Posts from August 2021

Posts from August 2021

Background Check Request Form

Use this form to request a background check on a volunteer or employee of your congregation, group, or ministry. Background checks are required for all employees and volunteers within the Diocese who work with children, youth, or vulnerable populations; additionally, vestry member, lay leaders, and others who have unsupervised access to funds, facilities, or financial records are required to have a background check.

Episcopal Church women to meet via Zoom September 11

All Episcopal Women of Province VII are invited to attend the Province VII ECW Conference on September 11, 2021. The Very Rev. Katie Churchwell, Dean of St. Paul’s Cathedral, Oklahoma City, will be the keynote speaker. Dean Churchwell will be speaking on the topic, “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” Helen Keller Since original plans for an in-person gathering were announced, “the Covid situation has gone from bad to worse. Out of concern for our community, the…

St. Luke’s Stephenville hosts Orthodox neighbors

By the Rev. Dana Wilson St. Luke’s, Stephenville, hosted Father Nektarios of the Orthodox Community in North Texas on Monday, August 9th, for dinner and a presentation entitled, “Mary Magdalene and Women Saints in the Orthodox Church.” Father Nektarios is Dr. Eric Morrow, Dean of the Liberal and Fine Arts Department at Tarleton State University. Four members of the Orthodox Community in Granbury were also guests for the evening. There were about 15 people from St. Luke’s who attended, and…

Vernon and Deanna Gotcher service on August 20

A burial office with communion for Vernon and Deanna Gotcher will be at 9:30 am at St Martin-in-the-Fields, 223 S. Pearson Lane, Keller, Texas, 76248, on Friday, August 20, 2021. Everyone is asked to wear masks. The Rev. Vernon Alfred Gotcher, Ph.D, died December 6, 2020.  Deanna Gotcher died January 14, 2021. Vernon Gotcher was the founding rector of St. Stephen’s in 1966 when they met in a former bait and tackle shop on Grapevine Highway. Even before the diocese…

All Saints’ invites all to Solemn Evensong

All Saints’ Episcopal Church is inviting everyone to celebrate the Feast of St. Mary the Virgin at 6 pm, Sunday, August 15, with the All Saints’ Choir and String Quartet, led by British Organist/Choirmaster Clive Driskill-Smith in the All Saints’ Chapel at All Saints’ Episcopal School. Admission is free. Attendees will hear the sublime music of composers Edward Elgar, George Dyson, and Gabriel Fauré, and be inspired by the contemplative nature of Solemn Evensong, rooted in the ancient prayer traditions…