• Designate a Trademark Chair and describe her responsibilities.
• Define the procedure by which TLAs are obtained.
• Provide information and guidelines regarding the use of The Order's trademarks by members and non-members.
• Provide information and guidelines regarding the use of the trademarks within the United States and in other countries.

• No more TLAs for printed materials and banners!
• No more contacting your Diocesan Assembly or Provincial President for TLAs!

On December 8th, unique credentials were emailed to each member with a valid email.  Included with the email were instructions about how to log on to the member site and how to begin using other member features, all in the privacy of our secure members-only web site. Of course, if you have any challenges logging in the first time, our National Office staff is well-versed in the how-to and is ready to help you (during office hours). There is also online documentation to assist you in discovering everything the new site has to offer.

While the implementation team is continuing to make improvements to the web site and the related processing procedures, please feel free to explore the new look and features at www.doknational.org.  There you will have access to everything you need: literature, forms, information, and your member profile.  You can also pay your dues, make donations, or purchase DOK literature and replacement crosses through our secure online transaction processing.

If you have questions or comments about the website, please use the "Contact Us" link at the top of the web site page to let us know.

Wishing you Happy Surfing in December on the new Daughters of the King web site!

Prospective Daughters gather for Quiet Day, November 14, 2014; Led by Father Miguel, rector at El Buen Pastor in Piedras Negras, Mexico, and assisted by Father Tommy Bye, Rector of St. Luke' Cypress Mill, Diocese of West Texas, Texas.

St. Luke's, Cypress Mill, Diocese of West Texas, has been doing mission work at El Buen Pastor for seven years. In October 2014, the missioners were there on the night of the DOK training session, and Father Miguel asked two Daughters who were on the mission team to stay for the meeting and share their experiences as Daughters.   The two women had only been Daughters for a year at that time but shared how God called them and prepared them after He had called them as Daughters, as only He can do.  The Daughters also talked about the commitment and apprehensions they had before becoming Daughters, about keeping the Rule of Life, daily prayers, etc. Afterwards, the women at El Buen Pastor training to be Daughters spoke about their callings to DOK, their apprehensions, and their hopes.  Unsurprisingly, we all had similar feelings and thoughts. 

The institution of the DOK is scheduled for January 9, 2015.   Women from El Buen Pastor will add so much to the world-wide community of the Daughters of the King and inspire other chapters in Mexico to form. Praise our Lord for the way he brings International Daughters together!                                                                                                                                                            
Connie Bye
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Cypress Mill, Texas        

1. Instead of writing protest letters objecting to the way My birthday is being celebrated, write letters of love and hope to soldiers away from home.  They are terribly afraid and lonely this time of year.  I know, they tell Me all the time.
2. Visit someone in a nursing home.  You don't have to know them personally.  They just need to know that someone cares about them.
3. Instead of writing the President complaining about the wording on the cards his staff sent out this year, why don't you write and tell him that you'll be praying for him and his family this year.  Then follow up.  It will be nice hearing from you again.
4. Instead of giving your children a lot of gifts you can't afford and they don't need, spend time with them.  Tell them the story of My birth, and why I came to live with you down here.  Hold them in your arms and remind them that I love them.
5. Pick someone that has hurt you in the past and forgive him or her.
6. Did you know that someone in your town will attempt to take their own life this season because they feel so alone and hopeless?  Since you don't know who that person is, try giving everyone you meet a warm smile; it could make the difference.
7. Instead of nit picking about what the retailer in your town calls the holiday, be patient with the people who work there.  Give them a warm smile and a kind word. Even if they aren't allowed to wish you a "Merry Christmas," that doesn't keep you from wishing them one.  Then stop shopping there on Sunday.  If the store didn't make so much money on that day, they'd close and let their employees spend the day at home with their families.
8. If you really want to make a difference, support a missionary-especially one who takes My love and Good News to those who have never heard My name.
9. Here's a good one.  There are individuals and whole families in your town who not only will have no Christmas tree, but neither will they have any presents to give or receive.  If you don't know them, buy some food and a few gifts and give them to the Salvation Army or some other charity which believes in Me and they will make the delivery for you.
10. Finally, if you want to make a statement about your belief in and loyalty to Me, then behave like a Christian.  Don't do things in secret that you wouldn't do in My presence.  Let people know by your actions that you are one of mine.