129th Annual Meeting of the Diocesan Church Women

The 129th Annual Meeting of the Church Women of the Diocese of South Carolina will be held on Saturday, April 13 at the Parish Church of St. Helena in Beaufort. Registration will begin at 8 a.m. and the business meeting will begin at 9 a.m. The Keynote Speaker will be The Rt. Rev. Mark J. Lawrence, XIV Bishop of the Diocese of South Carolina. Please join us for a day of worship, fellowship, prayer and fun.

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Questions: Contact:Catherine Quackenbush, Registrar, 505 Church Street, Beaufort, SC 29902
(843) 522-1712

A Letter from Ann Dennis, Diocesan Church Women, President 

Dear Sisters in Christ,

Greetings to you all in the name of our Lord!  I pray this letter finds you doing well and growing in grace. 

It is with great pleasure that I invite you to the 129th Annual Meeting of the Church Women in our Diocese on Saturday, April 13th, which will be held at the Parish Church of St. Helena in Beaufort, S.C.  Registration will begin at 8:00 am and the meeting will start at 9:00 am.

Many changes have taken place in our Diocese since our last Annual Meeting, the most important being that we have disaffiliated with The Episcopal Church, USA.  Because of this, we will be voting on several things at our Meeting in April.

The first of these will involve changes to our Constitution and By-Laws. These changes were mailed out to each parish president and contact a month ago, 60 days prior to this meeting. If you have not received your copy, please let me know as soon as possible.

At our January Diocesan Board meeting, we addressed the issue of the name of the group.  It was moved, seconded and approved that we remain affiliated with and supportive of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of South Carolina and its bishop, the Rt. Rev. Mark J. Lawrence; and that for the year 2013-2014, we be called Diocesan Church Women.  The changing of our name will be one of the changes to the Constitution and By-Laws we will be voting on.

The second thing we will be voting on concerns the officers on the Diocesan Board.  Because of the changes in our church and at the bishop’s suggestion, we will use the year 2013-2014 as a year of transition.  The officers on the board, who are able, will remain in their current positions for one year. [this list should be in the packet] This was also agreed to at our board meeting in January.

The final thing we will be voting on will be to continue with Grace Home as our project and St. Albans and Coastal Crisis Ministry as our prayer partners for this transition year.  This was also agreed to at our board meeting in January.

We urge you to come and join us as we begin our mission to become better and more effective ministers of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and to His people!  We welcome all women in our Diocese; we need the strength that comes with numbers and unity in the Holy Spirit!  

Please invite, register, and pay for your clergy.  We need their support. 

If for some reason you are unable to come, we will miss you.  We ask that you then email, write, or call us with your ideas!  Our numbers and information are in your packet. 

I keep you all in my prayers.  In the midst of these changes, we must remember that the most important thing will never change…Jesus Christ is our Lord and it is in Him that we live, and move and have our being.  To Him be the glory and honor and power, forever, and ever!  Amen.

God’s peace and blessings,

Ann Dennis

Diocesan Churchwomen President

The Diocese of South Carolina

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Recording Secretary: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ,
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Historian: Margie Williams, St. Jude's, Walterboro
Parlimentarian: Yvonne Duty

Ministries Chairs

Spiritual Life: Denyse Steen, Good Shepherd, Charleston
Mission and Ministry at Home: Mary Kauser,
Mission and Ministry in the World: Joy Holl, Cathedral of St. Luke and St. Paul, Charleston
Christian Education: Dab Dent, St. Matthew's, Fort Motte
Altar Guild: Marianne Holmes, St. Jude's, Walterboro
Church Periodical Club: Vicki Sheedy, Church of the Epiphany, Eutawville
United Thank Offering: Nancy Pickering, St. Helena's, Beaufort
Communication and Handbook: Laura Dixon, Cathedral of St. Luke and St. Paul, Charleston

Deanery Directors

Beaufort Deanery Director: Debbie Parker, St. Helena's, Beaufort
Charleston Deanery Director: Sarah Hinkle Forbes, St. Philip's, Charleston
Charleston-West Deanery Director: Nancy Scales, St. John's, Johns Island
Florence Deanery Director: Robin Downing, St. Matthews, Darlington
Georgetown Deanery Director: Nancy Mathews, St. Paul's, Conway
Orangeburg Deanery Director: Frances Wray-Carnes, St. Matthias, Summerton

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To watch a slide show of the Women's Retreat click here:

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2012/2013 Project of the Diocesan Church Women

Grace Home, Hebron Colony is the 2012-2013 Project

Our 2012/2013 Prayer Partners: Coastal Crisis Chaplaincy and St. Albans Ministry at The Citadel

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Upcoming Events

April 13, 2013, the 129th Annual Meeting of the Diocesan Church Women of the Diocese of South Carolina, Parish Church of St. Helena's, Beaufort