Episcopal City Mission News

Moment in Time was successful in a multitude of ways. A record crowd of 225 guests came together at the Hilton Frontenac on Friday night, September 25 to celebrate and support the work of Episcopal City Mission in the juvenile detention centers in St. Louis.

The evening included a speech from Bishop George Wayne Smith. He spoke about the treasure that ECM is for the Diocese of Missouri. Chaplain Mickey Hassler was recognized for his ten years of service at ECM. Retired Bishop of Missouri Hays Rockwell attended this year’s event and reminded us to be grateful. The featured speaker was the Honorable Jimmie M. Edwards, Circuit Judge for St. Louis. Judge Edwards spoke about the importance of having chaplains available for the children in the detention centers and that we must all be aware of the importance of caring adults in their lives.

Jim McGregor successfully emceed a rousing auction that kept the audience laughing and engaged. Chaplain Dietra Wise asked the crowd to remember that these children need to be encouraged to use their imaginations to help them believe they can change the path for their lives and that any avenue of supporting ECM is valuable.

The evening ended with the drawing for the diamond earrings. A parishioner from St. Martin’s won the raffle which by itself raised over $4,000 for ECM. Bishop Smith closed the evening with a blessing.

Many, many thanks go out to all of the volunteers who gave of their time to ensure the success of the evening especially to Dixie Platt and Stacey Rynders, co-chairs of the evening and the MIT committee. Also, the Board of Directors of ECM was instrumental in bringing friends to the event and in selling raffle tickets. So many blessings!!

Additional images from the evening are available here.