Fourth Sunday in Lent Sunday, March 31, 2019 Lectionary C Luke 15:11-32 How do you sum up this parable in 500 words? Well … you don’t … instead, let’s see if you can find your place in the story and let the parable do what parables do: work on your heart in a personal way….
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Third Sunday in Lent Sunday, March 24, 2019 Lectionary C Exodus 3:1 “…remove the sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.” I have been richly blessed to have stood or knelt in many holy places. I have been to the Holy Land and walked on the Temple…
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The Diocese of Central Florida continues its growth among clergy when Bishop Greg Brewer ordains Jesse Lassiter to the Sacred Order of Deacons in Christ’s One Holy, Catholic and Apostolic church at 7 p.m., Friday, March 22, at St. James Episcopal Church in Ormond Beach. The diocese requests your prayers and presence for the event,…
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The Cathedral Concerts Downtown has featured a number of mesmerizing, joyful events through the years, and this year figures to be no exception. On Sunday, March 31, at 6 p.m., the Cathedral Church of St. Luke in downtown Orlando presents a special program featuring the Egyptian oud, a short-neck lute-type, pear-shaped stringed instrument that is…
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Chalmers Morse has done a lot of things in his life, including serving as executive director of the Humane Society of Vero Beach. His love for pets, however, is just one of many things that he has felt a deep sense of affection for. Morse also has had a proclivity for excelling in the hospitality…
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Second Sunday in Lent Sunday, March 17, 2019 Lectionary C Luke 13:31-35 Are You Staying on Track? Getting off track is easy to do, and it may happen for the best of reasons, but we still get off track. We do it all the time…
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There will be joyful singing and clapping to the tunes of a live musical band, and smiles will be all around as middle-schoolers enjoy the latest highly anticipated spiritual retreat at Camp Wingmann. An estimated 75 to 80 youth ages 12 to 15, sponsors and team members are expected to descend upon Camp Wingmann on…
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Keeping things positive is always a goal for committee members of the BACAM (Bishop’s Advisory Committee for Aspirants to Ministry) Conference. When an aspirant wants to discover more about a perceived calling to pursue possible ordination to the priesthood or diaconate, he or she will receive feedback in an upbeat way. “We are looking to…
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First Sunday in Lent Sunday, March 10, 2019 Lectionary C Rethinking the power of darkness … from Luke 4:1-13 …Tempted by the devil…the devil led him…The devil said to him…The devil took him…the devil departed from him until an opportune time… Many people will hear these words and pass them off as archaic, outdated myth…
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The Episcopal Diocese of Central Florida continues its growth for clergy with the announcement that Bishop Greg Brewer will preside and The Rev. Sarah Condon will preach at the celebration of a new ministry and institution of The Rev. F. Stuart Shelby as rector at All Saints’ Episcopal Church in Winter Park at 6 p.m.,…
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