PENTECOST BLESSINGS TO ALL
The TCC posts new items to this Web site about twice a week. Please visit it often!
Disaster Recovery Program Is In Full Swing
The Disaster Recovery Program is in full swing responding to Hurricanes Dolly and Ike, plus other disasters across Texas.
Click here for a lot more valuable information about this program.
TCC Has a NEW Director, NEW Mission, NEW Office and NEW Website!
Welcome to our new look! In addition to statewide networking events, we will regularly feature regional and local ecumenism in action. To get us launched in a new direction for the 21st Century, the Board met nearly every month in 2008 to review and update the mission of the TCC. On April 20 Board members (pictured here with TCC staff) traveled from Amarillo, Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Killeen, Lubbock, and San Antonio to meet at the new TCC office in Austin.
New Interim Executive Director
The new Interim Executive Director is Ms. Teresa Nira. Ms. Nira states, "Because we, like many ecumenical organizations across the nation, are currently challenged by changes in denominational worship, social priorities and the economy, the TCC is operating on a streamlined budget and staff. Even so, the TCC is committed to better serve the ecumenical community through shared worship, formation, community advocacy and service. A MAJOR EMPHASIS OF THE NEW MISSION IS TO BUILD STRONGER TIES WITH, AND PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR, LOCAL AND REGIONAL ECUMENICAL NETWORKS." This new direction will be featured during the combined Annual Assembly and Faith & Order Conference on November 16 & 17 in San Antonio. Workshops will showcase ecumenical networks throughout Texas in the areas of hospital, advocacy, military, prison, and campus ministries.
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Church Women United in Texas
State Assembly
Theme: “Women Making a Difference”
September 11-13, 2009
Embassy Suites Love Field * Dallas, Texas Click here for more.
Texas Rural Church Network
The Texas Rural Church Network is a forum for denominational leaders, town and rural strategic partners working for wholeness and health of rural churches and communities.
It was incorporated in 2007 into the TCC, which has begun integrating into its new mission the recommendations that the Rural Church Task Force presented at the TCC's 2008 Faith & Order Conference. http://rcn.tamu.edu/
Texas Conference of Churches
The Texas Conference of Churches is an ecumenical community of communions: Orthodox, Protestant, and Roman Catholic, constituted February 25, 1969 in Austin, Texas. We are rooted in Jesus' High Priestly Prayer for Christian Unity, recorded in John 17:20-23;
“… that they may all be one… so that the world may believe that you have sent me.”
05/19/2009 - Annual Assembly/Faith and Order Conference Nov 16-17
"Social Creed for the 21st Century"
05/19/2009 - Board Meeting August 17
TCC Board Will Meet At Our New Offices Aug. 17, 2009.