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The Rev. Robert Bosworth, former rector of, has published a new book entitled, Think on These Things: Meditations for Spiritual and Intellectual Growth, that contains meditations for every week/day in the year. The book is now available for $14.95 (plus shipping) at
. Fr. Bosworth will donate all proceeds, including his royalties, to charitable organizations in the US that benefit youth. In addition, if you contribute an additional $5 with your order,
Fr. Bosworth will send a free copy of his book to a soldier overseas.
Community of Hope (COH)
The mission of COH center is to create communities of Christian lay ministers united in prayer, shaped by Benedictine spirituality, and equipped for and serving in pastoral care ministries. Beginning in March, the center will offer its third training program, which is open to parishioners throughout the diocese. The curriculum will include Benedictine spirituality; theology of pastoral care; listening skills; prayer, meditation, and silence; boundaries and pastoral identity; confidentiality; coping with loss; and commitment to ministry. Applications are now available at Incarnation’s office, and you should complete one right away if you wish to attend. Program leaders will interview applicants to ensure they understand thoroughly the training process and commitment to ministry and to help them discern the area of pastoral ministry to which God might be calling them.
The Crossing
The Crossing at is a family-oriented service that seeks to transform lives by forming a community that praises God through ancient and contemporary worship; proclaims the good news of Jesus Christ through biblical preaching; builds and binds the kingdom of God through membership, fellowship and study; and serves God through ministries that service our church, our neighbors, and the world.
Retired vicar
Holy Trinity’s Vicar, William Dalton, has now retired, but he is still living near the church and will continue to offer spiritual service and administrative advice to Holy Trinity, which will also have supply priests from the diocese preaching each Sunday.
Mentoring the less fortunate
Members of Holy Trinity will soon be mentoring families, youth, and adults in their community who fall “between the cracks” of charitable or agency assistance. Initially, they will offer Vacation Bible School scholarships for children, ages five to eight. Later, they will offer mentoring for youth ages 16 – 19, as well as young adults who want to change their circumstances.
Mission/ministry award
For their work building the new parish offices, Jr. Warden Don Reese and parishioner David Nichols were
co-recipients of St. David’s annual award for mission and ministry that the rector presented at the 2009 annual parish meeting.
Historic Stations of the Cross available
St. David’s has a beautiful historic set of Stations of the Cross available to another congregation at a reasonable price.
Swim team
swim team had great success at the
North Texas TAPPS regional meet. All three of the boys’relays advanced to the state meet in San Antonio. Luke Woolman qualified in the 100 Freestyle and 100 Breaststroke and Andrew Metoyer qualified in the
100 Backstroke. Cameron Piwetz is seeded at 17 for the 50 Freestyle. Caitlin Lewis qualified in the 200 IM and the 100 Fly. Lifelong competitive swimmer and school chaplain, Stacy Lewis, coached the team.
Middle School theater performance
Canterbury’s performing arts department organized a Middle School performance of Mulan in January.
Eighty-five students participated in the Disney production, and Canterbury's high school students, parent volunteers, and Artist in Residence Donny Covington, supported the production. Students created the set, props, and costumes.
Madrigal dinner
Richard and Marsha Holeyfield, owners of Scarborough Renaissance Festival, recently met with Canterbury’s performing arts group to plan their madrigal dinner that will take place in April. The event will be set in the Renaissance. Canterbury is a faith-based, college-prep school for K-12. The school is hosting tours every Tuesday and Thursday from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., following the school calendar.
Summer Sports buffs’ tour of American Airlines Center
Summer“Reel Theology” Watching Party
Summer“Cheese Please” at the Mozzarella Company
Men at prepared stew for the Austin Street Centre, an organization that provides “shelter, free substance abuse counseling, group therapy, one-on-one therapy with licensed chemical dependency counselors, job training, and ministry to those in need.” Members of the church brought bread and cookies to round out the meal that they served to 338 people. Epiphany provides dinner bimonthly at the Austin Street Centre as part of its extensive community outreach program.
When Girl Scout Unit 146, Garland, lost its meeting space, Nancy Nunez, Junior Troop 1443 leader, asked
Fr. Brown, rector of , if the troop might meet there. He agreed and offered to provide religious instruction toward merit badges to any of the troops that might want it. Fr. Brown and the vestry introduced the new partnership to the parish on Scout Sunday, Feb.1 (because Girl Scout Sunday falls in the middle of spring break).
Labyrinth Walk
The “St. Elizabeth of Hungary” chapter of the Daughters of the King led members of on a labyrinth walk at Transfiguration. Participants of all ages took part in
the walk.
Just Greens garden
Our Saviour has established the Just Greens garden in addition to the already established Plot Against Hunger. It will contain a vineyard, a raised bed garden, an experimental straw-bale garden, a few individual plots, and a large area devoted to donation plantings. From May 2003 through December 2008, Our Saviour gardens have donated over 22,000 lbs. (11 tons — over 88,000 servings) of vegetables to feed the hungry!
“Pictures-On-Parade”
Think you could pick out someone from your high school yearbook photo or baby picture? At Holy Nativity, members submitted photos of themselves from as far back as they wanted and the church held a contest to see who could match the most pictures. On January 25, they “unveiled” the answers and graded participants’ guesses at a potluck dinner.
Fourth grade outreach trip
fourth-graders made their annual visit to the Scottish Rite Hospital. The students toured the hospital facilities, which specialize in children with orthopedic conditions, such as scoliosis, clubfoot, hand disorders, hip disorders, and limb length differences.
Sports teams
Parish’s girls swim team won gold medals in six of 12 events and earned their third-consecutive TAPPS Division II state swimming championship in San Antonio. Juniors Marylyn Toledo and Lauren Willis won three individual events and were part of two, first-place relay teams. Senior Chelsea Jones took first in one-meter diving. Senior Kelsey Musselman was one of six finalists for the 2008 Davey O’Brien Scholarship, which selects students based on character, community service, leadership, scholarship, and varsity sports participation. Musselman helped lead the Lady Panthers to the TAPPS Class 4A state volleyball title and will play at the University of Columbia in New York.
Scouting
Sponsored by , the Boy Scouts of Troop 632 braved sub-freezing temperatures to build camp projects at Camp Wisdom. The boys had a great time and learned a lot about cold-weather camping. This relatively new troop of mostly 11- and 12-year-old boys and adult leaders also took on a 12-mile trail at Petit Jean State Park in the mountains of Arkansas. The Scouts and Venturers are now preparing to attend the “On the Wings of Eagles” retreat at Camp Wisdom later this month.
Holy Week Seder
This year, the Wednesday of Holy Week will feature St. Barnabas’ fourth annual Christian Seder dinner.
Besides a new vicar, has found a new home. Fr. Marc Dobson, Grace’s new vicar, hit the ground running by overseeing a move for Grace from its old site on East Scyene Rd. to a new location in Mesquite at the corner of E. Kearney and Collins Rd. In addition, Fr. Dobson has formed committees for quarterly outreach opportunities, monthly fellowship functions, and increased nursery time. Grace hopes to bring young families into the church and provide more opportunities for children.
This past December, received a much-needed Christmas gift from the Diocese of Dallas. For years, St. Mary’s suffered a pot-marked, hole-ridden parking lot. When the City of Irving demanded the church fix it, the church was out of time to raise funds. The diocese stepped in with the money St. Mary’s needed. Now, the church is enjoying a smooth blacktop.
On Jan. 10, 30 members of hosted members of the western convocation at the diocesan initiative, “Body Building Day.” Bishop Paul Lambert and five church leaders led various workshops in an exchange of ideas that would help churches grow.
(Items in red are also listed on the diocesan calendar.
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