People (Page 3)

People (Page 3)

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Melinda Jo Ray

Melinda Jo Ray is a retired librarian / educator, who now owns and operates a boutique hotel in Granbury, Texas. As a member of Good Shepherd parish in Granbury since her confirmation 28 years ago, Melinda has worked in a wide variety of ministries at both the parochial and diocesan level. Melinda has served on the vestry of Good Shepherd during 20 of the last 28 years. She has served her parish as an LEM, a Christian Educator, a Confirmation…

Victor Mashburn

Victor Mashburn was baptized and confirmed into the Episcopal Church while a student at North Texas State University, now The University of North Texas. He was active in parish life at Heavenly Rest – Abilene where he was an EYC Director, chalice bearer, lay reader and usher. He continued those ministries at Trinity Episcopal Church in Iowa City, Iowa, and was also elected to the Vestry, served as Junior and Senior Warden, managed a major capital campaign, and chaired a…

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David Madison

The Rev. David Madison is the executive director of the Southwestern Association of Episcopal Schools (SAES). Prior to accepting this position, he served as assistant head of school and head of the upper school at All Saints’ Episcopal School in Fort Worth. Madison graduated from Austin College, earned a law degree from Baylor University, and then attended seminary at Nashotah House in Wisconsin, graduating cum laude with a Master of Divinity degree. He was ordained a priest in September, 2004.…

Aidan Wright

Aidan Wright is a recent graduate from the University of Texas at Arlington, where he served as acting president of Episcopal Campus Ministry. A cradle Episcopalian, born while his father was in seminary at Sewanee, Aidan has been able to see the Episcopal church from many different dioceses in the country, giving him a unique perspective into church affairs. His recent summers have been spent working at All Saints Episcopal Camp, giving him a cutting edge perspective on youth ministry,…

Kathleen Wells

Kathleen Wells has been an active member of Trinity Episcopal church as a former vestry member, chancellor and on the Spiritual Formation Committee. Other Activities: Diocese: Chancellor, 2009-2015; Assistant Chancellor for Litigation, 2015-present; Constitution & Canons Committee, 2009-2015; Constitution & Canons Overhaul Committee, 2012-2015; InReach Committee; counsel of record for diocesan parties in pending litigation with breakaways. Episcopal Church: Steering Committee North Texas Episcopalians, 2007-2009; Fort Worth General Convention Deputy 2009, 2012 (chair), 2015; member, Standing Committee on Constitution &…

Brent Walker

Brent has served on church vestries and at the altar for three separate churches, including Senior Warden, vestry clerk, and treasurer for one. Currently for the Episcopal Church of Wichita Falls, he serves as Acolyte Master, Eucharistic Minister, on the Altar Guild, and coordinates the printing of the bulletins, music selections, readers, and servers for Sunday Eucharist. Both in Dallas and Fort Worth, he has served as delegate to Diocesan Conventions. He has been very involved in the diocese since…
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Cynthia Hill

My family joined the Episcopal Church in 2003, after having spent time in the church while our children attended St. Alban’s Episcopal School and then All Saints’ Episcopal School. For the diocese I have served two terms on the Commission on Ministry, two terms as Sub-Dean of the Fort Worth West Deanery, and one term as a Lay Trustee to the University of the South. At All Saints’ Fort Worth, my home church, I am the Godly Play Coordinator, and…
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Robert “Bob” Hicks

Robert, or Bob, as he prefers, has been an active member of St. Christopher Episcopal Church and the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth for over 18 years. He actively supports the growth in mission and ministry of our congregations and the Diocese, and has a detailed understanding of church governance and financial management. He served as Diocesan Treasurer for five years; Deputy (2012) and Alternate Deputy (2015 & 2018) to General Conventions; Lay Rep on Executive Council; and member on…

Marti Fagley

I am a member of St. Francis of Assisi Episcopal Church, a church without walls, and currently worship at St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church in Fort Worth and Brookdale Assisted Living Center, Weatherford. I have been in the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth since 2002. I have served as Vestry member, Junior Warden, and Senior Warden at St. Francis. I have been a member of the Executive Council and the Standing Committee and am a past president of the Standing Committee.…

Keith Williamson

Keith Williamson has a BA from Austin College, an MD from UT Southwestern, and is a Fellow of the American Board of Family Practice. After serving as Chief Resident, he was in private practice a decade. In 2000, he moved to Midwestern State University as their first full-time physician. He was president of the Southwest College Health Association for three years; he is now the medical director at the university. He serves as volunteer faculty at residencies in Wichita Falls…

Ian Moore

Ian Moore is a member and currently the Sr. Warden at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church in Granbury. He was baptized at St. Cyprian, Church of England in Montreal, Canada. Moore attended Central Michigan University and served in the United States Marine Corps, and his profession is as a real estate agent in Granbury. Over the years, Moore has served in a variety of church roles, including as Jr. Warden of St. Mark’s in Arlington, Sr. Warden and Chair of the Building Fund…

Suzanne Meyers

Suzanne Meyers is a lay leader at St. Luke’s, Stephenville. She is involved in Education for Ministry (EfM) and coordinator of lunches for the Episcopal Campus Ministry at Tarleton State University, a ministry serving about 300 students each week. Meyers is a retired owner of Park Cities Animal Hospital, a member of the Board of Directors of the Stephenville Education Foundation, and of the Mark Francis DVM Board at Texas A&M University. Suzanne is married to Taber, mother to Jake and daughter-in-law Toni,…
Provisional Bishop

J. Scott Mayer

The Rt. Rev. J. Scott Mayer was elected the fourth provisional bishop of the Episcopal Church in North Texas at a Special Meeting of Convention on May 16, 2015, at Trinity Episcopal Church, Fort Worth. He succeeds the Rt. Rev. Rayford B. High, Jr., who resigned effective June 30, 2015. Mayer continues as bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Northwest Texas while also serving as provisional bishop of North Texas. He splits his time between the two dioceses. James Scott…
Communications Director

Katie Sherrod

Katie Sherrod is the director of communications for the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth. She has worked as a journalist in newspapers and television for more than 40 years. In addition to her work with the diocese she is an author, video producer, and a regular commentator on Inside Texas Politics, WFAA, Channel 8, Dallas. She is the editor of and a contributor to Grace & Gumption, Stories of Fort Worth Women published by the Texas Christian University Press [Fall 2007], and of the Grace & Gumption Cookbook, also published by the TCU Press [Fall 2010]. She is the author of Women of the Passion, the story of the passion of Jesus from the viewpoint of the women who followed him. She covered the Lambeth Conference of the Anglican Communion in England for the Episcopal News Service in 1998. At the Lambeth Conference in 2008, she was editor of the daily Lambeth Witness, a publication published jointed by LGBT Advocacy groups from England, Canada, and the United States for the duration of the conference. She produced and directed the award-winning documentary Voices of Witness Africa, which tells the stories of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Anglicans in Africa. This video was shown at the 2008 Lambeth Conference. She has served on several church wide bodies, including the Executive Council of The Episcopal Church. She has served as a deputy to General Convention 2009, 2015, and 2018. She was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, MA. for her advocacy work for women in the church and in society. She was inducted into the Texas Women’s Hall of Fame in 1987 for outstanding contributions in the field of communications, named one of Fort Worth’s Outstanding Women in 1988 and Texas Woman of the Year in 1989.
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Judy Cariker

I am a lifelong member of the Diocese of Fort Worth. Currently I serve as the Director of 4Saints Episcopal Food Pantry, a ministry supported by the Eastern Deanery. I have served on the parish level as a vestry member, as co-chair of the Buildings & Grounds, a leader of Bible Study groups, I taught High School Sunday School and Vacation Bible School, worked with Campus Ministry, Choir, Handbell Choir, Garden Guild, Flower Guild, and as a Bread Baker. On a diocesan…