People (Page 2)
Barbara Evans-Chowning
All Saint’s Episcopal Fort Worth Barbara is a current member of the Disciplinary Board. She has served several terms on the Executive Council, is currently serving on the Commission on Ministry, and on the Risk Management Committee. At All Saints’ she is a past member of the vestry and past president of the Women of All Saints. She presently serves as a greeter and usher. Barbara Evans-Chowning has been a member at All Saints’ Episcopal in Fort Worth since the…
Andrew Wright
Originally from Northwest Texas and native to the Episcopal Church, Andrew Wright also spent some prior history in Fort Worth, attending TCU for college, participating in Trinity, St. Christopher’s, and St. Anne’s during those years. Wright returned to Fort Worth in 2013, serving initially as Associate Rector at Trinity, working with Children, Youth, Young Adults, and Families, and now serves as Interim Rector of Trinity. Wright earned a Th.D. in Liturgical Theology in 2012 and has taught as an adjunct…
Social Media & Communications
Susan Kleinwechter
Susan Kleinwechter was an independent contractor in communications for The Episcopal Church in North Texas until she and her family moved in 2020. She served on the diocesan communications staff as Social Media Coordinator. She was the communications Director at St. Martin-in-the-Fields Episcopal Church and a photographer at Lasting Memory Photography. She holds a BS in Computer Science, and is an instigator and technology advocate.
Treasurer
David Lowder
I was born an Episcopalian in Hollywood, CA and was raised in California. I grew up in the Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin where I was an acolyte and in my senior year of high school was elected deanery president of EYC. High school years were spent at Calaveras High School in San Andreas, CA, a small town 100 miles east of San Francisco. My father and mother owned the local drug store; both were pillars of St. Matthew’s Episcopal…
Canon to the Ordinary
Janet Waggoner
The Rev. Canon Janet Cuff Waggoner was hired by the Rt. Rev. Rayford B. High, Jr., to serve as his Canon to the Ordinary in 2013. When the Rt. Rev. J. Scott Mayer was elected the fourth provisional bishop of the then Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth in 2015, he asked Waggoner to continue in this role. Waggoner is the first woman to serve as Canon to the Ordinary since the founding of the diocese. Waggoner is a native of…
Assisting Bishop
Sam B. Hulsey
Assisting Bishop Sam B. Hulsey has a long and distinguished career in The Episcopal Church, which culminated in his tenure as bishop of the Diocese of Northwest Texas from 1980-1997. Prior to his election to the episcopacy, Bishop Hulsey headed parishes in Corsicana, Pampa and Midland, as well as in Nashville, Tennessee. A Fort Worth native, Bishop Hulsey graduated with a Master of Divinity degree from Virginia Theological Seminary (1958). During his episcopacy, Bishop Hulsey chaired the Planning Committee of…
Assistant Treasurer
Adriana Cline
Adriana Cline is the assistant treasurer in the diocesan office. She began in March 2013. Ms. Cline was born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia. She attended the National University of Colombia, earning a degree in computer science. She worked in the Information Technology field for some years, during which she met her husband, Marc Cline. They lived in Mexico and Louisiana before moving to Fort Worth in 2011. She speaks Spanish and English, and will make use of both her…
Your Name Here
Submitting your bio and photo will allow the diocesan communications team to 1. share the information with delegates to Convention if you are running for an elected position; and/or 2. create – or update – a page about you as a diocesan leader on the diocesan website. Thank you!
David Skelton
David Skelton, M.D., has recently retired from decades in family medical practice in Hillsboro, Texas. Formerly Chief of Staff of Hill Regional Hospital and managing partner of his medical firm, he also has served that community in scouting and youth sports leagues, the Chamber of Commerce, on Historic Preservation boards, and as City Council member and Mayor Pro Tempore of the City of Hillsboro. An active Episcopalian, at St. Mary’s he has served as senior warden, junior warden, auditor, and…
Janet Nocher
The Rev. Janet Nocher was ordained in 1996 and served as Deacon at St. Christopher and at Trinity Episcopal Church. She has served as a hospital chaplain at Baylor All Saints Hospital and is currently Chaplain at the Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation in southwest Fort Worth. Janet served on the Commission on Ministry of our diocese for over ten years. Janet was an alternate deputy to The Episcopal Church’s General Convention in 2009. She is a Stephen Ministry leader who…
Connie Lefler
I am now retired and thoroughly enjoy volunteer work. In the diocese, I am a delegate to Diocesan Convention and have been a delegate or alternate for many years. I am currently a lay member of the Diocesan Disciplinary Board and also served on the Disciplinary Board in the past. I served on the diocesan Constitution and Canons Committee for seven years, and I have served as sub-dean for Fort Worth West Deanery. At All Saints’ Episcopal Church Fort Worth,…
Jane Jolley
In adulthood, I found the Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Northwest Texas at St. Mark’s, Coleman. A mission, sometimes without a priest, but always with Sam Hulsey our bishop and priest who led by example and encouraged lay leadership. I came to Northeast Tarrant County practicing family law, probate, and bankruptcy. Several years were spent conducting 341 meetings and teaching financial management classes for the Chapter 13 bankruptcy trustees in the DFW area. Over the years, I have heard…
Lynn Waltman
The Rev. Lynne Waltman is a transitional deacon serving at All Saints’ Fort Worth. God willing, she will be ordained priest on Holy Cross Day, September 14. Waltman has a Master of Ministry from Nashotah House and completed studies for her Master of Divinity equivalent at Brite Divinity School earlier this year. She has Master’s degrees in Biomedical Communication and Business Administration in addition to her theological studies. She served for almost two years at St. Stephen’s, Hurst, for her…
Suzi Robertson
The Rev. Suzi Robertson is currently priest-in-charge at The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd in Granbury/Acton, and has been an Episcopal priest for 15 years. One of her first introductions to The Episcopal Church was at University of the South at Sewanee. She was invited to participate in the first iteration of EFM, where she describes herself as having been sort of a, “lab rat,” and was trained as one of the first Mentors. She has continued to return…
Bob Gross
The Rev. Robert A “Bob” Gross was ordained a priest on December 6, 2008, in the Episcopal Diocese of the Rio Grande. In the Diocese of the Rio Grande, Fr. Bob was involved as an officer in the Southwest Deanery, as a member of the Diocesan Council, and a local ministerial alliance in El Paso. He also served on the board of the Rio Grande Borderland Ministries. Prior to ordination Gross served as parish administrator at All Saints Episcopal Church, El…
Suzi Reid
One of my favorite prayers is, “And now, Father, send us out to do the work you have given us to do, to love and serve you as faithful witnesses of Christ our Lord…” Having been a member of St. Luke’s in the Meadow since December, 1969, has been a blessing to me and my family. We have been encouraged to “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with…