ECW LATE SUMMER MEETING-AUGUST 28, 2010
(Straight from the Diocesan Newsletter who brought the news to you before the web page!)

DRAMA TELLS 150 YEAR HISTORY OF ECW

Two-act play 'Yet We Persist" to be presented August 28 at ECW late Summer Meeting.
     Ladies from various churches in the Diocese of Florida will make up the cast when the Episcopal Church Women of this Diocese present the play, "Yet We Persist."  Based on ECW's 150-year history, "Yet We Persist" will be presented in two acts in reader's theater style, with lunch and a musical break in between, during the ECW's late Summer Meeting on August 28, 2010, at Camp Weed and the Cerveny Conference Center.
     "Yet we Persist" was presented for the first time at the 2009 Triennial Welcome Dinner.  The play's author, Katerina Whitley, loves literature, culture, theology and women's stories--especially the stories of the Episcopal Church Women.  Katerina is an author, playwright and actress.  She is a teacher of college students as well as a wife, mother and grandmother.  When the play was presented at the Anaheim Triennial, Katerina hoped the presentation would be only the first of many. "How do you get an organization to be interesting to a new generation?" Katerina asked as she sat down to read, and eventually edit, scores of ECW histories.  Her many years as a teacher of college students helped.  "I found stories of such great value!" she says.  A former Episcopal Church journalist, Katerina has discovered over the years that a dramatic telling is the most effective way for getting a story across.  She arrived at the play's title when she saw a recurring message in the histories she was reading:  "Women do not give up; they work very hard to meet their goals."      
     You will not want to miss this event!  Cost for lunch and the play is only $12.40.  Registration and check in begin at 9:00 a.m.  Come and see who will be on stage!  The ticket (Registration Form) may be downloaded below:

LATE SUMMER MEETING REGISTRATION FORM 

     Remember, you must mail in your registration to Registrar June Sanders by AUGUST 15TH; SO DOWNLOAD IT ABOVE AND MAIL TODAY!

If you do not have Word 2003 or above, you may download the below Adobe Reader File which should work with all softwares!

UNIVERSAL REGISTRATION FORM AND PLAY TICKET

Bring along a young friend or two and perhaps they will respond to our story and find some common ground connecting us all.  Kudos to the one who designed the registration form as a ticket, HOW CUTE WAS THAT!

BOARD  MEMBERS..............................................
If you are on the ECW Board, download your invitation tot he Late Summer Meeting Board Meeting, August 27, 2010 below:  Be sure to let President LindaBaker know whether or not you will be able to make this Board meeting and also to call the camp and make your reservation for the evening before the meeting:

Late summer10 Board Notice[1].doc

HELP WANTED!
We are looking for someone with computer skills and a little time interested in graphics and design who might be willing to help out and be a backup to the webpage editor.  The goal would be to take over as editor in the near future.  However, a webpage is only as good as it is current and sometimes that takes at least two people to maintain, so that if one is unable, the other can fill in.  At any given time, we should always have two trained people to do this.  Some of you out there may have webpage design skills and be looking for a new ministry.  If so, you have come to the right place!  just email me: 

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The Episcopal Church Women of the Diocese of Florida have been meeting together since the 1800's. We are women who make a difference in our communities and in our Episcopal churches in the Diocese of Florida.