Camp Wingmann’s annual Winter Camp retreat for elementary, middle and high school students went “beyond our expectations,” said camp director Joshua “J.J.” Joseph. The retreat, which convened the first weekend of January in Avon Park, Florida, included 20 students and 25 staff engaging in a variety of activities such as rock climbing, games, recreation and…
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For the second year in a row, Grace, Ocala, has eliminated medical debt through Christmas donations from church members and strategic partnerships. “We have now bought $750,000 in medical debt,” said The Rev. Jonathan French, rector. “Someone told me about RIP Medical Debt in 2020,” French explained. “Then I found something from them in my…
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In communication ahead of the evening, The Rev. Canon Dr. Justin Holcomb asked that the first annual Cranmer Lecture, a free event co-sponsored by the Diocese of Central Florida and Reformed Theological Seminary Orlando in Oviedo on the evening of Jan. 6, 2022, be “pastorally powerful and academically rigorous.” And according to Holcomb and others,…
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“The doubled impact of your generosity is a game changer.” That’s how All Saints, Winter Park, expressed the exciting news via social media that trustees of the Joe and Sarah Galloway Foundation had voted to approve a matching grant of up to $100,000 toward a complete replacement of the playground for the All Saints School’s…
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A unique partnership between 10 local nonprofit organizations offers quality and affordable Christmas shopping for low-income families in the greater Melbourne area, and diocesan churches and schools add their gifts to this ministry’s Christmas joy. Gifts From the Heart Christmas Shop is now in its sixth year. Here, parents and guardians of children served by…
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The Very Rev. Roy Allison, dean of the Northeast Deanery, has announced that two Volusia nonprofits will each receive $5,000, half from the Lilly Grant awarded to the Diocese of Central Florida late last year and half from the generosity of the 11 churches in the deanery. “I reached out to the churches in the…
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From Nov. 30-Dec. 1, The Rt. Rev. Gregory O. Brewer, diocesan bishop; The Rev. Canon Dr. Justin S. Holcomb, canon for vocations; Mr. Orman Kimbrough, chair of the Commission on Ministry; The Rev. Dr. José Rodríguez and The Rev. Dr. Rich Gonzalez attended the first-ever Province IV Conference on Bivocational Ordained Ministry, held at Christ…
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Nearly 50 of the active Scouts at St. Gabriel’s, Titusville, spent Saturday, Nov. 13, scouting for food by going house to house in Titusville neighborhoods with members of other area Scout troops. The Scouts collected bags of food, which they brought to a central location to be sorted for equal distribution to local food banks…
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The Rt. Rev. Gregory O. Brewer, bishop of the Diocese of Central Florida, had the opportunity to impact the lives and the preaching of present and future priests through a recent homiletics course he taught at Nashotah House in Nashotah, Wisconsin, with additional diocesan help from The Rev. Cynthia Brust. Titled “Principles of Preaching,” the…
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Grace Episcopal Church in Port Orange has a new historic marker for its 1893 chapel, thanks to the fundraising efforts of the Sugar Mill Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Built in 1893 in the Florida Gothic style using native cypress and heart pine, the chapel contains two historic stained-glass windows crafted by…
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