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Thursday, October 11, the World Mission Division will hold a meeting in the Mission Room from 9:00 am to noon. For information contact Betty Chumney at chumneyb@aol.com or 888/210-824-5387.
Thursday evening through Sunday afternoon, October 11 - 14, Cursillo #257 will be held at Mustang Island Conference Center. Please keep the team and candidates in your prayers for a Holy Spirit filled weekend. For information about upcoming Cursillo dates or other Cursillo information click here.
October 11, the Habitat Builders for West Texas will meet from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm in the Conference Room at the Bishop Jones Center. For information contact John Badders at jbadders@stlukes-sa.net or 210-828-6425.
Friday evening through Sunday afternoon, October 12 - 14, the Fall Women's Gathering will be held at Camp Capers. For information contact Leigh Saunders at leigh.saunders@dwtx.org or 888/210-824-5387.
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.
Tuesday, October 16, the Liturgy and Music Commission will meet in the Conference Room at the Bishop Jones Center from noon to 2:00 pm; lunch will be provided. For information contact Leigh Saunders at leigh.saunders@dwtx.org or 888/210-824-5387.
October 16, the Reconciliation Commission will meet in the Conference Room at the Bishop Jones Center from 4:00 to 5:30 pm. For information contact Robert Woody at rwoody@churchofreconciliation.org or 210-771-4364.
The annual Food for the Soul at Mustang Island Conference Center will be held Friday through Sunday, October 19-21. Learn favorite MICC recipes alongside chef Kathy. Learn a variety of new skills, hints, and tricks. Cost is $248 per person, double occupancy, and $295 per person, single occupancy, if available. Please contact Kevin at kevin.spaeth@dwtx.org or Lynn at lynn.corby@dwtx.org or 361-749-1800 for more information.
Save the Date
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.
Saturday, Nov. 3, TMI - The Episcopal School of Texas will hold an Open House at 8:45 am in the school's Alkek Refectory at 20955 W. Tejas Trail. Students and families interested in applying for the 2013 - 2014 school year will be given a presentation by the Headmaster, faculty, and admission staff. There will be a panel and tours of the campus, and a light breakfast will be served. For directions or other details, call 210- 698-7171. To RSVP online, visit www.tmi-sa.org.
In the Family
The Rev. Lloyd Johnson was admitted to the hospital following some tests last week that determined a diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia AML. He is in Methodist hospital in San Antonio preparing for chemo-therapy which began this week. Please keep both Lloyd and Janie in your prayers.
Mrs. DruEtta Camp Coon, mother of the Rev. Nancy Coon, died on Friday, October 5, at the age of 102 yrs, 9 months. Her funeral will be held at 10:00 am, Monday, October 15, at the Cathedral Chapel of Saint John at the Bishop Jones Center, with a reception to follow in the Mission Room. Friends from around the Diocese are welcome to come and celebrate her life with the family. May her soul and the souls of all the faithful departed rest in peace.
Churches and Other Events
Friday and Saturday, October 12-13, Dr. Amy-Jill Levine will present a program entitled Jesus, Judaism, and Jewish-Christian Relations. Levine will speak at Temple Beth-El on Friday evening at their regular weekly Shabbat service at 6:30 pm. Saturday, she will give three presentations at Trinity University. Registration begins at 8:00 am; the program will conclude at 3:00 pm. For additional information regarding the program and payment options visit The Work+Shop website. For more information contact Katherine Buzzini at kbuzzini@theworkshop-sa.org or call her at 210-599-4224.
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.
Saturday, October 20, St. Thomas Church and School, San Antonio, will hold their Fall Festival and Pumpkin Patch at 10:00 am. There will be a food truck rally for concessions and South Texas vendors with Christmas gifts and arts and crafts for sale. There will be a raffle and a dunking booth, pumpkins in the patch will be for sale, and kids can enjoy a hay ride, try to solve the hay maze, face painting, and bouncing boxes. For informaiton contact the church office at 210-495-3504.
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
Wednesday, October 17, St. Margaret's, San Antonio, will hold a Safeguarding God's Children training workshop from 7:00 to 10:00 pm. To register or for more information contact Michelle at stmargaretsdayschool@gmail.com. |
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Notices
For the past several weeks, our spiritual formation blogsite ReflectionsOnline has been featuring an exploration of the Nicene Creed. Postings have included several articles by the Rev. Mike Marsh, rector of St. Philip's Episcopal Church in Uvalde, with questions for reflection; audio interviews with both clergy and laity; and a PowerPoint/Adobe Reader presentation of the Creed in words and photos. You can see it at Reflections Online or on Current News, both on the diocesan website.
These works are now available in a package appropriate for individual or group study/reflection. If you are interested in having the package for yourself or your congregation, please email Marjorie George at marjorie.george@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.
Friday, December 28, the Service of Ordination to the Diaconate for Tim True will be held at St. Boniface, Comfort, at 4:00 pm. Clergy, red stoles please.
Wednesday, January 9, the Service of Ordination to the Diaconate for Carol Morehead will be held at Holy Spirit, Dripping Springs at 7:00 pm. Clergy, red stoles please.
Happy birthday to:
Clergy spouses: Sarah Younger, 10/12; Pat Grusendorf, 10/14; Sue Hardaway, 10/16; and Shelley Sigler, 10/17. | |
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BISHOP JOHN W. HOWE, newly retired bishop of Central Florida, will be the guest speaker at the 2012 Bishop Elliott Lectures November 9-10 at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, San Antonio. He will speak on the topic of his new book, Anointed by the Spirit, a study of the ministry of Jesus and his followers. The Friday evening program begins with registration at 5:00 p.m. and includes supper. Saturday Nov. 10 breakfast begins at 8:30 and Bishop Howe will present two lectures, concluding at noon. Registration cost is $35.00 before Nov.2, $40 if received after Nov. 2. Registrations may be sent to The Bishop Elliott Society, PO Box 368, Corpus Christi, TX 78403 or you may register online at www.bishopelliott.org. For more information call John S. Warren, 361-883-8567. |
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