HARDY TO SERVE AS NEXT ECW PRESIDENT
When the Episcopal Church Women of the Diocese of Virginia gathered for their 120th
Annual Meeting and 122nd United
Thank Offering Ingathering at St. Alban’s, Annandale on October 25, the Rt. Rev. Shannon S. Johnston, bishop, made his first appointment of the next ECW president. Pat Hardy of Church of Our Saviour, Montpelier will succeed Beblon Parks of St. Philip’s, Richmond in 2012. Hardy served as her own church’s
ECW president, and has worked in various leadership levels for the diocesan ECW, including vice president for administration and yearbook chair. Hardy worked in social services for over 20 years and now serves as a parish administrator at Our Saviour, Montpelier. “I’m so pleased to appoint Pat as the next ECW president,” said Bishop Johnston. “It is apparent that she brings with her a tremendous commitment to and love for the Church and the ECW organization.”
“It is with a joyful yet reverent heart
that I have accepted the appointment by Bishop Shannon Johnston of ECW president,” said Hardy. “I believe that call is not a vocational choice, but an understanding of what our purpose here is - a spiritual invitation prompting us to complete the work of love that God has put us here to do. God never calls us to be someone else or to do something beyond our capabilities. He merely invites us to be our individual selves.” She added, “This is where I see the ECW, as we continue our journey into the 21st
century.
As we go forth in the light and love of God, we will tap into those individual gifts he has so graciously bestowed upon each and every one of us.” Parks will end her three-year term
Bishop Johnston appoints Pat Hardy as ECW president.
at the 2012 Council. “I am most grateful for Beblon’s energy, dedication and leadership to the Episcopal Church Women,” said Johnston. t
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