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Reunification is Approved

The House of Bishops has affirmed the reunification of the Episcopal Church in North Texas and the Episcopal Diocese of Texas.

NEW NAME, SAME LOVING GOD

We are now the North Region of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas. Our name has changed but our loving, liberating, life giving God has not.

GOD LOVES ALL

Our evangalism initiative for the unchurched, the dechurched, those hurt by the church, those told God hates them.

EDOTN NEWS

All news about reunion with the Diocese of Texas is at reunion2022.org

SERMONS

. . .An outward visible sign of faith, hope, and love by a liberated people.

This is the sermon Bishop Scott Mayer preached at the Special Meeting of the Diocesan Convention June 18, 2021. ——————– North Texas Special Convention      Trinity, Fort Worth        June 18, 2022 We have arrived at a decisive moment for the Episcopal Church in 24 North Texas counties. I would suggest “arrived” is the right word, as it implies we have been on a journey – a journey that is coming close to full circle from the Mission Territory of Texas to

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Chain reaction of love

This is the sermon Bishop Scott Mayer preached at Trinity, Fort Worth, on the Sixth Sunday of Easter, May 22, 2022. —– Trinity Fort Worth 2022          6 Easter – Year C               May 22 It’s wonderful to see you in person. It’s been three years since we have gathered for Confirmations, although we have celebrated your new ministry with your new rector, Robert. I want to express my gratitude for the way you navigated the pandemic as a congregation: the innovative

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Seeking what is real

This is the sermon Bishop Scott Mayer preached at the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection, Decatur, on the Fifth Sunday of Lent, April 3, 2022. —— Resurrection Decatur 2022                     5 Lent – Year C                              April 3 I have had the privilege to hear one of the great evangelical preachers speak a couple of times:  Tony Campolo.  If you are not familiar with him, Dr Campolo is a Baptist, a sociologist, a pastor, a spiritual advisor to presidents,  and a progressive. 

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Centering our relationship with God

This is the sermon the Rev. Paula Jefferson preached on Sunday, March 27, 2022, at the celebration of the 150th Anniversary of St. Mary’s Hillsboro, the oldest continuing congregation in our diocese. —— In the sixth month Gabriel is a very busy angel.  As God’s messenger in Luke’s Gospel, this guy is gaining quite a reputation.  Everywhere he appears, he disrupts the status quo of lives.  Two women who should not be pregnant … will be pregnant.  The husband and

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