Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost Proper 26 Year C Luke 19: 1-10 Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through it. A man was there named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was rich. He was trying to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was short…
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Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 25 Year C Luke 18:9-14 I have been doing an evening beach Eucharist for 16 years, and one busy Sunday years ago, I couldn’t find a place to park my truck. Consequently, I parked at a friend’s house that overlooks the ocean and walked a block or so to do…
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St. George Episcopal Church, The Villages, sponsored Trivia Night on Oct. 8 to help the survivors of Hurricane Dorian. A love offering was collected during the evening. “We wanted to do a little extra, something beyond the donation to the Diocese,” explained fellowship committee member Marilyn Hood. This was the third trivia night for the…
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Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 24 Luke 18:1-8 Pandita Rambai (1858-1922) faced most of the obstacles a woman could encounter in the India of her lifetime. She was denied access to formal education and was ostracized from society as first an orphan and then a widow. She experienced first-hand the effects of India’s rigid caste system that placed discriminatory…
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I remember an occasion, while I was in seminary, getting sick but still needing to go to class … especially Hebrew. It soon became the inside joke of our Hebrew class that if you were sick and people needed to stay away, you announced as you were walking into class and sitting away from everyone…
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Jennifer and James Cooper, parishioners of St. Richard’s Episcopal Church, Winter Park, are spearheading the parish’s efforts to get much-needed supplies to the Bahamas. “James is from Freeport and still has family living there,” explains Jennifer Cooper. “We are so grateful for all the support our community has provided. It’s a true testament that God…
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All Saints Academy, Winter Haven, spent the week of September 9 collecting supplies for the hardest-hit areas of the Bahamas. Upper School student Rio Knowles coordinated the school’s efforts. Rio felt compassion when she saw the news footage on the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian. “I was watching the hurricane coverage on the news and saw how…
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Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 22 Year C 2 Timothy 1:1-14 Paul’s correspondences with his young protégé Timothy sometimes leave us guessing. Why does Paul mention Timothy’s tears as something that brings him joy? Why does Paul feel the need to encourage Timothy? What was little Tim struggling with? Bible scholars are by no means…
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St. Mark’s Episcopal Academy, Cocoa, will hold a Fall Festival on Saturday, Oct.12. Immediately preceding the event from 4-5 p.m. is the Youth Service in St. Mark’s church. Once a month, St. Mark’s has a Saturday evening service geared to the youth. “The service is less formal,” explains The Rev. Gary Jackson, rector of…
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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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