Posts from September 2013 (Page 2)
Ministry developer and stewardship officer Demi Prentiss contributes stewardship article to ECF Vital Practices
Demi Prentiss, diocesan ministry developer and stewardship officer, contributed the article “Liberating Stewardship ” to the September Vestry Papers of the Episcopal Church Foundation Vital Practices. Nancy Davidge, editor, said, “I’’m thrilled to have Demi as an occasional contributor to Vestry Papers; I appreciate her willingness to share her knowledge, experience, and writing skills with others in our church.”
Statement from the Episcopal Diocese of Northwest Texas regarding the Texas Supreme Court opinon in the Masterson case
The Episcopal Diocese of Northwest Texas and the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd issued this statement on August 31, 2013 following the Texas Supreme Court’s opinion in the Masterson case. In Masterson, a San Angelo trial court and the Austin Court of Appeals both found that breakaway parties had no right to take historic Episcopal Church property that they had sworn to protect, just as the Fort Worth trial court found in our diocesan case. Dear Friends in Christ, We wanted to let you…
Report from Standing Committee meeting on June 10, 2013
The Standing Committee of the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth convened on Monday, June 10, 2013, at 3:30 p.m., at Trinity Episcopal Church, Fort Worth. Mrs. Martha Fagley presided. Ms. Elinor Normand opened the meeting with a short meditation. The following members were in attendance: Mrs. Martha Fagley, the Rev. Curt Norman, Ms. Elinor Normand, the Rev. Susan Slaughter, Mr. Norm Snyder, and the Rev. Bill Stanford. Also present were Ms. Kathleen Wells, Chancellor for the diocese, the Rev. Janet Waggoner, Canon to…
President of Standing Committee seeks more nominees for open positions
A letter from the president of the Standing Committee about nominations: We are coming to the end of the nominating process for the open positions that will be filled at Diocesan Convention November 8-9 in Wichita Falls. The Nominations Committee informs me that five lay and two clergy nominations have been received for deputy to General Convention. It is heartening to see that so many are interested in representing the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth at the 78th General Convention…
Prayer for Labor Day
Almighty God, you have so linked our lives one with another that all we do affects, for good or ill, all other lives: So guide us in the work we do, that we may do it not for self alone, but for the common good; and, as we seek a proper return for our own labor, make us mindful of the rightful aspirations of other workers, and arouse our concern for those who are out of work; through Jesus Christ…
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