encapsulated with story on getting out and just “GO”! He was a wonderful and refreshing Episcopal speaker.
Sessions and workshops over the weekend encouraged us to grow in grace and share that with others. The Rt Rev Stephen Charleston, Dean of Trinity, spoke with the Spirit and the anointing of God, as he phrased it, on the Virgin Mary and how she understood grace and its depth. He wished for us to use her as a portal in our brokenness to understand grace. She was there uplifting the women and people of the early church. She understood them as she understands us. He saw women as having porous hearts, more readily to receive others and move in grace.
Sessions and workshops over the weekend encouraged us to grow in grace and share that with others.
Phyllis Tickle spoke on Saturday on the genealogy of Jesus in the most enlightening way of story. She focused on Tamar, daughter-in-law of Judah, who later bears a son for Judea. She found grace by finding the great righteousness in God. There is a narrow place of righteousness where grace enters in. In prayer, take the time to listen, not petition God. Find the beauty in grace.
On Saturday afternoon, we attended workshops. Laura attended “Finding God in a Recycling Bin” seeing a very active plan on honoring creation and implementing “green” procedures by involving all committees at a parish. Linda attended Prayer Line Workshop: Learning the Prayer of Beading by The Rev Barbara Seras where they made Anglican prayer bead (rosary) and learned a variety of ways to use prayer beads.
On Sunday, we sat with the Youth during Eucharist. It was great to sit in our Utah community. We attended two work shop sessions in the afternoon. Linda attended Time for Joy: Spiritual Adventure for Busy Women by Ione Dean. The diocese of Louisiana and Arkansas provided a wonderful annual retreat that women have to be nominated for in order to attend. She received wonderful ideas on how to make a retreat truly special. Laura attended “So you are an ECW president?” by Mary MacGreagor. Mary was a fantastic speaker on how to engage ECW in your diocese and work with your bishop and priest and be effective. Linda and Laura attended “Women Leading” by Mary MacGregor. This was another powerful presentation on how to effectively lead and many resources and books on that.
The gathering meeting was opened and the group was addressed by Rev Sloan. Using a quote from “A Raisin In the Sun”, she called us to expand our space and bring others in. She reminded us that it is easy to love those that understand us, but that we are called to love all. She challenged us to make room for those that may have “sharp elbow” and those with “no discoverable riches”. Make room at your table of life; offer that extra chair.
The group was then addressed by Bishop Gray of Mississippi and Bishop Jenkins of the New Orleans area. They discussed the rebuilding of the gulf coast, all that work that has been done and all the remains to be accomplished. Bishop Jenkins stated that they have had 40,000 volunteers in New Orleans who have contributed 1.5 million hours of labor. He talked about helping a gentleman that had slipped through the crack, one who received no federal help because of the fine print. As they help this man recover, he gave them dignity.
The Very Reverend David DuPlantier from Christ Church in New Orleans talked about the work of Jericho road. The success is changing the area in which they are working. They have purchased or been granted 56 lots and are building 23 homes. They have completed and moved families into a dozen or so. They are also reclaiming a contaminated city block that will serve as a park for the area. The work continues. Later on the day, it was reported that towards the ECW goal of raising $110,000 before the end of the Triennial, that $72,830.55 had been raised and more was still coming in.
This afternoon, elections were held for the 2009-12 National Board of Directors. The new board is as follows: President, Marcia Himes (Diocese of Wyoming) ; VP for Program, Cordelia Burt (Diocese of San Joaquin), VP for Information, Marilyn Rishkofski (Diocese of New Hampshire); Treasurer, Sandra Powers (Diocese of Arkansas); Secretary, Kathy Mank (Diocese of S. Ohio); Member at Large of Multi Media, Christine Budzoski (Diocese of Los Angeles)
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment