Clergy Blog
Updated COVID Guidelines 22 April, 2021
From the Bishop Phase 2(c): Lifting Restrictions on Congregational Life
Happy Easter
Alleluia! He is risen! Have a Blessed Easter season.
The Bishop’s Spring Retreat April 16 – 18, 2021
From the Bishop. The Good, the True, & the Beautiful Retreat
COVID – 19 Announcement 3 March 2021
From Bishop Reed.
PIM Sunday 2-14: No services/ no travel
From Rev. Gina: The most loving valentines we can share are those prayers and blessings we send from warm safe homes. Please stay in, drip your pipes and the churches’. Summer heat is looking pretty good right now. Love and blessings, See you after the thaw️
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 18 Jan – 25 Jan
Thanx for the reminder, Fr. Gary. In the Northern Hemisphere, the 8 days between the Confession of St. Peter (18 Jan) and the Conversion of St. Paul (25 Jan) is the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. In the Southern Hemisphere, it is the week between Ascension Day and Pentecost. If ever we needed Prayer, for unity it is now.
A Message From Bishop Budde and Dean Hollerith, Washington National Cathedral
This has been quite a day. Here is the link to their video.
Bishop Reed’s Christmas Letter
Bishop Reed’s Christmas Letter 2020
Bishop Reed Issues Official Decree in the Spirit of Advent Season
https://www.dwtx.org/blog/bishop-issues-official-decree-2020
November 29, 2020 5th Sunday Cancelled
St. Matthew’s, Kenedy had been scheduled to host 5th Sunday in November. Due to rising numbers of COVID, and out of an abundance of caution, this has been cancelled. We will get through this. I pray we can all, safely, be together soon. Blessings.
Announcing the Appointment of Assistant Bishop for West Texas
The Rt. Rev. David M. Reed, Bishop of West Texas, is delighted to announce the appointment of the Rt. Rev. Rayford B. High, Jr. as Assistant Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas.
St. James, Hallettsville
St. James has an e-mail address! I am putting it here until I can fix an issue on the site. Stjames1103@att.net