WNC ECW Board for 2008

Please keep your diocesan board in your daily prayers as they serve you and all the women in parishes throughout the diocese. Please include the ECW organization in your Sunday "Prayers of the People". It is only through prayer we are able to carry out the work of Christ.

All Episcopal Church Women are invited to attend board meetings. You can find dates and locations on the Calendar of Events page.

Composition of Board

Your Diocesan ECW Board is composed of five officers: a president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, and UTO chair. There are six Deanery representatives.  The following positions are also represented on the board: Christian Social Concerns (Justice & Outreach), Church Periodical Club, All Saints' Day Memorial Offering, Daughters of the King Liaison, Devotional, Liaison Hispanic Community, and Liaison Missionaries.

Purpose of Board
To communicate and promote the programs of the Episcopal Church and their branches, to provide leadership education and to provide materials and suggestions for study, gifts, and service.

Meetings
The Diocesan ECW Board promotes two diocesan-wide meetings a year; one in the Spring call Spring Conference and one in the Fall called Annual Meeting.

2008 President - Mary Ann Ransom
Mary Ann Ransom lives in Lake Lure NC and is a member of Church of the Transfiguration, Bat Cave. She serves on the Highland Episcopalian Board and on the National ECW Board as Multi-media member at large. She is a member of the following: Global Mission, Outreach & Justice, Commission to Dismantle Racism, Companion Diocese, National ECW Representative to ERD and she serves as president of Shepherd's Care a non-profit organization which does outreach in the Hickory Nut Gorge Community where she lives.

She writes poetry, short stories and is a self-taught photographer. She enjoys reading, taking walks and hikes with her husband Dick. Contact Mary Ann at mransom1@bellsouth.net

2008 Secretary - Margaret King
Margaret King is a widow and has lived in Asheville NC all her life. She has two daughters, one lives in Richmond, Virginia and one lives in Athens, Ga. She has two grandchildren a boy and a girl also living in Athens. She is an active member of St. John's, Asheville where she is treasurer of the ECW and is a member of the choir. She has attended the last 4 Triennial meetings in Philadelphia, Denver, Minneapolis, and Columbus. She has served on the ECW Board for several years and is presently serving as Secretary.

King is also a retired teacher having taught in the Buncombe County Schools for 30 years. She went in 2005 with the ECW Mission Team to Our Little Roses in Honduras. Contact Margaret at MGTKing@aol.com.


2008 Treasurer - Diane Mance
Diane Mance is a native of Washington, DC and lives in Asheville and is a member of St. Matthias, Asheville. Mance has served on a number of boards in her diocese. She is currently serving on the Standing Committee, Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community and presently serves as Treasurer of the Episcopal Church Women.

She has been a member of the board for a while serving in the capacity of President and Secretary. She is also active in her community mentoring young girls and is a community volunteer. In her leisure time she likes to travel and just relax with her husband, Bill. Contact Diane at ts_mance@bellsouth.net.


2008 Devotions Chair - The Rev. Jeanne Finan, Rector, St. John's, Asheville

















Other Board Members for 2008, please see below:

Deanery Chairs - please visit their deanery page:

Janice Priest, Asheville Deanery

Joan Sumerfield and Mary Oxford, Foothills Deanery

Sally Prosch and Francile Shelley, Mountain Deanery

Becky Whelan and Renee Lynch, Piedmont Deanery

Alyson Nelson, Western Deanery

Pat Jollie, United Thank Offering Chair and Daughters of the King Liaison

Donna Murray, Church Periodical Club Chair

Liaison Hispanic Community Chair - Robin Owens