Annual Meeting with Bishop Sumner

Dear Brothers,

Our Annual (forth quarter)  meeting will be at Holy Trinity Garland, Saturday, December 7. Registration will begin at 8 AM. Bishop Sumner will officiate the Eucharist at 8:30 with breakfast to follow and then there will be an address by our new auxiliary bishop; Bishop Frazer Lawton. We will end with a short business meeting.

This year we have had three wonderful programs covering current topics informing us about our faith and how we might evangelize and give aide to those in need. A program on evangelistic outreach to the Muslim community was presented by Dr. Justin Hiester from the Dallas Baptist Theological Seminary. Two fine programs covering human trafficking (usually manifested as human sexual abuse, often of minors) were presented by Brother Mark Demler and Rebecca Jowers. If anyone knows of a thought-provoking presentation or an engaging speaker who has a topic that will inform and motivate us in our faith please let me know so I can engage them for a future program.

Once again the Brotherhood will again take up a coat collection for One Man’s Treasure, an organization that collects and distributes coats and warm wraps for homeless men There is usually a shortage in sizes XL, 2XL and 3XL! Nominations will be accepted from the floor for secretary and president coadjutor and we will have an election for both positions. Be thinking of an available and capable person from your parish or another parish to nominate. Then please bring that person with you to the assembly.

Looking forward to 2020 I have exciting news. The Brotherhood is planning a men’s retreat for all men in the diocese on September 25^th and 26^th at the Prothro Center on beautiful Lake Texoma. We have Bishop’s Sumner’s blessing and support. He will do the Eucharist on Saturday morning and participate in the program on Friday evening. The 2 day program theme will be learning discipleship and reaching out to men in a spirit of brotherhood with some ‘tools’ that will help us in bringing men to Christ our Savior.

This is very important for all diocese men to know! The 2020 Men’s Evangelistic Retreat is for ALL men in the diocese. Please help me get that word out to all rectors and all men in every parish in the diocese, especially those without a Brotherhood chapter. This is a MEN’s Retreat, not just a brotherhood retreat. Brothers in parishes with a Brotherhood chapter should invite those who don’t usually attend. We want all men to feel comfortable and welcome to attend this all diocese men’s retreat. As brothers we are just the facilitators doing the Lord’s work for our Church and the diocese.

Peace in Christ,

John Norton

President. Dallas Assembly

Brotherhood of Saint Andrew

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