Episcopal Church Women (ECW) Every woman at Christ Church is automatically a member of the ECW! We invite all women of the parish to attend our monthly programs and bring a friend. ECW strives to promote spiritual growth and Christian fellowship to help carry on the program of the Church for the fulfillment of its mission. ECW meets for a luncheon the first Tuesday of each month September through May (except during the Antiques Show), with Holy Eucharist at 11:30 a.m. and lunch, devotional, and program at 12:00 noon. A short business meeting follows the program and the luncheon is usually over by 1:30 p.m.. Individual chapters meet the first Monday or Tuesday the week following the ECW luncheon and an evening chapter is offered on the third Monday of the month at 7:00 p.m (see Chapter listings below). ECW is a great way to meet new friends, to become more active in the mission of Christ Church, to grow spiritually, and to enjoy doing Christ’s work by participating with others. ECW’s primary fundraising activity is the annual Antiques Show in early February (see Special Parish Events).

Contact Emily Head, ECW President (438-5560).

ECW Chapter Meetings

Several small group meetings (Chapters) gather once a month for further fellowship, study, and prayer. For more information, please call one of the coordinators below:

The St. Andrew's Chapter Tuesday, 10:30 a.m. Jane Merrill

The St. Luke's Chapter Tuesday, 10:30 a.m. Jean McGill

Rebecca Spencer

The St. Simon's Chapter Monday, 10:30 a.m. Gloria Taylor

Sisterhood of St. Clare Monday, 7:00 p.m. Pam Carr

Becky Crawford

Cindy Kendall

ECW Programs 2005-2006

This Year’s Theme: I Sing a Song of the Saints of God:

Holy Women of the Church

Saints are holy people and human people who lived extraordinary lives. Each saint the Church honors responded to God’s invitation to use his or her unique gifts. Our speakers were asked to share the stories of saints to whom they feel especially drawn or who have influenced their life in some manner.

Tuesday, September 6, 2005 – Saint Francis of Assisi

Welcome and Overview: The Rev. Dr. Russell Levenson

Speaker: Kay K. Mitchell.

Kay K. Mitchell has been an active member of Christ Church Parish for 31 years. Her many church activities include: Choir member (25 years), Sunday School Teacher, and service on the Worship and Music Committees. She is currently chairman of Service to Others (STO) and is on the Garden and Christian Formation Committees. Kay received her BA and MA in English and is a freelance writer and photographer. She loves gardening, photography, sailing, reading, music, speaking Spanish, and Costa Rica. Kay is married with three children and two grandchildren

Tuesday, October 4, 2005 – Four American Pioneers of Black Rights and Women’s Rights: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Amelia Bloomer, Sojourner Truth, & Harriet Tubman.

Speaker: The Reverend Laurie Brock, Curate, Trinity Episcopal Church, Mobile, Alabama.

The Reverend Laurie Brock received her education at the General Theological Seminary in New York, the University of Alabama School of Law, and the University of Southern Mississippi. Prior to her ordination, she was an attorney with Legal Services of Alabama. During her ministry, she has served as a chaplain at Ground Zero in New York and has had many articles on contemporary spirituality and faith published. Her most current essay, "Alpha Females at the Altar," will be released in the fall from Pilgrim Press as part of an anthology on women and faith.

Tuesday, November 1, 2005 The History and Importance of All Saints Day

Speaker: The Reverend Dr. Russell J. Levenson, Jr. Russell became the sixteenth rector of Christ Church in 2002. He had served as rector of The Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Lafayette, Louisiana, since 1997. Before serving at Ascension, Russell was Assistant Chaplain of The University of The South and an Associate Rector at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Birmingham, Alabama. Fr. Levenson is the author of over 35 journal and magazine articles in publications such as The Living Church, The Anglican Digest, The Sewanee Theological Review, The Episcopal Teacher, and The Evangelical Outlook.

Tuesday, December 6, 2005 – Saint Nicholas

Speaker: Patricia Resmondo,

Patricia Resmondo, Iconographer, is a member of Christ Church Parish. She received her icon training and education in Pennsylvania, Russia, and at UWF in Pensacola. She has Gallery Association at Trinity Collections, Pensacola with other exhibitions and shows throughout Florida. She is a lecturer and resource person in Russia and Florida and for various churches, groups, and organizations. Her paintings, icons, and statuary can be found in churches throughout northwest Florida, including our own Christ Church.

Tuesday, January 3, 2006 – St. Therese of Lisieux

Speaker: Harriet Riley

Harriet Riley, Director of United Ministries, has been the Director of United Ministries, a local non-profit ecumenical social service agency, for more than five years. She was educated at the University of Texas and the University of Mississippi. Harriet is on the Board of Directors of the EscaRosa Coalition on the Homeless, is a member of the Downtown Rotary Club, is a Trustee with Rebuild Northwest Florida, and is involved in many other community groups. She is a graduate of the Leadership Pensacola Class of 2001 and Clerk of Session at First Presbyterian Church.

(No Program in February due to the Antiques Show)

Tuesday, March 7, 2006 – Mary, the Mother of Jesus
Speaker: The Reverend Martha Kreamer

The Reverend Martha Kreamer, Vicar, Church of the Advent, Lillian, Alabama.. Coming to the priesthood late in life, Martha received her Master of Divinity from the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee in 2001. She is currently serving as the first full-time priest at the newest mission in our Diocese. God’s mission and ministry with (and among) the community is deeply rewarding for Martha and her husband, Paul, who are delighted with the spiritual and numerical growth God is bringing to the Church in Lillian.

Tuesday, April 4, 2006 – The Two Marys: Mother and Magdalene

Speaker: The Reverend Sarah M. (Sally) Trimble

The Reverend Sarah M. (Sally) Trimble, a native of Pensacola, grew up on North Hill and graduated from Pensacola High School and Florida State University. She married Sewanee graduate and Marine aviator Henry Trimble. With their three children, they made homes in Mississippi, California, New England, Hawaii, Alabama, and Virginia. Sally was President of the Marine Officers’ Wives Club in Washington, D.C. Having graduated from Virginia Theological Seminary in 1989, she has served parishes in Virginia as assistant rector, interim rector, and rector until three brain surgeries caused early retirement in 1997. In 1999, Sally and Henry moved home to Pensacola. She served as part-time priest associate at St. Christopher’s for nearly three years. She is currently a parishioner at St. Francis of Assisi, Gulf Breeze and loves being a grandmother to three lively grandsons

Tuesday, May 2, 2006 – Saint Theresa of Avila

Speaker: The Reverend Gena D. Adams-Riley Associate Rector for Pastoral Care, Christ Church Parish.

Mother Gena has been at Christ Church with husband, Father Wallace, since June 2003. She grew up in Vermont in the Roman Catholic Church and was received into the Episcopal Church in Utah in 1995. Wallace and Gena met while they were both seminarians at Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, Virginia. Gena served two churches in the Diocese of Washington, DC and as a Hospice chaplain before coming to us. Her passion and particular call in ministry is to pastoral care. Through her Centering Prayer practice, she has come to know Saint Teresa of Avila and looks forward to sharing about her with us.