Our November Mission of the Month was threefold:  First mission was to help plan and co-host the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth’s convention which was held at the Decatur Conference Center, Decatur, TX.   Our sister church in the Northern Deanery*, Episcopal Church in Wichita Falls, joined us in the planning of the worship service on Friday, November 9, at 1:00 p.m.  Person after person commented on the wonderfully catered food and the quality of the hotel rooms.

All of the furnishings my husband created for our church (portable altar, altar candle holders, lectern, Paschal candle stand, and baptismal font) were carefully carried out of our Church of the Resurrection, placed in our vehicles and taken to the Center.  We set everything up at the center and arranged the furnishings appropriately.   On Saturday, all was taken down, repacked in our vehicles, and returned to our church.

We assembled the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection table, covering our church board with cloth, finding/printing out pictures, and putting trim on it.  The theme of our table was our Missions of the Month.   A picture of our church building was placed in the center with hands reaching out showing our mission work throughout our community.  Our scrapbook of each mission was on display for anyone to look through.

Since we became a new church plant in 2015, many people in the diocese didn’t know where we were located.  Because of that, an open house was planned for any who wished to take a tour of our tiny building and to grab a hot dog with all the trimmings, chips, other snack items, and soda or water to eat on the veranda or to put in a to-go bag for the trip home.  We believe around 40 visitors came to see where we worship.  Pictures were taken, questions were asked, food was eaten, and a good time was had by all.

*Deanery:  Geographical section or area within a diocese. A dean presides at meetings of the lay representatives and clergy of the deanery.

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The second mission was to assist 4Saints Food Pantry which was in need of diapers, sizes 3, 4, 5, and 6.  Our members gathered the needed items and they will be delivered to the pantry.  Below are several pictures of diapers we collected, as well as a few of our members sporting new church t-shirts.  Over 55 lbs. of diapers were collected.

4Saints Food Pantry – 4301 Meadowbrook, Fort Worth, TX  76103

4 Saints Episcopal Food Pantry is an Episcopal food bank at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, located in the Meadowbrook neighborhood of east Fort Worth, a food desert. The pantry board has members from the Fort Worth East Deanery, which includes St Stephen’s, St Martin-in-the-Fields, St Luke’s, and St Alban’s

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The third mission was to deliver snack items to the residents living in Brookdale Senior Living, Weatherford.  The chips, cookies, etc., were greatly appreciated.