Left Photo: Canon Patricia Orlando gives the newly baptized students their first Communion. – Photo courtesy of Canon Patricia Orlando | Right Photo: The Rev. Garrett Puccetti (L), Mrs. Dena Hoy (C) and the Rev. Canon Patricia Orlando (R) with the newly baptized students – Photo courtesy of Canon Patricia Orlando Mrs. Dena Hoy has…

At the 2025 Diocesan Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Central Florida, the Rev. Cynthia Brust, rector of Christ Episcopal Church, Suntree-Viera, delivered a compelling general session presentation titled “Cultivating a Culture of Belonging.” She opened her presentation with these words: “Every societal entity has a culture. Businesses, retail stores, corporations, the armed services, athletic…

Winter Camp at Camp Wingmann in Avon Park has a different theme every year, but according to  camp executive director Joshua “J.J.” Joseph, the camp maintains the same focus: building gospel-based connections. The recent Winter Camp, which took place the weekend of Dec. 27-29, had the theme “Total Surrender” and revealed the many ways Winter…

The Episcopal Church celebrates the Feast of the Epiphany on Jan. 6, 12 days after Christmas. That day commemorates the arrival of the wise men from the East to Bethlehem to pay homage to the newborn Christ child. It also marks the beginning of Epiphany season, a four- to nine-week period that ends on the…

The Rev. Canon Patricia Orlando, canon priest for spiritual formation and pastoral care at the Cathedral Church of St. Luke, Orlando, knows about pain. Not only has she lost both of her parents in recent years, but like many of us, she has also experienced other deep losses. But it was not her grief that…

It’s always cause for rejoicing in heaven when an individual responds with genuine faith to the gospel of Jesus Christ. This rejoicing, then, is surely palpable in response to the work God is doing in the Episcopal Diocese of Central Florida, where more and more churches are seeing God move to bring people to belief…

An early autumn evening set the scene for a remarkable event in the Diocese of Central Florida, as nearly 200 people gathered on Oct. 16 to watch and discuss a film dramatically portraying a vibrant contrast between theism and atheism. Several churches in the Episcopal Diocese of Central Florida, including All Saints, Winter Park; the…

Each summer, youth from around the Diocese of Central Florida gather to encounter the truth of the gospel and live out their faith. The five-day event called Soul in the City is hosted each year at a different parish, where the youth work on service projects in that community. (For a look at the 2023…

Corpus Christi, Okahumpka, has been awarded a $4,500 Becoming Beloved Community Seed Grant through The Episcopal Church. The grants support the work of racial justice, healing, reconciliation and creation care. The Rev. Dr. Amanda Bordenkircher, vicar, wrote the grant. “I learned about and attended a webinar that explained the purpose and process of the grant application…

Being faithful ministers of the gospel means being equipped to minister to the whole person, including mental and emotional needs. As explained in “The Great Dechurching Event,” held Aug. 23, 2023, at the Cathedral Church of St. Luke, Orlando, the church has an opportunity to be a catalyst for that kind of healing and restoration…