The September 14 volunteer training that the Diocese was planning in response to the fires across the state has been postponed to a later date due to the low number of RSVPs. Diocesan Emergency Response Coordinators, Archdeacon Russ Oechsel and Deacon Gill Keyworth, will be...
The Church of the Epiphany, along with its outreach ministry, ECHOS, will be collecting non-perishable supplies, as detailed below, for those devastated by the wildfires in Bastrop and the surrounding areas. You can drop off items at ECHOS (Building “E” on the south side of...
The Rev. Lisa Hines, Mayor Terry Orr, and Bishop Doyle
A home and car completely destroyed by the fire
Bishop Andy Doyle visited Bastrop over the weekend, meeting with the Rev. Lisa Hines of Calvary, Bastrop along with Mayor Terry Orr, and County Judge Ronnie McDonald.
With Mayor...
Update: The official amount donated so far (Tuesday morning, Sept. 13) is $5560. Great work everyone! The Episcopal Diocese of Texas has collected more than $4,000 in less than one week in response to the fires burning across the state. Officials and victims have...
Bishop Suffragan Dena Harrison spoke recently with the Rev. Lisa Hines, rector of Calvary Episcopal in Bastrop. More than 30 families from the church or school have lost their home according to Hines' most recent count. Thousands more in the area have been displaced from the fires. At...
The Rev. Lisa Hines, rector of Calvary, Bastrop, has lost her home to the fires along with more than 15 other parishioners.
"We are hearing now of a fire nearing downtown, so the mood here isn’t good" Hines said. "I’m going to grab the Eucharistic Vessels and put them...