Women of St. Timothy's

The Women of St. Timothy’s is a branch of the Episcopal Church Women. Its objective is to promote the mission of the church in the home, parish, community and beyond with worship, prayer, study and gifts.

There are opportunities for fellowship and learning at two luncheon and two dinner meetings each year.

W.O.S.T. maintains and operates the Thrift Shop which provides funds for various projects, such as: Camp Billy Johnson, Church Women United, Community Kitchen, ECSET-Metropolitan Ministries, Habitat for Humanity, Hosanna Community, Hospice, Interfaith Hospitality Network, Molly Tucker Scholarship, Rape Crisis Center, The Sanctuary, and the Signal Mountain Women’s Conference. Within St. Timothy’s we provided the Connie Boyle Preschool Scholarship, funded kitchen appliances, and contributed to the discretionary funds for the Rector and Associate Rector. In addition W.O.S.T. contributes to the East Tennessee ECW.

We sponsor the annual Christmas luncheon for the Widow’s Harvest Ministry and the October birthday tea at St. Barnabas Nursing Home. There have been three interdenominational women’s conferences on Signal Mountain in the last four years. Representatives from W.O.S.T. have been involved in the planning and running of the conferences and several of our members have participated as presenters.

The Rev. Kathryn Mathewson led a weekend retreat at St. Mary’s Conference Center in March 2003. In March of 2004 the retreat was led by the Rev. Margaret Marshall, and in March of 2005 it was led by Kathy Tugman.  Approximately 22-25 women attend these annual retreats..

A board of dedicated women carries out the work of W.O.S.T. with additional help from the membership. It is because of their generous gifts of time and energy that we are able to operate the Thrift Shop and participate in other parish activities.

All the women in the parish are invited to attend W.O.S.T. meetings and encouraged to volunteer to work at the Thrift Shop. We are grateful for the contributions of clean clothes in good condition as well as toys, books and small household items.

Judith Miller, President