Back to School During a Pandemic
I am an adolescent medicine specialist and I take care of teenagers with a variety of problems. Over the last few months I have seen teens struggle with the lack of structure that school attendance provides.
On the Front Lines During COVID-19
I am an ICU physician working on the “front lines” during this health crisis. Although I am accustomed to dealing with critically ill people, the current pandemic has presented a new set of challenges that has shaken and redefined the health care community.
Waco Church Honors Civil Rights Leader John Lewis
The St. Alban’s Episcopal Church in Waco honored late civil rights leader John Lewis with a symbolic bell ringing.
St. Thomas and the Galveston Food Bank’s Food Distribution
On Saturday, August 1, St Thomas the Apostle Episcopal Church will offer the fourth of its monthly fresh food distribution to neighbors in need throughout Nassau Bay, Webster, and Pasadena. The July 4 distribution was cancelled due to problems with the Galveston Food Bank ability to provide enough fresh food. This distribution will begin in the St Thomas parking lot 8:00 am for volunteers to help package boxes and bags of food into serviceable quantities of fresh fruits, vegetables and sometimes meat. Distribution begins almost immediately. Each month St. Thomas will distribute at least 8 different types of food to the needy. In June, volunteers assisted over 100 cars with by placing bags of fresh produce in their cars. If you are interested in serving or leading in this effort, please email Mike Stone at rector@sttaec.org. Non-parishioners are always invited to serve with St. Thomas. The next food distribution will be on Saturday, September 5. We can do more together!
Finding ‘Sacred Ground’: Thousands Connect with Episcopal Church’s Film-Based Series on Racism’s Historic Roots
When protests against racial injustice erupted nationwide in late spring, the dioceses of Northwestern Pennsylvania and Western New York invited Episcopalians to participate in Sacred Ground, The Episcopal Church’s 10-part, film-based discussion series. The curriculum confronts the historical roots of systemic racism and examines how that history still shapes American institutions and social interactions today.
Moving Forward in Truth: Just Our Church
St. Luke the Evangelist Episcopal Church was the third African American Episcopal Church to reach mission status in the Diocese of Texas and the first in the city of Houston. In 1899, the Committee on New Parishes of the Diocese of Texas received an application from “the congregation (Negro) of the Mission of Our Saviour, located in Houston, Harris county, for admission,” but it never made it to mission status.
The Woodlands Area Church Opens Kitchen, Food Pantry to Help Families in Need
St. Isidore Episcopal Church acquired a building on Oakhurst Drive with the vision of creating a space for people to gather and be nourished. Since officially getting occupancy in March, the church has had to pivot dramatically because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Missional Developer Track at Iona – Apply Now!
The Mission Developer track is a 1-year program that provides practical and theological ministry courses, along with fieldwork supervision and reflection for those leading missional efforts out of Episcopal congregations.
Bishop of Texas: Lives have been lost thanks to partisan politicians
POLITICAL partisanship by leaders in the United States has cost thousands of lives in the battle against coronavirus, the Bishop of Texas, the Rt Revd Andy Doyle, has said.
13 SE Texas Religious Entities Received PPP Money
At least 13 religious organizations and charities in the Beaumont, Port Arthur and Orange area received between $7.8 million and $295 million in combined Paycheck Protection Program loans, including five churches and the Catholic Diocese of Beaumont.
Four Calvary Episcopal Preparatory Compete in Thespian 2020 Competition
In a virtual world the Calvary’s talents still shine through in reality. Four of Calvary’s Middle School students who were set to compete in Indianapolis at the National Thespian Convention found that they could still be prepared and come away winners in a remote and new form of competing.
Emmanuel, Houston Takes a Leap of Faith and Finds a New Home
There were times that the future of Emmanuel Episcopal Church seemed as murky as the 4 feet of water that flooded the congregation and stood there for weeks in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.
