Conference Sessions will be held at Thistle Farms, and the Center for Contemplative Justice.
Conference Registration Cost: $300 for the entire conference, or $150 for Wednesday, June 17 only. Box lunches and dinners are included in the registration fees.
Conference Hotel: Holiday Inn Nashville-Vanderbilt, 2613 West End Ave, Nashville TN 37203
Transportation will be provided daily between the hotel and session locations.
A special rate of $150 per night is available only by booking your hotel room through EWHP, at the conference registration link below. This rate also includes complimentary breakfast at the hotel on Wednesday and Thursday morning.
The conference opens on Tuesday, the 16th, with registration followed by Opening Eucharist with The Rt. Rev. Phoebe A. Roaf, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of West Tennessee, celebrating, and the Rev. Becca Stevens, founder of Thistle Farms, preaching, followed by dinner. On Wednesday, the 17th, there will be panel and paper sessions, including the keynote speech on the Thistle Farms ministry. The conference will conclude on Thursday after presentations, followed by a box lunch. Breakfasts are included at the hotel (if booked through EWHP), and box lunches and dinners are included in the registration fees.
Use the link below to access the registration form. Once your form is received, we will email an invoice that reflects your registration and hotel choices.
Please direct questions about registration to Liz Brauza-Hughes, EWHP Administrative Assistant, at liz.ewhp@gmail.com.
Featured Speaker
Our featured speaker will be Becca Stevens, Founder & President of Thistle Farms in Nashville.
Call for Papers
The Episcopal Women’s History Project is seeking papers and panels for a history conference June 16-18, 2026 in Nashville, Tennessee. The theme of the conference is “Ministry in the Margins.” Paper and panels should explore the ways women in the Episcopal Church lived out their ministries with and among people on the margins of society due to perceptions of race, ethnicity, class, sex, or identity from the earliest days of the Episcopal Church (or its pre-U.S. predecessor) to the present. Contact the program chair, Dr. Joan Gundersen at jrgunder@outlook.com.