Guided By Love

by Father Casey

It is not always clear what we are supposed to do.

The last seven weeks I participated in one of our Sunday-morning adult formation classes, which delved into some of the complex moral problems facing our society. We discussed how modern science and technology are presenting us with exciting innovations that also carry ethical dilemmas. We will soon be able to select the genes in our babies, but should we? We are lengthening life expectancy, but what is the quality of these longer lives? We are rapidly developing artificial intelligence, but have we thought through all the impacts of this technology?

Each class was both exciting and worrisome. We did not “solve” anything, and it felt at times like all we did was learn about how much more complicated the world is than we’d previously understood. No, it is not always immediately clear what we are supposed to do, as individuals or as a society, in response to some of our biggest challenges.

But lest we throw up our hands at complex moral problems, and decide that there is no solid ground on which to stand and make decisions, we should remember the Summary of the Law, which we’ll hear again this weekend. What is the greatest commandment, Jesus was asked, to which he responded:...

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In this E-news:

• FigFest Celebration Sunday
• Stewardship: Are We There Yet?
• Requiem for All Souls' Day
• The Book of Remembrance
• Register for Dallas By Chocolate
• All Saints Sunday
• Saint Elizabeth's November Potluck

• Parish-Wide Elections
• Advent Festival - Encounter Angels November 12
• Angel Tree Volunteers Needed
• Kirking of the Tartans November 19
• Watch The Philadelphia Eleven
• Stocking Collection - Our Friend's Place

You’re invited to our annual celebration this Sunday, October 29, as we mark the end of our stewardship campaign, and the many gifts of this congregation.

This ingathering will be an opportunity to bring your stewardship pledge cards, reconnect with friends, and have fun!

Stick around after the 9am service for:

• Children’s Costume Parade from 10:30am-11:15am

• Cornhole

• Food Stations

• Music by the Stockton Helbing Jazz Quartet

• Beer & Wine Garden (with seating to watch the Cowboys play.)

• Chili Cook-off judged by Chili Savant, George Bienfang.

Stewardship: Are We There Yet?

We've made progress through your prayerful generosity but we still have a long way to go. As you reflect on Matthew 6:19-21, you know Where Our Heart Is at Transfiguration: Our Heart is with Christ and with you!

Help us reach our Stewardship Goal of $2.1M

Kristin and Tim Cutts

Hear how the Cutts view the role of Stewardship in their faith journey.

You should have received a stewardship packet in the mail last week. When you are ready to make a pledge, we ask that you please pledge online, using the link below, or complete the pledge card included in your packet and bring it to church this Sunday. If you are unable to attend this Sunday, please mail it to the church. By doing so, you help us plan our budget and ministries for the coming year.

Click here to pledge online!

If you did not receive your packet, have questions about payment methods, or need assistance making financial gifts, message Cathleen Dolt, our Parish Administrator using the button below or call (972)233-1898 ext.230

Requiem for All Souls' Day

Thursday, November 2, at 7:00pm, the Transfiguration Choir will sing the traditional requiem chants, as well as, Joel Martinson’s Missa Mandatum. The offertory anthem will be his setting of Christina Rossetti’s poem Take Me to Thee in Paradise, which was commissioned for All Saints’ Day, 2022. Following the service, the names of all parishioners interred in the Columbarium and Memorial Garden will be recited. Childcare will be provided.

Register for Dallas By Chocolate

Join us Monday, December 4 at 5:30pm for a bus ride, 3 desserts venues, and Dallas Christmas lights. But wait there is more! There will be wine, water, and soft drinks too!

All these are part of Dallas By Chocolate sponsored by Transfiguration's Second Half group. The cost per person is approximately $55/person but will vary based upon the total number who sign up. Registration is required and payment is due at time of registration. For full details and to sign up click the button below. For additional question contact Pastor Nancy.

The Feast of All Saints

Next weekend, November 4 and 5, we will celebrate The Feast of All Saints at all services! This is one of the great festivals of the Church year. As is traditional, we will welcome new Christians to our family through Baptism at the 11:15am Sunday Eucharist. Come join us as we give thank for all the Saints who, assembled in that Great Cloud of Witnesses, surround us and cheer us on in our earthly pilgrimage.

Saint Elizabeth's November Potluck

St. Elizabeth's will host their November potluck dinner in Roper Hall, Thursday, November 9. Stay tuned for more details and registration opportunities in next week's E-news.

Parish-Wide Elections

Vestry members and Diocesan Convention Delegates will be elected November 11-12, 2023. All baptized members of the parish, in good standing, who are 18 years old or older are invited to vote in the annual parish election. Voting will take place both in-person and online. Details will be provided in coming weeks.

The Vestry Nominating Committee is pleased to recommend the following slate of candidates to serve on Vestry beginning in 2024:

Michael Durrance

Brian Ferrell

Olga Ruff

Elaine Sweet

Additionally, we will select six Delegates to represent Church of the Transfiguration as the 2024 Diocesan Convention. The top six vote-receiving candidates will be Delegates and the remaining candidates will be ranked by votes to serve as alternates. The Delegate nominees are:

Travis Adamek

Jameson Barrow

Sergio Garcia

Barbara Geiter

Leslie Hudson

Bill Kesler

Pat Kriska

Mason McCamey

Mark Ramsay

David Reece

Evan Williams

Click the link below for Candidate biographies and election information.

Read more about why why we elect a Vestry slate and a follow-up clarification.

Encounter Angels in Advent

Advent Festival comes early this year. On Sunday, November 12, we will hold our annual celebration in Roper Hall and kick off a new formation season designed to open our imaginations to some of God’s most mysterious creatures: Angels. Save the date and stay tuned for more details.

Angel Tree Volunteers Needed

We are pleased to share that this year’s Angel Tree will benefit families from Spring Valley Elementary School.

Our tree, decked with wishes and needs of 140 children from the school, will be open beginning Saturday, November 11. We need helpers on Saturday evenings & Sunday mornings (before and after services) to facilitate angel adoptions and to accept returned gifts. To volunteer as a facilitator, please email Pamela Sternweis or call her at 214-587-2675.

Thank you for helping us bless these families who live right here in our own community!

Kirking of the Tartans

On Sunday, November 19 during our 11:15 Eucharist, we will remember and give thanks for Scotland, the Scottish Episcopal Church, and the profound impact it made on the Episcopal Church. You are invited to wear your family tartans to church for a blessing that day. This Kirking of the Tartans tradition will be celebrated with a bagpiper and reception following the service in Roper Hall.

Watch The Philadelphia Eleven

In 1974, The Episcopal Church ordained women to the priesthood for the first time (known as “The Phliadelphia Eleven”). The first ordination of a woman in the Diocese of Dallas occurred eleven years later at Transfiguration. Join us in Roper Hall on Sunday, November 19 at 3:00pm to watch The Philadelphia Eleven, a new documentary about this dramatic and transformational event. Join in a discussion after the film with many of the women who have served as priests at Transfiguration through the years.

Stocking Collection for Our Friend's Place

Help us fill Christmas stockings for Our Friend's Place.

Our Friends Place is a not-for-profit organization that provides supportive and transitional living resources for young women, ages 18-24, in the Dallas area who are struggling to find stability due to neglect, abuse, poverty or homelessness. 

This year at our Advent Festival (November 12) we will be stuffing Christmas stockings filled with items we hope to collect for the young girls living at Our Friends Place. Please help us collect the following items by sending them with your child to class on Sundays or by dropping items off in the box located in the gathering space between now and November 12: 

Suggested list of items that would be wonderful to have in the stockings. 

• Fluffy/Fuzzy Socks 
• Lip balm 
• Shower Steamers
• Make-up remover Wipes
• Purse size 1st Aid kits 
• FaceMasks (Beauty Masks)
• Hand lotion/cream 
• Keychain Flashlight
• Candy

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