The Christian Formation Committee serves the 87 worshipping communities in the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas. Our goal is to provide Christian formation resources and guide congregations in forming disciples of all ages.
In May 2024 Suzanna Green was appointed as the Director of Christian Formation. She previously served as Bishop’s Deputy for Christian Formation. She is responsible for encouraging strong Christian formation for all ages and creating a diocesan-wide support system for the churches, in collaboration with the Rt. Rev. Dr. David G. Read, D.D., Bishop of West Texas, and the Christian Formation Committee. Contact Suzanna Green, at formation@dwtx.org and (210) 816-1949.
Click here to access resources and curriculum recommendations for Adult Formation programs.
Whether you do a backpack blessing at your church already or it is something you have not tried yet, these tags are for you! Many churches do a backpack blessing either the Sunday before school starts or a Sunday right around when the first few schools start back for the Fall if you have several schools in your community that start at different times. Backpack blessings can be for all ages. You can invite children, youth, and college students to bring school bags, and adults to bring their work bag for a blessing. Click here for a printable PDF
Here are a few ways to use them:
Click here for some options of prayers to use for backpack blessings and a prayer to pray over your church's school or the schools in your community.
The season of creation begins September 1, the Day of Prayer for Creation and ends on October 4, the feast of St. Francis of Assisi. This season is recognized by many protestant denominations including the Episcopal Church. Here are a few ideas of how your church can recognize this season.
In 2024 the Rt. Rev. Dr. David G. Read invites the diocese to study Acts. He states, “The Acts of the Apostles is the first book of the New Testament following The Gospels of Jesus Christ. Authored by Luke, the book of Acts describes the early life of the Christian movement as it wrestled with its relationship to Judaism, and as it learned to share the Gospel in the midst of the cultures of the 1st century. It is a story of missional movement and action as the Holy Spirit empowers the followers of Jesus Christ to live in the power of Christ’s resurrection and proclaim the Gospel throughout the Mediterranean, eventually reaching Rome – the center of the Roman Empire. As modern-day disciples of Jesus, we too find ourselves needing to learn to share the story of Jesus Christ in a culture and time when generations of people do not know him, or are not in a relationship with him. May the faith and work of the earliest Christians inspire us to do the work God has given us to do in our day.”
To engage children in the work our diocese does around the world, the diocesan World Missions Department wrote several 4-lesson studies for children, highlighting children from Kurdistan, Uganda, Guatemala, Navajoland, and Mexico. Each lesson includes a song, a Bible story, information about the country, and activities. These units can be used for Sunday school, children’s chapel, Vacation Bible School, or a family study at-home.
Click here to save a copy of the World Missions Children's Curriculum.
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