Posts from June 2013

Posts from June 2013

Federal Reporting Requirement for Episcopal Churches – 2013

Federal Reporting Requirements for Episcopal Churches – 2013 from The Church Pension Fund 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.

The Parochial Report – Form and Instructions – 2012

The 2012 Report of Episcopal Congregations and Missions According to Canons I.6, I.7, and I.17 (otherwise known as The Parochial Report) from The General Convention of the Episcopal Church 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…
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The Rev. Melanie Wright reflects on “After the Storm”

The Rev. Melanie Barnett Wright, priest in charge at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church worshiping in Theater Arlington, has written an article that is published In the June 2013, issue of Vestry Papers, part of  ECF Vital Practices, an online publication of the Episcopal Church Foundation (ECF), In “After the Storm” Wright reflects on how a local Methodist congregation’s response after a tornado destroyed their building in many ways mirrored the response of St. Alban’s Episcopalians after they had to leave their building in the…

The Unbroken Circle, a fine arts gallery schedules art pickup on Saturday, June 15, 2013

The Unbroken Circle, a fine arts gallery, invites all artists who participated in the gallery to its “Take Down Party.” This come and go event will be from 9am-2pm Saturday, June 15, 2013 at  St. Elisabeth’s Episcopal Church,  5910 Black Oak Lane, Fort Worth, Texas, 76114.  Artists can grab a cup of coffee, grab their art work, and grab information about this continuing project. Please contact <email address removed> to make other arrangements to pickup art.

Schedule for the 2013 Diocesan Convention

The 2013 Diocesan Convention will be held at the Multi-Purpose Events Center (MPEC), 1000 5th Street, Wichita Falls, TX, 76301. The schedule for the convention is: Friday, November 8, 2013 8:00 am — Center opens for exhibitors to set up 10:30 am — Registration & exhibits open Noon — Lunch on your own 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm — Opening session Nominating ballots Possible first ballots 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm — Eucharist Clergy vesting: white stoles Preacher: The Rt. Rev. Robert O’Neill, Bishop of…

Hotel Information for 2013 Diocesan Convention

Several Wichita Falls hotels are offering special rates for attendees to the 2013 Diocesan Convention, held November 8-9, 2013 in Wichita Falls, TX, a two-hour drive northwest of Fort Worth.  The convention venue is: Multi-Purpose Events Center (MPEC) 1000 5th Street, Wichita Falls, TX, 76301 Convention attendees must make their own hotel reservations. Please phone hotels directly and reference “Episcopal Diocese Conference” when booking to receive that hotel’s special rate.  Hotels with special rates are: Homewood Suites by Hilton 940-691-4663 King Studio…

Announcing registration dates and fees for the 2013 Diocesan Convention – UPDATED 9/9

The 2013 Diocesan Convention will be held November 8-9, 2013 in Wichita Falls at the Multi-Purpose Events Center (MPEC), 1000 5th Street, Wichita Falls, TX, 76301. Wichita Falls is a two-hour drive northwest of Fort Worth. At its May 18, 2013 meeting, the executive council adopted a resolution that set October 4, 2013 as the deadline for registration of lay and clerical delegates, alternates, and visitors. After that date, late charges will be incurred. The resolution also stated that “timely registration…
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2013 Diocesan Convention planning well underway

Plans for the 31st Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth are well underway. The convention is November 8-9, 2013, in the Multi-Purpose Events Center (MPEC), 1000 5th Street, Wichita Falls, TX, 76301. Wichita Falls is a two-hour drive northwest of Fort Worth. The Northern Deanery is hosting the 2013 convention. Members of the 2013 Diocesan Convention Planning Committee are Owanah Anderson, Laurie Cruse, Margaret Dvorken, Catherine (Kitty) Gaharan, Jackie Hall, JD Todd, and Marsha van Etten DeChant from…
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Preacher for Diocesan Convention Eucharist on Friday, November 8, 2013

The Rt. Rev. Robert O’Neill, tenth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Colorado, will be the preacher at the Friday afternoon Eucharist of the 2013 Diocesan Convention on November 8, 2013. The convention will be held in Wichita Falls. Bishop O’Neil was educated at Texas Christian University and Berkeley Divinity School at Yale, and ordained to the priesthood in 1982.   He was elected bishop of Colorado in 2003, and consecrated in January, 2004. Bishop O’Neill and Bishop Rayford High both were elected in 2003…

Advancing to General Convention 2015: “Greening and Screening”

Plans are well underway for the Episcopal Church’s General Convention in 2015, with noticeable adaptive changes to reducing the convention’s carbon footprint and to use software and technology to streamline legislative work. Noticeably, laptops, tablets, smartphones, and video monitors will be the primary media of legislative materials. This “convention of screens” will be made possible by a robust Wi-Fi system, which will be available for the first time on the floors of the House of Deputies and the House of Bishops.