2024
HTEA, Melbourne, Breaks Ground on IDEAS Institute
June 3, 2024
By: Nina Keck Catagory:
HTEA, Melbourne, Breaks Ground on IDEAS Institute
With help from the Rt. Revs. Justin Holcomb and Dabney Smith; contractors; board members; parents; the Rev. Tom Phillips and even Mr. Tiger, the school mascot, Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy broke ground on its IDEAS Institute on April 26. The IDEAS Institute, a visionary two-story, 30,000-square-foot, multi-use academic building on the Upper School campus, is…
2024
Summer Camp and Sexual Assault: How You Can Protect Your Kids
June 1, 2024
By: The Rt. Rev. Dr. Justin S. Holcomb and Lindsey Holcomb Catagory:
Summer Camp and Sexual Assault: How You Can Protect Your Kids
It’s gut-wrenching. A variety of emotions swirl when reading the stories and accounts of sexual assault situations at summer camp. Unfortunately, a summer camp environment does not guarantee a child’s complete safety. Camp sexual assault cases exist. However, we want to come alongside you and your family as you prepare to send your children to…
2024
The Power of Pentecost
May 17, 2024
By: The Rt. Rev. Dr. Justin S. Holcomb Catagory:
The Power of Pentecost
Pentecost Sunday is the commemoration and celebration of the receiving of the Holy Spirit by the early church as recorded in Acts 2. In that chapter, Jesus’ promise of the Spirit (John 14:15-31) becomes a reality as the Spirit descends on the disciples at Pentecost. The disciples “began to speak in other tongues” (Acts 2:4b),…
2024
Haitian Congregation Celebrates Past, Anticipates Future
May 9, 2024
By: Marti Pieper Catagory:
Haitian Congregation Celebrates Past, Anticipates Future
The Haitian congregation at Church of the Messiah, Winter Garden, marked its fifth-year anniversary with a special service and celebration attended by more than 200 people on Sunday, April 21. The day’s designation as Good Shepherd Sunday seems especially fitting as both the church and the Diocese of Central Florida recognize God’s work in the…
2024
Church of the Messiah Hosts Diocese’s First Annual CS Lewis Conference
May 7, 2024
By: Rebecca Taylor Catagory:
Church of the Messiah Hosts Diocese’s First Annual CS Lewis Conference
Generosity. Connection. Energy. (L-R) Bishop Holcomb with conference organizers Dr. Christin Ditchfield Lazo and the Rev. Andrew Lazo | Photo: The Rev. Andrew Lazo Those are the words that come to mind for the Rev. Andrew Lazo, and his wife, Dr. Christin Ditchfield Lazo, about their inaugural C.S. Lewis Conference, held on April 26-27 at…
2024
Bishop Holcomb Is Key Figure in Safe Church Initiatives
May 3, 2024
By: Marti Pieper Catagory:
Bishop Holcomb Is Key Figure in Safe Church Initiatives
Not yet a full year into his episcopacy, the Rt. Rev. Dr. Justin S. Holcomb is already making a difference, not only in the Diocese of Central Florida but also in The Episcopal Church and the broader Anglican Communion. This is especially true as regards what, for Holcomb, is both a long-held passion and an…
2024
St. Michael’s, Orlando, Hosts ‘A Community Sing-In: The Music of David Hurd’
May 2, 2024
By: Nina Keck Catagory:
St. Michael’s, Orlando, Hosts ‘A Community Sing-In: The Music of David Hurd’
The Central Florida Chapter of the American Guild of Organists presented “A Community Sing-In: The Music of David Hurd” on Sunday, April 21, at St. Michael’s, Orlando. The concert, 15 years in the making, featured an artist widely recognized and admired as one of the foremost sacred music composers in the U.S. “For the last…
2024
Intergenerational Cohort Works Toward Youth Liturgy Project
April 25, 2024
By: Rebecca Taylor Catagory:
Intergenerational Cohort Works Toward Youth Liturgy Project
The St. David’s Institute, Cocoa Beach, and Christ Episcopal Church, Suntree-Viera, have launched an intergenerational cohort to create a liturgy project written by teenagers, for teenagers. The Rev. Cynthia Brust, rector of Christ Episcopal, and the Very Rev. Dr. Porter Taylor, rector of St. David’s by-the-Sea, Cocoa Beach, co-leaders of the cohort, believe teenagers are…
2024
Diocesan Deputation Prepares for 2024 General Convention, Election of New Presiding Bishop
April 22, 2024
By: Marti Pieper Catagory:
Diocesan Deputation Prepares for 2024 General Convention, Election of New Presiding Bishop
In addition to their many other responsibilities, members of the deputation from the Diocese of Central Florida to the 81st General Convention of The Episcopal Church will participate in a historic event: the choice of a new presiding bishop. As the governing body of The Episcopal Church, this year’s General Convention, set for June 23-28…
2024
Punching Holes in the Darkness: How the Resurrection Brings Us Light and Life
April 17, 2024
By: The Rt. Rev. Dr. Justin S. Holcomb Catagory:
Punching Holes in the Darkness: How the Resurrection Brings Us Light and Life
During Eastertide, we lift high the good news that God’s saving work in human history has been accomplished solely through the life, death and Resurrection of Jesus. We proclaim that in Christ, God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting our trespasses against us, and that salvation is not earned by any human effort…