The Very Rev. Porter C. Taylor, dean of the Southeast Deanery, has announced that the deanery has raised $15,000 for United Society Partners in the Gospel to provide humanitarian relief and assistance in Ukraine. The Diocese of Central Florida will also contribute $5,000 from the $1 million Lilly Grant it was awarded in December 2020….

The Rt. Rev. Gregory O. Brewer has been committed to raising up new leaders since his March 2012 consecration as bishop of the Diocese of Central Florida. With Brewer’s pending retirement in July 2023, the final year of his episcopacy will see his commitment to leadership development crescendo; 18 people are on track to be…

Becoming the new priest-in-charge at Holy Spirit, Apopka, is also a homecoming for The Rev. Ed Bartle. “When I moved to the Apopka area in 1968, I joined the Apopka Police Department and became active at Holy Spirit,” he said. “It was my home church. “My mother was born and raised in Apopka until her…

“God has opened the doors.” Throughout The Rev. Patricia Orlando’s path to ordination as a priest and her ministry in The Episcopal Church, this truth stands out. Her ordination service on Sunday afternoon, May 22, 2022, at the Cathedral Church of St. Luke, Orlando, celebrated not only the event but the great things God has…

Summer camp is sure to produce good times and long-lasting memories. But shouldn’t campers receive more than that? What about spiritual development and life change? Fortunately, that’s just what happens at the Diocese of Central Florida’s Camp Wingmann. For years, participants have come away from their camp experiences with the tools they need to have…

As rector of St. James, Ormond Beach, The Rev. Roy Allison shares his faith on a regular basis. But his second identity as “the Jeep Priest” allows him to have fun while carrying the love of Christ to those he might never otherwise encounter. “I get to engage with a whole new group of friends,”…

En la primavera de 2021, The Rt. Rev. Gregory O. Brewer, Obispo de la Diócesis de Florida Central, alertó al Comité Permanente de sus planes de jubilarse en julio del 2023 al cumplir sus 72 años de edad, como exigen los cánones de la Iglesia Episcopal. Cuando Brewer anunció oficialmente su pendiente jubilación en la…

In the spring of 2021, The Rt. Rev. Gregory O. Brewer, bishop of the Diocese of Central Florida, alerted the Standing Committee of his plans to retire in July 2023 at age 72, as required by the canons of The Episcopal Church. By the time Brewer officially announced his pending retirement at the 2022 Diocesan…

Anyone who has been around churches for long can tell stories of beautiful receptions and overflowing potlucks, but few churches have made 10,000 meals in one day. St. Augustine of Canterbury, Vero Beach, did just that, and the church accomplished this feat in under two hours. Partnering with Rise Against Hunger, a nonprofit whose goal…

Chuck Pierce wants you to attend Cursillo. That desire comes not primarily from his position as chair of the diocese’s Cursillo Commission but from his own experience of a Cursillo weekend, which he describes as “an absolutely life-changing, moving experience.” Cursillo, translated from Spanish as “a short course in Christianity,” began as a Roman Catholic…