Central Florida Episcopalian Online

This summer, children and youth from all around Central Florida came to Camp Wingmann for an experience that will impact them for a long time to come. More accurately, a combination of experiences worked together to help them learn how to “make it matter.” “Make It Matter” was this year’s theme for Camp Wingmann’s annual…

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Family, friends, the Episcopal Diocese of Central Florida and the Orlando community at large celebrated the life of nationally known civil rights leader, community activist, church and denominational leader The Rev. Canon Dr. Nelson Wardell Pinder this past weekend in services at the Episcopal Church of St. John the Baptist, Orlando, and the Cathedral Church…

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What began as a way for The Very Rev. Dr. Reggie Kidd to connect with God during the COVID-19 pandemic and related lockdown has now become a five-day-a-week podcast that reaches out across platforms to help others do the same. With his “Daily Office Devotions” podcast, Kidd, dean of the Cathedral Church of St. Luke,…

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Although much can be said of what was lost during the COVID-19 shutdown, sometimes God has a bigger picture in mind that propels his work forward. Such is the case with the healing ministry of the International Order of Saint Luke. The ministry, which began in the 1930s, faced its own pandemic challenges like the…

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The 80th General Convention of The Episcopal Church has ended, and all of Bishop Brewer’s daily video reports from Baltimore, Maryland, are now archived below. You can also scroll down for a video report from the Diocese of Central Florida’s deputation, a link to the GC80 Media Hub with recorded worship and legislative sessions, as…

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In June, Church of the Nativity in Port St. Lucie hosted its first Vacation Bible School in seven years. The decision to renew VBS is part of a years-long intentional effort to revitalize the parish by building multigenerational bridges. When The Rev. Tracy Dugger became rector in 2019, there were three children in the parish,…

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Recorded at the diocesan office on June 22, 2022, this training is mandatory for potential ordinands in the Episcopal Diocese of Central Florida discernment process. It also contains information pertinent to all clergy. “Title IV” refers to the section of The Episcopal Church’s Canons (laws) that addresses the grounds and processes for “ecclesiastical discipline,” a…

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A concerned, caring priest with a deep love for God and for people. A warm, welcoming congregation with the same commitments. As The Rev. Ángel López looks forward to beginning his new ministry at St. Luke’s, Merritt Island, he – along with church and diocesan leadership – recognizes how God has put the call together….

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“It is my passion that no child should go to bed hungry in this country, and this has expanded to families, seniors and more,” said St. Matthias, Clermont, parishioner Keith Whitacre. That passion led him to found Food Providers of South Lake in 2019. Food Providers of South Lake is a group of 40 people…

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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….

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