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Back-to-School Backpack Blessings and Prayers for Students
The churches in our diocese who are offering back-to-school backpack blessings and prayers for students as they head back to school this year! We wish to share backpack blessing dates with parishioners across the diocese. Please let us know the dates of your backpack blessing events by emailing connected@epicenter.org. Good Shepherd, Kingwood Aug. 4 at 9:15…
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Camp Allen 2024 Chaplain-in-Residence
Camp Allen 2024 Chaplain-in-Residence Weeks Available! The Chaplain Week begins Monday after 2 p.m. and concludes on Sunday after the 9 a.m. Eucharist or Morning Prayer Service. Morning Prayer is offered at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday–Saturday. Evening Prayer is offered at 5 p.m. Monday–Saturday. Lodging choices are a Conference Center Suite or the Bluebonnet Cabin just off…
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A Prayer for injustice
Lord, please be in our midst as we come together as your body to lift up our country and our leaders. Please protect our country from the division that challenges our ability to live lives pleasing to you. Defend the vulnerable and voiceless, and bring justice to those who have suffered injustice. Yes, we are…
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2024 Costa Rica Mission Trip Recap
In the past few months, lay leaders from St. Mark’s Parish in Limón, Costa Rica, and lay leaders from Christ Church Cathedral, Houston, gathered on Zoom to plan a VBS called Hero Hotline. The theme “striving for peace and building each other up,” is not just a focus but a reflection of their companionship throughout…
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Hurricane Beryl
Hurricane Beryl made landfall on the Gulf Coast of Texas on July 8, 2024 as a Category 1 hurricane knocking out power to more than 2.5 million homes. Restoring power to millions of Texans by storm Beryl could take days or even weeks, posing a dangerous scenario for residents without air conditioning as triple-digit heat index temperatures…
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Show & Tell for Grown Ups; A Missional Community at St. James’, Taylor
“Show & Tell for Grown Ups” meets the first Tuesday of the month at their local coffee shop. This group developed out of long-term work, using creativity and spiritual practices to create small healing communities. Assigned monthly themes include, When I Grow Up, Second Chances, Joy, Mama Told Me, and Seasons of Life. The group…
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2024 Hispanic Lay Leadership Conference Recap
Intentional Discipleship:Hispanic Lay Leadership Conference 2024 Recap Nearly 250 Episcopalians attended the annual Hispanic Lay Leadership Conference at Camp Allen, June 14-15, 2024. This year, participants gathered to immerse themselves into the fullness of intentional discipleship within their worship communities. Conference Opening: The conference began with worship led by the Chavez y Amigos musical group,…
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Houston Pride Celebration Festival & Parade
11 a.m. at Houston City Hall, 901 Bagby St. Pride Houston’s month-long slate of events culminates with an all-day festival followed by a nighttime parade downtown. The featured performers this year are K. Michelle, Kayla G., Brooke Eden and David Archuleta. The parade is free to attend, and so is the festival for attendees who…
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2024 Pride Events
FIND YOUR PRIDE… 2024 Pride Events EDOT continues to celebrate love and equality during LGBTQ+ Pride Month and beyond! Throughout the month of June, many cities across our diocese gather to celebrate the resilience, acceptance, and diversity of the LGBTQ+ community. See below for Pride events happening across the diocese! AUSTIN June 24: Pride SkateAustin…
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Galveston Episcopal churches set to honor first Black reverend
By B. SCOTT McLENDON The Daily News The island’s Episcopalian community on Saturday is set to honor the state’s first Black reverend with a new headstone after 124 years of storms had reduced his gravesite to an nondescript patch of grass. The 8-foot-tall monument at the Lakeview Cemetery will memorialize the Rev. Thomas W. Cain,…
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Seminary of Southwest Announces Election of Ninth Dean and President
Seminary of the Southwest announces that the Southwest Board of Trustees has unanimously elected and called Dr. Scott Bader-Saye to be the Ninth Dean and President of Seminary of the Southwest. Dr. Bader-Saye will begin in this role on July 1, 2024. “Seminary of the Southwest is a remarkable community of learning and formation, and it is an…
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St. Bartholomew’s, Hempstead, St. Francis of Assisi, Prairie View, Collaborates with Robust ESL Pilot Project
Through a joint project, St. Bartholomew’s, Hempstead, and St Francis of Assisi, Prairie View, partnered in 2023 to initiate a pilot English as a second language (ESL) program for two semesters for Waller County adults. Members of the both churches with education backgrounds taught the two classes and provided meals. Volunteer parishioners focused on each…
