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ECW producing 'Women of the Table' video for Triennial
2002-148-5
Wednesday, June 12, 2002
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[Episcopal News Service]
A new video focusing on women's ministries is slated for release at the Episcopal Church Women's (ECW) Triennial Meeting in Minneapolis in July 2003. Currently in pre-production, the video project will be coordinated by Susan Russell, ECW board member-at-large for multi-media, and produced by Katie Sherrod, an independent television producer from Ft. Worth, Texas.
According to Russell, 'Women of the Table' is being designed 'to tell the Good News of the work being done on behalf of the Gospel by the women of the Episcopal Church as they go out, fed by word and sacrament, to be the church in the world. The table metaphor will focus on the central reality of our life in Christ at the altar while providing a thread to weave the different stories of ministry together into an engaging and cohesive whole,' she said. 'The project will achieve that goal by offering compelling witness to the diversity of gifts offered by women to the church and to the world including images of both 'traditional' and innovative ministries.'
The video will offer a brief history of the ECW's decades-long efforts to 'equip the saints for ministry' and include specific stories of women doing ministry in a post-September 11 world. 'We want women to speak of the reasons behind their ministries, for what differentiates a ministry from other work is the motivation for the action,' Sherrod said. 'The stories will illustrate the Body of Christ as incarnated in the lives of women of the church. Because of the limitations of time, the video will feature a few ministries in detail while also capturing the astonishing diversity of ministries done by Episcopal women across the nation through montages of images, layered with music and sound bites.'
She added, 'Our hope is that this video will not only change the way ministry done by women is talked about in the church, but also frame and enlarge the ways women themselves see the work they do as they go about living out the Gospel in their daily lives.'
Organizers are looking for pictures of past and present women's ministries 'in action' (i.e. photographs showing interaction with the people those ministries serve). Black-and-white photos as well as color are acceptable, and all photos will be returned. Please label them clearly for content and include a contact name with phone number and address as well as a one-paragraph description about the ministry and pictures. Materials should be sent by July 31, 2002 to: Katie Sherrod, 1870 Ederville Road, Ft. Worth, TX 76103.
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