When Wildwood United Methodist senior pastor Michael Beck took the door off the hinges in his office and placed it in the church sanctuary, church members knew he was onto a different type of evangelism. That evangelism is called Fresh Expressions. Fresh Expressions is an innovative worldwide movement in which members create new forms of…
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Edgar Allen Poe is well-known for his mysterious and macabre short stories and poems, including The Raven. But few may know that there was a spiritual side to the famous 19th-century writer, too. St. Richard’s Episcopal Church, 5151 Lake Howell Road, Winter Park, will explore all of that and more when it holds its Fall…
[ Read More]– A column by the Rev. John E. Clark There’s “An Army of Love” in Belize City, Belize, Central America. The Christian healing movement of the Order of St. Luke is alive in Central America. The year 2017, one mid-June morning, I woke up from a vision of ministering in Belize. God spoke to…
[ Read More]The No One Hungry ministry is making sure food demands are met in many places, including those from youth right here in Central Florida. Deacon Johnny Clark recently announced that No One Hungry, a food bank ministry at his church, St. Gabriel’s Episcopal Church in Titusville, has partnered with Second Harvest of Central Florida to start…
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The last year has been a whirlwind of activity, to say, the least for Father Andrew Petiprin. Fifteen months after being called to serve as Canon to the Ordinary in the Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee in Nashville, the former St. Mary of the Angels Episcopal Church, Orlando, rector is returning to Orlando in September to…
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More than 200 women are expected to “Walk His Way” on Saturday, Sept. 15, when the annual Diocesan Assembly of the Central Florida Daughters of the King (DOK) is held at St. Barnabas Church in DeLand. Daughters from throughout the Diocese of Central Florida will converge on the East Volusia County church for a day…
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The summertime means hitting the beach and going on vacations for many folks, but for dozens of Central Florida youth it marked a red-hot opportunity to do missionary work. More than 83 students in sixth- through 12th-grade participated in the “Soul in the City” event July 23-27 at All Saints’ Episcopal Church in Lakeland. The…
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Editor’s note: This is the seventh of many scheduled Lectionary Living columns to be written by clergy in the Diocese of Central Florida. Reflection for Sunday, July 29, 2018 John 6:1-21 In April of this year, I was blessed to travel to Israel with a group from Holy Trinity and Educational Opportunities Tours. It was an…
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Lectionary Reflection: Proper 11, Year B 2 Samuel 7:1-14a; Psalm 89:20-37; Ephesians 2:11-22; Mark 6:30-34; 53-56 King David desired, and rightly so, to build for the Lord a permanent and suitable house – a temple. Now, a temple is a dwelling place for deity. A temple is a place where heaven and earth interlock,…
[ Read More]VERO BEACH – Bill and Margaret Squire’s adventurous life has included homes in 14 states and three countries as well as 31 moves. Earlier this year at the Clergy Spouse Luncheon at the 2018 Diocesan Convention, hosted by Laura Lee Brewer, wife of Bishop Greg Brewer, gave Margaret the opportunity to share not only her…
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