Posts from December 2014 (Page 2)
Let’s Play Godball!
Let’s Play Godball! Unorthodox Sermons by a Circuit Rider Episcopal Priest from Middle Texas by the Rev. Bruce Coggin, retired priest of the diocese, is now available from Amazon.com. The sermons were all preached between 2009 and 2014 as Coggin rode a circuit among congregations who were forced to worship in alternate spaces after former Bishop Jack Iker and other diocesan leaders left The Episcopal Church in 2008 but claimed Episcopal Church property.These congregations are All Saints, Wichita Falls; St.…
Lost and found at 2014 Diocesan Convention
There were a few items left behind after the 2014 Diocesan Convention. Two scarves — one seemed to have been newly purchased — and a pair of gloves were left at the Jack Daniels Club. All these items are now at the diocesan offices, 4301 Meadowbrook Dr., Fort Worth, TX 76103. Call 817-534-1900 if you know the owners of these items.
St. Stephen’s, Hurst, calls interim priest in charge
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Hurst, has called the Rev. Robert Gross to be their interim priest in charge. Gross was ordained a priest on December 6, 2008, in the Episcopal Diocese of the Rio Grande. In the fall of 2014, he moved to the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth from the Rio Grande diocese, where he served most recently as priest in charge at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Fort Stockton. Prior to that, he was rector of Holy Spirit Episcopal…
St. Martin’s, Keller, announces new rector
St. Martin-in-the-Fields Episcopal Church, Keller, announced on Tuesday, December 2, that their new, and third, rector is the Rev. Scot McComas. He will start on February 9, 2015. McComas has spent ten years in ordained ministry, with experience in parishes and schools in Florida, North Carolina, New Jersey, and most recently, two parishes and the Parish Episcopal School in the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas. He is a graduate of Southern Methodist University, Harvard Divinity School, and General Theological Seminary, as…
Episcopal Parties File Motion for Partial Summary Judgment Under Neutral Principles
On December 1, 2014, Plaintiffs The Episcopal Church, Local Episcopal Parties, and Local Episcopal Congregations filed a joint motion for partial summary judgment in the 141st District Court, the Honorable John P. Chupp presiding. As the motion states: “Defendants are former Episcopalians who served as officers of The Episcopal Church’s Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth. They gained access to more than $100 million of property in that capacity. They committed to use that property only for the benefit of the Church…
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