The Very Rev. Porter C. Taylor, dean of the Southeast Deanery, has announced that the deanery has raised $15,000 for United Society Partners in the Gospel to provide humanitarian relief and assistance in Ukraine. The Diocese of Central Florida will also contribute $5,000 from the $1 million Lilly Grant it was awarded in December 2020….

For 42 years (and counting), Andrew Walker has been ministering to children and adults at St. Michael’s, Orlando, through his musical talents. When the pandemic moved much of that ministry online, he adapted and expanded his work in fresh ways. “Good Night with Mr. Andrew” began when Walker’s longtime Angel Choir ministry was sidelined with…

As rector of St. James, Ormond Beach, The Rev. Roy Allison shares his faith on a regular basis. But his second identity as “the Jeep Priest” allows him to have fun while carrying the love of Christ to those he might never otherwise encounter. “I get to engage with a whole new group of friends,”…

Anyone who has been around churches for long can tell stories of beautiful receptions and overflowing potlucks, but few churches have made 10,000 meals in one day. St. Augustine of Canterbury, Vero Beach, did just that, and the church accomplished this feat in under two hours. Partnering with Rise Against Hunger, a nonprofit whose goal…

UPDATE: Since the publication of this article, Grace, Ocala, has raised close to $50,000 for Ukrainian refugees. The unthinkable is happening in Ukraine, and we watch it every day. Apartment buildings, hospitals and train stations, bombed into charred rubble. The machines of war, now mangled heaps of metal. The lifeless bodies of civilians scattered on…

It began with a dream, or as some might call it, a vision: a vision of a large home in northeastern Poland. A vision of multiple generations living, loving, eating, playing and working together. A vision of family. A vision of home. Only God could connect St. Michael’s, Orlando, with that large home in Poland…

Brothers Jake and Luke Damiani led the third annual Soles 4 Souls Shoe Drive at St. Edward’s Episcopal School, Vero Beach, Feb. 7-25, collecting 200 pairs of shoes for those in need. “My mom teaches at St. Edward’s and volunteers a lot, so we volunteer at Habitat for Humanity,” said Jake, 18. “When I was…

In February 2022, The Rev. John Clark (“Deacon Johnny”) and his wife, Jacki Bailey-Clark, of St. Gabriel’s, Titusville, spent 22 days in Belize representing No One Hungry Inc. and broadening the ministry’s impact. They planted four of what the ministry calls “God’s Gardens” on this, their seventh trip to the nation, and also built St….

Black history is not just a month at St. John the Baptist, Orlando, but an everyday living reality. Our church is the historic Black civil rights church in the Diocese of Central Florida. We celebrate The Rev. Canon Nelson W. Pinder, who pastored our church and helped lead the civil rights movement in the 1960s…

When The Rev. Samuel Nsengiyumva came to serve as rector of Holy Trinity, Fruitland Park, on Jan. 26, 2021, the church’s school (Holy Trinity Episcopal School) quickly captured his heart. A recent outreach grant award of $5,000 through the Lilly Endowment Inc. via the Northwest Deanery will allow the school to expand its vital ministry…