As treasurer of the Diocese of Newark Episcopal Church Women (ECW), I want to thank all the churches, ECWs, and individuals who have contributed to our budget and/or designated funds.
We were able to meet most of our obligations for 2011. Small cuts were made to our contributions to some organizations and larger cuts to camperships to Cross Roads and to the prison ministry. We gave our usual $2000 for Mary Rankin scholarships to five young persons in our diocese and gave some monies to outreach.
I know giving to churches and ECWs has been down, but if you can, please think of giving to the Mary Rankin Scholarship fund and for camperships this next year. If your church does not have an ECW, maybe your outreach committee would contribute. Of course all monies designated or undesignated will be much appreciated.
