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Diocesan ECW Events and
Calendar |
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Date |
Event |
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The Calendar Handbook was
printed for early Fall distribution and therefore may not have all the
dates that are listed in the calendar listing below, which
will be kept up to date year round. |
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January 2, 2009 |
Parish Annual Contribution to ECW Diocese of Alabama
is payable. |
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if your parish ECW year begins in January |
When ECW leaders in your parish (including UTO and CPC Coordinators)
change each year, please promptly complete the annual
Parish ECW Information Sheet. |
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January 23 - 25 |
Women of Vision Workshop - A
Scripturally-Based Leadership Development Program
Honey Creek Conference Center,
Waverly GA
registration form |
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January 28 |
The Winter Meeting of the Black Belt Convocation
will be held Wednesday, January 28,
at Christ Episcopal Church in Tuscaloosa.
Please
click here for invitation and RSVP form.
Update: We are honored to have The Rt.
Rev. Kee Sloan as speaker and officiant for Morning Prayer. |
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February 13-15 |
UTO Face to Face - Camp McDowell |
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March 12 |
The Spring Meeting of the Cheaha Convocation
will be held
at St. Simon Peter Episcopal Church in Pell City. Our speaker will
be the Rev. Lee Shafer, interim rector at Grace in Anniston.
Please
click here for invitation. |
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March 26 |
The Spring Meeting of the Tennessee Valley
Convocation will be held at Grace Episcopal in Sheffield.
Please click here for invitation and RSVP form. Please RSVP by
March 23rd. |
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March 28 |
Workshop at the Diocesan
Parish Leadership Training Event in Birmingham on
"Episcopal Church Women:
The Heart of the Parish"
St. Luke's - Birmingham
Contact:
Gethryn Giles
P. O. Box 292
Mentone, AL 35984
(256) 634-3661
preselect@alabamaecw.org
This workshop is for Parish ECW
Leaders, Clergy, and Others. The session will give the attendees an opportunity to meet
many members of the Diocesan Board and to ask questions about such
programs as UTO, CPC, ECW Scholarships and the ECW Board’s pledge to
ACTS2. For further information, please contact
President Elect Gethryn Giles. |
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April 22 |
Birmingham Convocation Spring Meeting at St. Andrew's in Montevallo
Speaker: Father James F.
Tuohy
Please make advance reservation
for box lunch ($5), contact Elizabeth Ensey, 205 951-0075 or
elizabethensey@bellsouth.net.
Click
here for more details and directions to St. Andrew's |
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April 29 |
ECW Scholarship Application
PostMark Deadline |
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April 29 |
Trinity Demopolis ECW is honored to host the
BlackBelt Convocation Spring Meeting and pray you will come and enjoy
hearing
Reverend Rick Losch speak on the Saints and Scoundrels of the Bible!
Click here for more info and RSVP form. |
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April 29 |
Mountain Convocation Spring Meeting: Wed. April 29, 2009
Saint Philips Episcopal
Church in Fort Payne, AL
RSVP to Patti Pair by phone at
256-845-6087 or email to
MountainConvocation@Gmail.com by April 13th.
Cost of lunch is $8.00.
Registration begins at 9:30 am.
Presentation, The Rev. Judith
Comer, "Peace-Making in a Global Society; The New South Africa" |
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April 30 |
The Montgomery Convocation will have their
Spring Meeting Thursday, April 30 from 9:30 - 11:30am at Grace Episcopal
Church in Mt. Meigs, Alabama. A horticulturist will give a tour of their
beautiful gardens and there will be fellowship and a short program. |
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May 1 |
Deadline for registration and payment for
Women's Weekend (May 15 - 17) |
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May 3 |
CPC Sunday |
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May 15 |
UTO Spring Ingathering Deadline Arrange date with your rector
on a schedule that will allow you to return your ingathering to the
diocese by this
deadline. |
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May 15 - 17 |
60th Annual
Women's Weekend at Camp McDowell
Our speaker this year is Sissie Wile, the Interim Director for the
Education for Ministry (EFM) program at the School of Theology in Sewanee.
Sissie is from Mississippi and has been active in the EFM program for many
years. She is a new grandmother, and her program will center on the
2009 ECW theme “St.
Anne, Grandmother of Our Savior,” with talks on a grandparent’s love.
Contact:
Cathy Blackney
1405 11th Ave. SE
Decatur, AL 35601
(256) 566-4272
ww@alabamaecw.org
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June 1 - 3 |
Province IV ECW Conference, Kanuga |
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July 8 - 17 |
ECW Triennial Meeting - Anaheim, CA |
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July 31 |
Attention ECW Presidents:
Each parish in our Diocese will receive two CALENDAR HANDBOOKS each year.
The calendar handbook will be available at Fall Conference or from your
Convocation Coordinator. If you need extras, you may order as many
as you wish at $3.00 each. If you have a date set for an event in
the next calendar year, please send your information and orders to the
President Elect by July 31. |
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August - early September |
Support the college students from your parish by sending their names to
the college chaplains in our diocese. |
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if your parish ECW year begins in September |
When ECW leaders in your parish (including UTO and CPC Coordinators)
change each year, please promptly complete the annual
Parish ECW Information Sheet. |
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September 1 |
Memorial Roll listing due
September 15. Information should be available from your parish
rector's office. |
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October
8-9 |
120th Annual ECW Fall Conference, hosted by the
Tennessee Valley Convocation at St. Matthew's
Church in Madison. Contact:
Tennessee Valley Convocation Chair
 Katerina
Katsarka Whitley will be
our speaker for our 2009 Fall Conference.
She is an author and speaker and has been a communication adjunct at
Appalachian State University since 2001. She says
“Jesus expects us to be the light
of the world. For me writing is a response to the Light.”
Read more about
Katerina Whitley. |
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November 15 |
UTO Fall Ingathering Deadline Arrange date with your rector
on a schedule that will allow you to return your ingathering to the
diocese by this
deadline. |
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December 31 |
UTO Grant Application Deadline |
