Over 50
Daughters of the King from around the Diocese convened at All Saint’s Episcopal
Church in El Paso on August 2-3. Members came from as
far east as Alpine, TX and as far west as Silver City, NM. Others came from
Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Roswell, Ruidoso and El Paso. During the business
session outreach grants of just over $200 each were awarded to 4 ministries
supported by Chapters in the Diocese. These included the Medical Mission to
Honduras by Shepherd’s Daughters of Silver City and the Mission to Croatia (out
of St. James’, Alpine). The Diocesan Borderlands Ministry and Rape Crisis of
Central NM were also recipients.
The theme for Assembly 2013 was “We are One in
the Spirit…and we Pray”. Time was spent sharing concrete ideas about how to pray
more actively within and beyond our Chapters. The Daughters were inspired by keynote
speaker, the Rev. Melinda St. Clair, rector of All Saints. Mother Melinda spoke
on the theme of the weekend, with reference to The Cloud of Unknowing, her own experiences, and St. Teresa of
Avila. She noted that although we can pray with our intellect, mystic prayer
experiences require surrender to being in an intimate and supernatural
relationship with God. You can read more about her talk and Assembly activities here on this blog in upcoming weeks! Enjoy images from the weekend below:
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