Posts from October 2014 (Page 3)
Bishop High confirms seven, receives two, at St. Luke’s, Stephenville
The Rt. Rev. Rayford B. High, Jr., confirmed seven young people and received two adults into The Episcopal Church during his visitation to St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Stephenville, on Sunday, October 19, 2014. The Rev. Curt Norman is the rector at at. St. Luke’s. Those confirmed were Suzanne Meyers, Hannah Binkley, John Binkley, Carter Cole, Taylor Hefner, Karina Norman, and Kelvin Ong. Helen Ong and Julia Smith were received into The Episcopal Church. Margaret Norman took the featured photograph. An emergency…
Bishop C. Andrew Doyle to preach at convention
“Met Jesus on Pilgrimage, still walking.” That’s the six-word autobiography of the Rt. Rev. C. Andrew Doyle, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas, and preacher at the opening Eucharist at the 2014 Diocesan Convention at 1 p.m. Friday, November 14 in the Jack Daniel’s Club at Globe Life Park in Arlington. More information on convention and visitor registration is here. Like most of the people of this diocese, Bishop Doyle unabashedly Episcopalian. That’s even the title of his book…
Cherie Shipp named to Brite Board of Visitors
Cherie Shipp, CPA/CFF, a member of Trinity Episcopal Church, Fort Worth, will join the Board of Visitors of Brite Divinity School for a three-year term. Shipp is a trustee and treasurer of the Corporation of the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth and a member of the diocesan Finance Committee. She is a former member of the Executive Council of the Diocese and a former treasurer for Trinity. Shipp is currently in private practice. She has been controller for a nonprofit…
Pre-diocesan convention deanery meetings set
Pre-diocesan convention deanery meetings have been scheduled in all deaneries of the diocese. The meetings are open to all interested people. All convention delegates are expected to attend the meeting in their deanery as part of their leadership role as delegates to the 2014 Diocesan Convention November 14-15 at the Jack Daniels Club at Globe Life Park in Arlington. The proposed budget for 2015 will be presented at these meetings, as will all proposed changes to the canons and constitution…
October 5 – Open House, Hymn Fest, and new clergy welcomed
Sunday. October 5, 2014, was a busy day in the diocese. In addition to all the regular Sunday worship services, three congregations welcomed new clergy, the Episcopal Church of Hamilton County held an Open House, and the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd in Granbury hosted a Hymn Fest of Traditional Christian Hymns. The Episcopal Church of Wichita Falls welcomed the Rev. Amy Haynie, their new priest in charge. Almost 60 people were present. The Rt. Rev. Sam B. Hulsey…
Tony Hiatt ordained deacon
Tony Hiatt was ordained to the Sacred Order of Deacons on Tuesday, October 7, 2014, at Trinity Episcopal Church, Fort Worth, by the Rt. Rev. Rayford B. High, Jr. The Rev. Fred Barber, former rector of Trinity and director of Episcopal studies at Brite Divinity School, preached. Hiatt has lived in Fort Worth since 1999. He and his wife Lydia have been married for 31 years. They have three adult children and became grandparents for the first time in July.…
Mission and Outreach Committee awards 10 grants
The Mission and Outreach Committee of the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth has announced a total of $22,054 in matching grants for six ministries within the diocese and grants for four ministries beyond the diocese for 2014. Grants in the Matching Grant Outreach Program for ministry within the diocese totaled $15,261. They were: $3,200 to St. Luke’s in the Meadow, Fort Worth, for its Meadowbrook Elementary School After-School Ministry $2,500 to St. Christopher, Fort Worth,/Southern Deanery for a Habitat for…
St. Martin’s invites all to community Festival in the Fields on October 25
St. Martin-in-the-Fields Episcopal Church will have its third annual Festival in the Fields community festival on October 25, 2014 from 10 am to 4 pm at the church campus at 223 South Pearson Lane, Keller, just south of FM1709 on the border of Southlake and Keller. The festival is open to the public, and the church is extending an invitation to all. St. Martin’s is partnering with Fever United Soccer for an engaging day of sports, games, crafts for kids, a chili cook-off, good…
Daughters of the King to host refugee ministry founder
The Order of the Daughters of the King in the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth is inviting the public to hear the Rev. Samira Izadi Page of the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas share her story of escape from Iran and her journey to ministry at Gateway of Grace at a breakfast event from 8:30 to 11 am on Saturday, November 1, 2014, at Trinity Episcopal Church, Fort Worth. A $10 donation at the door will cover breakfast and the speaker’s honorarium.…
St. Alban’s, Arlington, hires interim priest
St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, Arlington, has hired the Rev. Norma Barr as an interim priest. Her first Sunday was October 5, 2014. She will serve until they have a permanent priest-in-charge. Barr was born and raised in Dunfermline, Scotland. She went to college in Edinburgh, Scotland. She has two children, Mhairi-Anne and Greg. Not long after her children left home for college, Barr made her first trip to Iona, a very small island in the Western Isles of Scotland, to be on…
People across church participate in meeting via webcast
The twelve people gathered at St. Christopher Episcopal Church, Fort Worth, on Thursday, October 2, 2014, to take part in the webcast of the church wide meeting of the Task Force for Reimagining The Episcopal Church (TREC) were among 4,000 people who watched the meeting at the National Cathedral online. Some of the Fort Worth diocese’s deputies to the 2015 General Convention in Salt Lake City, were among those at St. Christopher. One hundred forty people attended the meeting in…
Important details for the TREC churchwide webcast on October 2
The Office of Public Affairs of The Episcopal Church has announced details for the Task Force for Reimagining The Episcopal Church (TREC) meeting and webcast on October 2, 2014. All are encouraged to view webcast at 6:30pm Central time and to engage by email to reimaginetec@gmail.org or on Twitter using the hashtag #reimaginetec. [October 1, 2014] The following are important details about the Task Force to Reimagine the Episcopal Church (TREC) churchwide meeting on October 2. • The live broadcast begins at 7:30…