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Details for the NAGA Triennial Meeting

General Convention and our Triennial Meeting are right around the corner and we are finalizing plans. Here are some important links to help you plan and contribute to our ministry. This article contains important details on our time in Louisville, including hotel reservations and our agenda for workshops and excursions.

Extended deadlines

You have until March 15 to submit your Nominations for 2024-2027 Officers the 2024-27 Triennial term — for President, First Vice President and Triennial Eucharist Coordinator, Second Vice President and Membership Chair, Secretary, Treasurer, and Nominating Chair

The deadline to apply for a Scholarship to Triennial has been extended to March 31


Highlights from Epistle

The Epistle Makes a Connection

In the summer of 2022, I received a phone call from Jeanine Adinaro from Salado, Texas. She had read in the Epistle about some of the work that the Ecclesiastical Vestment and Embroidery Guild (the Guild), which I run, had done for a church in New Jersey. She would be visiting New Jersey on vacation and wanted to visit the Guild. Unfortunately…

The Sacristy

I have been in every Episcopal sacristy in the state, and I have witnessed the dedicated ministry of all of our altar guilds.What’s most striking to me is the variety of spaces that are an integral part of that ministry. Some sacristies are….

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Connect with NAGA

Seeking NAGA Representative for Province IX (Central & South America). For more information, contact Marcia Himes.

Contribute to a History of NAGA: In 2006 Barbara Gent researched and wrote a book spanning 73 years of NAGA’s history. Now, a second volume of NAGA history and the future of altar guild is in its infancy. We welcome any suggestions for inclusion in this work. Click here to read more.

Disaster Communion Kits. Should fire, flood, hurricane, tornado, earthquake or epidemic leave your parish unable to host Eucharist, NAGA will provide a free Disaster Communion Kit. If you need a kit, please contact Joan Konecny (or 936-870-5781). Click here for a video on how to assemble them.

Order your Epistle in living color. Members can receive their Epistle by email. Just send your e-mail address to The Rev. Larry Byrne.

Share your insights with others. We are happy to share your altar guild newsletter on our website. Please send a PDF of the current issue to our webmaster Betty Hinchman.

Who’s Who? Who are your current Provincial and Diocesan Altar Guild Directors? Please send current contact information to The Rev. Larry Byrne or Marcia Himes.