Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 21 Year C Luke 16:19-31 I liken the parable of the rich man and Lazarus to an acorn. It looks like such a small thing in our own hands, but within the words of Jesus this acorn is truly a mighty oak. Jesus holds within this short parable the mighty…
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Parishioners and students throughout the Diocese of Central Florida are giving thanks for God’s grace and sending supplies to the Bahamas in planeloads! Students at Trinity Prep, Winter Park, organized a hurricane relief drive for those affected by Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas Sept. 6 and 9 at morning and afternoon pick-up. Henry Brown, with…
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The hurricane had passed. It was early morning. An old man walked the beach surveying the damage. Debris littered the shore. Among the beached boats, branches, seaweed and wind-strewn pieces of people’s homes were starfish—lots of them—and a young boy. The old man watched the boy bend down, pick up one of the starfish and…
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Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 20 Year C Luke 16:1-13 Jesus says, “No one can serve two masters…you cannot serve God and wealth.” God or stuff: Which will it be? We can’t have it both ways. In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus commends an unjust manager. He was not justifying his cheating but complimenting his…
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Parishes and schools throughout the Central Florida Diocese continue to respond to the Bahamas by sending supplies (and stuffed animals) in planeloads and boatloads! St. David’s by-the-Sea, Cocoa Beach, has partnered with Air Mobile Ministries in Titusville to bring supplies collected by parishioners and friends. These supplies will be flown to the smaller islands in…
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Proper 19 Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, September 15, 2019 Year C Luke 15:1 – 10 The other day one of our parishioners came by to borrow a key from the office for work. She was going to do organizing in the shed out back. She got busy helping with a few other things inside and…
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Parishes throughout the Episcopal Diocese of Central Florida are giving thanks for God’s grace and sending supplies to the Bahamas in planeloads! Financial donations sent to the Diocese were and will continue to be sent to The Rt. Rev. Laish Boyd, Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of The Bahamas and The Turks & Caicos Islands,…
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Proper 18 Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, September 8, 2019 Year C Luke 14: 25-33 Born March 3, 1819, in New York City, Alexander Crummell struggled against racism all his life. As a young man, he was driven out of an academy in New Hampshire, dismissed as a candidate for Holy Orders in New York, and…
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New Beginnings is a weekend retreat where sixth through ninth graders can learn about relationships, meet peers throughout the Diocese of Central Florida, enjoy skits, listen to talks and participate in small-group activities. The next retreat will be held Oct. 4-6. The Rev. Tracy Dugger, the retreat’s spring 2018 spiritual director, said, “I would highly…
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Proper 17 Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, August 25, 2019 Year C Luke 14:1, 7-14 I want to share one of my favorite stories about the life of the Episcopal Church, a church that has traditionally welcomed, as the Prayer Book says, “all sorts and conditions,” regardless of age, race, economic status or education. If…
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