General Convention 2009

The Forty-Sixth Triennial Meeting of Episcopal Church Woman in Anaheim was the first for me.

It was also my first visit to California. And what action-packed firsts! Like travelers on a magical journey we moved from mundane meetings to vote on bylaw changes to wonderfully celebratory times with Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, who joined us for the Opening Celebration, the Most Reverend Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury and our speakers - The Right Reverend Steven Charleston and Ms. Phyllis Tickle. In spare moments, we checked out the Exhibit Hall. A highlight was Norfolk's Mission of the Holy Spirit's play presented in the Millennium Development Goals exhibit. Our delegation of four - Marian Edmonds, Historian and Past President; Cindy Dillon, Diocesan United Thank Offering Treasurer, Betty Mariner, Eastern Shore Convocation Chair and me - Nancy Smith, Diocesan ECW President, headed home July 13, sad to leave.