Episcopal General Convention 2022 - ECNTX

07/12/2022

80th General Convention wrap-up: shortened, masked, tested, legislated. The Episcopal News Service wraps up General Convention.

https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/2022/07/12/80th-general-convention-wrap-up-shortened-masked-tested-legislated/

07/11/2022

07/11/2022

General Convention approves North Texas, Texas reunion as one of its final actions in Baltimore.

[Episcopal News Service – Baltimore, Maryland] Episcopalians in North Texas are now members of the Diocese of Texas after the 80th General Convention approved the two dioceses’ merger on July 11, t…

07/11/2022

The House of Bishops has just finalized the reunification of The Episcopal Church in North Texas with the Episcopal Diocese of Texas. Click the link to see the video of this historic moment.

The Episcopal Church in North Texas is no more. We are now the North Region of the Episcopal Church of Texas.

07/11/2022

Preaching during Morning Prayer on July 11, House of Deputies President-elect Julia Ayala Harris implores Episcopalians to continue charting a new course. Click the link to watch her sermon and then read about it on the Episcopal News Service.
https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/2022/07/11/julia-ayala-harris-implores-episcopalians-to-continue-charting-a-new-course/

07/11/2022

The deputation from the Episcopal Church in North Texas gathered this morning for a photo with the bishops who came out of Fort Worth -- Bishop Dede Duncan Probe of the Diocese of Western New York, who grew up in FW at St. Andrew's; Bishop Scott Mayer, who grew up in FW, also at St. Andrew's; and Bishop Carlye Hughes, Bishop of the Diocese of Newark, former rector of Trinity Fort Worth, who grew up in Fort Worth at St. Simon's.

07/10/2022

The Episcopal News Service reports a $100.5 million budget proposal for 2023-24 presented to General Convention; process reforms advance.
https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/2022/07/10/100-5-million-budget-proposal-for-2023-24-presented-to-general-convention-process-reforms-advance/

07/10/2022

Bishops pass measure broadening definition of Book of Common Prayer. https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/2022/07/10/bishops-pass-measure-broadening-definition-of-book-of-common-prayer/

07/10/2022

Delegates from The Episcopal Church in Texas are identified by this pole on the convention floor, featuring bandanas, blue bonnets and of course, flat Jesus!

07/10/2022

General Convention COVID cases tick up but ‘not explosively’. Cases in Tarrant Country are trending upward, with officials now recommending masks in public places. Learn more about Covid at General Convention on this link from the Episcopal News Service. https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/2022/07/10/covid-cases-tick-up-at-gc80-but-not-explosively/

07/10/2022

House of Bishops sends resolution to create new director of LBGTQI and Women’s Ministries position back to House of Deputies. Click the link to read the full story from the Episcopal News Service. https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/2022/07/10/house-of-bishops-sends-resolution-to-create-new-director-of-lbgtqi-and-womens-ministries-position-back-to-house-of-deputies/

07/10/2022

Bishop Sutton's sermon from General Convention on July 10, 2022.

Part 1: https://youtu.be/gomHIY-3awk

Part 2: https://youtu.be/HF2o_XxUb3E