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EPISCOPAL CHURCH WOMEN OF THE DIOCESE OF LONG ISLAND
Summer 2019
Lois Johnson-Rodney
Diocesan ECW President
718 723-6050 [email protected]
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
As we enjoy the wonderful summer weather, let us
continue to pray for peace and unity in the world.
Say a special prayer for those less fortunate than
us who are suffering from lack of food, shelter,
love, comfort, or the basic necessities of this life.
God has blessed each and every one of us, so with
grateful hearts let us give God thanks for his many
blessings.
A peaceful, quiet and happy summer to you and
your families!
Dear Episcopal Church Women & Friends,
mailto:[email protected]
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Dying with Christ
My good friend and Franciscan colleague Sister Ilia Delio writes:
God is radically involved with the world, empowering the world toward fullness in love, but God
is unable to bring about this fullness without the cooperation of humans. Human and divine
cannot co-create unto the fullness of life without death as an integral part of life. Isolated,
independent existence must be given up in order to enter into broader and potentially deeper
levels of existence. Bonaventure [1217–1274] speaks of life in God as a “mystical death,” a
dying into love: “Let us, then, die and enter into the darkness; let us impose silence upon our
cares, our desires and our imaginings. With Christ Crucified let us pass out of this world to the
Father.”
Contemplative prayer is one way to practice imposing “silence upon our cares, our desires and
our imaginings.” Contemplative practice might be five or twenty minutes of “dying,” of letting
go of the small mind in order to experience the big mind, of letting go of the false self in order to
experience the True Self, of letting go of the illusion of our separation from God in order to
experience our inherent union. Prayer is quite simply a profound experience of our core—who
we are, as Paul says, “hidden with Christ in God” (Colossians 3:3).
Delio continues:
Only by dying into God can we become one with God, letting go of everything that hinders us
from God. Clare of Assisi [1194–1253] spoke of “the mirror of the cross” in which she saw in
the tragic death of Jesus our own human capacity for violence and, yet, our great capacity for
love. Empty in itself, the mirror simply absorbs an image and returns it to the one who gives it.
Discovering ourselves in the mirror of the cross can empower us to love beyond the needs of the
ego or the need for self-gratification. We love despite our fragile flaws when we see ourselves
loved by One greater than ourselves. In the mirror of the cross we see what it means to share in
divine power. To find oneself in the mirror of the cross is to see the world not from the foot of
the cross but from the cross itself. How we see is how we love, and what we love is what we
become.
True life comes only through many, many journeys of loss and regeneration wherein we
gradually learn who God is for us in a very experiential way. Letting go is the nature of all true
spirituality and transformation, summed up in the mythic phrase: “Christ has died. Christ is risen.
Christ will come again.” Following Christ is a vocation to share the fate of God for the life of the
world, not a requirement for going to heaven in the next world.
Rev. Marjorie Boyden-Edmonds Chaplain
Chaplain’s corner
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Match each daughter in the left-hand column,
to her father, listed at the right
1. Michal _______ a. Jesse
2. Tamar _______ b. Reuel
3. Rebekah _______ c. David
4. Abigail _______ d. Laban
5. Dinah _______ e. Saul
6. Achsah _______ f. Job
7. Leah _______ g. Bethuel
8. Miriam _______ h. Jacob
9. Zipporah _______ i. Amram
10. Jemima _______ j. Caleb
Answers are on page 9
Submitted by Barbara Taylor
2019 Scholarship Winners
The Diocesan Board of the Episcopal Church Women is pleased to announce the winners of this
year’s scholarships.
The winners are:
For Queens – Rachel Hocher of Grace, Whitestone
For Brooklyn – Melissa Raymond of St. Mary’s, Brooklyn
For Suffolk – Marie Codella of Christ Church, Babylon
Jayla Mack of St. Boniface, Lindenhurst
Unfortunately no applications were received from Nassau.
Each recipient receives a $500.00 award for the purchase of books. The funds for this
scholarship are derived from the interest only, from the Allen Fund, a memorial gift left in the
care of the Diocesan Episcopal Church Women of Long Island.
Applications for next year’s scholarships will be available in January.
Submitted by Barbara Taylor
Scholarship Committee
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Brooklyn ECW News
The Church of the Epiphany and Saint Simon held their eighteenth annual strawberry festival on
June 1st 2019. It was well attended and the guests were treated to live entertainment by a band
including steel pan music. MC’s Mildred Hunte and Debbie George provided strawberry trivia
and related jokes. There was a lot to eat and drink, and everyone enjoyed various strawberry
desserts.
A Chinese auction and strawberry bingo completed the afternoon’s festivities.
All proceeds from this event will be donated to various Episcopal Charities.
Submitted by Sheryl Edwards
Finance Chair
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QUEENS EPISCOPAL CHURCH WOMEN
“Stop and imagine for a minute. Think and imagine. Think and imagine a world where love is
the way.” – The Most Reverend Michael Curry, Presiding Bishop
BOOKMARK THESE REMINDERS FROM QUEENS EPISCOPAL CHURCH WOMEN
Begin planning your Fall 2019 United Thank Offering (UTO) In-Gathering.
2019 Support of the ECW Diocesan Budget is due no later than December 1, 2019
NEW SCHOOL SUPPLIES for St. John’s Hospital – Fill a School Bag!!
QECW Fall Meeting – Saturday September 21st – Location TBA
o Elections: President and Recording Secretary
o Open Positions: UTO Queens Coordinator and Altar Guild Liaison
Book of Remembrance 2019 Forms will be available during the summer.
What is happening within your local ECW? Send a story and it might be in the next
newsletter.
Well-Done to our own Queens Episcopal Church Woman and ECW Diocesan Recording
Secretary: Congratulations to Maria Finley (Grace Episcopal, Whitestone) for receiving the
2019 DeWitt Clinton Masonic Award for her devoted service to the Grace Church Food Pantry.
From its inception in 2009 with one client to the 40 families it helps now, Maria has been there
every step of the way. So well deserved!
St.Alban the Martyr – Celebrating Women’s Day – Sunday May 19. 2019
Guest: The Rev. Alison Turner
Sharon Tucker
President
Cell / Text; 516 526-4153
mailto:[email protected]
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As you enjoy your travels, tours and trips during the long summer days take time to reflect and
thank God for His merciful blessings each and every day of our daily lives. Thanks to Parish
Coordinators who keep the light shining on United Thank Offering’s ministry. Some highlights
on the Granting process were:
2019 UTO Grant Awards Announced!
The UTO Board was very happy to announce the 2019 regular UTO Grant recipients. Total of 33
grants awarded focusing on Go: Crossing boundaries created by race, culture, and
economics to create communities that listen deeply and learn to live like Jesus. A total of 75
applications of more than $4 million were not approved. So you can see the need remains.
The Ingathering total increased by more than $200,000 to almost $1,535,740.55 plus 2019
Young Adult and Seminarian Grants awarded to six YAS projects. For the entire report please
check out the website: www.episcopalchurch.org/uto
2020 Challenge Grant: Camino Project
The UTO Board announced the UTO Camino Challenge Grant, for which UTO will match
donations of up to $60,000 to support the building and development of the Anglican Pilgrim
Centre in Santiago, Spain. Because of its long history of partnership plans to build an Anglican
Centre in Santiago have been developing, and UTO now will join in that work.
Finally, my sincere thanks to everyone who supported our Ministry of Thankfulness and
Gratitude that help break barriers created by society and ultimately will result in new
communities of people living out the Gospel of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.
The recent session held in New Orleans on June 12 -13, 2019 dealt in part with preparing sample
faith formation lesson plans for kids.
Have a wonderful and safe summer of fun and relaxation with family and friends.
Meagan Cuffy-Nettey UTO Diocesan Coordinator
Tel 718.712.0715
UTO NEWS
https://unitedthankoffering.com/2019-uto-grant-awards-announced/https://unitedthankoffering.com/2019-young-adult-and-seminarian-grants-awarded/https://unitedthankoffering.com/2019-young-adult-and-seminarian-grants-awarded/https://www.episcopalchurch.org/utohttps://unitedthankoffering.com/2020-challenge-grant-camino-project/
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SEAMENS’S CHURCH INSTITUTE (SCI) 400 hats, scarves, cowls, and ditty bags were beautifully made by ladies all across our LI
Diocese from January to June for SCI's Christmas-At-Sea Program. Joanne Bartosik, the
director of the program was the guest speaker for St. Boniface's ECW June luncheon, and she
was very happy to receive so many items from us! Our Diocese is very special to CAS! You can
contact Joanne Bartosik, 973-589-5828, or message her on the Christmas-At-Sea Facebook
page to come to your church as a guest speaker for this wonderful charity. Or you can
contact Angie Morris, ECW Diocesan Board, SCI rep, 631-424-8588, anytime to visit your
church as well, to present a video and hands on workshop. Patterns for all the knits can be
accessed at their website: www.seamenschurch.org/christmasatsea.
Angie Morris [email protected]
631-424-8588
TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH, NORTHPORT
Trinity Ladies who knit, crochet, and sew for the Seamen’s Church Institute’s
Christmas-At-Sea Charity Program!
52 items were made from January to June, 2019!
Thanks to
Lola Hunter, Lois Ziegler, Angie Morris, Kathy Fusaro, MaryJo Bartlett,
and many items from Joan Beadle, not pictured.
3 cadets from the Merchant Marine
Academy in Kings Point visited CAS
while waiting to board the container
ship Maersk Kinloss.
They loved their gifts!
http://www.seamenschurch.org/christmasatsea.%C2%A0mailto:[email protected]
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The ECW team at St. David’s Church (Cambria Heights), continue their knitting for the
mariners at sea.
Keep on knitting for charity! God's blessings abound all around! It is a wonderful way for you to
sit back and relax, maybe while watching TV, and keep your hands busy. You can quickly create
a special gift to keep a mariner nice and warm on the cargo ships!
The next major pickup for the Diocese will be in the beginning of November.
Angie
News from the Province
Province II ECW annual meeting and conference was held on April 26 – April 27, in Latham,
New York hosted by Province II Secretary, Mary Young, from the Diocese of Albany.
Elected for the following offices for the next three years were: -
Vice President – Diane Roberts, Diocese of New York
Secretary --
Treasurer – Kathy Stephenson, Diocese of New Jersey
Nominating chair – Thelma Clark-Johnson, Diocese of Long Island
Let us continue to pray for guidance for each of these individuals as they help plan for the next
convention in Baltimore, Maryland 2021.
“We cannot have any preconceived ideas of what service means. We never know from one
Reshad Field moment to the next, what will be asked of us.” …
Prayerfully submitted
Vernese Smith
UTO Province II Representative
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Answers:
A. 4 (1Chron. 2:13, 16) F. 10 (Job 42:14) B. 9 (Exod. 2:18, 21) G. 3 (Gen. 24:15) C. 2 (1Chron. 3:9) H. 5 (Gen.30:19, 21) D. 7 (Gen. 29:16) I. 8 (1 Chron.6:3) E. 1 (1 Sam. 18:20) J. 6 (Judg.1:12)
Have a wonderful summer!
This newsletter will be published once every quarter for distribution in the months of April, July,
October, and January. We welcome any questions regarding the role of the Episcopal Church
Women in the Church. In order to research and answer your questions in a timely manner,
questions must be received by the 15th day of the month after publications. We will certainly do
our best to address all questions received. You may also send us suggestions on things you
would like to see or comments on the helpfulness of this newsletter. We certainly hope you have
enjoyed reading the newsletter, and may God bless you as you continue your ministry in the
world.
Questions may be sent via email to the committee members:
Editor: Barbara Taylor [email protected]
Editor: Maria Finley [email protected]
Publisher: Vernese Smith [email protected]
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