Welcome to a space for gathering and sharing resources focused on the development, experience, and equipping of all formation leadership to nurture meaning, belonging, and purpose within The Episcopal Diocese of Texas.

Christian Discipleship happens in relationship

as we keep letting our hearts break, until they open… so we can listen deeply for the heartbeat of God… together, as a Beloved Community.

As you move through this space you will find many resources. All of them will aid you in your formation leadership and development. All of the resources will equip and empower you for the good work you are doing to form committed followers of Jesus.

The Resources tab at the top of the page will offer you a wide variety of curriculum-based approaches to Episcopal formation for your work in your parish.

The Upcoming Events page will offer you opportunities for equipping and building your capacity for formation leadership through trainings and workshops.

The Formation News section at the bottom of this page will offer you articles, podcasts, and videos on best practices and research-based strategies for formation leadership.

The Deliberate Discipleship section below will take you immediately into the heart of our efforts for discipleship and small group formation within the Diocese.

The kingdoms of this world are not yet the kingdom of God, but they can become it.

Verna Dozier
Lay Person, Teacher, Theologian, Episcopalian

Deliberate Discipleship

We are each other’s harvest...

Gwendolyn Brooks

Pulitzer Prize winner, first Black woman appointed Poet Laureate of the United States

Formation News

“We are each other’s
harvest:
we are each other’s
business:
we are each other’s
magnitude and bond.”

Gwendolyn Brooks

“People are aching the world over for beloved community…There is something elemental and compelling about communities of people who help one another to grow into all that they were created to be.”

Stephanie Spellers

“We have thought too much about converting the world and less about converting ourselves: not simply improvement but a radical change from a static ‘being Christians’ to a dynamic ‘becoming Christians.'”

Tomáš Halík