Posts from April 2019

Posts from April 2019

Diocesan leader Donna Michels dies

Donna D. Michels, 96, died Wednesday, April 3, 2019, ending an extraordinary life of significant contributions to her family, her various communities, her church, and this diocese. The Memorial Service will be at noon, Saturday, April 27, at All Saints’ Episcopal Church, 5001 Crestline Road, Ft. Worth, 76107. The Rev. Bill Nix will preach. She will be inurned in the All Saints’ Episcopal Church Columbarium. Memorials can be made to The Donna Michels Scholarship Fund at All Saints’ Episcopal School.…

Bishop Mayer visits St. Martin’s, Keller

Bishop Scott Mayer visited St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Keller, on Sunday, April 7, 2019, for baptisms, confirmations, and receptions. He baptised and confirmed Linda R. McCutcheon, and baptised McAllister Smith Heidenreich, and Kendall Michelle Heidenreich.  He confirmed Sara Kathryn Collier, Matthew Richard Goodner, Linda R. McCutcheon,  Justin Scott Johnson, Jordan Janea Taylor, and Jon Edison Steffens. He received Mary Elizabeth Soland, James Martin McManic, Michelle Marie Lane, and Jeanne Marie Dorn. He visited with the children about the job of a bishop…

Resurrection Decatur launches adult education series

The Episcopal Church of the Resurrection, Decatur, is embarking on the congregation’s first adult education series – a program called Revive. It is a curriculum from Forward Movement to “equip lay leaders to be spiritual leaders.”  Over the next year there will be three sessions, each lasting six weeks, concluding with a retreat. There is no cost to participate. The Revive instructors will be Susy Sportsman, Janet Huff, and Judy Cariker. The initial retreat will be on from 9am to…

Holy Week and Easter Celebrations in the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth

Join us in the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth in the observance of Holy Week and Easter. Holy Week and Easter Services Click the town name to open a list of services at different congregations. If you can’t make it to church . . . The Episcopal Church invites all to virtually join the congregation of St. Paul’s/San Pablo Episcopal Church in Kansas City, Kansas for their Holy Week services. Beginning with the Maundy Thursday Eucharist and Foot Washing service…

Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori visits St. Christopher

Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori visited St. Christopher, Fort Worth, March 20-21, 2019. She celebrated and preached at a Eucharist and spoke at the Lenten Soup Supper on Wednesday, March 20, and met with the diocesan clergy on Thursday, March 21. Bishop Jefferts Schori played a significant role in the continuation of this diocese following the departure of a former bishop, many clergy, and several lay leaders from The Episcopal Church.  She called a Special Meeting of the Convention at which…