Rosina Harter, President
Karen White, Vice-President
Kathleen Somerville, Secretary-Treasurer
The Motto of the Order
For His Sake...
I am but one
but I am one.
I cannot do everything,
but I can do something.
What I can do
I ought to do.
What I ought to do,
by the grace of God I will do.
Lord, what will you have me do?
National Handbook, page 2
Unlike many church organizations which emphasize service and socializing, the Order emphasizes prayer and spiritual/intellectual growth. The Chapter holds monthly education and prayer meetings and two Quiet Days each year. The Order does not engage in fund raising activities. Members are involved in all aspects of work in the parish: Episcopal Church Women, Altar Guild, Lay Ministry, Sunday School, Greeter Duty, Lay Reading, Vestry, and other activities. Members are as active in service as each can be.
The Order of the Daughters of the King is a spiritual, praying order for women who are communicants of the Episcopal Church or churches in communion with the Episcopal Church and churches who are in the historic episcopate. These are the Roman Catholic Church and the Lutheran Church. The Order is a Religious Order with chapters throughout the United States and around the World. There are about 18,000 Daughters in the United States. Its headquarters are in Woodstock, Georgia.
The Order's mission is to spread God's Word. Daughters, through prayer and service, encourage themselves and each other, to a deeper relationship with our Lord Jesus Christ.
As members, we chose to take lifelong vows to keep a self-imposed daily and seasonal pattern of devotion, called a Rule of Prayer. We also undertake a self-imposed Rule of Service, in which we serve our church and seek to further the cause of Christ. These two make up our personal Rule of Life. The discipline of this Rule permeates everything we do.
Pictured above:
Daughters' Cross
Window donated to the Church by the original Chapter of the Order of the Daughters of the King.
Pictured above left: the Service of Reinstitution of the Chapter
Charter Members: Patsy Smith, Margaret Adams, Ann Bellais, Kathleen Somerville, Mary Lee Summerville, Gloria Harden, SueRose Harter, Georgia Lower, Dolores Way, Carol Parker, Rosina Harter, Karen White, Josie Martin. Not pictured: Cindy Barnes Also in the picture are Father William Bellais, Jim Staton, Elaine Wilson and Marilyn Vinson.
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