Local Episcopalians in July will have a chance to stay abreast of discussions and late-breaking news and changes at one of the biggest legislative bodies in the world: the General Convention. The 79th Annual General Convention of the Episcopal Church is expected to draw a whopping 10,000 people to Austin, Texas, on July 2-13. However,…

The Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle wasn’t the only historical event this spring in England. Davenport’s Joslyn Williams can testify to that. The director of music, organist and parish administrator at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Haines City on April 28 was inducted into The Guild of Musicians and Singers at the level of…

Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, who will serve as guest preacher at the 50th Annual Diocesan Convention in Winter Park next February, will make royal history of sorts this weekend. Curry on Saturday, May 19, will preach at the wedding of Prince Henry of Wales – more commonly known as Prince Harry – and…

Editor’s note: This is the first of many scheduled lectionary weekly living columns to be written by clergy in the Diocese of Central Florida. The first column is about the Feast of the Ascension. The occasion on which the risen Christ is taken into heaven after appearing to his followers for forty days (Acts 1:1-11,…

The Absalom Jones legacy continues when the Central Florida Chapter Union of Black Episcopalians (UBE) presents its annual Absalom Jones Celebration on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018, at The Episcopal Church of the Messiah in Winter Garden. The theme, “The Church & UBE Saving Children & Youth Today for a Better Tomorrow” is an extension of…

The Rev. Bill Yates used to love to hunt and fish while growing up in Lakeland, but he never favored the use of an AR-15 – the weapon that has been used in countless mass shootings in America, including the one this week at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. Yates, who is the…

Youth is a powerful thing, especially for clergy in the Diocese of Central Florida. When Bishop Greg Brewer recently read an article about how ordained Episcopal clergy were getting older in the U.S., he knew right away that wasn’t indicative of his diocese. “Bishop Brewer got worked up … and (we) revisited the files of…

For centuries, historians and religious scholars have debated the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin. Now, locals can judge for themselves when a replica is presented right here in Central Florida. The Diocese of Central Florida on Friday, Oct. 6, announced that the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection, 251 E. Lake Brantley Drive, Longwood, will…

Kathryn (Katie) Gillett’s article “Blessed Repetition” recently appeared in Anglican Episcopal House of Studies Perspectives for Duke Divinity School, and now the parishioner from St. Mary of the Angels Episcopal Church in Orlando is a Candidate for Holy Orders. Here is her article: O Lord, open thou our lips. And our mouth shall show forth thy praise….