PHOTO: Monica Jennings Parents and students at St. Edward’s School, Vero Beach, were invited to dress down on September 20 as part of their Hurricane Dorian relief efforts. Students were asked to contribute a suggested donation of $5 cash to their homeroom/advisory/advocacy teacher before September 20. They raised over $6300 for the Bahama Relief Fund….
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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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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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[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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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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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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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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Third Sunday of Easter Sunday, May 5, 2019 Lectionary C John 21:1-19 As a child, do you remember picking a daisy and removing one petal at a time and saying, “He (she) loves me, loves me not, loves me, loves me not …” and you hope the final petal is “loves me”? Or your young…
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