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ECM, Annual Report, 2016
Bill Wick
The Episcopal Church Men met at 7:30am every second Friday of the month at Horne’s during
the Year 2016. It was the fifth year the group had met regularly and we had between six and
eleven members meeting each month. A Devotional was given at the start of the meeting given
by one of the members. Helmut Linne von Berg usually provided the Devotional, and often
based his message from the book “In God We STILL Trust”, written by Dr. Richard G. Lee. These
Devotionals were always well received and initiated each meeting with a serious thought that
the Group could ponder for the rest of the meeting and often afterwards.
Activities provided by the members included Transportation for Church members and others in
the Town needing rides to the doctor, hospital, church and other destinations. These totally
free services were appreciated greatly. Additionally, the group sponsored “Women’s Night
Out”, a church dinner usually held in the winter months in which the men prepared the dinner
and everyone always had a great time. Over the last twelve years, the contributions provided
by the attendees have amounted to over $7,000 which is given to the Vestry for their use.
The Holidays in the fall are really where the ECM takes some real responsibility to help the
community. This year, the group provided full Thanksgiving dinners with all the trimmings to
three needy families living in or close to the Town of Port Royal. For the Christmas Holidays, the
ECM selected appropriate Christmas presents for the family members and their children.
County Social Services identified for the group specific needs of the families, especially clothing
and toys. The responsibility for all the Thanksgiving and Christmas Holiday giving was handled
by Johnny Davis, Helmut Linne von Berg, and Bill Wick using the funds raised by the Episcopal
Men’s group.
Looking at the year 2017, the ECM will continue to meet at Horne’s at 7:30am on the second
Friday of each month. All Men of the Church are welcome to attend and participate. We have a
lot of fun and enjoy wonderful food while planning to do the Lord’s work.