Parish News

The roots of this particular mission trip are 20+ years deep. The Rev. Jim Liberatore, rector of  St. Andrew’s, Pearland  has been planting seeds and tending relationships with people and institutions in the Pearland community for more than two decades and it paid off this summer for Harvey flood victims. Read more here .

Trinity, Baytown received a $28,000 grant from the Rebuild Texas Fund to provide funds for community preparedness, emergency supplies and the installation of shower and laundry facilities at the church. Read more details here .
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The Diocese of Texas's World Mission Board would to receive information about your mission work via social media. Please post to your own parish or group pages and use the following hashtags:  #WorldMissionEDOT  and #edot . More detailed guidelines are available  here, or by emailing  Christine Havens , communications assistant.
Diocesan News

These cards encourage youth to express their feelings about their faith, beliefs and doubts which will aid youth ministers in their planning future programming. Each EDOT youth minister will receive a set in the mail and are available to download   here.
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The August pew sheet is now available, which may be used anytime this month to mark the anniversary of Hurricane Harvey. Please feel free to print and put into your Sunday order of worship, or include in your church newsletters. If you need this in another format, please contact Contact Carol E. Barnwell , diocesan comunications director. An archive which is available here .
This  hurricane litany,  composed by the Rev. Lacy Largent, is offered as a resource to parishes for use on August 26 in recognition of the anniversary of Hurricane Harvey. Please use as you find helpful to your congregation. Click here f or the Spanish version.
Rosalums is a brand new Camp Allen Alumni community for anyone and everyone who has come in contact with Camp Allen Summer Camp. That’s right, campers, counselors, Sr. Staff, Directors, Arts & Crafts, or designated blobbers, all (ages 22+) are welcome. Rosalums offers the opportunity to reconnect with old friends, meet new ones at social and fundraising events, and most importantly, give back and support the future of Camp Allen. Share and invite camp friends too, and join as the alumni of Camp Allen rally together to do incredible things.  Sign up today at   rosalums.org .
The fourth annual Holy Grill barbecue competition promises to be finger lickin' good as well as help support Episcopal youth develop their leadership skills and do mission work. It will take place Labor Day weekend at St. Luke the Evangelist, Houston and all grill masters are invited to participate, individually or as a church team. Funds raised from the event, sponsored by the Rev. John Dublin Epps Chapter of the Union of Black Episcopalians (Epps UBE) support youth of color in the Diocese of Texas. For more information or to purchase tickets, click here .
One of the world’s premier finger-style guitar players will perform at St. Thomas the Apostle Episcopal Church in Nassau Bay on Saturday, October 20. The event begins at 6:30 p.m. and features a champagne and dessert intermission. This is a ticketed event open to the public, so be sure to purchase your tickets on the website at  www.sttaec.org/guitar tickets are $20 . Dykes played at St. Thomas last year to a very enthusiastic crowd who requested a return engagement.
Join St. Thomas the Apostle, Nassau Bay, on a pilgrimage to Jordan, March 8-17, 2019. Celebrate the Eucharist on Mt. Nebo, renew your baptism in the Jordan River, stroll down archetypal Roman cities, and wonder as we wander through the desert of Wadi Rum. For more information, contact the Rev. Mike Stone or visit here .
In response to Hurricane Harvey, Texas ESC has partnered up with organizations in Galveston County to aid in recovery, rebuilding and reforming community. We believe that there is immense value in learning about what relief, recovery, and coping look like in the wake of natural disaster. To see which service sites are hiring click   here   or contact   Nick Puccio , director of Texas Episcopal Service Corps.
The Episcopal Diocese of Texas is committed to ensuring that its churches, schools and institutions live out our baptismal covenant, providing an environment free from abuse, exploitation and harassment.
Employment
Part-Time Sexton
St. Martin's, Houston

Minister to Youth and Families
St. Thomas the Apostle, Nassau Bay

Part-Time Office Administrator
Good Shepherd, Tomball

Full-Time Youth Minister
St. Richard's, Round Rock

Find full details on these and more employment opportunities here . 
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