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ECW President Barbara Taylor
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Episcopal Church Women
elected Barbara Taylor, a member of St. Francis, Virginia Beach, as the
40th ECW Diocesan President at the ECW Fall Annual Meeting. The Very
Rev. David Teschner, rector at Christ and Grace, Petersburg, installed
Barbara at the October 20 meeting hosted by Christ and Grace. Other
board members installed are: First Vice President, Nancy Sands, Christ
Church, Danville; Second Vice President, Katherine O. Patterson, Christ
and Grace, Petersburg; Corresponding Secretary, Louise Boss, Christ
Church, Eastville, Parliamentarian, Priscilla Salle Condyles, Manakin,
Midlothian; Communication Chair, Helen Sharpe-Williams, Grace Church,
Norfolk and Church Periodical Club Director, Mary Lou Miller, St.
Aidan's, Virginia Beach.
On March 2, Barbara
presided at her first ECW board meeting held at Christ Church,
Eastville, on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Plans for her two- year
term in office are to continue ECW's tradition of charitable outreach
and giving through annual scholarships for high school students and
seminarians in our diocese, the United Thank Offering, the Church
Periodical Club and an outreach project approved by ECW members' diocese
wide.
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| ECW Day of Reflection 2012 |
"The purpose of the ECW
is to assist women of the Episcopal Church to carry on Christ's work of
reconciliation in the world and to take their place as leaders in the
life, governance and worship of the church," Barbara said. "As president
of the ECW of the Diocese of Southern Virginia, I pray I will meet that
challenge. My predecessors have inspired and encouraged me. My college
motto, "To be, to know, to do" has also encouraged me to serve and
worship."
Barbara received her
Bachelor of Science degree from Russell Sage College in Troy, NY. A
retired registered nurse, she worked for 32 years in New York, New
Jersey and Pennsylvania. Barbara and her husband Herbert settled in
Virginia Beach in 1998. They have been married 33 year and have one
daughter, Adrienne Michelle.
Wherever Barbara has
worked or studied, she has been active in the Episcopal Church. She has
sung in the choirs, worked with the ECW and is an Education for Ministry
graduate. Now, as a member of St. Francis Episcopal Church in Virginia
Beach, she has served as secretary of the parish ECW and serves as a Lay
Eucharistic Visitor and a Lay Reader.
Barbara began her
service on the ECW Diocesan Board as the Prayer and Worship Chair,
moving on to Student Work Chair, then first vice president and now
president. "I have learned much and I have received a lot of support and
encouragement. I'm looking forward to seeing and meeting many of you at
our meetings. Our Spring Annual Meeting is May 18 at Christ Church in
Danville."
