A full month before America’s Thanksgiving holiday, the Caribbean people celebrate a special day of their own: the Harvest Festival. At the time of year when all the crops have been harvested, Caribbean people celebrate the Harvest Festival. This event is a thanksgiving celebration of the food grown on the land. The Harvest Festival is…
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Losing a loved one is difficult, but Jesus reminds us in Matthew in 5:4, “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.” But many people today celebrate the life of their lost loved ones, turning grief into joy and appreciation for their time on Earth. And that’s what The Church of the Holy Presence Church in DeLand…
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The Rev. Dee Wellington Bright, Sr., brings some powerful, even dramatic, experience to Church of Our Savior. In fact, he nearly lost his life while preaching the Gospel. It was a little more than two decades ago that Bright was serving as a priest in Liberia and he and his family were forced to relocate…
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St. Richard’s Episcopal Church, 5151 Lake Howell Road, in Winter Park will hold four rehearsals in September for The Fifth Sunday Evensong. The Fifth Sunday Evensong will be performed by the Women of Schola St. Richard’s in conjunction with the children and youth treble voices on Sunday, Sept. 30, according to the latest St. Richard’s…
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With hundreds of youth enjoying highly successful summer camps, Camp Wingmann already is cooking up plenty of activities, as well as changes, for the fall. Father Bill Yates, interim director at the spacious retreat in Avon Park, said camp leaders recently hired a new food service manager: Julie Kinney. She comes from Washington state where…
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Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy students will see a familiar face when they walk into the athletic director’s office this school year: James Phillips. Phillips, who most recently served as the head of Holy Trinity’s PE department, and as a PE teacher and head varsity boys’ soccer coach, recently was appointed as the school’s new athletic…
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The Rev. Phyllis Bartle enjoys stewardship so much that she is beginning a year-round program on the subject at her church. The biblical view of stewardship is essentially supervising and making effective use of resources that the Lord provides for the betterment of His people and society. But many people think of generosity when discussing…
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Rutherford B. Hayes was president when the forerunner of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church first opened its doors in 1878. And 140 years later, the church in historic Cocoa Village continues to build for the future. To commemorate its 140th anniversary, the St. Mark’s Episcopal Community on June 2 launched its St. Mark’s CAN! “Community Action…
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The Diocese of Central Florida continues to be on the front lines with evangelism as it will partner with other groups this week to offer a “Labor Day Worship Celebration.” The “Labor Day Worship Celebration” will be held at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 29, at First Presbyterian Church’s Reformation Chapel in downtown Orlando. The church…
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Editor’s note: This is the 12th of many scheduled Lectionary Living columns to be written by clergy in the Diocese of Central Florida. “A Total Eclipse of the Heart!” (on Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23) Two brothers sat down for a lunch. They had not been together like this for many years; travel, families, careers,…
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