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Background Check Request Form
Use this form to request a background check on a volunteer or employee of your congregation, group, or ministry. Background checks are required for all employees and volunteers within the Diocese who work with children, youth, or vulnerable populations; additionally, vestry member, lay leaders, and others who have unsupervised access to funds, facilities, or financial records are required to have a background check.
Adults 25 or older invited to apply for EYE 2020 planning team
The following article is reprinted from the Episcopal News Service – the information is in English and Spanish: [October 9, 2018] Every three years, in accordance with General Convention Resolution #1982-D079, The Episcopal Church convenes an international youth event so “that the energy of the youth of the Episcopal Church can continue to be utilized in active ministry as members of the Body of Christ.” It is our practice to accept applications from across the church to discern a group…
Packing lunches, touching lives
On the second Sunday of every month, teens and parents gather at St. Martin-in-the-Fields Episcopal Church, Keller, to make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and put together a complete lunch (water bottle, sandwich, chips, protein bar, and dessert) for the homeless people being served by the Union Gospel Mission of Tarrant County. Union Gospel Mission’s goal is to end homelessness.The goal of the Episcopal Youth Community (EYC) of St. Martin’s is to make 70-100 sack lunches to help feed them.The first…
Youth & Reimagining Our Church
The youth of the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth will have significant roles in when Episcopal Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori and House of Deputies President Gay Jennings visit the diocese on February 8, 2014. Lunch and conversation All youth in the diocese are invited to have lunch and conversation with Jefferts Schori from 12-1:30 pm. Each youth must register for lunch by Monday, February 3, 2014. This is a unique opportunity to meet the presiding bishop; we would like…
Episcopal Youth Event July 9-13, 2014
The Episcopal Youth Event is a gathering of high school youth every three years. The youth gather for leadership training, energetic worship, and lots of fun.
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,…
Bishop High’s Statement on Boy Scouts of America’s 2013 Decision to Allow Gay Scouts
The Rt. Rev. Rayford B. High, Provisional Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth, supports the Boy Scouts of America‘s May 23, 2013 announcement of an amendment to its membership standards to allow gay youth.
Province VII Youth Summer of Service Event Has Been Cancelled
The Province 7 Youth Summer of Service event scheduled for July 8-13 has been cancelled. The high school youth from the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth who had registered have been notified. Thank you to all who supported this endeavor.
Fort Worth to welcome Provincial Youth Gathering
Please share the word with your high school students that the Province VII Youth Event will be held in Dallas this year, July 8-13! All diocesan youth are especially invited to join with their peers from the rest of Province VII (the Dioceses of Arkansas, Dallas, Kansas, Northwest Texas, Oklahoma, Rio Grande, Texas, West Missouri, West Texas, Western Kansas, and Western Louisiana) in the Summer of Service.