Central Florida Episcopalian Online

Brothers Jake and Luke Damiani led the third annual Soles 4 Souls Shoe Drive at St. Edward’s Episcopal School, Vero Beach, Feb. 7-25, collecting 200 pairs of shoes for those in need. “My mom teaches at St. Edward’s and volunteers a lot, so we volunteer at Habitat for Humanity,” said Jake, 18. “When I was…

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In February 2022, The Rev. John Clark (“Deacon Johnny”) and his wife, Jacki Bailey-Clark, of St. Gabriel’s, Titusville, spent 22 days in Belize representing No One Hungry Inc. and broadening the ministry’s impact. They planted four of what the ministry calls “God’s Gardens” on this, their seventh trip to the nation, and also built St….

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On Feb. 13, 2022, The Rt. Rev. Gregory O. Brewer presided and preached at the Celebration of New Ministry and Installation of The Rev. Dr. James Taylor as rector of St. George, The Villages, coinciding with the feast day of Absalom Jones. In his sermon, Brewer quoted The Most Rev. Michael Curry, presiding bishop and…

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Two different congregations. Two new directors of youth ministry. Two places where God is clearly at work. Speak with either Dan King, director of family ministries at St. Edward’s, Mount Dora, or Gariné “G” Adams, youth minister, Church of the Messiah, Winter Garden, about their work with students, and you hear both vision and passion….

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When plans for Ash Wednesday at Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy, Melbourne, began to take shape, The Very Rev. Porter Taylor knew he needed help. The rector of St. David’s-by-the-Sea, Cocoa Beach, has served as the school’s interim chaplain since August 2021 and realized he alone could not impose ashes for all 600 students – plus…

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  In his new assignment as rector of St. Gabriel’s, Titusville, The Rev. Rob Griffith is boldly going toward the final frontier. The congregation he serves on the Space Coast includes NASA workers and rocket scientists, and the self-described “space nut” is excited about ministry in an area of technological innovation and intellectual stimulation. “Being…

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The Celebration of New Ministry/Installation held at Christ the King and Jesús de Nazaret in the Azalea Park neighborhood of Orlando on the afternoon of Sunday, Feb. 6, told a unique story, one that points to both the people involved and the hearts behind the churches and their kingdom work. The service celebrated the merging…

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  “People are looking for a church that speaks to the concreteness of the world they are living in.” So said The Rev. Dr. Mark Jefferson during his Feb. 19 keynote address for the annual Absalom Jones Celebration sponsored by the Canon Nelson Pinder Union of Black Episcopalians Chapter of Central Florida. “I’m often asked…

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Black history is not just a month at St. John the Baptist, Orlando, but an everyday living reality. Our church is the historic Black civil rights church in the Diocese of Central Florida. We celebrate The Rev. Canon Nelson W. Pinder, who pastored our church and helped lead the civil rights movement in the 1960s…

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When The Rev. Samuel Nsengiyumva came to serve as rector of Holy Trinity, Fruitland Park, on Jan. 26, 2021, the church’s school (Holy Trinity Episcopal School) quickly captured his heart. A recent outreach grant award of $5,000 through the Lilly Endowment Inc. via the Northwest Deanery will allow the school to expand its vital ministry…

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