The Houston Dynamo put on a show for Episcopal Night, edging out the Philadelphia Union in a suspenseful thriller, 2-1 on June 30. About 70 Episcopalians from around the Houston area came together to tailgate and watch the soccer match together.

Bishop Andy Doyle was invited to participate in an interview with ChurchNext.tv, a website devoted to growing healthy congregations. ChurchNext founder, Chris Yaw interviewed Bishop Doyle about growing churches, and Bishop Doyle urges everyone to be fearless and "fail gloriously."

The Rt. Rev. James Tengatenga, Bishop of the Diocese of Southern Malawi, continued his tour of the Diocese of Texas with a stop at St. Michael’s, Austin, on Sunday, June 24. St. Michaels and Bishop Tengatenga promoted a parish to parish interchange between St. Michael’s and the parish at Mount...

Seminary of the Southwest announces the launch of Episcopal Theological Education for Emerging Ministries (ETEEM) slated to begin October 17 – 19, 2013. ETEEM is a joint certificate program conducted in Spanish by Southwest and the Lutheran Seminary Program in the Southwest.

[Episcopal News Service] Just more than 41 percent of the Episcopal Church’s dioceses and regional areas have committed to contributing the full amount asked of them to fund the wider church’s 2012 budget.

The Rev. Susan Kennard, rector of Trinity, Galveston, visited the diocesan center in Houston on Thursday, June 21 and presented the Bishop Quin Foundation with a framed photo of one of Trinity's stained glass windows.

On Saturday, June 16, Bishop Andy Doyle ordained nine deacons: Viktoria Johanna Petra Gotting; Pamela Louise Potchernick Graham; Elizabeth Wendy Huber; Robert L. Lowry; Travis Hunter Smith; Sean William Steele; Portia Ann Suddreath Sweet; Mitchell Joseph Tollett; Sharon Vaughan Williams.

The Rt. Rev. James Tengatenga, Bishop of Southern Malawi, arrived in Texas on June 13 and immediately began an extensive tour of the churches in the diocese.