Invite-Welcome-Connect Conference on Sept. 24
[To clergy and church offices, from Bishop David Reed] Grace to you, and peace, in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ! I am writing to encourage your participation in the upcoming Invite-Welcome-Connect Conference, scheduled for Saturday, September 24, at St. Luke’s in San Antonio. For maximum benefit, bring a group from your church.
Oettinger to receive Cook Award in Servant Leadership
Seminary of the Southwest in Austin will present the Charles Cook Servant Leadership Award to Jill Oettinger, CEO of Good Samaritan Community Services in San Antonio, at the Matriculation service of Evensong on Sunday, August 28.
TMI awards new Lillibridge Scholarships
TMI – The Episcopal School of Texas has named Molly Dauer and Maria Kyle recipients of the school’s first Lillibridge Scholarship awards. The merit scholarship, to be given annually to two new students, provides $5,000 each year for tuition from sixth through eighth grades. Recipients must be rising sixth graders with a record of high academic achievement and participation in extracurricular activities who have demonstrated excellent character.
August Vestry Papers
[ECF Vital Practices, Vestry Papers] As our hearts continue to break with news of continued violence and division, our churches, like the 12 who served Jesus, find when they share all they have with their neighbors in need, there is more than enough. Here are their stories:
Lockhart Library to host Plum Creek Symposium
[Lockhart, Texas] Historic Dr. Eugene Clark Library will host the first Plum Creek Symposium on August 13, 2016. This all-day event (9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.) focuses on early Texas history, presented in lecture, verse, and song. Produced by the library’s critically acclaimed series Evenings with the Songwriter, presenters will include author/historian Donaly Brice and songwriter Fletcher Clark from Lockhart, plus historian/musicologist Kevin Fontenot and songwriter Craig Toungate from Austin. Five different programs will be presented.
Help Good Sam Pack Backpacks
After another successful summer of Camp Good Sam, it is time for Good Samaritan Community Services to focus on the upcoming school year. You can help send more than 350 Good Sam kids back to school with all of the supplies they need for a successful year.
Rest in peace: Bishop Earl McArthur
The Rt. Rev. Earl McArthur passed into his joy-filled eternal rest on Sunday, July 17. He was 91 years old and had been living in Wimberley for many years. Bishop McArthur served as the third Bishop Suffragan in the Diocese of West Texas.
Ringing church bells in remembrance
[DeWitt County Today - The Cuero Record] Dear Editor, Grace Episcopal Church (Cuero) will be ringing its steeple bell 49 times on Wednesdays at 1:00 p.m. -- one toll in remembrance of each person killed in the Orlando shootings on June 12, which to date is still the largest shooting in modern American history. As we toll the bells, we will hold in prayer not only those killed in Orlando, but those killed, injured, and bereaved in San Bernardino, Aurora, Newtown, Dallas, Baton Rouge and countless other communities across our nation.
TMI parents provide summer care for school flock
Volunteers from the TMI Family Association are helping to take care of the school garden and chickens while students are on summer vacation at TMI – The Episcopal School of Texas.
Fall study on the Parables of Luke
Proclaiming the Kingdom: the Parables in Luke
A study for Fall 2016
From the diocesan Adult Christian Formation program
