Although Deacon Becky Chapman is the newest member of the diocesan staff, she has been volunteering in the offices for the last year and a half. Deacon Becky’s broad background in finance, nonprofit development, training, hospitality, and large event management have helped her become the staff utility player. In addition to coordinating catering and hospitality for the last two convention lunches and this year’s convention dinner, she assists in…
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On the afternoon of January 15, 2017, the Rev. Adam Young was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Gregory Brewer at the Cathedral Church of St. Luke, Orlando. Adam will continue to serve on the Cathedral staff, where he has been serving as a transitional deacon. Congratulations to Adam and blessings on his present and future ministry.
[ Read More]Have the urge to get away this year? Equal Opportunities Tours (EO) has partnered with clergy, leaders, parishes, schools, and ministries of The Episcopal Church to provide five locations and nearly 30 options for travel dates. EO has put together packages to the Holy Land, Eastern Europe, Mediterranean Sea, Northern Ireland, and a little closer…
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Writers don’t write books to win awards. Writers write books to share a message or a story. Winning an award, however, is for an author akin to spreading icing on the cake that took hundreds of hours to bake. Recently the Rev. Orlando Addison, Holy Faith-Port St. Lucie, spread icing on his cake when he…
[ Read More]“Then he took a little child and put it among them; and taking it in his arms, he said to them, ‘Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes not me but the one who sent me’” (Mark 9:36-37). As I stepped out of the apartment building, I…
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“If your church closed tomorrow, what difference would it make to your neighborhood?” That’s the question we asked ourselves 10 years ago at St Thomas’ Church, Amenia Union, New York. At the time, St. Thomas’ was a parish of 16 members with a history as a mostly weekend congregation for many of its 150 years….
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Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has focused on reconciliation—one of the three priority areas for his ministry—for his New Year’s message. The archbishop filmed the message in Coventry, where he served as cathedral canon between 2002 and 2007. It was in Coventry that Archbishop Justin developed the cathedral’s international reconciliation ministry, which grew out of…
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We all embraced the slogan: “Episcopal evangelist. It’s not an oxymoron.” Evangelism Matters, an evangelism conference sponsored by The Episcopal Church, was held November 18 and 19 in Dallas, Texas. The conference was designed for anyone who wanted to learn more about evangelism and available resources to share their faith. While some people might think…
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[Episcopal News Service] What began as a small gathering with a big dream has transformed into a commitment by millions of Christians around the world to pray for one another. First begun in 1908, the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity runs Jan.18-25 with hundreds of celebrations and gatherings: from Houston to Boston; Waterloo, Belgium,…
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St. Paul’s Chapel has served Manhattan since the Colonial era St. Paul’s Chapel in Lower Manhattan, New York, held a special service—250 years to the day when, on Oct. 30, 1766, it opened its doors as a chapel of ease for Trinity Church, Wall Street. It was built to accommodate the growing number of Trinity…
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