John Pfeiffer had his life all figured out. A retired computer programmer, he describes himself as a “good Episcopalian” who went to church on Easter, Christmas and whenever his late wife, Lynn, asked him to attend. She served as the longtime church organist and choir director at St. Mary’s, Belleview, and urged him to come…
[ Read More]The lives of immigrant children in Marion County, Florida, will be enriched and impacted thanks to the efforts of Ocala’s Grace Episcopal Church, which recently received $10,000 in grants from The Episcopal Church and the David and Lisa Midgett Foundation. The monies, awarded for churches addressing racial disparity in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, will…
[ Read More]The Rt. Rev. Gregory O. Brewer, bishop of the Diocese of Central Florida, conducted a service ordaining The Rev. Jennifer Lynn Grady into the priesthood on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020, in the diocesan chapel. Grady has ministered since 2012 at St. Francis in the Fields Episcopal Church, Louisville, Kentucky, where she serves as children’s ministry…
[ 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]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.
[ Read More]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…
[ Read More]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…
[ Read More][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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