Central Florida Episcopalian Online

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…

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  “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…

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WHEN: Saturday, Sept. 19, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. (EST) COST: $15 REGISTER: https://radvo-digital-sept2020.eventbrite.com RADVO ignites clergy and anyone exploring a vocation in ministry by gathering the best theological minds in the Anglican tradition to guide a conversation that proclaims Christ to a broken world in need of healing and redemption in the 21st century.

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Seventh Sunday of Easter Sunday, May 24, 2020 Ascension Day Propers Year A Acts 1:1-11 Ephesians 1:15-23 Luke 24:44-53 Psalm 47 or Psalm 93 The Collect Grant, we pray, Almighty God, that as we believe your only-begotten Son our Lord Jesus Christ to have ascended into heaven, so we may also in heart and mind…

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Fifth Sunday of Lent Sunday, March 29, 2020 Lectionary A Ezekiel 37:1-14 Romans 8:6-11 John 11:1-45 Psalm 130 In this Sunday’s Gospel (John 11:1-45), we are presented with the familiar story of the raising of Lazarus from the dead.  When Jesus visits Lazarus’s sister Martha at the tomb after Lazarus’s death, Martha in her grief…

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[ORLANDO] United Way Heart of Florida has named The Rev. José Rodriguez, vicar of Iglesia Episcopal Jesús de Nazaret, Orlando, among honorees for its 2019 Change Makers Impact Award. The awards, initiated in 2018, recognize “key players who make our community a better place to live,” according to United Way. Recipients were celebrated at a…

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“Life-changing.” “Amazing.” “Empowering.” Participants use these words and more to describe the ministry of Cursillo (“little course”).   “My first Cursillo was a life-changing experience,” said Phil Phillips, chairman of the diocesan Cursillo Commission. “It brought my faith into focus and reinvigorated my relationship with Jesus.” Cursillo is a lay movement dedicated to evangelism and renewal…

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Former Diocese of Central Florida Assistant to Canon for Vocations Caroline Miller was recently ordained to the priesthood at Grace Episcopal Church in Ocala. CFE contacted Rev. Miller to ask her about the ordination, her background and her goals at Grace. Here is what she had to say: What city do you currently reside in?…

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The Diocese of Central Florida continues its growth among clergy when Bishop Greg Brewer ordains Jesse Lassiter to the Sacred Order of Deacons in Christ’s One Holy, Catholic and Apostolic church at 7 p.m., Friday, March 22, at St. James Episcopal Church in Ormond Beach. The diocese requests your prayers and presence for the event,…

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