Posts by Steve Grenzow (Page 52)

Posts by Steve Grenzow (Page 52)

Constitution 2013

This version of the Constitution of the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth was approved November 3, 2012 by vote of the Annual Convention of the Diocese and remained in effect until it was replaced by a new version on Nov. 15, 2015. Click here to download the 2013 Constitution of the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth (effective 11/3/12 – 11/15/2015)

Canons 2013

The Canons of the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth, effective as of November 3, 2012, as approved by vote of the Annual Convention of the Diocese. Click here to download the Canons of the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth.

Rules of Procedure approved by 2012 Diocesan Convention

The Rules of Procedure of the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth, effective as of November 2, 2012, as approved by vote of the Annual Convention of the Diocese. Click here to download the Rules of Procedure for the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth. Note: The document originally posted in December 2012 was modified to add subparagraph numbers in paragraph 13 and to correct errors in the document title.  A subsequent revision corrected the year that the rules were effective.

ERD seeking donations in wake of Hurricane Sandy

An email from Rob Radke, President of Episcopal Relief and Development (ERD) As we awaken to darkened homes and severe damage, an unprecedented storm has pummeled the entire mid-Atlantic region. Hurricane Sandy swept through the Caribbean on October 25 before continuing up the East Coast and making landfall in central New Jersey on October 29. The storm has caused record flooding in some areas and left an estimated 6 million people on the Eastern Seaboard without power. Urgently – without…

Outreach at St. Christopher Fort Worth

In one week, the St. Christopher Mission, Outreach & Evangelism raised enough donations to purchase 66 new coats, one for each child currently residing at the Presbyterian Night Shelter. Each coat was purchased for a specific child, with sizes ranging from 3 months to medium women’s. Now that the coats have been delivered to the children, the next project is providing sturdy shoes before Christmas. For years, Jackie Meeks and Sharon Whitfield of St. Simon of Cyrene have taken a…

Fall Lecture Series- Anglicanism: a Living Tradition

The Fall Lecture series on Anglicanism: a Living Tradition, sponsored by the Christian Education Committee of the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth, ended on Saturday, October 27, with a lecture entitled Where Do We Meet Christ (view video). All three lectures were presented by David Brockman, Ph.D. and Eleanor Brockman. Part one of the series entitled How God Speaks to Us, was presented on October 13 (view video); Part two, entitled How We Understand Truth, was presented October 20 (view video).

A Dog’s Tale

This story is from the Joyful, the newsletter of All Saints, Wichita Falls, which meets at the Arc. The Joyful is produced by Owanah Anderson, who assisted the author in telling his story, since he can’t type. More issues of the Joyful can be read on All Saints’ website. My name is Boy. I’m a dog. A boy dog—a handsome black lab boy dog, to be ex­act. There are town dogs and there are country dogs and I am a country…

Cynthia Ruiz-Riequer ordained to the diaconate

In a service full of joy, Cindy Ruiz was ordained as a deacon Tuesday evening, October 23, at St Elisabeth’s Episcopal Church in Fort Worth (River Oaks). Bishop Sam Hulsey and Bishop Wallis Ohl laid hands on her, praying, “Father, through Jesus Christ your Son, give your Holy Spirit to Cynthia; fill her with grace and power, and make her a deacon in your Church. Make her, O Lord, modest and humble, strong and constant, to observe the discipline of…

Quilt to be raffled at diocesan convention

HO HA HE, LE MITA COLA (Welcome, my friends) This beautiful quilt from the Diocese of South Dakota is going to be raffled at the 30th Diocesean Convention to be held in Stephenville, Tx., Nov 2 and 3. The money raised will be used for the Native American Youth Ministry in South Dakota on the reservations. In the last 2 years Father Rob Swarz has worked tirelessly on the Standing Rock Reservation that is situated in both South and North Dakota.…

Diocesan Convention updates and reminders

Excitement is building as diocesan convention approaches. A new provisional bishop will be elected and seated, farewells will be said to Bishop Wallis Ohl, a deacon will be ordained, the reorganization of the diocese will continue with canonical changes, a gorgeous quilt will be raffled off, and laypeople and clergy will be elected to various governing bodies of the diocese. And everyone will have a chance to tell their part of the story of our recent reorganization to the diocesan…

KERA’s Daytripper program includes info on Stephenville

If you were busy last Saturday and couldn’t watch the Daytripper video on KERA and learn more about Stephenville, host city of our diocesan convention November 2-3, watch it now! This Daytripper episode explores some fun parts of Erath County; the Stephenville portion begins at 7:45 min into the video.   Watch Stephenville, TX on PBS. See more from The Daytripper.

Jordan Haynie to be ordained to diaconate

Jordan Haynie will be ordained to the transitional diaconate at 7 p.m. on Friday, December 21, 2012, St. Martin-in-the-Fields Episcopal Church, 223 S. Pearson Lane, Keller, Texas, 76248. She is a native Texan who joined the Diocese of Fort Worth at St. Martin-in-the-Fields in the spring of 2009. A 2007 graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer, she has spent the past three years studying at Berkeley Divinity School at Yale, and hopes…

Update on Oral Arguments Before the Texas Supreme Court

On October 16, 2012 the Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments in our diocesan case involving a faction of former leaders who broke ties with The Episcopal Church but continue to hold themselves out as leaders of the Episcopal Diocese with access to its historic property. Immediately following those arguments, the Court heard arguments in the Masterson case involving a similar breakaway faction from Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, San Angelo. Thomas S. Leatherbury, a partner of Vinson & Elkins, LLP,…