appleton powerpoint - episcopal diocese of west texas mustang island conference center expansion

Changing Lives

Through Retreat and Contemplation

~ A venue for meaningful gatherings year-round

~ A place where religious organizations of all denominations are welcome, as are

~ Educational and non-profit organizations from Texas

and across the United States

~ A safe venue for retreat and contemplation

~ An environment that calms the spirit

~ A place that enriches the spiritual lives of visitors

Clergy, civic leaders, and campers

~ young and old of all denominations ~

focus on strengthening their ministries and

learning from one another

Time spent in retreat with God, community and

the natural environment

enriches the spiritual lives of participants

Meetings hosted at the Center often seek to:

~ Build leadership skills

~ Review and refine organizational missions

~ Promote teamwork

~ Improve operational success

Ultimately,

organizations that send

their employees and

volunteers to Mustang

Island Conference

Center strengthen their

respective organizations

and the communities

they serve.

Bay Area Fellowship

Roman Catholic Diocese of Corpus Christi

The Nature Conservancy

of Texas

• Deaf & Hard of Hearing

Center

• Port Aransas Independent

School District

• CHRISTUS Spohn

Hospital

The Southwestern

Texas Synod

Lutheran Church in America

Congregation

Beth Israel,

Corpus Christi

•Bay Area Fellowship

•Calvary Chapel of the Coastlands

•Christian Family Camp (for all denominations)

•Christian Reformed Home Mission

•CHRISTUS Spohn Health System Foundation

•Congregation Beth Israel

•Council for the Deaf, Corpus Christi

•Covenant Baptist Church

•Easum, Bandy & Associates Church Consultants

•Emmaus Team

•Epiphany Institute, South Carolina

•Episcopal Church Building Fund, New York

•First United Methodist Church, Corpus Christi

•Food Bank (Texas Association of Second Harvest)

•Junior League of Corpus Christi

•Leadership Bee County

•Leadership Corpus Christi

•Mission Presbytery

•The Nature Conservancy of Texas

•Padre Island Business Association

•Port Aransas Independent School District

•Roman Catholic Diocese of Corpus Christi

•The Southwestern Texas Synod in the Evangelical Lutheran

Church in America

•Spaulding for Children Adoption Agency

•St. Christopher’s Church, Bandera

•Star Learners

•Texans Can!

•Texas Coastal Bend Region Tourism Council

•United by the Sea Church

•UT Health Science Center – San Antonio

•Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and

Religion, Indiana

$5,414,000 Expansion Plan

~ Mary D. Clark, Chair ~

•Two new housing units, doubling the number of overnight guests we can accommodate

•Caretaker’s cottage, providing separate housing for staff onsite, freeing them from cramped quarters

•Expanded “green” parking lot to

accommodate larger numbers of retreat participants

Did you know …

•Designed by Richter Architects, Corpus Christi

•Received Honor Award for Design Excellence, Texas Society of Architects (AIA)

•Featured at the prestigious U.S. Department of Energy conference, “The 21st Century Outlook: Economic and

Environmental Balance”

•Virtually every aspect is “environmentally friendly”

Mustang Island Site Committee

Alice Heldenfels Sallee, Chair

Mrs. Johnnie Batten

Bernie Brauer

Robert L. Browning

Mary D. Clark

Phyllis Finley

Jerry E. Fischer

Dee Haven

Mike Horridge

Monty Lee

Kirk Mason

Mrs. Elizabeth Nisbet

Richard K. Tinnin

Derrest Williams

Stacy Dowdy, Ex-officio

Lisa Mason, Ex-officio

The Rev. David G. Read, Ex-officio

Mustang Island Program Committee

Lisa Mason, Chair

Jennifer Brooke-Davidson

The Rev. Earl Mahan

Kirk Mason

Clark Niles

The Rev. R. Scott Penrod

Carey Rote, Ph.D.

Nita Shaver

Louise Taylor

Stacy Dowdy, Ex-officio

The Rev. David G. Read, Ex-officio

This presentation created by

Carolyn M. Appleton, CFRE

With the invaluable assistance of:

Mary D. Clark and Alice Heldenfels Sallee

- 2008 -

Please contact Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd,

Corpus Christi, Texas, for more information:

361-992-1735.

Thanks to the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas, Episcopal

Church of the Good Shepherd, Microsoft Office Online, Pettus

Advertising, Inc. and the many organizations referenced

herein, for the photographs found in this presentation.