appleton powerpoint - episcopal diocese of west texas mustang island conference center expansion
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This slide show describes a proposed expansion of a beloved conference and retreat center on Mustang Island on the South Texas coast. For more information, please contact Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, 361-882-1735, the parish overseeing the facility for the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas.TRANSCRIPT
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.