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Youth perform Seussical Jr. to Raise Disaster Relief Funds
Anyone, of any age, can make a difference. Many people in our area recently have faced the despair and pain of massive loss due to natural disasters. A group of concerned youth has decided to take action by putting on Seussical Jr. in hopes of raising $10,000 for disaster relief through Episcopal Relief and Development and United Methodist Committee on Relief. Seussical Jr., produced and directed by Benjamin Wright, will be performed August 9, 10, 11, and August 16, 17,…
Kay Nilram joins Diocesan Staff as Office Assistant
Canon to the Ordinary Janet Waggoner has announced that, as of Monday, July 29, Kay Nilram has joined the diocesan staff as office assistant on a short-term, contract basis. She will be working 5 hours per day, 5 days per week. She will answer the phones, welcome visitors, and perform a variety of basic office tasks as requested by other staff. Ms. Nilram is a member of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Keller, where she sings in the choir and is a lector.…
Common Grace Chapel begins ELCA Worship August 18 at St. Luke’s Stephenville
Common Grace Chapel will begin worship each Sunday evening at 5pm starting on August 18, 2013. Common Grace is a new, joint mission endeavor of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Stephenville, Texas, and the Northern Texas – Northern Louisiana Mission Area of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).
Episcopal – Lutheran joint ministry: are we asking the right questions?
By The Rev. Curt Norman When St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Stephenville, Texas, began working the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America to bring ELCA worship to Stephenville, part of the deal was to send me, the rector, to new mission leadership training. I anticipated that I would be the sole Episcopalian at this Baltimore conference of Lutherans, wondering how many times I would sing A Mighty Fortress Is Our God. Yet when I arrived, I was surprised to see about…
Statement from Bishop High in the Wake of the Zimmerman Trial Verdict
As I reflected in the wake of the recent verdict in the trial of George Zimmerman, a deep sadness came over me because one of God’s precious children has been killed and another of God’s precious children has had his life changed forever by his actions. I, like some of you, want to know why this happened, want to find fault, want to place the blame with someone or some institution. I also believe if I continue to have this…
Bishop High at St Alban’s in Arlington on July 7, 2013
The Rt. Rev. Rayford B. High, Jr., visited St. Alban’s Episcopal Church in Arlington on July 7, 2013. St. Alban’s shares the sermon that Bishop High preached.
EDFW Table of Assessments – 2013
EDFW Table of Assessments – 2013
Manual of Business Methods in Church Affairs – 2012
Manual of Business Methods in Church Affairs – 2012 Manual of Business Methods in Church Affairs, with revisions for The Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth The first link above is the latest edition of the document, published by The Episcopal Church in 2012. The second link above is the 2009 version of the document, with changes made (in 2010) to address the particular situation of The Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth.
Annual Canonical & IRS Deadlines – 2013
Annual Canonical and IRS Deadlines – 2013
Tax Guide for Episcopal Ministers – 2013
2013 Tax Guide for Episcopal Ministers – for 2012 Returns from The Church Pension Group This document is a product of The Episcopal Church, not the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth. We are providing it here as a convenience, and will attempt to ensure it is kept up to date. However, the official source for this and other documents from The Episcopal Church is their own website, episcopalchurch.org.
Request for Diocesan Budget Funds – 2014-2016 Trienniel Budget
Request Form for Diocesan Budget Funds – 2014
Jordan Haynie to be ordained to the priesthood
The Rev. Jordan Melissa Haynie Ware will be ordained a priest at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 9, 2013, at All Saints Episcopal Church, 5001 Crestline Road, Fort Worth, TX 76107. The Rt. Rev. Rayford B. High, Jr. will officiate. The Rev. Ware is the Associate for Youth and Young Adults for All Saints, working with youth and young adult programming, fellowship, and pastoral care as well as taking part in the Sunday rota. She was ordained to the transitional diaconate…
Prayer for our Nation
Almighty God, whose wisdom and whose love are over all, accept the prayers we offer for our nation. Give integrity to its citizens and wisdom to those in authority, that harmony and justice may be secured in obedience to your will; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen
Prayer for Independence Day
Lord God Almighty, in whose Name the founders of this country won liberty for themselves and for us, and lit the torch of freedom for nations then unborn: Grant that we and all the people of this land may have grace to maintain our liberties in righteousness and peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen –Collect for Independence Day, The Book of Common Prayer,…
Six congregations opt in to ECBF training
Six Diocese of Fort Worth congregations – St. Alban Arlington; Christ the King, St. Luke’s in the Meadow, and St. Elisabeth in Fort Worth; St. Stephen Hurst; and All Saints Wichita Falls – have completed applications and notified Bishop High that they are committing to the year-long training process with the Episcopal Church Building Fund (ECBF) for “Recasting Church Assets.”
Last chance to register for the TENS conference
Only a few more days to register for the July 11 and 12 webcast of the “Flourishing in Faith” stewardship conference produced by The Episcopal Network for Stewardship (TENS). For $75 per site, “distance” participants can attend opening worship, three plenary sessions with keynoter Clif Christopher, and four workshops being offered at the conference, which is held in Salt Lake City.