Episcopal Church Women (ECW)
Mission
The purpose of the ECW is to deepen and nurture the spiritual life of church women in the Diocese of Louisiana through worshiping God, glorifying Christ and presenting Him to the world and enlisting active participation in ministering to people inside and outside the church.
Who We Are
All Episcopalian women are the ECW. The ECW comprises women of all ages, ethnic origins and socioeconomic backgrounds in the Episcopal Church – working mothers, homemakers, career women, ordained, lay, single, married, widowed, divorced.
Episcopal Church Women are active in all nine provinces of the Episcopal Church in North and Central America. All are welcome!
Get Involved
Email ECW President Maria Palmer at mpalmer333 [at] att [dot] net.
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ECW’s Vision
As Episcopal Church Women, we are keepers and proclaimers of the Christian faith, bearing the light and hope of Jesus Christ to all. Witnessing for Christ, worshiping together and celebrating our diversity, we build and strengthen community. We minister to become faithful stewards of God’s creation.
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Our Goals
- Listen to the concerns of women throughout the church in order to respond creatively to their needs.
- Become leaders in response to our Baptismal Covenant.
- Build an accepting atmosphere where every woman is welcomed and valued for her individual ministry.
- Work toward mutual respect and equity of service throughout the church as we continue to monitor women’s full participation in the church. Develop effective communication linking parish, diocesan, provincial and national Episcopal Church Women and all women of the Anglican Communion.
- Join and support our sisters ecumenically throughout the world.
Why Participate?
- Spiritual growth
- Focus on mission
- Fellowship
- Education
- Leadership training
- Ecumenical environment
- Social Action and advocacy
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Updates
The ECW Board Nominating Committee is giving Notice of Board Positions to be filled by Election and Request for Nominations.
In 2026, the terms will end for the following elected, board positions:
Communications Secretary
Recording Secretary
UTO Coordinator
Triennial Delegate & One Alternate
View detailed Request for Nominations & Notice of Vacancies.
View Nomination Form.
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ECW Officers
EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH WOMEN
President (2025-2028): Maria Palmer
Vice President (2024-2027): Debby Fortier
Treasurer (2025-2028): Penny Mehrtens Salvaggio
Recording Secretary (2023-2026): Rebecca Sadler
United Thank Offering Coordinator (2023-2026): Noretta Stackel
Church Periodical Club Director (2024-2027): Rebecca Sadler
Communications Secretary (2023-2026): Ann Ball
Immediate Past President (2025-2028): Sudee S. Campbell
ECW DEANERY CHAIRS
Vacant (Baton Rouge Deanery)
Reba Mackey (Greater New Orleans Co-Chair)
Myra Noustens (Greater New Orleans Co-Chair)
Lee LeGuyader (Northshore Deanery Co-Chair)
Karla Billot (Northshore Deanery Co-Chair)
Gail Duhé (Southwest Co-Chair)
Debby Fortier (Southwest Co-Chair)
Reba Mackey (Deanery Coordinator)
APPOINTED ECW BOARD MEMBERS
Altar Guild Director: Joyclyn Yuja
College Liaison Coordinator: Janey Rainey
Devotions / Diocesan Day of Prayer: The Rev. Alyce Jefferson, Deacon
Daughters of the King: Annette Figueroa
Memorials Chair: The Rev. Alyce Jefferson, Deacon
Honored Woman Program: Charlotte Vogel
ECW Handbook: Carolyn Douglas
Historian: Marilyn Hines
Ecumenical Liaison: Ann Ball
Parliamentarian- Sharon Edmon
Emeritus: Ellarose Gray
Members-at-Large: Lynette Frazer and Janie LeBlanc
DIOCESAN ECW COMMITTEES
Nominating Committee
Chair: Sudee S. Campbell,
Baton Rouge Deanery: Sharon Edmon
Greater New Orleans Deanery: Reba Mackey
Northshore Deanery: Lee LeGuyader
Southwest Deanery: Gail Duhé
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Chair (Treasurer): Penny Mehrtens Salvaggio
President: Maria Palmer
Vice-President: Debby Fortier
Immediate Past President:Â Sudee S. Campbell
Appointed Finance Committee Members:
Ann Ball
Sharon Edmon
Jane Rainey
ECW Projects
United Thank Offering
United Thank Offering (UTO) is a ministry of The Episcopal Church for the mission of the whole church. Through United Thank Offering, men, women, and children nurture the habit of giving daily thanks to God. These prayers of thanksgiving start when we recognize and name our many daily blessings. Those who participate in UTO discover that thankfulness leads to generosity. United Thank Offering is entrusted to promote thank offerings, to receive the offerings, and to distribute the UTO monies to support mission and ministry throughout The Episcopal Church and in invited Provinces of the Anglican Communion in the developing world.
More information can be found here:Â www.episcopalchurch.org/page/united-thank-offering
Church Periodical Club
The Church Periodical Club is an independent, affiliated organization of the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church, dedicated to the worldwide Ministry of the Printed Word and to the Promotion of Christian Mission. It is the only organization in the Episcopal Church dedicated solely to providing free literature and related materials, both religious and secular, to people all over the world who need and request them and who have no other source for obtaining them. Prayer Books, books for seminarians, educational materials, medical textbooks, agricultural manuals and books for those in local and global mission are some of the publications The Church Periodical Club supplies. The Church Periodical Club operates at all levels of the Church – national, provincial, diocesan and parish. The goal is to make the CPC program a concern of the whole Church. That goal includes having an active and enthusiastic CPC representative in every parish and diocese. The Church Periodical Club is funded by voluntary contributions from all levels of the Church by people in the pews. CPC is supported by the prayerful concern, time, talents, labor and money of those who believe in the Ministry of the Printed Word.
More information can be found here:Â www.churchperiodical.com/
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