The long-term recovery from the devastating Labor Day wildfires in Bastrop County took a giant leap forward last Sunday when Faith Village Volunteer Center was dedicated in Smithville. The center will provide temporary housing and support for faith-based volunteer groups who are...
Below is a photo of the recent dedication of Faith Village, an interfaith volunteer housing facility in Bastrop County. To learn more, visit our Wildfire Relief page. The Ven. Russ Oechsel and the Rev. Lisa Hines are pictured below.
Many homes likes this one remain in piles of rubble
Thousand of acres of forest have been blackened
Diocesan officials announced today that a coordinated effort to help Bastrop County families recover from last September’s wildfires has begun. Volunteers and...
We are looking for folks who are willing to work about 8-12 hours per week over the next couple of years to help our Bastrop County neighbors get back on their feet. “Case Management” in the context of disaster recovery is not an attempt to manage or direct the lives of...
In September of 2011 wildfires destroyed over 1500 homes in Bastrop County. The Bastrop Volunteer Reception Center recently put out this notice: We still need your help cleaning up Bastrop County! Please contact us at 501.827.8086 or visit us at 107 Longhorn Street in Bastrop to see...
It’s hard to read the story in Exodus of the golden calf without picturing the lurid scene of debauchery in the fifties movie, The Ten Commandments. In the Bible, we are told that after the people make a golden calf to represent the gods who brought them out of Egypt, they...
Episcopal Relief and Development has been in contact with EDOT's Emergency Response Coordinators the Rev. Gill Keyworth and the Ven. Russ Oechsel. See the story below, or visit er-d.org. On a hot, dry September night in a small Texas town, more than 60 people gathered at Calvary...
The Diocese of Texas is offering a spiritual care workshop at Calvary, Bastrop which will feature a family counselor, Barry McCarty, The Rev. Lillian Hyde, The Rev. Gill Keyworth, and The Rev. Russ Oeschel. This is a wonderful opportunity. Please feel free to share this...
- The Rev. Gill Keyworth is one of two emergency response coordinators in the Diocese of Texas. She is spending three days a week in Bastrop as the community continues to recover from the devastating fires. - The Rector of Calvary, Lisa Hines, writes in their newsletter “We have...
When Woody Ledenham, pulled into the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection (ECR), Austin, parish hall parking lot on the morning after Labor Day, he was astonished by the line of cars, trucks, and vans, that were already parked and waiting. As the director of ECR outreach ministries, Ledenham...