The Diocese of Mid-America Women of the Church had our 10^th meeting on October 18, 2007, at the Cathedral of St. Matthias in Katy, TX. Our speaker for this meeting was Sandy McNamara, the wife of Rev. Wayne McNamara, pastor of Christ the King Reformed Episcopal Church in Dayton, Ohio. Her topic was Queen Elizabeth I, Defender of Anglicanism. Sandy did a wonderful job of making Queen Elizabeth live before us. We saw that she was human but recognized her responsibilities not only to her country but also before God. We felt her strength of rule, her conviction of the right of her faith but also her compassion toward those who did not share that faith. We were humbled by the sadness of her personal life. I think, to a woman, we came away from this presentation with a realization that just as she was used by God to strengthen the political situation and the church of her times, we, as women, can also be used to promote God’s cause in our time and space.

I taped Sandy’s lecture, and we hope in the near future to have it available on this site so you all may hear this wonderful lesson of encouragement. We hope that this will be the first of many sermons, lessons, and lectures we will be able to make available for your use.

I want to thank Dss Teresa Johnson for making this site possible. She has also set up an email group for us so that we can keep in touch to share prayer requests, announce parish events, and distribute ideas for women's ministry. If you would like to join the group, visit the News and Events page and enter your email address.

In Christ,

Ruth Crenshaw

President, DMA Women of the Church