Posts from July 2019
The Very Rev. Ron Pogue to be interim rector at St. Martin’s, Keller
Senior Warden Keen Haynes and the vestry of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Keller, have announced that they have called the Very Reverend Ronald D. Pogue to be the interim rector. The former rector, The Rev. Scot McComas, left to accept a call to the Church of the Nativity in Scottsdale, AZ. “We invite you to meet Father Pogue and his wife, Gay on Sunday, September 1, 2019. He will celebrate and preach at each of our services the following weekend, September 7-8,…
The Rev. Dr. Wil Gafney honored by Union of Black Episcopalians
The Rev. Dr. Wil Gafney, professor of Hebrew Bible at Brite Divinity School, was awarded the Anna Julia Haywood Cooper Honor Award on July 25, 2019, from the Union of Black Episcopalians for her scholarship at the organization’s recent meeting in Los Angeles. Gafney is the author of Womanist Midrash: A Reintroduction to the Women of the Torah and the Throne. She is the author of Daughters of Miriam: Women Prophets in Ancient Israel and co-editor of The Peoples’ Bible and The Peoples’ Companion to the…
4Saints Episcopal Food Pantry looking for new director
If you are looking for a volunteer opportunity that meets a real need while being personally fulfilling, 4Saints Episcopal Food Pantry is looking for a new director. The position is as a volunteer with this busy food pantry serving East Fort Worth every week on Fridays with plans to add another day of distribution weekly. The position requires estimated 15 to 20 hours weekly. Applicants should have a strong personality with a loving heart able to join the team of coordinators…
Lunch, dessert and bingo!
Everyone is welcome to the Salad Luncheon and Bingo Fun-Raiser on Sunday, July 28, 2019, at St. Luke’s in the Meadow, Fort Worth. And no, that’s not a typo — it’s a fun-raiser to help raise funds to fix a drainage issue that’s causing recurring flooding. People are welcome to join in worship at 10 am. Lunch with hearty salads, dessert, and drinks is at 11:15, with bingo starting at 11:45. There will be ten games of bingo, with prizes.…
Taize music and meditation at St. Christopher July 28
St. Christopher, Fort Worth, will have a Taize service of music and meditation at 6 pm Sunday, July 28. “By sending the Holy Spirit, and through his presence in the church, the Son, in unity with the Father, actualizes the power of his passion and resurrection in every Christian. The promise of the triune God, engraved in our hearts by baptism, assures us, in our journey through life, and the faithful presence of Christ until the end of time.” –…
Join the Lights for Liberty vigil Friday night July 12 in Arlington
The congregation of St. Alban’s Theatre Arlington is inviting everyone to join them for a silent vigil in support of the many people, especially children, who are legally trying to enter this country but who are being kept in confinement in detention centers. People will meet near the DREAM sculpture at the southwest corner of the intersection of Abram and Pecan streets in Arlington at 8:00 pm on Friday, July 12, 2019. The vigil will last less than 30 minutes.…
Bishop Mayer interviewed on KRLD 1080 AM about joint statement on detention centers
Mitch Carr of KRLD AM radio interviewed Bishop Scott Mayer about the joint statement by all bishops in all six Episcopal dioceses in Texas. Listen to the interview. Read the statement.
Texas bishops’ statement decrying conditions at border detention camps
July 8, 2019 To our state and national leaders, We are bishops of the six Episcopal dioceses in Texas. All but 700 miles of the almost 2,000 miles of the US-Mexico border are in Texas. All of Texas feels the impact of anything that happens on our southern border. We feel it through our families, many of whom have ancient deep roots in lands south of the United States. We feel it in our economy, as Mexico is Texas’ biggest…
All Texas bishops decry conditions in border detention centers
Bishops in all six Episcopal dioceses in the state of Texas have joined in issuing a statement calling on state and national leaders to swiftly address the inhumane conditions in the detention centers at the border. Read the statement in Spanish. Listen to an interview with Bishop Scott Mayer. The bishops’ statement To our state and national leaders, We are bishops of the six Episcopal dioceses in Texas. All but 700 miles of the almost 2,000 miles of the US-Mexico…
Emiten los obispos de las seis diócesis de Texas una declaración colaborativa lamentando las condiciones inhumanas en las fronteras de nuestro país.
8 de julio 2019 Somos los obispos de las seis diócesis episcopales en Texas. Al menos 700 de las casi 2,000 millas de la frontera entre U.S. y México se encuentran en Texas. Todo Texas siente el impacto de todo lo que sucede en nuestra frontera sur. Lo sentimos a través de nuestras familias, muchas de las cuales tienen raíces antiguas profundas en las tierras del sur de los Estados Unidos. Lo sentimos en nuestra economía, ya que México es…