Posts by Steve Grenzow (Page 29)

Posts by Steve Grenzow (Page 29)

Youth & Reimagining Our Church

The youth of the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth will have significant roles in when Episcopal Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori and House of Deputies President Gay Jennings visit the diocese on February 8, 2014. Lunch and conversation All youth in the diocese are invited to have lunch and conversation with Jefferts Schori from 12-1:30 pm. Each youth must register for lunch by Monday, February 3, 2014. This is a unique opportunity to meet the presiding bishop; we would like…

Episcopal Youth Event Registration is Open

Episcopal Youth Event is July 9-13 at Villanova University outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Registration is open until March 15, 2014.  The approximate cost will be about $800 per person, with congregations expected to help each participant fund raise at least half of the expense.  Please contact your youth worker or the Rev. Amy Haynie for more information and to register.  

Youth Worker Volunteer for Happening

At our diocesan convention last November, there was a great amount of energy toward re-starting our own Happening in the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth. The Episcopal Diocese of Western Missouri has generously invited two of our youth workers to attend their Happening in March. If you are an adult youth worker with an interest in Happening, and you have completed Safe Church Training and a background check, please consider going to Springfield, MO March 7-9.  Please contact the Rev. Amy…

Youth presence at presiding bishop’s visit

The the Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, presiding bishop of The Episcopal Church, will visit the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth on February 8, 2014. She would like to meet face-to-face with the youth of the diocese to discuss Reimagining the Episcopal Church.  This should be an interesting discussion for all involved, especially if everyone ponders the questions before the meeting. Jefferts Schori would also like for the readers, acolytes and chalice bearers to be youth.  We are creating as many acolyte…

Volunteers Needed for Reimagining Our Church

Volunteers are needed for several tasks at the Reimagining Our Church event, Saturday, February 8, at University Christian Church. Interested people can volunteer as ushers for the 3 pm Eucharist in the sanctuary at UCC; to help guide people to the correct parking lots and then to the nearest entrance; and to be guides inside the building to help participants find the sign-in station and the various rooms that will be used during the day. Parking lot attendants and guides…

Our Faith, Our Practice, Our Action

A sermon preached by the Reverend Canon Courtland M. Moore at the Church of the Transfiguration, Dallas, Texas, on the 4th Sunday in Advent, 2013, being the 60th Anniversary of his ordination to the Priesthood. First, a word of thanks to Fr. Fred Barber and the wardens of the Church of the Transfiguration for allowing me to celebrate the eucharist and preach on this day, which is the anniversary of my ordination to the priesthood 60 years ago this morning.…

Save the Dates! Diocesan leaders to work with Peter Steinke

Leaders throughout the diocese will have the opportunity to interact with Peter L. Steinke, Lutheran pastor and Alban Institute consultant whose books have made systems thinking accessible to congregations and provided their leaders with tools to shape vital, healthy communities of faith.

Partner with TACC for outreach impact

Tarrant Area Community of Churches (TACC) offers two opportunities in January for community-wide outreach impact. Every day from January 18 to February 8, TACC will provide 300 sack lunches for day laborers working the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo. And on January 20 TACC will orchestrate hundreds of volunteers’ efforts in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.

Still time to register for Hispanic ministry workshop

Register now to attend the Jan. 11 workshop on Hispanic ministry, led by the Rev. Dr. Luis Bernard, 10am to 12:30pm at St. Luke’s in the Meadow (4301 Meadowbrook Dr., Fort Worth 7103). Bishop Rayford High, Jr. has asked that each congregation in the diocese send representatives to the workshop.

Congregations undertake “Reimagining”

Commemorating the fifth anniversary of the diocese’s re-organization, and in conjunction with a process taking place across The Episcopal Church (TEC), congregations throughout the Diocese of Fort Worth will re-imagine what “being church” means. That work will be shared February 8 with people from throughout the diocese, as well as with Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori and House of Deputies President Gay Jennings.

Diocesan Office Closures

The diocesan offices will close at noon on Tuesday, December 31 and will remain closed on Wednesday, January 1, in celebration of New Year’s Day.

Questions for Reimagining Our Church

On Saturday morning, February 8, 2014, participants at Reimagining Our Church will share their reflections on four interview questions prepared by the Task Force to Reimagine The Episcopal Church (TREC). Teens and young adults are especially invited to participate. In preparation for this, Bishop Rayford High has asked that people go to the link, download the Engagement Kit, and reflect as a group on the four questions in the Interview section. This can be at an adult forum at a parish,…

Concert at St. Elisabeth Cancelled

The flu has struck some members of the Christ the King choir and caused the cancellation of tonight’s Christmas Concert, which was scheduled for 7:30 pm at St. Elisabeth Episcopal Church, 5910 Black Oak Lane, Fort Worth, 76114. The concert will be rescheduled.

An invitation to celebrate the continuing, 60-year ministry of the Rev. Courtland Moore

The Rt. Rev. Rayford B. High, Jr., Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth, invites us to celebrate the ongoing ministry of the Rev. Courtland Moore: Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Our friend and colleague in ministry Courtland Moore is about to mark a truly momentous day. On Dec. 21, 2013, Court will have served his Lord as an ordained Episcopal priest for 60 years! As you all know, he has played a major role in many of the key developments…