Good Shepherd Episcopal Church
Kingwood, Texas
 
 
Vestry Resources - References (Books, Articles, Websites)
Articles of Incorporation, Episcopal Church of the Church of the Good Shepherd, May 28, 1982

By-Laws of the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, July 12, 1982.  Revised, 1987, and 2004 (see Good Shepherd website www.goodshepherdkingwood.org )

Book of Common Prayer for Daily Office (see Web site, www.missionstclare.com)

Constitution and Canons of the Episcopal Church USA, General Convention, 2006

Constitution and Canons of the Episcopal Church, Diocese of Texas, 2006

Journal of the 2005 (2006) of the Annual Council of the Diocese of Texas, Volumes I and II (see Parish Handbook at www.goodshepherdkingwood.org )

Parish Handbook, Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, Annual Update

Personnel Handbook, The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, November, 2005 Current Revision

The Vestry Handbook, Christopher L. Webber, Morehouse Publishing, 2000

The Vestry Resource Guide, The Cornerstone Project, Episcopal Church Foundation, 1997

Vestry Papers, The Cornerstone Project periodical (www.episcopalfoundation.org)                      

A Vestry Member's Guide, Van S. Bowen, Seabury Press, NY, 1983

Meditations for Vestry Members, Colleen McMahon, Morehouse Publishing, 1999

Listening Hearts, Discerning Call in Community, Farnham, Gill, McLean, and Ward, Morehouse Publishing, 1991

Good Shepherd Episcopal School Handbook, dated 2005 (see Director, Good Shepherd School)

Reclaiming the Great Commission by Bishop Claude E. Payne and Hamilton Beazley, copyright 2000.

Transforming Church Boards into Communities of Spiritual Leaders by Charles M. Olsen, Alban Institute 1995.

The New Church's Teaching Series, 13 volumes including Anglican Vision, The Practice of Prayer, Opening the Bible, etc., Cowley Publications.

An Introduction to Christianity: A First Millenium Foundation for Third-Millenium Thinkers by Samuel R. Todd, Brockton Publishing Company 2003. 

Web Sites:
  Anglican Communion                            http://www.anglicancommunion.org
  Episcopal Church USA                           www.episcopalchurch.org
  Diocese of Texas                                    www.epicenter.org
  Camp Allen                                            www.campallen.org 
  Windsor Report 
      http://www.anglicancommunion.org/windsor2004/downloads/index.cfm