Katie Sherrod is fundraising
Gayland Pool Memorial Outreach Fund
I am hoping to raise this money to carry on the ministries to the marginalized that mattered so much to my late husband, the Rev. Gayland Pool, through the work of the welcoming people at St. Luke's in the Meadow Episcopal Church in Fort Worth. St. Luke's will celebrate its 70th anniversary this year. This money will go toward reaching the $40,000 goal the church has set to help fund the 2019 work of this faithful and diverse congregation in ministry and outreach to hundreds of people in the neighborhood and city which they serve.
Gayland spent his 50-plus years in ministry as an Episcopal priest striving to "make and keep human life human." He especially cared about those on the margins of our society. He believed in "all the sacraments for all the baptized," and worked to make that a reality in The Episcopal Church. After his death in December 2017, hundreds of people gave witness to the impact his ministry had on their lives, especially during the AIDS crisis when, for a time, he was the only Episcopal priest in Fort Worth who would minster to people with AIDS, or officiate at their funerals. His ministry is living on in the work of the congregations he served, especially at St. Luke's in the Meadow Episcopal Church in Fort Worth.
This small congregation carries on an astonishing number of ministries and their encounters with people they help number in the thousands. They have a special ministry to people who have been wounded by the Church - any church. They care for the children of the elementary and middle schools across the street from the church, offering tutoring and field trips to these underfunded largely minority schools. Through their work with the 4Saints Episcopal Food Pantry, they feed hundreds of people a week in the food desert that surrounds the church in east Fort Worth. They offer free books - and a place to sit and read them - to all who pass by in their Little Free Library.
Most of all, they offer love and a safe place for all manner of God's people. They are Jesus' hands and feet in a hurting world, doing all they can to share their knowledge of his healing love. I hope you will contribute.
Gayland spent his 50-plus years in ministry as an Episcopal priest striving to "make and keep human life human." He especially cared about those on the margins of our society. He believed in "all the sacraments for all the baptized," and worked to make that a reality in The Episcopal Church. After his death in December 2017, hundreds of people gave witness to the impact his ministry had on their lives, especially during the AIDS crisis when, for a time, he was the only Episcopal priest in Fort Worth who would minster to people with AIDS, or officiate at their funerals. His ministry is living on in the work of the congregations he served, especially at St. Luke's in the Meadow Episcopal Church in Fort Worth.
This small congregation carries on an astonishing number of ministries and their encounters with people they help number in the thousands. They have a special ministry to people who have been wounded by the Church - any church. They care for the children of the elementary and middle schools across the street from the church, offering tutoring and field trips to these underfunded largely minority schools. Through their work with the 4Saints Episcopal Food Pantry, they feed hundreds of people a week in the food desert that surrounds the church in east Fort Worth. They offer free books - and a place to sit and read them - to all who pass by in their Little Free Library.
Most of all, they offer love and a safe place for all manner of God's people. They are Jesus' hands and feet in a hurting world, doing all they can to share their knowledge of his healing love. I hope you will contribute.
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