Eleven churches from across the diocese came together for Missionpalooza 2019. An annual youth mission trip, Missionpalooza continues focusing on disaster relief, serving a second year on Hurricane Harvey recovery work.
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On Sunday, August 25, members of Christ Church Cathedral will come together to fight hunger, aiming to pack 100,000 meals together. Find out how you can participate.
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St. James', Houston, Paying it Forward by Giving Back
Saturday, August 3, St. James’, Houston hosted a free community health fair where the parish offered free school physicals to the first 50 students. This was in conjunction with an all-day health fair for the community-at-large.
The church partnered with the Prairie View A&M University's School of Nursing for this worthwhile event. Organizers and practitioners offered a vast array of screenings. The parish continues to pay it forward by giving back! The event was deemed a success by all involved.
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St. Paul's, Houston, Seeks Volunteers with a Background in Medicine
San Pablo’s/St. Paul’s, Houston, is looking for volunteer physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses and medical assistants to help serve our area’s under served community of elderly, homeless, children and uninsured and under resourced at our new clinic on San Pablo’s campus. The goal is to begin serving patients starting the first week of September. All types of medical supplies are graciously accepted. While some proficiency in the Spanish language will be helpful, the main language needed is the language of compassionate love. For more information and volunteer opportunities, please contact the
Rev. Ed Gomez
at
713.645.5031
office or
713.417.0317
cell.
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Would you like to deepen your faith at home with your family? Faith @ Home offers free lectionary-based readings and reflections every week from Monday-Saturday. Faith @ Home is developed by Forward Movement and Forma. Click
here t
o sign up on their mailing list.
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Hear recitations from the Torah, the Gospels, and the Qu'ran alongside youth presentations on identity and friendship in the Holy Land. The evening includes a middle eastern meal and a chance to get to know teenagers working for peace in their home communities. This event will take place
Thursday, August 8
from 6-7 p.m. at
Palmer Memorial, Houston
. Click
here
to register.
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In an effort to build a directory of diocesan-wide communications staff and volunteers, the EDOT Communications staff is collecting information from each congregation, school, or other diocesan entity. If your church, school, or organization has communications staff, volunteers and/or committees that work toward advancing your parish or entity’s communications efforts, then please complete
this form
. Should you have questions, email
Tammy Lanier
or
Paulette Martin.
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St. Augustine of Hippo, Galveston Celebrates 135th Anniversary
Bishop Doyle and the people of St. Augustine of Hippo invite you to join them for eucharist and a celebration of their 135th anniversary. The event will take place
Sunday, August 18 at 9 a.m. at
1410 Jack Jonhson Blvd in Galveston.
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Called to Transformation invites clergy and lay leaders from across the Episcopal Church to an Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) facilitator formation workshop. Over of a three-day conference, participants will begin the process of bringing an asset-based approach to existing and new ministries and initiatives. This workshop will take place at the Hines Center for Spirituality & Prayer in Houston,
August 19-21
. Click
here
for more information and to register.
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Would you like to have more training in church finance? The Diocese of Texas' Small Church Network invites you
September 29-30 for their Fall gathering at Camp Allen. Church treasurers along with wardens and those serving small churches are encouraged to attend. Register on the
Camp Allen website beginning August 15.
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The inaugural gala to support the Texas Pauli Murray Scholarship will take place
Saturday, September 28
at the
Doubletree in Austin
. Proceeds from the gala will fund a scholarship that will allow African American students and other students of color to earn a Master's of Divinity degree at the Seminary of the Southwest in Austin, without incurring debt related to living expenses. Named for Pauli Murray, a civil rights activist and the first African American woman ordained as a priest in the Episcopal Church, this scholarship seeks to equip African American leaders, and other leaders of color, for the next chapter of the church’s life.
Created by a partnership between the seminary and local congregations, this scholarship will be awarded to one student per class, allowing three students to be enrolled simultaneously. Join this multi-parish effort by donating to the scholarship, or get a gala ticket at
welcometableaustin.org
, a nonprofit associated with St. James’ Austin. Please contact
jim@stjamesaustin.org
, for more details about giving a gift to support this important work.
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National & International News
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Episcopal bishops are speaking out in the aftermath of back-to-back mass shootings in Texas and Ohio, offering prayers, conveying the grief of their dioceses and hoping for a future when American life will no longer be plagued by such sudden bursts of deadly gun violence.
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Sixty-five years after the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed segregation in Brown v. Board of Education, the American public education system remains overwhelmingly separate and unequal.
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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.
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Communications Coordinator
St. Francis, Houston
Director of Family Ministries
St. James', Austin
Part-Time Nursery Worker
Christ the King, Humble/Atascocita
Family Ministry Coordinator
St. Matthew's, Austin
Find full details on these and more opportunities
here
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