News (Page 18)

News (Page 18)

Texas Supreme Court to review Court of Appeals opinion

On Friday, August 30, 2019, the Texas Supreme Court agreed to hear oral argument on both (1) the breakaway parties’ petition for review the Fort Worth Court of Appeals April 2018 opinion in favor of the loyal Episcopalians of the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth as well as (2) our conditional cross-petition for review. The conditional cross-petition asserted additional reasons why we should prevail in this litigation. The oral argument will be held at 9 am December 5, 2019. The time allotted to…

Correction on Sewanee Trustee nomination for Convention

In the list of offices up for election at Diocesan Convention November 8 and 9 at the Decatur Civic Center in Decatur, the listing for Trustee of Sewanee, University of the South, was incorrect. The position that will be filled is for a lay Trustee, not a clergy member. The deadline for nomination is Monday, September 9. See more information. Detailed information on Diocesan Convention

Good Shepherd to celebrate new space

The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd in Granbury will consecrate its new space at 4530 Acton Road, Granbury, at 6 pm Saturday, September 28, 2019. The Rt. Rev. Rayford B. High, Jr., will officiate. The Rev. Dr. Suzi Robertson, priest in charge, will preach. A reception will follow. The new space was built and is owned by the Episcopal Community Trust of Granbury. All are welcome. Child care will be provided. Clergy are requested to wear cassock, surplice, and…

Join in the Pride activities

The churches of the Eastern Deanery – St. Albans Theatre Arlington, St. Luke’s in the Meadow, Fort Worth;  St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Keller, and St. Stephen’s, Hurst – are planning to march as a group in the Fort Worth Pride Parade and have a booth at the Pride Festival Saturday, October 5, 2019. See a map of the parade route and festival location The Parade begins at 11 a.m. All are invited to march. Participants can buy a custom designed Deanery Pride…

Nominations open for Founded on Faith Awards

Tarrant Churches Together’s annual Founded on Faith Luncheon will be at 11:30 am, Monday, November 14, 2019, at the All Church Home Child & Family Service at the Jo Holt Hickman Center, 3712 Wichita Street, Fort Worth, TX, 76119. One of the awards is named for the Rev. Gayland Pool, a priest of this diocese who served as executive director of Tarrant Churches Together (then Tarrant Area Community of Churches) in the early 1990s, as well as rector of several…

Standing on Holy Ground

Corrie Cabes, a student at the Seminary of the Southwest, Austin, and candidate for Holy Orders from St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Keller, took part in the Jonathan Daniels and the Martyrs of Alabama Pilgrimage on August 10, 2019, in Hayneville, AL. This is her reflection on that experience. It is accompanied by videos and photos by Dan Joslyn-Siemiatkoski. ——————– Standing on Holy Ground Many of you know that last year I participated in an Evensong service at Seminary of the Southwest to…

Prayers requested for Bishop Wallis Ohl

Bishop C. Wallis Ohl, who served our diocese as provisional bishop from 2009 to 2012, is in the Intensive Care Unit at a hospital in Oklahoma City, OK.  Bishop Scott Mayer got the news Sunday afternoon from the Ohl’s daughter. Bishop Mayer requests prayers for Bishop Ohl and his medical care team, and for his wife Sheila and their children and grandchildren as they stand vigil. Cards can be send to the Ohl’s home, 3205 Skye Ridge Drive, Norman, OK,…

Do you have a resolution for the 2019 Diocesan Convention?

Do you have a resolution to propose to this year’s Diocesan Convention?  Convention is November 8 and 9 at the Decatur Civic Center. Detailed information about Diocesan Convention. VIEW GUIDELINES for resolutions The canonical deadine to submit a resolution is Monday, September 9, 2019. Once the Resolutions Committee and the Constitution and Canons Committee review proposed resolutions and have a chance to communicate with the proposer about any questions or changes, the proposed resolutions will be linked below. The following…

Becoming Beloved Community grant application process opens

The Presiding Officers’ Advisory Group on Beloved Community Implementation has made available funds to catalyze the church’s work of racial healing, reconciliation and justice. “The funds have been allocated by General Convention in order to build capacity and increase Episcopal engagement in four primary fields: telling the truth about our churches and race, proclaiming the dream of Beloved Community, practicing Jesus’ way of healing and reconciliation, and repairing the breach in institutions and society,” according to the Episcopal Church website.…

St. Christopher Daughters of the King host rosary workshop

The Daughters of the King of St. Christopher Episcopal Church invite all to join them for a rosary workshop guided by Nick Buskin on Saturday, August 24, from 9 am-12 pm with a rosary service to follow. Brunch will be served. Busken will guide participants through making an Anglican rosary. He will supply the materials and tools. Each participant will make a rosary to take home. Read more about rosaries. For more information and reservations, contact Donna Clopton,  817-771-5814.

Does a recent change in gun laws affect churches? Yes, and no.

Lawmakers passed many laws related to guns in the last legislative session, but only one,  Senate Bill 535, directly mentioned or affects churches. Gov. Greg Abbott recently signed it into law. While it removes places of worship from the list of sites where carrying weapons is prohibited, it does not restrict the rights of churches to prohibit licensed Texans from carrying on their premises. A church that chooses may still post signs to prohibit weapons on their premises. This is…

Are you called to a leadership role in the diocese?

NOTE: UPDATED with corrected information on Trustee for Sewanee, University of the South. Convention will elect a lay member, not a clergy member. ———— The 2019 Diocesan Convention will be November 8 and 9 at the Decatur Civic Center in Decatur. Convention delegates will be voting to fill several important leadership roles in the diocese. Please spend some time in prayer and discernment about whether you are called to such a role. If so, please nominate yourself. If you nominate…

An invitation to participate in Healing Day National Bell Ringing

Presiding Bishop Michael Curry and Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia Bishop James B. Magness invite Episcopal churches to take part in a national action to remember and honor the first enslaved Africans who landed in English North America in 1619 by tolling their bells on Sunday, August 25, 2019 at 3:00 pm ET, 2 pm CDT. Watch Presiding Bishop Curry’s video message here. “The National Park Service is commissioning, and asking, churches and people from around this country to commemorate and…

Clergy and lay leaders invited to advocacy intensive at border

Texas Impact, part of the Texas Interfaith Center for Public Policy, is inviting clergy and lay leaders to a special edition of their popular “Courts & Ports” program. It is a special opportunity for Texas religious leaders to dive deep into immigration and border policy. The event will feature expanded policy presentations and message training, specifically designed to prepare clergy and religious leaders, ordained and lay, to talk to policymakers and media, and also to prepare them to preach to…

The Very Rev. Ron Pogue to be interim rector at St. Martin’s, Keller

Senior Warden Keen Haynes and the vestry of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Keller, have announced that they have called the Very Reverend Ronald D. Pogue to be the interim rector. The former rector, The Rev. Scot McComas, left to accept a call to the Church of the Nativity in Scottsdale, AZ. “We invite you to meet Father Pogue and his wife, Gay on Sunday, September 1, 2019. He will celebrate and preach at each of our services the following weekend, September 7-8,…