When I entered ordained ministry over 3 years ago, there were days when I felt rather alone. As a single woman, I was living alone in a manse built for a family. Four bedrooms left me plenty of space to spread out and get creative (home office space to house my book addiction – sure! [...]
A New Column: Along the Way
All of a sudden, they were everywhere I looked. There was the young woman just out of college we hired to work with our children and youth, the one who decided to go on to seminary after just a year with us. Then there was the female seminarian who came to spend a year getting [...]
A New Internet Home
a message from TYCWP board Nearly five years ago, in the heat of Washington DC, a group of young clergy women gathered for the very first time to imagine what bonds a group of young clergy women could form. We started with a conference. We practiced our preaching. We inspired each other, but the conversation [...]
Holy Ghost Grab-Bag, Site News
March 30, 2010 byOpen Editorial Board Positions
by Ann Bonner-Stewart Fidelia's Sisters is seeking new editorial board members! Editorial board members each serve as a column editors for the e-zine you're currently reading, soliciting and editing pieces for monthly publication. Editorial board members also participate in monthly online editorial chats. Editorial board members are part of the larger Young Clergy Women project [...]
New Year, New Beginnings
by Patricia Watson The trusty board of The Young Clergy Women Project has been busy this year coming up with new and exciting opportunities for us to be (and fund!) our community. Here are a few of the up and coming opportunities that you might want to be a part of: TYCWP’s 2010 Conference! Our [...]
Fidelia’s Sisters is turning two!
by The Editors Watch out, world; Fidelia’s Sisters is entering its terrible twos! We trust the year ahead will not involve too many temper tantrums—though the occasional spirited argument in the comments section of an article is always welcomed. In the last year, we said goodbye to Kate Smanik Moyes, our assistant editor whose job [...]
New Year…New Opportunities
How has The Young Clergy Women Project changed your life? (That would be the organization behind Fidelia’s Sisters.) This is your chance to tell the world by participating in our New Catchphrase Contest. Simply get your creative juices flowing and come up with a slogan that sums up what TYCWP is all about. Previously we’ve [...]
A State of The Young Clergy Women Project Update
I suppose January is as good of time as any to take stock in an organization’s progress. Annual meetings dot the calendars of churches, college presidents reassure alumni and alumnae with updates, and the United States president interrupts prime time television with his State of the Union address. Sadly, there is no potluck luncheon following [...]
Site News
September 26, 2007 byWatch this Space!
by “Staff” This space will soon be the location for a fabulous e-zine by, for and about young clergy women. We’re planning on an early October launch–stay tuned! If you’re looking for information about The Young Clergy Women Project, check here. If you want to see pictures and read reflections on the Testimony conference, check [...]