Leadership News (Page 40)

Leadership News (Page 40)

Registration for convention is open

The 2015 Diocesan Convention is November 13-14 at the Botanic Garden Center. Lay and clergy delegates, non-parochial clergy, guests and vendors can register for convention here. You also can watch a short video about the site and learn other details on that same page. This year, everyone will register online, including all delegates. But congregations will continue to pay for their delegates registration — an option which appears clearly on the registration form: There is a reduced cost if you register prior…

Botanic Garden Center site of 2015 Convention

The 2015 Diocesan Convention will be at the Botanic Garden Center in Fort Worth. on November 13-14. Watch the video above to learn about about the site. Plan to attend. All you need to know about convention is here or will be on this page soon. Come to the opening worship and hear Bishop Mayer preach. There will be workshops and a bishop’s address as well as vendors where you can do some shopping. As Bishop Scott Mayer says in…

Update regarding Supersedeas Order

On August 18, 2015, the Hon. John P. Chupp signed an agreed supersedeas order in the diocesan case pending in the 141st District Court. The terms of the order are HERE. The required cash deposit was timely made by the Episcopal parties on Thursday, August 27. The case proceeds on appeal to the Fort Worth Court of Appeals.

Preaching Planning Workshop on September 17

Our ELCA brothers and sisters in the Northern Texas – Northern Louisiana Mission Area have invited our clergy to attend their fall Preaching Planning Workshop on from  9 am to 4 pm on September 17, 2015, at Christ Evangelical Lutheran Mission Center at Briarwood Retreat Center in Argyle, Texas. The workshop will help pastors get a leg up on Advent and Christmas sermons. The workshop will focus on scripture study and preaching preparation for Advent and Christmas, and will include…

The Rev. Susan Slaughter serving as assisting priest at St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Keller

St. Martin-in-the-Fields Episcopal Church in the Keller/Southlake area welcomes the Rev. Susan Slaughter to its staff as an assisting priest. Slaughter’s ministry will include pastoral care, preaching and celebrating the Holy Eucharist, and some teaching. “As our church is growing and our needs are expanding, we are delighted to welcome Susan as part of our team,” says the Rev. Scot McComas, St. Martin’s rector. Slaughter has come to St. Martin-in-the-Fields after many years of serving as a priest and deacon in our…

Reflections on General Convention emerging

As deputies, bishops, visitors, and others have had time to rest and reflect on their experiences at General Convention, several are writing blogs, editorials, and news articles. We will be sharing some of those as they emerge. Andrew Gerns, rector of Trinity Church in Easton, PA, also works at the blog Episcopal Cafe. His blog is Fun ‘n Games in the Kingdom of God. The Editorial, Where is the generosity in leadership we need? appeared there before being posted on Episcopal Cafe.…

Nominations committee invites nominees for open positions to be filled at 2015 Diocesan Convention

Nominations are now open for five positions that will be filled at the 2015 Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth in Fort Worth, Texas, on November 13 and 14. Diocesan members are invited to read, pray, and discern if they know someone to nominate, or if they are called to offer themselves in nomination, for any of the elected positions described below. Nominations may be made by another person with the candidate’s permission or by the candidate on…

You’re invited to an open forum on Canon revisions at Trinity on July 16

Do you have questions or comments about proposed changes and additions to the canons of the diocese? Come to an open forum at 6:30 pm on Thursday, July 16 in the parish hall of Trinity Episcopal Church. The forum, moderated by the Rev. Courtland Moore, is anticipated to last no longer than two hours. Members of the Constitution and Canons committee will be present to hear your thoughts and answer questions on the canon revision process. People from across the diocese have been sending…

The Episcopal Diocese of Fort Wort welcomes Bishop Scott Mayer… to Facebook

As part of our welcome for our new provisional bishop, the Rt. Rev. Scott Mayer, we’ve created a Facebook page for him. Using Facebook, the people in our diocese can learn more about him, and people in the Diocese of Northwest Texas and around the world can continue to experience the richness of his ministry. Bishop Mayer’s Facebook page will be administered by the communications office of the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth, not regularly by Bishop Mayer himself, though he has some activity…

Go with God, Bishop High. And thanks.

The Rt. Rev. Rayford B. High, Jr., third provisional bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth, retires (again) on June 30, 2015. He was elected in November 2012 at the diocesan convention in Stephenville. As a going-away present, the diocesan staff presented him with a yellow labrador retriever puppy. The puppy has no name as yet, so we are calling him the Episcopuppy. Bishop High plans to fly home from General Convention, go pick up the puppy, and head to his…

Multicultural Alliance invites you to Fort Worth citywide call to prayer June 30

From Tarrant Churches Together, a message from Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price and the Multicultural Alliance: Dear friends, In light of the recent tragedy in Charleston, our city has responded with a unified outpouring of sympathy, compassion, support and prayer. There have been a number of prayer vigils and memorials in churches and in gatherings all over the city. Many of the leaders in our faith community have expressed the need for a citywide call to prayer, and I couldn’t…

The Rev. Tony Hiatt assigned to serve in Wise County

The Rev. Tony Hiatt has been assigned by the Rt. Rev. Rayford B. High, Jr. to serve as priest-in-charge of the Episcopal community forming in Wise County, starting in August. Ellen Whitley, who spearheaded the effort to create an Episcopal presence in Wise County, announced the news to those gathered for Morning Prayer on Sunday, June 28. “Everyone’s eyes got really big,” she said, when she told them they would soon be having the services of a priest every week. “We…

General Convention chooses the next Presiding Bishop Saturday

Tomorrow – Saturday, June 27 – the House of Bishops will meet in a closed session at the Cathedral of St. Mark in Salt Lake City, Utah to elect the next Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church; the House of Deputies then has the decision whether to concur. Follow details on the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth deputation’s blog, on social media under the hashtags #DioFW and #GC78, or through the General Convention Media Hub. There are four nominees: The Rt. Rev. Thomas…

Fort Worth Bishops Issue Joint Statement on Supreme Court Ruling on Marriage Equality

We are gratified at today’s Supreme Court ruling on same sex marriage. This is a decision that effects our civil rights, and we are grateful for it. As we write this, The Episcopal Church is in discernment about what this means for our church life. We are aware of the rich diversity of opinions held on this topic. We are also aware that for many this is not an “issue,” but something that touches directly on their lives and their…

Fort Worth AME churches invite community to march and pray in solidarity

In memory of the nine people killed at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, two African Methodist Episcopal churches in the Fort Worth area have organized a solidarity march and memorial prayer service the evening of Thursday, June 25, 2015. Our bishops, the Rayford High and Scott Mayer, encourage you to act and in the wake of this tragedy and to respond to our neighbors’ invitation to stand together in support. Details…