From Texas-
About 1,000 clergy and lay delegates from throughout the state ended the 161st annual council of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas at midafternoon Saturday in what the Rev. Paul Moore, rector of the host St. Christopher's Episcopal Church of Killeen, called the most efficiently-run council he had ever seen.
"It's just unheard of to get through with our business and adjourn this early," he said as delegates were exiting the Killeen Civic and Conference Center, which had been filled up with official activities and display booths. "And I hardly did anything. I just turned it over to Don (event chairman Don Christian) and his volunteers and got out of the way."
Possibly the highlight of the two-day council was the signing of an agreement of partnership between the Texas diocese and the Diocese of Southern Malawi in Africa by the dioceses' bishops, C. Andrew Doyle of Texas and James Tengatenga of Malawi, Saturday afternoon. All the delegates stood for the ceremony.
The dioceses have elaborate plans for cooperation in several ways, including helping the people of Malawi to grow food, mutual visits between the dioceses, malaria control, partnering in prayer and fostering "pen pal" projects for children, gifts to care for AIDS orphans and helping to develop safe water sources in the African country.
Addressing the convocation before the signing, Tengatenga drew chuckles when he said, "Praise to God for y'all."
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