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WELCOME to the Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Northwest Texas--a place where the vast open plains are as wondrous as the big sky above!
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| | by Steven Chapman of Lorenzo, TX |
As depicted in the pectoral cross of Bishop J. Scott Mayer, the stars, moon, and sun are representative of the beauty one may find in this region of Texas. 
The landscape, covering 77,000 square miles is as diverse as the cities and people, with the canyons and rangelands of the Staked Plains; agricultural fields abounding; and the rough and ready country of the Rolling Plains and Permian Basin. The people here are known for their warm and friendly smiles, making one feel like an old and trusted friend.
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Noteworthy News from Northwest Texas |
Are there members of your congregation who don't receive
the diocesan newsletter?
The answer to that question is undoubtedly "yes." There are a few people from our parishes who subscribe to our monthly online newsletter, and there are some who subscribe that don't even live in our diocese. We know, however, there are more out there who may wish to subscribe but either don't know we have a diocesan newsletter, or don't know how to subscribe. Therefore...
- Help us start a forwarding tradition. Please forward this newsletter to one friend from your own parish whom you think would enjoy knowing more about our diocese.
- Spread the word. Talk about the newsletter to help spark interest.
- Open your email every month. It's easy to read the newsletter in the preview section of your email program, such as Outlook, but it skews our data concerning the number of "opens" and active readers. Please click on the email to open it fully for reading purposes. Doing so will give us a better idea about our readership.
- Help an older, less technologically capable friend to enjoy the newsletter by printing the newsletter for them each month. Or find someone in your parish who would like to make it their ministry. We want to make sure everyone who wishes to read the newsletter is able to do so.
Thank you, faithful readers, for helping us spread the Good News of Christ and his Church in the Diocese in Northwest Texas!
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Diocesan Convention Join us on Twitter at #dnwt-2015dioconv
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Registration packets are available NOW!
October 15-17, 2015
(located just off University Ave. and the Marsha Sharp Freeway in Lubbock)
NOTE** Be sure to join us this year to celebrate 37 years of faithful service by Carolyn Hearn, the Bishop's Executive Secretary,
as she begins her retirement.
Click the links below to view or download registration documents.
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NWT Women's Retreat
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UPDATE - The annual women's retreat scheduled for October 30- 
November 1 has been cancelled due to lack of participants.
Next year's retreat is tentatively scheduled for August 26-28, 2016. Please contact Paula Howbert at pfhowbert@prodigy.net if there are any questions.
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Upcoming Icon Workshop
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Noted iconographer, Peter Pearson, is returning to Lubbock!
The class will be held September 15-19, at St. Christopher's Episcopal Church, Lubbock. Class will meet Tuesday to Friday nights from 6:00-9:00pm, and Saturday morning 9:00am-12:00 noon.
Cost is $300. All supplies will be provided.
To reserve a place please send a check for $50.00 to St. Christopher's Episcopal Church, 2807 42nd, Lubbock, Texas 79413. Please include your contact information and email address.
For questions, please contact:
Tom Hicks
hicks3@yahoo.com
806-787-8271
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Interfaith Event
| The Permian Basin's fifth Interfaith Event invites us to join them for the next in a series of annual interfaith dialogs, where leaders of five religious traditions will discuss contemporary issues and how our faiths allow us to understand and confront present-day matters.
Thursday, September 10, 2015, at 6:30 pm
First Baptist Church
2014 W. Louisiana
Midland, TX
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A Humorous Thought
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By the Rev. Jay Sidebotham
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Health Notes
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AUGUST IS IMMUNIZATION AWARENESS MONTH
From the National Public Health Information Coalition
While immunizations have significantly reduced the incidence of  many serious infectious diseases, vaccination rates for some diseases are not meeting national public health goals. More importantly, immunizations aren't just for children. They are needed throughout our lifetime.
There are several important things to remember about vaccines.
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Seminary Updates
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2015 Blandy Lectures
Seminary of the Southwest and the Southwest Alumni Association are honored to welcome the Rt. Rev. Nicholas Knisely as the 2015 Blandy Lecturer. Named for the first dean of Seminary of the Southwest, the Very Rev. Gray Blandy, the annual Blandy Lectures are hosted by the Southwest Alumni Association and held over the course of two days on the seminary campus in the fall of each year. This year, the lectures will be held Tuesday, September 29th thru Wednesday, September 30th.
For more information of the Rt. Rev. Nicholas Knisely, or to register for the Blandy Lectures, please follow this link to the
Seminary of the Southwest webpage.
It Was a Very Good Year! This fiscal year ending on June 30, 2015, was a very good year. But the best one is . . . the one coming up! Many thanks to alumni, parishes, dioceses, friends, trustees, and regents for their gifts of time, talent, and resources to the University in fiscal year 2015. The $3.89 million in contributions recorded for the Sewanee Annual Fund at the close of books on June 30, 2015, set a new record. Total gifts from all constituents designated just for the School of Theology came to a hearty $1,731,097. School of Theology alumni contributed $95,163. Twenty-four of the University's 28 owning dioceses and two non-owning dioceses made contributions totaling $83,570. Parish gifts to the seminary, down a little from 2014, totaled $226,617. Special thanks goes to the School of Theology class of 2015 and the School of Theology's class stewards who boasted 100% giving participation in 2015. Looking for an uptick in donors and dollars in 2016! For more information about how you can help Sewanee's School of Theology set a new record this year, contact Sukey Byerly, sbyerly@sewanee.edu, 931.598.1217, and/or go to our giving page.
Please click the graphic below to view this month's edition of Theology Monthly:
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Diocesan Events Calendar
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18-21 Bishop in NWT
18 Standing Committee, 10:30am, HEC, Lubbock
19 Budget Committee, 10:00am, HEC, Lubbock
22-26 Bishop in Ft. Worth
27 Trustees Meeting, 10:00am, HEC, Lubbock
27-30 Bishop in NWT
28-30 School of Ordained Ministry, St. Paul's, Lubbock
28-29 NWT Deacon Retreat, Lubbock
SEPTEMBER
1-4 Bishop in NWT
2 Executive Council, 10:00am, St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Lubbock
(Items in purple indicate Bishop Mayer's presence.)
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Heavenly Father, send your Holy Spirit into our hearts, to direct and rule us according to your will, to comfort us in all our afflictions, to defend us from all error, and lead us into all truth; through Jesus Christ our Lord. AMEN
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