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Executive Council meets for first time in 2015
The Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth met on Saturday, January 31, 2015, at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Hurst. Among other business, the council heard about the Rt. Rev. Rayford B. High’s plans for town hall meetings in each deanery, heard updates on the Funding for the Future campaign and proposed revisions to the diocesan canons, acted on revisions to the 2014 and 2015 budgets, and organized into committees. See more photos of the meeting in the diocesan Flickr…
Executive Council committees organize for 2015
Bishop Rayford B. High, Jr. announced members of the four committees of Executive Council at the January 31 meeting of council. (This list was updated 3/19/2015) Read a report of the meeting here. Congregational Development Committee This committee serves as the Executive Council’s link with programs and services for the missionary work in the diocese and development of congregations, which may include: church plants; overseeing missions and assisting congregations moving from mission to parish status; and leadership development and stewardship…
Parish assessments supported diocesan vision in 2014
The assessments that congregations pay to the diocese are the basis for the diocesan budget. At the January 31, 2015, meeting of the Executive Council, Diocesan Treasurer Bob Hicks reported many of the ways the diocesan vision was supported by diocesan dollars in 2014: Paid the full Asking of The Episcopal Church and Province VII Assessment for the 6th year in a row. Continued our growth towards a charitable tithe with donations to: Episcopal Relief and Development Sewanee, Seminary of…
Assessment Task Force reports to Executive Council
Mr. John Banks, All Saints’, Fort Worth, chair of the Diocesan Assessment Task Force, reported on the work of the task force at the January, 2015, meeting of the Executive Council. Read a report of that meeting here. The task force was established by Resolution FC1, Establishment of an Assessment Task Force at the 2014 Diocesan Convention.It met for the first time on Saturday, January 17, 2015, to organize itself and begin work. Members of the task force are Chair, Mr. Banks Mr.…
Campaign Committee reports to Executive Council
Floyd McKneely, chair of the Funding for the Future Campaign Committee, reported on the work on the committee at the Executive Council’s first meeting of 2015. Read about that meeting here. McKneely said that the campaign team conducted interviews and a focus group in each of the five deaneries. The interviews with individuals covered basically the same information as the online survey.The focus group survey was exactly the same as the online survey.The focus groups’ answers are collected separately so…
Constitution and Canons Committee Reports to Executive Council
Mr. George Komechak, chair of the Constitution and Canons Committee reported on the work of the committee at the Executive Council’s first meeting of 2015. Read a report of that meeting He said that in response to the new Canon 42, Committee on Constitution and Canons, describing the organization and function of the committee that was passed at the 2014 Convention, committee appointments have now been made by Bishop Rayford B.High, Jr. The members and their term completions at end…
Convention Evaluation Summary presented to Executive Council
Ministry Support and Communications Officer Tracie Middleton presented a summary of the evaluations filled out by those attending diocesan convention at the Jack Daniel’s Club at Globe Life Ballpark in Arlington to the January 2015 Executive Council meeting. Read a report of that meeting here. To download a pdf or ppt of the slideshow above, click on the gear icon in the viewer control bar. The slide show will play automatically; click the pause button at the bottom left of the…
Chaplains to retired clergy expanding ministry
Last year the Rev. Susan Slaughter, retired rector of St. Luke’s in the Meadow, Fort Worth; and the Rev. Courtland Moore, retired canon to the ordinary, and long time priest of the diocese, were asked by Bishop Rayford B. High, Jr., to serve as chaplains to the retired clergy of the diocese. The Rev. Jim Horton and his wife, Anne, stepped down from that role last year. Since then, Slaughter and Moore have worked to update the list of retired…
Experience Solemn Evensong at All Saints’, Fort Worth
Experience Solemn Evensong at 6 pm Sunday, March 1, at All Saints’ Episcopal Church, 5001 Crestline Road, Fort Worth, 76107. Music will include Plainsong Magnificat and Nunc dimittis, as well as Psalm 8 sung by the All Saints’ Choir directed by Organist and Choirmaster Frederick Grime, and the congregation.The choir will sing “How lovely is thy dwelling-place” from the Requiem of Johannes Brahms, and Ave verum corpus by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Admission is free.
Executive Council to meet January 31
The Executive Council of the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth will meet from 10 am-2 pm Saturday, January 31, 2015, at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 463 West Harwood Road, Hurst, Texas, 76054. Agenda Executive Council 20150131 This is the first meeting in 2015 of the Executive Council. The Executive Council is established by canon and is to “carry out the program and policies adopted by the Diocesan Convention. Except as may be provided for by the Diocesan Convention, by the…
Episcopal Parties file Response to Defendants’ Motion for Partial Summary Judgment
On Monday, December 22, 2014, Plaintiffs The Episcopal Church and the Local Episcopal Parties and Congregations filed their Response to the breakaway Defendants’ motion for partial summary judgment in the 141st Civil District Court of Tarrant County, the Honorable Judge John P. Chupp presiding. Read the Response to Defendants’ Second Motion for Partial Summary Judgment – PDF The Rt. Rev. Rayford B. High, Jr., bishop of the diocese and one of the named plaintiffs in the case, expressed his confidence that…
Cursillo #3 rescheduled for January 8-11, 2015
UPDATE: this post has been updated to indicate that the cost to attend weekend has been waived. It’s free, a gift from the Cursillo community. Cursillo #3 has been rescheduled for January 8-11, 2015 at Glen Lake Camp and Retreat Center in Glen Rose. Marti Fagley will be the lay rector. Cursillo is… an opportunity to grow in faith and in spirituality a deeper understanding of the teachings of Jesus and how we can serve Him. an experience of living and sharing with others in a…
Join us for Christmas worship!
Everyone is invited to join the Episcopalians of the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth as we celebrate the arrival of the Christ Child. Have a blessed and merry Christmas! Arlington St. Alban’s Episcopal Church Holding services at Theatre Arlington 305 W. Main, Arlington Christmas Eve 6:00 pm Service & Festive Reception Fort Worth All Saints Episcopal Church 5001 Crestline Road Fort Worth, 76107 Christmas Eve 3:30 pm Choral Eucharist Rite II A service for families with children (No nursery available) 6:00 pm…
Bishop High visits St. Mary’s, Hillsboro
Bishop Rayford B. High, Jr., visited St. Mary’s, Hillsboro, on Sunday, December 21, 2014, where he celebrated and preached. There was a luncheon afterward at the home of David and Roberta Skelton. See more photos at the diocesan Flickr gallery. Watch of video of the bishop’s sermon, “Nothing is impossible with God.”
Episcopalian joins other scholars to review Texas textbooks
In early 2014 David Brockman, Ph.D, parishioner at St. Luke’s in the Meadow, Fort Worth, was asked by the nonprofit watchdog group Texas Freedom Network (TFN) to join ten other scholars in an independent review of the social studies textbooks up for adoption by the State of Texas. The Network was “troubled by the exclusion of credentialed scholars from the official textbook review panels and my job was to evaluate the coverage of religions in world geography and world history textbooks,” Brockman…
St. Christopher, Fort Worth, gets a Cheer
The Op-Ed Page of the Wednesday, December 17, 2014, Fort Worth Star-Telegram featured a Cheer for St. Christopher, Fort Worth. The text says: Cheers: To St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church. I was invited by a close friend to share in their Thanksgiving celebration. Giving, caring, friendly and an open door to all is the true spirit of St. Christopher’s. The congregation exemplifies the true meaning of a church family with its diversity in ages, cultures and race.” The Cheer was from Elsie…