Posts from June 2019

Posts from June 2019

Apply for mission and outreach grants in 2019

If you have an idea for making a positive impact in your community with the church’s help, or there is a project your church would like to develop that could use a little extra funding, you need to apply now for mission and outreach grants. The Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth, through its Mission and Outreach Committee, will be awarding grants to programs that assist those who are underserved in our communities, strongly involve personal participation by our congregations, and…

Summer Salad Suppers and VBS at St. Christopher, Fort Worth

“…If you cannot preach like Peter, if you cannot pray like Paul, then tell the love of Jesus who died to save us all….” The Balm of Gilead St. Christopher Episcopal Church, Fort Worth, invites all to Summer Salad Suppers and Vacation Bible School on four Wednesdays in July, beginning  July 10. The evening starts with Eucharist in St. Simon’s Chapel at 6:15 p.m. followed by a dinner of salads and desserts in the Parish Hall. The program will be…

Enjoy a journey through French airspace at All Saints’, Fort Worth

Many brilliant organists have performed at All Saints’ Episcopal Church, Fort Worth, but the next recitalist is a musical multi-tasker on a truly global scale. Paul Griffiths is the British organ sensation with an interesting day job. He is chief executive officer of Dubai Airports. On Friday, June 14th at 7:30 pm, Griffiths will present a program with a decidedly French air featuring composers Debussy, Duruflé and Saint-Saëns. Admission is free, and a reception for everyone will follow the concert. Five…

Scot McComas called as rector in Scottsdale, Arizona

The Rev. Scot McComas, rector of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Keller, has accepted a call to be rector of The Episcopal Church of the Nativity in Scottsdale, Arizona. He will begin there in mid-August. McComas was installed as the third rector of St. Martin on May 30, 2015, by Bishop Rayford B. High Jr. His last Sunday there will be July 14, 2019. There will be a farewell reception after the 10:30 am service in the large parish hall. McComas has spent…

The Rev. Canon Lucinda Ashby elected bishop in El Camino Real

The Rev. Canon Lucinda Ashby, Canon to the Ordinary in the Diocese of Idaho, has been elected the fourth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of El Camino Real. The Rev. Canon Janet Waggoner was a candidate in that election. In the wake of the election, she wrote a letter to the people of El Camino Real. Dear Friends in the Diocese of El Camino Real , Today, you gathered, the Spirit moved among you, and you elected Canon Lucinda Ashby…