Camp Wingmann will host its winter camp on Jan. 1-3, 2021. “This is a weekend retreat that mimics summer camp in the best way, but it’s in the middle of winter!” said Camp Wingmann’s office manager, Christin Hill. The camp is open to grades 3-12, and the cost is $125 per camper. COVID-19 guidelines and protocol are…
[ Read More]Collect: “Stir up your power, O Lord, and with great might come among us; and, because we are sorely hindered by our sins, let your bountiful grace and mercy speedily help and deliver us; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit, be honor and glory, now and for ever….
[ Read More]The youth group at St. Elizabeth’s, Sebastian, has started a new ministry. Adopt a Grandfriend pairs a young person with an elderly retired person. In the early fall, Joanne Knott, the church’s youth minister, began thinking of a project that would involve the youth group and the parish seniors. Knott said, “Our parish is predominantly…
[ Read More]“O God of unchangeable power and eternal light: Look favorably on your whole Church, that wonderful and sacred mystery; by the effectual working of your providence, carry out in tranquility the plan of salvation; let the whole world see and know that things which had grown old are being made new, and that all…
[ Read More]“Advent is the season in the church year when we prepare for the coming of Jesus Christ, both His birth at Christmas and his second coming at the end of time,” says The Rev. Brian Turner, vicar of Church of the Blessed Redeemer, Palm Bay. The word “Advent,” from Latin, means “the coming.” For centuries,…
[ Read More]Collect for Confirmations Grant, Almighty God, that we, who have been redeemed from the old life of sin by our baptism into the death and resurrection of your Son Jesus Christ, may be renewed in your Holy Spirit, and live in righteousness and true holiness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with…
[ Read More]The Cathedral Concerts Downtown has featured a number of mesmerizing, joyful events through the years, and this year figures to be no exception. On Sunday, March 31, at 6 p.m., the Cathedral Church of St. Luke in downtown Orlando presents a special program featuring the Egyptian oud, a short-neck lute-type, pear-shaped stringed instrument that is…
[ Read More]They work long hours answering phone calls, taking messages, filing paperwork, and much more. Administrative assistants are the very foundation that strong organizations are built upon. One such organization is the Diocese of Central Florida, which takes time once a year to reward their administrative assistants with a luncheon fit for royals. On Wednesday, April…
[ Read More]Eleven bishops scattered across the U.S. and Province IX (Colombia, Dominican Republic, Central Ecuador, Litoral Ecuador, Honduras, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela) came together for an Austin Statement of the Communion Partners of the Episcopal Church following the 79th General Convention held July 2-13 in Austin, Texas. The Austin Statement was available in paper form for…
[ Read More]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…
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