Province VII Meets on Campus Ministry
Episcopal News Service. July 12, 1979 [79224]
DALLAS -- For the first time in nearly a decade, Church people working in campus Ministry in the Episcopal Church's Province VII gathered to share their work and begin planning for the future.
The meeting was called by the Rev. John C. Hines of Austin and Dixie S. Hutchinson of Dallas, co-ordinators for Ministry in Higher Education for the Province which includes 11 dioceses in Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas and New Mexico. Fourteen people -- including chaplains, faculty, students and lay adults -- participated in the two-day event in early June.
Two plenary sessions and small group discussions explored topics ranging from episcopal and diocesan support to faculty roles. The complexity of ministering with a growing diverse academic community was a primary concern
The group agreed to hold another session at the Bishop Mason Center near here in early 1980. The Diocesan of West Missouri, which has an active college work commission agreed to undertake the planning for that gathering.