En la noche del 26 de junio de 2023, aproximadamente 150 personas se reunieron con los representantes de EE. UU., Maxwell Frost, Distrito 9 de Florida, y Darren Soto, Distrito 10 de Florida, en la iglesia Christ the King de Orlando, para honrar a 32 inmigrantes distinguidos y cinco organizaciones comunitarias. El evento, realizado durante…
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On the evening of June 26, 2023, approximately 150 people gathered with U.S. Reps. Maxwell Frost, Florida District 9, and Darren Soto, Florida District 10, at Christ the King, Orlando, to honor 32 distinguished immigrants and five community-based organizations. The event, held during National Immigrant Heritage Month, included a number of honorees associated with the…
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Even though he’s a brand-new resident, receiving hands-on experience under the guidance of the Rev. Jonathan French and other seasoned leaders at Grace, Ocala, for Indiana native and former missionary Brian Stankich, the new role is the culmination of a calling he’s felt since he was a young man. While he was working in the…
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The Rev. Sara Oxley has been called as the new rector at Good Shepherd, Maitland, and looks forward to her new role. She will begin on Aug. 1 and said her celebration of new ministry service will occur later. “I can’t wait to start at Good Shepherd and see what God has planned!” But Oxley…
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Churches around the Diocese of Central Florida will soon celebrate the inaugural Canon Nelson Wardell Pinder Commemoration Day. In accordance with a resolution passed at the 54th Annual Convention of the Diocese of Central Florida, the Commemoration Day will be celebrated annually on July 10. In order to allow as many churches as possible to…
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La proclamación del evangelio. Un despliegue de naciones, pueblos y lenguas. Oraciones gloriosas y alabanzas a Dios tanto en palabra como en canto. La celebración de la santa Eucaristía. Todos estos elementos se combinaron para dar a las casi dos mil personas que asistieron a la consagración del Rvmo. Dr. Justin S. Holcomb, de 49…
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Gospel proclamation. An array of nations, peoples and tongues. Glorious prayer and praise to God in word and song. The celebration of holy Eucharist. All of these elements combined to give the nearly 2,000 people who attended the consecration of the Rt. Rev. Dr. Justin S. Holcomb, 49, as the fifth bishop of the Diocese…
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Prayer is an opportunity to commune with God and lay burdens at his feet, and a recent event at Orlando’s Cathedral Church of St. Luke represented this process in a tangible, emotional way. On May 19, the Rev. Canon Patricia Orlando hosted and Dr. Christin Ditchfield Lazo facilitated a guided prayer walk through a labyrinth…
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Four priests. Four sponsoring churches. Four places of service. Yet for all those differences, the four priests ordained in the Rt. Rev. Gregory O. Brewer’s final ordination service as bishop of the Diocese of Central Florida had much more in common than it might otherwise have appeared. Brewer himself may have expressed it best when…
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“No estábamos organizando un espectáculo para que todos se sintieran bien consigo mismos. La diversidad es real; no una representación”. Estas palabras del Rvdo. Dr. José Rodríguez, presidente de la Comisión Hispana diocesana, rector de la Iglesia Episcopal Cristo Rey, y vicario de la Iglesia Episcopal Jesús de Nazaret en Orlando, describen la genuina visión…
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