Episcopal lay leader Marge Christie was one of three women honored June 14 at a National Council of Churches "Circles of Names" gathering in New York highlighting women's leadership in faith communities and raising funds for the council's Women's Ministries program.
"There are many who can honor Marge solely for her life's work in the Episcopal Church," Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori said in a letter read by her canon, the Rev. Chuck Robertson. She noted Christie's 40 years as a deputy to convention in the Diocese of Newark, 12 terms as deputy or alternate deputy to General Convention, her efforts to achieve women's ordination in the Episcopal Church and her work in founding Anglican Women's Empowerment as well as her ecumenical efforts.
