Legal Action Update

The Court of Appeals has set oral argument on the mandamus proceeding for the Tarrant County Case for Tuesday, April 27, 2010 at 1:30 p.m. Click here to read a copy of the order.

Diocesan Lenten Series Continues

On Saturday, March 20, the Rev. Dr. Helen Appelberg will talk about the ways Benedictine spirituality is lived and practiced daily by people of all ages and in all circumstances. It works as well for those of us living in a wired frantic world as it does for those living in a monastery.

This event takes place at St. Christopher Episcopal Church, 3550 Southwest Loop 820, Fort Worth, and begins at 5:00 p.m. with a soup supper, followed by her presentation. Click here to learn more and to register for this event, as well as for the last one in the series.

Area congregations offer Lenten opportunities

Each Sunday in Lent, the labyrinth at Trinity Episcopal Church-Fort Worth will be available from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. in the Parish Hall. All are welcome to come and spend some quiet time in prayer and meditation as they walk the labyrinth. Trinity has also placed a Lenten Devotional booklet on its website. Individual meditations in the booklet were written by the parishioners as a gift to the community. Each meditation is based on the readings from the Daily Office for that day. On Wednesdays in Lent, Trinity has Evening Prayer beginning at 6:30 p.m. followed by a simple soup supper.

All Saints Episcopal Church-Fort Worth will conduct a series of six Lenten evenings, Fridays at 6:00 p.m., that include worship, followed by a simple but satisfying meal and learned reflections on the theme, "I came not to be served but to serve," by distinguished Episcopal preachers from across the nation. Click here to view their brochure.

St Mary's Episcopal Church is holding a Lenten book study every Wednesday through Lent. They begin with meatless soup and salad, starting at 6:30 p.m., followed by a study based on the book The Shack, lead by Dr John Erwin and concluding with Compline. These meetings take place at the Skeltons, 109 Corsicana St, Hillsboro.

Spring Retreat for Women of the Diocese
I will give you peace and quietness. - I Chronicles 16:11

All the women of the diocese are invited to the Episcopal Church Women Spring Retreat April 16-17 at Briarwood Retreat Center, 670 Copper Canyon Road, Argyle, TX [30 minutes north of DFW Airport].

"Reflections with the Bishop" is the theme. Attendees will have a chance to worship with, listen to, and ask questions of the Rt. Rev. C. Wallis Ohl, provisional bishop of Fort Worth. (more)