Editor’s note: Father Chris Brathwaite served as interim rector for St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Lake Mary for 14 months. With the Diocese of Central Florida set to celebrate the new ministry and installation of Rev. Jeremy Bergstrom as rector at St. Peter’s on Saturday, Jan. 19, Brathwaite will ease back into retirement. Brathwaite took…
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To say that “the third time is the charm” for leading music for a Diocesan event is an understatement for Josh Head. For this time, he is overseeing the music for an event featuring one of the world’s most celebrated preachers: Presiding Bishop Michael Curry. Head, the worship coordinator at Grace Episcopal Church in Ocala…
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As the daughter of a preacher, the Rev. Mary Rosendahl learned to respect the bishop at a very young age. But she quickly learned that it is not just the bishop’s position that warrants respect, but the bishop’s actions as well. As rector at Church of the Nativity in Port St. Lucie, she took time…
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The Diocese of Central Florida announced on Sept. 19 that Bishop Greg Brewer officially accepted an invitation from Presiding Bishop Curry to serve on the Communion Across Difference Task Force. The task force was established as a result of Resolution A227 that was passed at the 2018 General Convention of The Episcopal Church in July…
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The Diocese of Central Florida will once again host a year-end class for the Automated Church System (ACS) software program that many church administrators and leaders are using for membership and accounting. The class will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 30, at The Diocese of Central Florida, 1017 E. Robinson…
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The Diocese of Central Florida announced that an ordination to the priesthood celebration of new ministry and installation as rector of the Rev. Kevin Bartle to St. Mary of the Angels Church, 6316 Matchett Road, in Orlando will be held at 4 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 18. The Rt. Rev. Greg Brewer, Bishop, will ordain Bartle…
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When Bishop Greg Brewer this past summer inquired about church openings, the Rev. Canon Tim Nunez’s face lit up like the sun when mentioning the Church of the Good Shepherd in Lake Wales. It was right there and then that both men knew God was calling Nunez, a native of Polk County, back home. Last…
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The Diocese of Central Florida announced Monday, Nov. 12, that a youth leader meeting with lunch will be held from 10 a.m. to noon, Wednesday, Nov. 14, at the Diocesan office in downtown Orlando. All youth leaders across the diocese are invited. The Diocese of Central Florida is located at 1017 E. Robinson St., Orlando,…
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Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018 Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 27) 1 Kings 17:8-16; Psalm 146; Hebrews 9:24-28; Mark 12:38-44 I’ve put together my fair share of IKEA furniture: I study the pictorial manual, lay out all the parts, get a cup of coffee, put on the soundtrack from Interstellar, and then get to work. It’s…
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History continues to be made in the Diocese of Central Florida – on a national stage. Only a few months after being elected national president of Daughters of the King (DOK), St. John-the-Baptist Church’s Krisita Jackson announced that Bishop Greg Brewer has accepted her invitation to be national chaplain for DOK. Jackson appointed Brewer in…
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