Posts by Katie Sherrod (Page 49)
Congregations begin responding to border crisis
Congregations have started to respond to the humanitarian crisis of the unaccompanied children at the border. In Fort Worth, with less than one week notice, parishioners of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church presented 28 Welcome Boxes and additional $300 for Catholic Charities ministry to the human need of youth emigrants. St. Andrew’s is worshiping at the Good Shepherd Chapel of University Christian Church, 2720 S. University Dr., Fort Worth, TX, 76109 In Wichita…
Bishop High visits St. Stephen’s, Hurst
The Rt. Rev. Rayford B. High, Jr., visited St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Hurst, on Sunday, July 13, 2014. St. Stephen’s worships in the Northeast Wedding Chapel in Hurst. He baptized Gwenn Anne Burud and Gavin Le Burud, confirmed Gwenn Anne Burud and Sandon Wards, received Nicole Maria Silva, Steven Hederer, and Judy Crawford and blessed the reaffirmation of Thomas Crawford. He also blessed a chalice and paten given in memory of Florence McKneely by the McKneely family. He presented graduation…
Are you called to be a lay pastoral caregiver?
Community of Hope is a pastoral care training program for laity. The mission of Community of Hope is to create and sustain Christian communities of volunteer lay pastoral caregivers around the world. Community of Hope communities are united in prayer, shaped by Benedictine spirituality, and equipped for and serving in pastoral care communities. Bishop Rayford High has been part of Community of Hope for many years, and has asked Annette Mayer, pastoral intern St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, Arlington, and the Rev. Amy…
Episcopal Youth Event 2014 high energy event
Episcopal Youth Event (EYE) 2014 has concluded but with God’s help, the youth that attended will travel back into their daily lives and churches with a renewed faith and energy to living out their baptismal promises. There were more than 1200 people gathered together from more than 80 dioceses including Taiwan and Honduras in Philadelphia at Villanova University for the four day event. The preaching done there by Canon Stephanie Spellers, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, the Reverend Becca Stevens,…
Bishop High appeals for funds for humanitarian crisis
As I read the stories of the children arriving at our border, I am reminded of a story of another refugee family crossing a border to save their child. Matthew 2 tells us that after the three Magi departed after paying homage to the infant Jesus, an angel appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt and be you there until I tell you. For Herod will seek the…
Mission and Outreach Committee requests proposals
The Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth, through its Mission and Outreach Committee, is seeking requests to support programs that assist our communities, encourage personal participation by our congregations, and that will be strengthened by the endorsement of the diocese. This is the fourth consecutive year that our diocese is encouraging requests for funds for outreach programs administered by its congregations. An application may be submitted by an individual member of the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth, members of a congregation…
Jennings: Christians worship a child who fled violence in his home country
A commentary by the Rev. Gay Jennings, president of the House of Deputies, about the unaccompanied children arriving at the borders of the United States as they flee violence in their own countries has been published by the Religious News Service. (RNS) This summer, many Americans are watching in helpless horror as more than 52,000 children fleeing violence stream over our southern border. Many of them are making a dangerous journey by themselves to escape murder rates and gang violence in…
New stained glass windows dedicated
O Lord God, the whole world is filled with the radiance of your glory: accept our offering of these stained glass windows which we now dedicate to you for the adornment of this place and the inspiration of your people. Grant that as the light shines through in its many colors, so our lives may show forth the beauty of your manifold gifts of grace; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. With this prayer, St. Martin-in-the-Fields Episcopal Church, Keller, dedicated…
College chaplains seek help contacting recent grads
“Attention rectors and youth ministers! If you have students heading off to college in the fall, help keep them involved in the Church by sharing their names and email addresses with the Episcopal chaplains at the colleges they will be attending.” This is the heartfelt request of the Rev. C. Matthew W. Wise, Campus Missioner, Texas A&M University, of diocesan clergy and youth ministers in the Episcopal Diocese of Texas and elsewhere. He talked about what those doing college ministry…
How to help with border crisis
The plight of the unaccompanied children arriving on the Texas border and that of other states has dominated news reports recently. Bishop Rayford B. High, Jr., has issued a statement about the crisis, and many Episcopalians have asked how they can help. Catholic Charities Fort Worth is the main local agency helping with the influx of unaccompanied minors. They take in 32 children aged 3 to 16 at a time with each child spending up to 30 days in the…
Statement from Bishop Rayford High on border crisis
As I have listened to and read news reports of the stories of the thousands of children at our borders, the words of Matthew 25 keep running through my mind: “Then he will say also to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels; for I was hungry, and you didn’t give me food to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink; I…
Diocese of Fort Worth one of 42 paying full asking
On Tuesday, July 1, The Episcopal Church Office of Finance issued a mid-year updated report on diocesan commitments. In the report, N. Kurt Barnes, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer, announced “that all Episcopal dioceses located in the United States and nearly every non-United States diocese have committed to the 2014 budget of The Episcopal Church.” Barnes reported that “42 dioceses have committed to the full 19% asking level adopted by General Convention 2012.” The Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth is one of…
Executive Council passes Safeguarding & background policies; approves grants
The Executive Council of the diocese met Saturday, May 17, 2014, at St. Luke in the Meadow Episcopal Church, Fort Worth. The council passed bylaws for the council, a policy on Safeguarding programs, a policy on background checks, and an employee’s handbook for diocesan staff. They approved a grant to St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Fort Worth, for $12,500. They also approved a grant to St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Hurst, of $20,000. Both grants will be reviewed by the Congregational Development…
Cursillo #3 set for September 11-14, 2014
Save the date! Cursillo #3 will be at Glen Lake Camp and Retreat Center in Glen Rose September 11-14, 2014. Cursillo is… an opportunity to grow in faith and in spirituality a deeper understanding of the teachings of Jesus and how we can serve Him. an experience of living and sharing with others in a loving and caring Christian community and realizing that this can be extended into our own environment a continuing community that gives support and encouragement Read…
Bishop High visits Good Shepherd, Granbury
The Rt. Rev. Rayford B. High, Jr., visited the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, Granbury, on Sunday, June 29, 2014. Since it was the fifth Sunday of the month, the congregation brought food items for the local food bank. The pile of canned and dry goods grew steadily as people arrived for the service. There was a reception in the parish hall after the service. See more photos in the Flickr Gallery. See a video of the bishop’s sermon.…
Deacon, priest train with Arlington police
The Rev. Jan Cazden (fourth from left), deacon at St. Christopher Episcopal Church, Fort Worth, and the Rev. Susan Slaughter (sixth from left), recently retired rector of St. Luke’s in the Meadow, Fort Worth, recently completed the training course for the Arlington Clergy and Police Partnership (ACAPP) of the Arlington Police Department. The ACAPP program was started in 2010 as a way to provide spiritual care to people in crisis and as a vehicle for promoting better understanding and connection between the…