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Friday, October 5 - 7, the 100th Spiritual Retreat for Alcoholics Anonymous, Al Anons, and Adult Children of Alcoholics will be held at Camp Capers. Click here for a flyer and registration form. Contact Joyce C. for information at 210-824-7959.
There will be a Mustang Island Program Committee meeting, Monday, October 8th at Church of the Good Shepherd in George West starting at 11:00 am and concluding at 2:00 pm. There will be an end-of-the-summer- review of Family Camp and a discussion on upcoming events for next year. For more information, contact Johnson Jeffers at johnson.jeffers@dwtx.org.
Tuesday, October 9, the Texas Water Mission Personnel Committee will meet in the Conference Room at the Bishop Jones Center from 3:00 to 4:30 pm. For information contact Curt Mowen at ccmowen@att.net or 210-723-4383.
The diocesan Care Givers Group will meet on Wednesday, October 10, from 1:30 to 3:00 pm in the Mission Room of the Bishop Jones Center. For information contact Lillian Morris at lillian.morris@hotmail.com or 210-822-7897.
The October 11 - 14 Cursillo weekend #257, which is being held at Mustang Island Conference Center, still has openings for candidates. For information on Cursillo as well as registration forms for candidates and sponsors, click here. For other information, contact the Cursillo registrar Leigh Saunders at leigh.saunders@dwtx.org or 888/210-824-5387.
Save the Date
The DWTX Choral Festival will be held at St. David's, San Antonio, on October 13, beginning at 9:00 am and the public is invited to attend. Choral Evensong will begin at 4:00 pm. Participating churches are responsible for purchasing their own music from Cliff Hill at 800-819-8772; a 20% discount will be given. For more information visit the Calendar of Events Around the Diocese, or contact Owen Duggan at Christ Church, San Antonio, at owend@cecsa.org or Joe Causby at St. Mark's, San Antonio, at jcausby@stmarks-sa.org.
Vocare #29 will be held Friday through Sunday, October 19 - 21, at Camp Capers. Vocare is a spiritual formation and renewal ministry focused on discerning spiritual vocation for college-age and young adults. To register, click here. You may contact Greg Richards for more information at greg@stirflux.com.
Clergy News
Mark your calendars for this year's Clergy Christmas Parties:
- Monday, December 3, at 6:00 pm, for the Northern area at St. Peter's, Kerrville
- Tuesday, December 4, at 6:00 pm, for the San Antonio area at the Bishop Jones Center
- Thursday, December 6, at 6:00 pm, for the Southern area at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Corpus Christi
- Saturday, December 15, at 6:00 pm, for the Valley area at Grace, Weslaco
Churches and Other Events
Sunday, October 7, at 10:30 am, St. Francis', San Antonio, will celebrate God's love with everyone: two or four-legged, feathered, finned, or furry. Bring your pets to this outdoor service commemorating the Feast of St. Francis. For information contact the church office at 210-696-0834 or visit their website at www.sfcsa.org. On Friday and Saturday, October 5 and 6, St. Francis Episcopal Church in Houston presents Richard Foster, founder of Renovare, as the featured speaker at this year's Spiritual Quest: "The Grand Invitation: Walking with God Day by Day." Spiritual Quest is an annual event which coincides with the feast of St. Francis. The event seeks to inspire and teach how to practice a more Christ-centered life in concrete and structured ways. Spiritual Quest will be held on Friday from 6:30 to 9:00 pm and on Saturday from 8:30 am to 2:00 pm. Registration is $75, which includes lunch on Saturday. Click here for more information on the event and on speaker Richard Foster. Sunday, October 7, St. Paul's, San Antonio, will offer a Solemn Evensong on the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, at 4:00 pm. The choir and choral scholars of St. Paul's will perform under the direction of John Hare, choirmaster, and William Ross, organist. St. Paul's is located at 1018 E. Grayson St, 210-226-0345.
Sunday, October 7, an Ecumenical Candlelight Worship Service will be held at the First Presbyterian Church in San Antonio, from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. Bishop Suffragan David Reed will participate. For more information visit the Church Events link under Calendar/Events.
Tuesday, October 9, at 6:30 pm, the Church of Reconciliation, San Antonio, will host a dinner and discussion with Christophe Mbonyingabo, director of CARSA, a non-profit ministry that promotes reconciliation in Rwanda between the victims and perpetrators of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide. CARSA also does reconciliation work in the strife-torn Congo. You can learn more about Christophe's work at CARSA at www.carsa.org. Please RSVP by Oct. 5 to rwoody@churchofreconciliation.org or 210-655-2731 if you will be able to attend. You may call the Rev. Robert Woody at 210-771-234 for additional information.
The Church of the Good Shepherd, Corpus Christi, will host the Texas Regional Carillon Gathering for a carillon recital on Friday, October 19, from 5:00 to 6:30 pm, and Saturday, October 20, from 11 am to 12:30 pm. Bring a picnic basket and sit out on the lawn overlooking the bay and enjoy an evening recital performed by regional carilloneurs on the 48 bell Memorial Carillon. There is no cost, just bring a lawn chair or a blanket and enjoy a beautiful October evening listening to the bells on the bluff.
Sunday, October 21, the Chapel Boychoir of San Antonio and the Chancel Choir of Christ Church, San Antonio, will present a choral vesper service at 3:00 pm at St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles Church, 111 Barilla Place in San Antonio. There is no admission fee for the event; contact Mary Ann Winden for information at 210-334-9607 or 210-542-1968.
Saturday, November 10, Michael Battle will speak at the Whitley Theological Center at Oblate School of Theology, in San Antonio, from 9:00 am to noon. His topic will be Compassion in the Christian Tradition. Cost for the lecture, which is part of the Portraits of World Mysticism series that Oblate is sponsoring, is $40. For more information visit the Oblate website.
Safeguarding God's Children
Saturday, October 6, St. Mark's, San Marcos, will hold a Safeguarding God's Children training workshop from 1:00 to 4:00 pm. To register or for information contact Jenny Henderson at jenny.henderson@sanmarcosepiscopal.org or 512-353-1979 ext 227.
Sunday, October 7, St. Barnabas, Fredericksburg, will hold a Safeguarding God's Children training workshop from 1:30 to 4:30 pm. To register or for information contact Pamela Hoch at 830-370-6424 or psh10@windstream.net. |
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Notices
Like the new design? See us online: The Diocese of West Texas has launched its brand new website design at www.dwtx.org. This design streamlines the diocesan website, the weekly e-news, and The Church News, the bi-monthly diocesan newspaper. . As the site progresses, the Department of Communication will let you know about features and perks and areas of interest. Please take some time to browse the new site, and contact Laura Shaver with any questions, comments, or concerns at laura.shaver@dwtx.org.
A specific area of the new site to take notice of is the DWTX Blog at http://www.dwtx.org/department-ministries/communications/dwtx-blog/. The Department of Communication plans to use this blog as a direct means of communication to all members of the diocese, sharing ministry stories from our churches, messages from our bishops, and inspirational reflections. If your church would like to share a ministry or outreach activity with our diocesan family, please contact Laura Shaver for more information at laura.shaver@dwtx.org.
Services of Ordination and Institution
Thursday, November 1, the Service of Institution for the Rev. Stephen Carson will be held at St. Francis, Victoria, at 6:30 pm. Clergy, white stoles please.
Wednesday, December 5, the Service of Ordination to the Priesthood for the Rev. Michael Koehler will be held at St. Stephen's, Wimberley, at 6:30 pm. Clergy, red stoles please.
Thursday, December 13, the Service of Ordination to the Priesthood for the Rev. Nancy Springer will be held at St. John's, McAllen, at 6:30 pm. Clergy, red stoles please.
Happy birthday to:
The Revs. Michael Bertrand, 10/05, St. Peter and St. Paul, Mission; James Nelson, 10/06, St. John's, McAllen; and Forrest Anderson, 10/07, licensed.
And clergy spouses Joan Magers, 10/04; and Mary Lou Shuffler, 10/09.
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The Episcopal Diocese of West Texas has launched its brand new website design at www.dwtx.org. Visit the site to stay up-to-date on diocesan-sponsored events, events and activities at the churches in the diocese, and information and resources available to you from various diocesan departments.
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