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* Events subject to change or cancellation – confirm date, hour, location before traveling.
* When attending an event at Camp Weed & The Cerveny Conference Center, you must confirm your
lodging and/or meals in advance, either by event registration or by phone: 386/364-5250.
“DWELLING AMONG
THE PEOPLE” ...
A sampling of nine
grassroots ministries,
outreaches of our Diocese
– Pages
1,3,4,6,8,9,10,12
‘The ultimate source
of your income is
from God, and we are
answerable to Him
for how we use it.’
“Want to be a disciple
of Christ? Then we
HAVE to talk about
Stewardship.”
– Page 7
New Water, New Life
Donations flow in like a
river to restore our
centerpiece lake.
– Page 5
2011
JANUARY
1
Deadline for The Diocesan – Lent (Feb./March) issue; mailed Jan. 30
1-3
Diocesan House closed
2
Last services at St. Mark’s, Chattahoochee, and St. Teresa’s, Wakulla
4
7 p.m., Celebration of Women’s Ordination honoring
the Rev. Davette Turk
Redeemer, Jacksonville
6
6 p.m., Convention Hearing - Santa Fe Region
St. Luke’s, Live Oak
7-9
Wounded Warrior Program
Camp Weed & The Cerveny Conference Center
8
10 a.m. Diocesan Council meeting
8
Noon; Baby Shower for the Blessed Mother;
St. Luke’s / San Lucas, Jacksonville
Guild of the Christ Child
9
Visitation – Bishop Howard
St. Mark’s, Jacksonville
9
Visitation – Bishop Keyser
Redeemer, Jacksonville
10
6 p.m., Santa Fe Region Pre-Convention Meeting
St. Luke’s, Live Oak
11
6 p.m., First Coast East & West Regions Pre-Convention Meeting St. John’s Cathedral, Jacksonville
12
6 p.m., River Region Pre-Convention Meeting
St. Mark’s, Palatka
13
6 p.m., Apalachee Region Pre-Convention Meeting
Holy Comforter, Tallahassee
14
Apalachee Region Ultreya
TBA
16
Epiphany, Jacksonville
16
Visitation – Bishop Keyser
St. Peter’s, Fernandina Beach
17
Diocesan House closed – Martin Luther King Day
20
10 a.m., Early Diocesan Convention Packet pickup at Diocesan House, 325 Market St., Jacksonville
21
10 a.m.-3 p.m., Convention Packet pickup at Marriott Hotel, Jacksonville
21
Noon, Clergy Luncheon with Bishop Howard and Bishop Keyser at Marriott Hotel
21
4 p.m., Opening Eucharist, 168th Annual Diocesan Convention at St. John’s Cathedral
21
6 p.m., Social Hour; 7 p.m. Dinner & Bishop’s Cross Awards at Marriott Hotel
22
168th Annual Diocesan Convention at Marriott Hotel, Jacksonville
23
Presiding Bishop at San Lucas/St. Luke’s, Jacksonville
24
Diocesan House closed – Convention “Comp” Day
St. John’s
Cathedral . . .
“In the heart of
the city with the
city in its heart’
. . will be the
site of the
Opening
Eucharist of the
168th Diocesan
Convention on
Jan. 21.
FEBRUARY
6
Christ Church, Cedar Key
8
6 p.m., Installation of the Rev. Celeste Tisdelle
St. Mary’s, Green Cove Springs
11
Apalachee Region Ultreya
St. James’, Perry/St. Matthew’s, Mayo
18-19 ECW Board Meeting and Winter Meeting
Camp Weed & Cerveny Conference Center
18-21 Diocese of Florida Ski Trip
20
Christ Church, Monticello
21
Diocesan House closed – Presidents’ Day
22
10 a.m. LARC interfaith clergy gathering; 20th Anniversary
Marywood Conference Center
23-27 Fr. William Meninger, Trappist monk; lectures, workshops, St. John’s and other locations,
Tallahassee
27
St. Peter’s, Jacksonville
ONGOING EVENTS
Support for Cancer Patients, Families and Caregivers: Each Saturday at 10 a.m. at St. John’s
Cathedral. All are welcome. No reservations necessary. For more information, call 904-356-5507.
Prayer and Praise Eucharist; St. Catherine’s, 4758 Shelby Ave., Jacksonville, second Sunday of every
month, 5:30 p.m. Musicians always welcomed.
Contemplative Holy Eucharist: Ascension Chapel, St. John’s Cathedral, Fridays. 12:10 p.m.
Taizé Service: St. Peter’s, Fernandina Beach, Amelia Island, second Sunday of every month, 6 p.m.; also:
Celtic Service: fourth Sunday of every month, 6 p.m.
“Music to Go” & “Art in the Narthex” at Grace Church, Orange Park, first Wednesday of each month (with
exception of August) in the sanctuary, noon - 12:25 p.m. followed by $6 boxed lunches to go.
Jazz Vespers at St. Cyprian’s, St. Augustine, third Sunday of every month, 5:30 p.m. Musical groups differ
monthly; jazz, gospel, folk, more.
INSIDE: St. John’s
celebrated a memorable
Rally Day 2010 with 11
baptisms.
– Page 3
CHRISTMASTIDE
A.D.
2010
‘New Water, New Life’
donations flowing in
Incoming waves of donors are still
generously responding to the New Water,
New Life project to refill the lake at Camp
Weed & The Cerveny Conference Center,
overflowing the acknowledgement space
on page 5. Additional donor names will
appear in the post-Convention issue of
The Diocesan. Alleluia! Alleluia!
Paxon Chorale sings as Operation New Hope blesses its places and its people.
NEWS OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE DIOCESE OF FLORIDA
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CHRISTMASTIDE
A.D.
2010
At Operation New Hope, the building, leadership, staff,
volunteers, partners, and participants are blessed
When Operation New Hope and the
Diocese of Florida’s Commission on
Prison and Related Ministry invited the
public to attend “the Blessing of the
Building that houses Operation New
Hope/Ready4Work, its leadership, staff,
volunteers, partners and participants,”
the enthusiastic crowd that gathered to
share the joy and hope at the renovated
Klutho Building were spilling off the
sidewalk into Jacksonville’s Main Street
as the ceremonies began.
Opening remarks by Kevin T. Gay,
president of Operation New Hope, were
made at the façade of the historic
building which some years ago had been
rescued and restored from near-ruin by
FreshMinistries. The blessing on Sept.
28, 2010, focused the renovated
building on its current mission in
rebuilding lives and community. The
crowd moved into the building and up
the stairs as the offices of each
department of outreach were prayed
over.
The Right Rev. Charles L. Keyser,
Assisting Bishop of Florida, presided and
gave the final blessing; the opening
prayer and closing benediction were
given by Bishop Edward Robinson Sr.,
Jurisdictional Prelate, Florida Central
Second Church of God in Christ; clergy
serving included the Rev. Dr. Richard
Turk and the Rev. Dr. Albert Simpson.
Bill Carroll of Operation New Hope was
crucifer; Keith Aclin was bagpiper, and
the Paxon High School Chorale provided
glorious music. A reception followed the
ceremony.
Operation New Hope encompasses a
nationally acclaimed re-entry program for
ex-offenders, training and placing them
to be successful employees and business
owners. Participants in Operation New
Hope’s Ready4Work program begin life
Bishop Keyser and Bishop Robinson
pray.
anew with job skill training, plus
mentoring for the first year of work. This
excellent program has been recognized in
Washington, where Kevin Gay, its
founder, was named as one of President
Bush’s “Points of Light.” The White
House Office of Faith-Based Community
Initiatives has been among sources of
support.
Operation New Hope, a not-for-profit
Community Development Corporation,
works to revitalize and sustain
economically and ethnically diverse
communities in and around Jacksonville’s
urban core, rebuilding communities one
house and one life at a time.
Influential in the revitalization of
Historic Springfield and East Jacksonville,
over the past nine years Operation New
Hope has built or restored more than 60
homes for first time homebuyers,
offering historical architectural
characteristics along with many modern
amenities.
Ready4Work a partnership
Ready4Work – “a business, faith,
community, criminal justice partnership”
- is an award-winning program of
nonprofit Operation New Hope, helping
ex-offenders or those with other legal
issues reenter the workforce through
case management, life coaching and job
placement, offering education in
budgeting, financial literacy training, and
one-on-one credit counseling.
Ready4Work also makes referrals to
other nonprofits to help solve other
issues keeping individuals from getting
back on their feet.
A Note to Our Readers
Dear Readers,
While it is 32 degrees outside my
house as I have been reading the galley
proofs of this issue, I was yearning for
the heat of last summer as I read the
article “Grace Mission’s Water Brigade
moves Out” as well as others from earlier
in the year. There are articles in this
issue that never made it into The
Diocesan, but are incredibly important.
They spell out some of the phenomenal
work being done from one end of the
Diocese to the other – North, South,
East and West. Be the articles from
August, Thanksgiving, Christmas or
whenever – we, the Diocesan family,
need to be aware of and possibly learn
from what has been taking place in other
parishes and missions. Who knows some
of them might even be “doable” in one’s
own mission or parish!
This issue has become the “catch all”
that it is, due to a number of factors.
Most of you know that The Diocesan is
primarily the work and love of one
diligent Virginia Barrett Barker, who, like
all of us, has to deal with family deaths,
hospital stays, managing a “menagerie”
and a host of other things, that will on
occasion present problems. So some of
these articles were received too late for
inclusion in the most appropriate issue;
others were omitted due to space issues;
and so it goes. But this issue, though not
a “year in review” is essentially a “time to
give some their due.”
Starting in 2011, The Diocesan will
have a different publishing schedule,
beginning with the issue devoted solely to
the upcoming Diocesan Convention. As
we move forward there will be changes
that are going to affect “deadlines” for
anyone wishing to have an article
included. I ask that you be cognizant of
the fact that the end result is thanks to a
hardworking woman who not only
manages to get it together and into
everyone’s hands, but even garners
publishing awards while doing so!
So as you read through this issue
about some events in the past, as well as
some that are “up coming,” may I
remind you of the Collect that would
have us “read, mark, learn, and inwardly
digest,” but in this case, do it with what is
found in print within these pages.
Something might just have an effect on
what and how you think and act –
individually as well as parishes and
missions in The Diocese of Florida.
Bob Griffiths,
Canon to the Ordinary
“Operation New Hope has grown
dramatically since our founding in
1999,” says Gay. “Our original mission
was to rebuild broken communities one
house and one life at a time by engaging
people recovering from substance abuse,
giving them an opportunity to develop
construction-trade skills and job
experience working in or affordable
housing program. In effect, they were
learning to renovate and build the very
houses that have signaled a re-birth of
their own communities.”
Over time, this idea of rebuilding
communities from within expanded to
today’s two-pronged approach, with the
impressive re-entry program that reintegrates ex-offenders into society.
DWELLING AMONG
THE PEOPLE ...
I sought to hear the voice of God,
And climbed the utmost steeple
But God declared: Go down again,
I dwell among the people.
Louis I. Newman
Throughout
this issue,
reports and
photos share a
sampling of the
outreach
ministries
within the
Diocese of
Florida. Your
diocesan family
is indeed out
‘Silent Night, Holy Night”- For National Public Radio audience,
Bishop Howard tells the story of Bishop Young’s translation
Bishop John Howard was interviewed Dec. 23 by National Public
Radio’s Melissa Ross on 89.9 WJCT’s “First Coast Connect,”
about Bishop John Freeman Young, the second Bishop of Florida,
who translated the beloved Christmas hymn “Silent Night” from
German into English.
Cemetery, small and tree-shaded, a few
blocks north of St. John’s Cathedral
where he had served as a deacon,
returning more than a decade later as
bishop. For many years after his death,
the Cathedral choir processed down to
the cemetery to sing “Silent Night” at
the bishop’s grave.
But that was before an expressway
cut through the city, creating a serious
hazard to such a procession. Without
that annual pilgrimage, the gravesite
gradually became less well known to
Episcopalians. Two years ago, it came
to Bishop Howard’s attention that the
slab covering Bishop Young’s grave had
Midnight services on Christmas Eve
often close with the congregation
kneeling in the darkened church, softly
singing “Silent Night, Holy Night” by
candlelight.
This beloved hymn, sung round the
world at Christmastide, was composed
in German by Franz Gruber; the lyricist
was Joseph Mohr. Perhaps not so
widely known is that “Stille Nacht!
Heilige Nacht!” was translated into
English by John Freeman Young, who
became the second bishop of Florida,
serving from 1867 to 1885.
Bishop Young and his wife, Mary,
are buried in Jacksonville’s Old City
Vicar of
Grace Mission
installed
The Rev. Amanda Nickles
was installed as vicar of
Grace Mission, Tallahassee,
with the Institution of New
Ministry on Oct. 26, 2010 at
6 p.m., by the Right Rev.
Charles Keyser, assisting
bishop. The regional canons
scheduled their overnight
meeting in the Apalachee
Region on the same date, to
be with Pastor Amanda for
this special service and
celebration.
Photo: Diane Abshire
Vicar for two congregations
The Rev. Deacon Fred H. Beebe, Sr.,
ordained to the priesthood
The Rev. Deacon Fred Hanson
Beebe, Sr. was ordained to the
priesthood by the Right Rev. Charles
Lovett Keyser, Assisting Bishop of the
Diocese of Florida, at Church of the
Holy Comforter, Crescent City, on
Tues., Oct. 12, 2010, at 6 p.m.
The preacher for Fr. Beebe’s
ordination was the Rev. Donald H.
Dinwiddie, formerly interim rector at
Holy Comforter.
Church of the Holy Comforter was
consecrated in 1878. Holy Comforter,
and Emmanuel, Welaka, are among the
River Region churches based on
Richard Upjohn’s “Carpenter Gothic”
architecture.
Fr. Beebe is vicar at Holy Comforter
and at Emmanuel, Welaka.
A reception followed the ordination
in the parish hall.
Holy Comforter Church
The Rev. Deacon
Fred H. Beebe, Sr.
was ordained to the
priesthood by the Right
Rev. Charles Keyser at
Holy Comforter,
Crescent City, on Oct.
12, 2010, at 6 p.m.
VBB photo
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THE DIOCESAN
CHRISTMASTIDE
A.D.
2010
A Word About The Bishop . . .
In early November, Bishop John Howard and Marie returned home to
Jacksonville from San Francisco, where he had undergone delicate neurosurgery
on his neck.
Bishop Charles Keyser, assisting bishop, wrote to the Diocese, “In the words
of his doctor, ‘I fixed it!’ We give thanks! His schedule will continue to be
somewhat curtailed with a gradual increase of activity in the weeks to come.”
Though still in the healing process, Bishop Howard is making visitations and
is back in the office.
“Thank you for your notes, e-mail messages and telephone calls,” Bishop
Howard wrote to his flock after his surgery.
“Thank you most of all for your prayers. We have felt them. God is
answering them. Most assuredly, they have been, and will continue to be, the
most important part of this process. Please keep on praying both for successful
medical treatment and that we can maintain the energy and stamina to do those
things we need to do. Marie and I send our love to you all.”
tilted in the soft Florida sand. Bishop
Howard quickly had the Young family
plot put in good order.
Intrigued by The Diocesan’s
coverage of the restoration work and
mention of the English translation,
Richard J. Anderson did extensive and
careful research which validates the
tradition that the translation, though
not uniformly noted, is indeed by John
Freeman Young. Anderson’s study was
published Winter 2008 in The
Historiographer, publication of The
National Episcopal Historians and
Archivists, and The Historical Society of
the Episcopal Church.
Bill Egan, Salzburg Chorale program
director and a retired Navy journalist,
has noted that “John Freeman Young is
barely known by the residents of the city
he loved; yet millions throughout the
English-speaking world sing his message
of heavenly peace every Christmas
season.”
In recent years, choirs have returned
to sing at the gravesite, the bishop’s tall
granite cross is decorated with
evergreens, and a Christmas tradition is
newly appreciated by the descendants of
Bishop Young’s congregations.
Three seminarians ordained to the diaconate
at Cathedral on Second Sunday in Advent
The Right Rev. Samuel Johnson
Howard, VIII Bishop of Florida,
ordained three seminarians to the
diaconate at St. John’s Cathedral on
the Second Sunday of Advent, Dec. 5,
2010, at 5 p.m. The ordinations are
thought to be the first in the Diocese of
Florida for third-year students still
studying in seminary; the custom has
been to ordain candidates to the
diaconate soon after their graduation.
Bishop Howard and the
Commission on Ministry decided to
ordain seminarians as transitional
deacons in December of their last year
at seminary. A number of dioceses are
now following this timeline with great
success. The expectation now is to
ordain seminarians to the priesthood
following their graduation in June.
Ordinands Benjamin Wiley
Ammons, Jr., All Saints, Jacksonville;
George Lewis Hinchliffe, Christ
Church, Monticello; and Marie
Elizabeth Tjoflat, St. John’s Cathedral,
Jacksonville, were charged in the
sermon by the Very Rev. Kate
Moorehead, dean of St. John’s
Cathedral, to serve their people “first
and foremost as servants of God,” to
make the lives of others better, putting
love into action. “They’ll love you if you
love them as a deacon, are there for
them, and teach them to love
others....Churches looking inward start
to fall apart. Lead your churches to be
concerned with how others are living.”
Bishop Howard told the
congregation that “it must be the
commitment of this Diocese to keep
fine deacons like these in our Diocese
serving in our churches.”
The Rev. Deacons Wiley Ammons
and George Hinchliffe are studying at
Virginia Theological Seminary in
Alexandria, Va.. The Rev. Deacon Beth
Tjoflat is attending Yale Divinity School
in New Haven, Conn.
A reception in Taliaferro Memorial
Building honored the new deacons.
Marie Elizabeth
Tjoflat, the Right
Rev. Samuel
Johnson Howard,
Benjamin Wiley
Ammons, Jr., and
George Lewis
Hinchliffe in the
garden before the
Dec. 5, 2010
Ordination of
Deacons at St.
John’s Cathedral,
Jacksonville,
at 5 p.m.
A reception
followed in
Taliaferro Hall.
VBB photo
‘ONE BODY’ – 168th Diocesan Convention
Guest preacher and chaplain will be the Most Reverend Katherine Jefferts Schori,
Presiding Bishop and Primate of The Episcopal Church.
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Annual Committee Convention Reports due
Deadline: group room rate, Marriott-Hotel
No meetings scheduled at Diocesan House
until after Convention
Santa Fe Pre-Convention meeting; St.
Luke’s, Live Oak; 6 p.m.
(mandatory for Convention delegates)
First Coast East & West Regional PreConvention meeting; St. John’s Cathedral,
Jacksonville; 6 p.m.
River Region Pre-Convention meeting St. Mark’s, Palatka; 6 p.m.
Apalachee Region Pre-Convention Meeting;
Holy Comforter, Tallahassee; 6 p.m.
Early check-in and Convention Packet
pickup at Diocesan House
10 a.m.-3p.m., Convention Packet
pickup @ Marriott Hotel, Jacksonville
Noon, Clergy Luncheon with Bishop
Howard and Bishop Keyser @ Marriott Hotel
4 p.m., Opening Eucharist of the 168th
Annual Diocesan Convention @ St.
John’s Cathedral
6 p.m. Social Hour; 7 p.m. Dinner &
Bishop’s Cross Awards @ Marriott Hotel
168th Annual Diocesan Convention @
Marriott Hotel, Jacksonville
A Pre-Convention publication of The Diocesan, carrying Diocesan Convention
materials including profiles of the nominees for delegate to Diocesan Convention and
for deputy to General Convention, and the resolutions to be presented Jan. 22, should
reach our readers before the four Regional Pre-Convention meetings.
Annual Committee Reports due Jan. 5;
Diocesan office will make copies
Annual Reports are due on Jan. 5, 2011 from each
Committee/Commission chairperson. Please e-mail
your report to Darby Edwards at
[email protected] and if possible use Arial 12
for the font type and size. Please limit your report to
one page only. The Diocesan office will make copies
of each report for the Annual Convention.
Clergy urged to sign up for bus transportation
to Cathedral service
Clergy who will be attending the clergy luncheon
(for clergy only) with the Bishop at the Marriott should
be signed up for bus transportation to St. John’s
Cathedral for the opening Eucharist. The Diocesan
House parking lot will not be open for parking!
“As the service will be taking place during normal
business hours in downtown Jacksonville, there will be
very limited parking in and around the Cathedral
area,” warns Canon Bob Griffiths. “It would behoove
one and all to call Sarah Singer (356-1328 x17) and
get on the buses being hired for the occasion.
Payment of $15 will be required, which Sarah can deal
with when you phone her.”
“Clergy will be vesting in Diocesan House and it
will very convenient to jump off the bus and into your
vestments, without having to search the neighborhood
for a parking place; ending up being late for the
service; and then missing out on the pre-dinner party
back at the hotel as you find yourself searching for
your car at the conclusion of the service.”
Vendor tables showcase ministries;
call Sarah Singer to register
At presstime, there were still a few vendor tables
available for Convention. The fee is $100 per table
(table covering provided). Contact Sarah Singer at
[email protected] or 904-356-1328 ext. 17 to
register for a table(s). The Convention would be an
excellent opportunity to showcase your ministry.
Early packet pickup urged for participants
in the Jacksonville area
“This year we are encouraging First Coast East and
West Region clergy and delegates to come to Diocesan
House on Thurs., Jan. 20 to check in - rather than
wait until they arrive at the Marriott on Fri. 21,”
advises Paula Suhey, Event Coordinator and Program
Manager for the 168th Annual Convention.
Eleven baptized on Rally Day at St. John’s Cathedral
St. John’s Cathedral, Jacksonville, marked a
memorable day with a Cathedral-record-breaking 11
baptisms on August 29, which was also Rally Day at
the Cathedral. Those baptized were Timothy John
Fry, Cooper Parks Wozniak, Caden William Bodhi
Burrell, Addisen Aubrey White,
Kyran Faith Purcell, Allen
Robertson Todd, Jr., Cameron
David Ritchie, Caitlyn Yvonne
Scheider, Christina Maria
Scheider, Connor Morgan
Scheider, and Piyarat Amanda
Photos:
Monica MacKenzie
and Ted Kosters
Guild of the Christ Child
Baby Shower for the Blessed Mother
My dear brothers and sisters in Christ,
Please mark your calendars for our Guild of the Christ Child Baby Shower for
the Blessed Mother to be held on January 8, 2011 at 12:00 noon at St.
Luke’s/San Lucas, Jacksonville, 2961 University Blvd. N.. This will be the fifth year
for the shower, which has grown from an idea the size of a mustard seed into a
ministry that serves mothers and babies at a very basic level.
With Millennium Development Goals in mind, the Guild of the Christ Child seeks
to improve maternal health and decrease infant mortality. To that end in 2010 we
donated almost 100 shoebox layettes, blankets, hats, clothing, diapers, and formula
to needy moms via St. Mary’s Urban Mission, Shands Hospital, The Azalea Project
and Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies. Blankets, hats and diapers were also sent to
the Navajo Reservation in New Mexico where many infants live in hogans without
heat or running water.
Please join us as we continue to grow this ministry. Come to the shower to see
and hear how this ministry is touching the lives of some of the smallest of God’s
children.
If you have any questions call me at 904-403-9019, or contact me via e-mail at:
[email protected].
In the name of the Holy Child who guides us, I bid you peace.
Mary Ellington, chairperson, Guild of the Christ Child
DWELLING AMONG
THE PEOPLE ...
Louis I. Newman
Suggested items for Shoebox
Layettes (Size Newborn - 6 months):
Receiving blanket, knit cap, day
garment or Onesie, nightgown or
sleeper, pair socks or booties, cloth
diapers, pacifier, bib, small toy, soap,
lotion.
At left: Charlotte Richardson, 12
years old, knits hats to send to the
Indian Reservation; Gigi Rosada,
wife of Fr. Miguel Rosada; and
Zarthenia Blue, one of the babies
from St. Mary’s who received gifts
from the Guild.
CHRISTMASTIDE
A.D.
2010
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Exceptional dance teachers join Episcopal
High School’s Fine Arts Program
New instructors have performed with Celebrity Tours, for NFL events,
at Walt Disney World, Sesame Street Live, in National Dance Companies
With the start of the school year the
Fine Arts Program at Episcopal High
School welcomed Hermia Williams and
James Morrow, new instructors with
exceptional and varied skills as dance
performers, and superior teaching
experience.
Hermia “Mia” Williams is the
School’s new Director of Dance,
teaching Modern, Jazz, Ballet, Hip-Hop,
and West African. Williams, a native of
Jacksonville, has been dancing for 23
years. She graduated from Jacksonville
University with a B.A. in Dance and was
honored with the Dean’s Award for
Excellence in Dance in 2008 and the
Fine Arts Honor Society Award.
“Dance uplifts our spirits, it is a
rhythm in our heart we express with our
feet, and it is important we share our
gift with others!” said Williams.
James “Jimmy” Morrow, also
teaching Dance at Episcopal, is the
founder and Artistic Director of
Instruments of Movement. He has
served as Artistic Ambassador to
Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU),
where he received his B.A. At NEIU he
taught Jazz, Modern Dance, Repertory
Dance Ensemble, and Performance
Seminars. Currently he is working on
his MFA in dance from Hollins
University/The American Dance
Festival, where he received a fellowship.
He also has joined the faculty at Florida
State College in Jacksonville, teaching
technique.
“We are very excited to have Mia
and Jimmy with us – at Episcopal High
School, we have active artists that
teach!” said Sally Deming, the School’s
Fine Arts Department Director. “We will
have a full dance program with Mia and
Jimmy, and along with our visiting guest
artists, they will take our program to
new heights. We are blessed to have
their incredible work ethic and ability.
Their radiance enlightens the students
that they teach and the energy they
exude is just power-packed!”
Episcopal’s new academic buildings on
schedule and budget – on track for
January completion
Oct. 14 - Episcopal High School of Jacksonville’s two new academic
buildings, Parks and Lastinger Halls, are on track for completion, and are within
budget.
“These new academic halls are a physical manifestation of our dedication to
a forward-thinking curriculum and interdisciplinary instruction, and will be
dedicated and in use by January 2011,” said Head of School Dale D. Regan.
“Episcopal High School’s curriculum already makes us an academic
powerhouse in Jacksonville. These buildings will create spaces where teaching is
exciting, learning is global, and where students are prepared for the academic
opportunities they will face in the country’s top colleges and universities.”
While the fundraising campaign for the facilities – Building Classroom
Excellence – has not yet ended, School officials feel the $4 million campaign
will be successful and complete before the doors open in January.
“Despite the economic environment, the community’s dedication to
Episcopal’s commitment to academic excellence means Episcopal is one of the
only schools in the area building right now,” said Doug Walker, Episcopal’s
Director of Institutional Advancement. “But we still have more fundraising to do
to ensure we cover the costs of these amazing new facilities.”
NetsforLife® Inspiration Fund launches
innovative and educational website
focused on malaria
The launch of the new
NetsforLife® Inspiration Fund website
at www.inspirationfund.org provides
resources to help parishes and
dioceses start campaigns, increasing
awareness about malaria and raising
funds to help save lives. The new site
provides practical tools and serves as a
major hub to keep all donors and
volunteers up to speed on the larger
campaign progress.
Since 2008, NetsforLife® has
delivered nearly 3 million nets across
17 countries in sub-Saharan Africa,
resulting in less sickness, fewer deaths
and stronger communities.
The NetsforLife® Inspiration Fund
is an initiative of Episcopal Relief &
Development, established to increase
awareness about the agency’s malariafocused program partnership and raise
critical funds to support the work. The
Inspiration Fund was launched at The
Episcopal Church’s 2009 General
Healing a hurting world
Convention. As part of a renewed
commitment to the Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs), the
Church pledged 0.7% of its annual
budget to inspire Episcopalians to
participate in the fight to stop the
spread of malaria in sub-Saharan
Africa.
The site’s “Get Involved” section
offers free materials to help visitors
plan campaigns and educate
themselves and their communities
about the disease. Congregational
tools include frequently asked question
sheets, stories from the field, bulletin
inserts, liturgical materials and the
campaign brochure. Special curricula
are available for young children, youth
and adults, along with visual materials
including photos, videos and photo
slideshows. News on NetsforLife®,
the Inspiration Fund, and Episcopal
Relief & Development are available.
Partnering with churches and faithbased groups in remote communities,
NetsforLife® combats malaria by
training community agents to deliver
life-saving nets and by educating
community members about proper net
use and maintenance. The program
ensures sustainability by providing
ongoing monitoring and evaluation of
net use.
The NetsforLife® program
partnership is making a difference in
addressing all of the MDGs, but
particularly goals 4 (reducing child
mortality), 5 (improving maternal
health) and 6 (preventing and treating
disease).
Grace Mission’s Water Brigade moves out
From Geoffrey B. Schwartz, Grace Mission, Tallahassee
On a recent muggy Saturday afternoon, the Grace
Mission Water Brigade saw its first action. Five squads
(six to a squad) handed out ice-cold two-liter bottles of
spring water to any thirsty person within a two-andone-half mile radius of Grace Mission. Using sturdy
red wagons donated by Esposito Garden Center
(thanks, Ralph!) to hold coolers of bottled water and
ice, the teams handed out almost 500 bottles of water,
along with information on Grace Mission, and Gospel
pamphlets. The Grace Mission van was staffed and
ready to replenish water and ice as teams phoned in to
be re-supplied. Several members of other Episcopal
congregations joined Grace Mission’s parishioners and
staff, with Grace Mission’s vicar, Pastor Amanda
Nickles, doing her best General David Petraeus
imitation, to bring water to those who are thirsty not
only for the clear, cool, bottled water but also for the
Living Water that Jesus Christ offers. After the
mission was completed, the squad members
reassembled at Grace Mission for prayer and a
wonderful dinner prepared by Chef David.
A squad member from Advent, Tallahassee, moved
by her experience, wrote the following testimony:
“This past Saturday I joined the congregants of
Grace Mission here in Tallahassee on an outreach
project to provide water to the homeless and those in
need. Before striking out in groups of three or four,
we were reminded by Pastor Amanda that this was
also an opportunity to give witness of our faith to
others. Did I hear “witness?” Can you say
“Episcopalian?” You get the picture. Once I was over
the shock of hearing those words, I had the privilege
of working alongside Reggie and Rocky; two
gentlemen who had arrived in Tallahassee back in July
and were currently attending Grace. Over the course
of the next three hours, I learned more about the state
of homelessness in Tallahassee than I’d learned in my
prior 55 years, from these two gentlemen.
Remember, they had only been in town a few
weeks! I saw the faces of homeless families living in
their cars at a popular midtown park; young adults desperate to find work or a way back home - unsure of
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who to turn to, who to trust, and people that I, in my
ignorance, would have never “judged” to be homeless
simply by their dress.
“Trust. I watched as Reggie and Rocky witnessed
to the people we met.Their sensitivity to the fact that
they needed to be assured we could be trusted. Too
often, I was told, people preyed on the homeless. I
watched as some of the desperation melted from the
eyes and shoulders of a young girl and boy, probably
no older than their late teens, when these two men
gave them the name of a contact they could turn to
with the resources to help them. I learned of the
generosity of a group of college students who made a
point to bring food to those in need every week. I
learned that Mondays and Tuesdays are tough days
when food and shelter was hard to come by. I learned
more than I could express to you in a few short
paragraphs. Our scripture reading this past Sunday
was about welcoming strangers, as they might be
angels. I walked with two on Saturday—God’s Street
Angels, as I dubbed them.
“Almost everyone we encountered knew of the
good works of Grace Mission. I was privileged to be a
part of those good works on Saturday. There is much
need in our community and our society for the ministry
it provides.”
– Nancy Hough
Life-giving water...
DONORS: “New Water, New Life”
Mr. William Abdelnour • Hedury Abdelnour • James N. Abdullah • Mary Abrahamsen • Keith and Jean Aclin •
Church of the Advent • Barbara M. Ahringer • Hal and Janet Airth • Al and Elizabeth Alsobrook • Charles Alston
• Dennis Alter • Dennis and Laurette Alter • Kirk Altman • Ron Alvarez • Martha R. Anderson • John W.
Andrews • Shelton Armour • Joyce Arnold • Eleanor Ashby • Dr. and Mrs. Phil Ashler, Jr. • Laura Rose Ashley
• Alan G. and Nancy Asker • The Rt. Rev. Rosemary C. Atkinson • Martin Atkinson • Jimmy and Mary Stuart
Auman • Craig and Cynthia Austad • The Rev. Mary L’Engle - Advent Trust • Paul F. Bachman • Brian Smith
and Anna Bailey • William Baker • Wilson and Julia Baldwin • S. Joan Balgochian, Jr. • Mike and Deborah
Barbare • James Barker • Sam E. Barket, Jr. • Mayes Barnett • Robert W. and Patricia L. Beach • Mrs. Jon S.
Beasley, Jr. • Mrs. Jon S. Beazley, Sr. • Mrs. Pixianne Beasley, Jr. • The Rev. Dr. George Bedell • The Rev. Fred
Beebe • George Beinhart • Jeffrey K. and Patricia R. Bell • Barbara H. Benda • The Bent Family Foundation, Inc.
– Bent Family Foundation, Inc. • James Berens • Mary and David Binkley • Paul and Kathleen Blackman •
Joann Blackwell • Carl and Barbara Bloesing • Richard Blount • The Rev. Michael C. Boss • H. Sanders and Ethel
Boyer, Jr. • Barbara Bozard • MaryAnn Braddock • Catherine D. Brantley • Edwin and Vivian Breckner • Kristen
Brodt • Bobbie S. Brown • Helen and Brooks Brown • Polly C. Brown and Elizabeth Brown • The Rev. Lila Byrd
Brown • Helen Brown • Nancy Brown • Bobbie Brown • J. Rae Brown • James R. Brown • J. Randolph and
Jane C. Brown, Jr. • Robert Brunner • Ronald E. and Mary B. Bruton • The Rev. Joan Bryan • Ron and
Catherine Buckingham • Kay Bullock • Rosemary S. Bunn • Dr. and Mrs. Donald Burch • Lee A. Burnett • Tom
and Sheila Burrell • John and Nancy Burrows • Lydia C. and Robert G. Bush • Mary R. Busse • Mary Busse •
Mrs. Jacqueline Butch • David Butler • Arversia Campbell • Beverly Campbell • Leonard W. Canfield • Ann
Davis Cannon • Ms. Frances Carter • Frank and Linda Carter • Lorrie M. Cauchon • Byron O. and Ann M.
Cawthon • The Rt. Rev. Frank and Emmy Cerveny • Joe and Sharon Chamberlain • Margaret P. Chancey •
Shelley Y. Chancey • Joan Chapman • Christopher Chase • Joani Chase • William and Pat Chatfield • Christ
Church – Cedar Key • Christ Church – Ponte Vedra • Paul and Jacqueline Christensen, Jr. • Earlene Clapp •
Thomas Clarke • Thomas L. Clarke, Jr. • Kristen G. Clay • Charles and Mary Ann Cleveland • Felicia Coleman •
Steve and Katherine Collins • Anderson Columbia • Ricardo and Denzalene Conkling • F. Joy Cook • J. Bryan
Cooksey, Jr. • James S. Corbett • Ellen M. Corey • Michael P. Corrigan • Richard Corry • The Rev. Richard
Corry • William Courtney, Jr. • Richard Crago • Alicia Crew • Edna Crocker • Madelyn Crowe • Barbee
Cunningham • John Curington • Eva M. Curry • Eva M. Curry • Cursillo – Men’s #124 team • Cursillo –
Women’s #124 team • Diane Reid by Cursillo Women’s Team #124 • Mr. and Mrs. John Daly • Agnes Ellis
Danciger • Mr. and Mrs. William E. Darden, Jr. • Joanne Davenport • Betty David • Ann Davis • Billy G. and
Anita L. Davis • Margaret C. Davis • Thomas Davis • Dan Dearing • Priscilla A. DeChaine • Veda Deen •
Martha Deen • Mark Dent • Francis Deschaine • Adrienne Dessy • Ronald Dick • John and Gale Dickert •
Robert Dickson • Harriett C. Dillingham • John and Carolyn Disalvo • John and Patty Donahoo • The Rev. Canon
Dorn, III • Frank Douglas • The Rev. Harry and LiAnne Douglas • Warren Downs • Jim Dresser • Daniel J. Dundon • Anita T. Dunsford • Anita T. and Bill Dunsford • The Rev. Kurt and
Cathleen Dunkle • John F. and Caroline W. Easley • William Ebersole • Sherry O. Edwards • Bobby and Barbara Eller • Mary Ellington • David Ellis • David and Dilon Ellis • The Rev.
Michael and Joan Ellis • Betty M. Embry • Don R. Everett • Peter and Joyce Eyrick • Bill Fannin • Ann M. Farmer • Brenda L. Farnsworth • L.K. Faryon • Gail G. Faughn • Dennis R. and
Judy Faust • George and Eunice Filar • K. V. Finlaw • Barbara V. Fiser • Flanders Engineering • Joan Flint • Curtis and Dwinelle Ford • Della Fordham • George and Barbara Fowler •
Barbara Fowler • Alberta Frank • Nancy Ann Franklin • Peggy Freeman • Kay Frisina • Susan Futch • The Rev. Deena Galantowicz • Margaret Gautier • James Giesel • James and Betty
Giesel • Chester and Alice Gillis • Mrs. Judith C. Gilruth • Don Glisson • John and Flavel Godfrey • Sandra Goode • Jim Gooding • Richard Goodman • Melissa Gostage • Grace Episcopal
Church • James C. and Shannon M. Graham • MaryAnne Gray • David Green • Godfrey L. and Marion A. Gregory • Lenora Gregory • Carol Griffin • Metro Griffith • Edward Grissom •
Minnie Mae Grover • Robert and Helen Hall • Althea Hall • Howard Hall • Jean Handler • Drs. Gary P. and Dorothy A. Hansen • Patricia
and Henry Harder • Jack Hardman • John D. Hardman • Louise O. Hardman • Marvin and Cynthia Hardy • Suzanne Harrell • Malinda
“We have a magnificent plan now to
Harris • Toni Lewis • J. Wyman Harvard, Jr. • Wyman and Marian Harvard • William Hayes • Hank Haynes • James Haywood • Duna
restore
the water, and to once more make our
Helveston • F.C. Helvenston, Jr. • Kay Henderson • Bill and Martha Frances Henderson • Ben and Dot Hill • John and Carole Hirschi •
lake and the Cerveny Conference Center and
Martha Holcumb • Jeremy G. Hole • Jennifer Holland • Kathleen S. Hollaway • Robert A. Holmes • Marsha E. Holmes • Church of the
Camp Weed the sort of place that it was
Holy Comforter • Episcopal Church of the Holy Comforter – Tallahassee • Church of the Holy Comforter – ECW • Holy Trinity Episcopal
originally designed to be, centered around
Church • James and Sara Holyer • Robert Hopkins • Robert M. Hopkins, Jr. • Mark and Kathy Houck • The Rt. Rev. John and Marie
gracious and life-giving water where our
Howard • Allison Huck • Randall Hughes • Melinda Hunt • William Hutchinson • Dr. and Mrs. William R. Hutchinson • Chapel of
campers can play and beside which all of us
Incarnation • Inmates from several Correctional Institutions in our diocese • Arnold Jackson • Thomas Jackson • Thomas and Mary Jackson
can gather, pray, and draw closer to God.
• William Jacobs • Craig and Judy Jacobsen • H. R. James, Jr. • The Rev. David and Mrs. Jeffery • The Revs. Luke and Hopie Jernagan •
“...The restoration of our lake is important
Herbert and Wilhelmina Jenkins • Ruth J. Johns • Horace and Fay Johnson • John L. and Viola C. Johnson • Dalana W. Johnson • Ray
to Camp Weed and the Cerveny Conference
and Judy Johnson • William L. and Nancy W. Jones • Beverly Jones • Joseph P. Jordan • Chereryl Joseph • Jack D. Kane • Marcia
Center. It is important to your Diocese. It will
Kazmierski • Paul and Margurett Keller • Paul C. Keller • Mr. and Mrs. Keller, III • Michael T. and Penny L. Kelley • Candice Kelly • James
be important to generations who will follow us
R. and Jaquelyn R. Kent • Peg Kenyon-Bauhaus • The Rt. Rev. Charles and Chris Keyser • The Rev. Paul D. Kidd • Pamela Kidd • Robert
as they seek the nearer presence of God.”
Kidd & Associates • Elaine F. Kitchings • Lina Knox • Fred Koberlein • Arpie Koroghlian • Dr. Ross and Jean Kruger • John F. Laborde,
“He leadeth us beside the still waters. He
Jr. • Deanna Lamb • Martha Larson • John and Martha Larson • Tobias B. Latham, Jr. • The Rev. Jay and Barbara Lauer • Jay Lauer, Jr. restoreth our souls.”
• H. Randolph Law • Barbara Lawson • Jerry and Barbara Lawson • Ethel Lee • Clement LeHardy • Keith and Quinn Leibfried • J.
Psalm 23:2
Michael Lenninger • Carol C. Lewis • George E. Lewis, III • Jerry Leynes • Mr. Merle E. Lilley • Russ and Betty Lilley • The Rev. Louanne
The Rt. Rev. Samuel Johnson Howard
Loch • Charles and Carolyn Long • Dr. and Mrs. Andrew Lorincz • John and Donna Lucas • Sterling Luce • Joseph K. Lukas • Jean A.
and William J. Lumpkin • Jacqueline Lunsford • Thomas C. and Barbara A. Lutton • Carol Maccurrach • Dominic and Monica
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Mackenzie • Martha Maddox • Martha and Emery Maddox • Hugh Mageveny, III • Peter O. Mallory • Layton and Mary Mank • Randall
“...Camp Weed has always been ‘on
Mann • The Rev. Bob and Diane Marsh • The Rev. Christopher and Sandy Martin • Pansy L. Martin • Joan Martin • Paul and Kamala
water.’ New Water not only gives New Life to
Marxsen • Susie Mashour • Kathy Mason • Kathy Mathews • Dr. and Mrs. Larry Mattingly • Nancy A. Mauney • Virginia Maurer •
our lake, the lake becomes an icon of our
Harriet B. May • Early and Liz McCall • Elizabeth McCall • The Rev. Canon Barnum and Betty Ann McCarty • Hope McCharen • David
Christian life and through an icon we see the
McClain • Charleen McCormick • Peter A. McCranie, M.D. • Phoebe F. McFarlin • James and Lynda McHone • Brian and Susan McInnis
face of God.
• Robert and Carol McKinstry • James McManis • JoAnn Tredennick and Jack L. Meeks, Jr. • Moses Meide, Jr. • Robert E. Menzen •
“To frolic in it and enjoy the freshness of
our lake water, to worship in Mandi’s Chapel
Kimberly and George Meros, Jr. • James Messer • Lee Metcalf • Don and Pam Millar • Janice H. Miller • G. E. and Andrea Miller • Joe D.
over the ‘waters of baptism,’ and to sit quietly
Mills • David Mills • Dr. and Mrs. John Minasi • Dr. and Mrs. John Minasi and Family • FreshMinistries • Rob Mitchell • Mock Land
and offer our prayers of thanksgiving.,,,What a
Company, Inc. • Dan H. and Teresa B. Morgan • Rev. Robert L. Morris • Judith Morrow • Norma H. Morton • Mark H. and Sandra K.
great gift...the icon of our lake...alive.”
Morton • Carl Moses • Dent Moses • Justin Moses • Frances L’Engle Moulder • J. Thomas and Shirley Mullins • Thomas Mullins • Jean
Murray • Robert and Patricia Nahikian, Jr. • Mrs. Randy Nash • Peter Neilson • Barbara L. Noegel • Mr. and Mrs. Sam Northrop, Jr. •
The Rt. Rev. Charles Lovett Keyser
The Norton Family Trust • Rev. Dennis and Marianne O’Neill • Marilyn F. Orth • Whitney M. Ottesen • Church of Our Saviour • Dr.
Charles E. Owens • H. Vann and Connie M. Parker • The Rev. Jim and Barbara Parks • Jeannette H. Parramore • Wilton and Ruth L.
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Parrish • W. R. Patterson • Michelle Pelletier • Mary M. Perkins • Earle Perkins • John and Joan Peterson • Ernie and Ginny Peugnet •
“New Water, New Life”
“What beautiful words. They resonate to
The Rev’s. Marty and Penny Pfab • Paula Phelan • John Phillips • Karen Phillips • Pamela O. Piersall • Martha Poling • Patricia G.
the depth of my soul because the restoration
Poppell • R. Frank Powers • Dr. and Mrs. Gordon M. Prine • Palmer and Mary Call Proctor • Julian Proctor, Jr. • M. Julian Proctor, Jr. •
of our lake will assure our Diocesan family that
Thomas H. and Sheryl P. Pulley • Gordon and Shirley Punshon • Tommy and Elizabeth Purvis • Virginia Quackenbush • Michael and Louise
Rady • William and Nancy Ray • Mathew and Mary Ray • Ernest Reddick • Nancy Reddick • Church of the Redeemer • Robert and Sharon we will have a place of refreshment and
reflection for generations to come.... our
Reed • Vicki S. Register • Dr. Jean B. Reid • Episcopal Church of the Resurrection • Judson and Jane Rigby • James, Emily and Louise
canopy of trees and rolling hills have become
Rigdon • Martha Jane Rish • Caroline G. Ritchie • Joanne Roach • Jane and Dixon Robinson • Georgia A. Rolfe • John William Ross •
a natural preserve for families to hike, camp
Marilyn Rossborough • Donna Ross-Miller • James P. Rubel • Richard and Jeanne Rubel • Susan Rucker • Constance Rumberger • Sally
and fish.
E. Ryden • The Rev. Canon Walter Saffran • Louis and Mary Saig • James Salter • San Jose Episcopal Church • Boyer Sanders • John
“Today, Camp Weed and the Cerveny
Satula • Wayne and Anahid Savio • W. Paul Sawyer, M.D. • Michael Schirbock • E. Dale and Paige Schlenker • James D. Schultz • Mr.
Conference
Center is the “parish hall” for
James F. Scott • Robert L. Scott • Stephen and Leila Seibert • Joseph and Anne Shands, Jr. • Dawn Shanks • Carl L. Shifflett • Mae G.
Diocesan life. It has also been described as a
Shivers • Katherine and James Sickinger • Linda Sicotakis • Debbie Siegrist • Wanda L. Simmons • Carol O. Sims • Martha K. Skirven •
“rare jewel”— “a place set apart” for national
Thomas Slater • William and Theresa Slattery • Dave and Janice Sleap • Catherine F. Smith • Richard C. and Carolyn H. Smith •
and regional church conferences, for
Margaret S. Smith • Michael L. and Suzanne Smith • Geraldine W. Smith • Elsie K. Snell • Lynn F. Soloman • The Rev. Mike Sowards •
government, corporate and non-profit
The Rev. Canon Spruill, Jr. • St. Alban’s Episcopal Church • St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church • St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church • St.
organizations to enjoy, as well as a place for
Cyprian’s Episcopal Church • St. Francis-In-The-Field • St. Gabriel’s Episcopal Church • St. James – Perry • St. John’s Cathedral • St.
our Live Oak family to celebrate special
John’s Episcopal Church • St. Mark’s Episcopal Bookstore – Jacksonville • St. Mark’s Episcopal Church – Jacksonville • St. Mark’s Episcopal
occasions.”
Church – Starke • St. Mary’s Episcopal Church – Green Cove • St. Mary’s, Green Cove Springs – “A Member of St. Mary’s, Green Cove
The
Rt. Rev. Frank Stanley Cerveny
Springs • St. Michael’s Episcopal Church • St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church • St. Peter’s Episcopal Church • Bill and Nancy Stafford, Jr. • O.
Bruce and Pamela S. Stefansen • Jack N. and Linda Stevens • Leon M. Stevenson • Robert and Jane Still • Laurence A. Stranch • Mr. G.
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Michael Strock • The Rev. Robert Stuart • Richard H. Suddath • The Rev. Nancy Suellau • Carolyn Sutton • Cristine S. Tennant • Sarah
“Friends, we can no more provide a
N. Terry • Sandra and Richard Thalleen • Ellen P. Tharpe • Dudley and Elisabeth Thomas • Peggy Thomas • Craig and Audrey Thorn •
summer camp without a lake than we can
Tyler and Paul Tibbetts • William and Helen Timoney • The Rev. Celeste Tisdale • Teresa Todd • Nell Toensmann • The Train Foundation
provide church services in Florida without air
• Gerry and Shirley Trane • Aline M. Traylor • Trinity Episcopal Parish • John R. Tull • The Edmund H. Tunnicliffe Family • James and
conditioning.
Patricia Turk • Jack J. Tyson • The Rev. and Mrs. Aaron Uitti • Erin L. Wade • Gary and Jan Ostler Walker • Craig Walker • Nancy
“Over the years, as the waters dried up,
Walker • Nancy C. Waller • John A. Ward, M.D. • Ware Oil and Supply, Inc. • The Rev. Dale Warner • Ray and Rosie Warner •
we’ve prayed for help.
Catherine Warren • James and Inga Warren, III • Charlotte Watkins • John C. and Lecia G. Webber • A. F. Wehlburg • The Rev. David J.
“Thankfully, we now have been given this
and Mrs. Weidner • George Weller, Jr. • George and Joan Weller, Jr. • Edith M. Wells • The Very Rev. Gus and Gail Weltsek, Jr. • Gail
opportunity....I look forward to celebrating with
Werneburg • Dorothy West • Nancy Westcott • Jon H. and Colleen M. Wheeler • George H. and Joan M. Wheeler • Richard E. White •
you the day the water begins to flow to
Bob White • Susan White • William and Mary White • White Lake Subdivision • Marvin L. Wicker • Teresa B. Widmer • Edward and
recharge the lake at Camp Weed — thanks to
Willa Wilcott • Margaret A. Wiles • Dick and Nancy Wilkerson • Susan J. Wilkenson • Susan Wilkinson • Dr. and Mrs. Earl L. Williams •
you.”
Kenny and Candy Williams • Katherine Willis • Helen M. Willoughby • Alex Wilson, III • Mark Wimberly • Olive L. Wing • Edward Wolcott
• The Rev. Canon Don and Melissa Woodrum • Robert D. and Elaine Woodward, III • Hazel Woolbert • Joyce S. Worth • Paul and Susan
Joe Chamberlain
Worthington • Debra Wright • Allan and Frances Wulbern • Jean L. Wyer • Jane C. Wytzka • The Rev. George D. Young, III • Family
Executive Director
and Friends of the Rev. George Young, Jr. • Ms. M.J.K. Zachert • James Zaenglein • Anita Zeidman • Gloria E. Zittrauer
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Opportunities for parish and individual support activities
Episcopal Children’s Services Head Start and Early Head Start
programs expanding
ECS - Providing a foundation of early education for the whole family
In summer 2010, Episcopal
Children’s Services was needing space
for its expanding services and was
conducting some of their activities at St.
Peter’s, Jacksonville, as part of the
ongoing ECS Head Start Program. The
temporary use of St. Peter’s facilities
was to help teach parenting skills to
families in the area, while ECS awaited
completion of a new facility to house
the expansion of their services and
presence in the local community.
The June issue of “A Chosen
Generation,” newsletter of St. Peter’s,
reported increased activity on the
church grounds during weekdays,
explaining that ECS had received
federal funding for the Head Start
Program but did not yet have the
needed space for the continuance and
continuity of all their current program
and services.
ECS has reported that in 2009, the
ECS Holiday Outreach program
Founded in 1966, Episcopal Children’s Services has become the largest
not-for-profit child services organization (for children birth to five) in
Northeast Florida. Starting out as one small childcare center, ECS now
provides high quality services to more than 25,000 young children in Duval,
Clay, Nassau, Baker, Bradford, Union, Putnam and St. Johns counties.
ECS honors its heritage as an outreach mission of the Episcopal Diocese
of Florida, but is a free-standing organization not supported by, or operated
by, the Diocese. ECS children come from all denominations, cultural, and
socio-economic backgrounds.
ECS provides better beginnings for children who might otherwise miss the
opportunity for early childhood development, school readiness, and future
life success. As such, ECS services focus on the fundamental elements of
lifelong learning: curiosity, initiative, persistence, reasoning, and problem
solving.
“helped over 100 families and over 500
individual children share in the warmth
and joy of Thanksgiving and
Christmas.”
This year, Episcopal Children’s
Services Head Start & Early Head Start
programs have expanded, and now
serve close to 700 children and families
throughout Clay, Baker, Bradford,
Union, Nassau and Duval counties.
As holidays and cold weather
approached, ECS asked “the generous
businesses, organizations, churches,
schools, and caring individuals who had
helped make the holidays a time of joy
for so many children in previous years,
to do the same this year.” The ECS
outreach program provides assistance
to the children and families who are
living in poverty, have been victims of
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domestic violence, or face other
circumstances which place them in
critical need.
Parish groups and individuals help
ECS in a variety of ways – purchasing
for one child or for an entire classroom;
donating items or food for an entire
household; donating funds to the
Outreach Program or giving a gift
certificate for a local grocery store;
organizing a food drive, or sponsoring a
classroom party.
“We will welcome your support in
any way you are able to provide it,” said
Kyle Bonesteel, ECS manager of family
and community services. If you or your
parish are interested in supporting
Episcopal Children’s Services in some
way, or have questions, call Kyle at
904-726-1500, or visit
www.ecs4kids.org.
Caring for the Least – Outreach by the ‘Philippians’ of St. Philip’s, Jacksonville
St. Philip’s, Jacksonville, continued
its outreach thrust this fall by joining
forces with B.O.L.D. Ministries (Eugenia
& Lucretia Darius) and the highly
respected 100 Black Men of
Jacksonville, to provide hot lunches,
slightly used clothing and footwear to
the homeless who gathered on a
Saturday in September.
Previously, B.O.L.D. Ministries and
the 100 Black Men had been given
permission to use the St. Philip’s
parking lot, holding five such activities
last year. On Sept. 4, Philippians
played a more visible role by donating
their time and personal belongings.
Initially planned for three hours, the
activity had to be extended to
accommodate the overwhelming
response.
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In addition to being fed and offered a
choice selection of goodies, attendees
were able to listen to encouraging
messages and a wide selection of
contemporary gospel music. Absent
from this past effort were the blood
pressure and blood sugar screening tests
normally provided by volunteer nurses.
The next outreach effort was scheduled
in time for Thanksgiving.
St. Peter’s partnership
with community
organizations draws the
weary and hungry of the
city to find their needs
met at this church in
the shadow of
skyscrapers.
Offering hot
lunches, gently
used clothing.
Gospel music and
encouragement,
St. Philip’s
members truly
“dwell among the
people.”
Archery weekends coming to Camp Weed aim at beginners and experienced archers
By Joe Chamberlain, executive
director, Camp Weed & The Cerveny
Conference Center
Are you an archer? Would you like
to become one? Archery is a beautiful
sport and Camp Weed is an ideal
location to learn and practice archery.
How do I know that? I have been
practicing archery here for the past 29
years. I love archery. Some people
have golf, others have tennis, I have
archery, and I would like to share my
passion for the sport with you. I would
be your coach and your teacher
through the process, and I have
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Two weekends will be offered, one
for the beginner and another for the
experienced archer. For the beginner,
this is a great way to get started with
important fundamentals taught and no
need to run out and purchase any
equipment. All equipment will be
provided.
If you are an experienced archer, I
would like to provide you the
opportunity to eat, sleep and breathe
archery for an entire weekend. Using
your own equipment, this is a great
way to prepare for archery hunting
season, if you are a hunter. We will
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shoot 3-D targets, traditional targets,
practice judging distance, shoot long
shots, and evaluate our form and
technique by watching ourselves on
video replay. We will shoot from the
ground and from elevations. Learn
how best to shoot with fingers and with
a release aid. We will cover how to
sight in your bow if you use sights. All
of this will be hands-on. We will cover
all aspects of archery and you will leave
a better archer - guaranteed!
Does this sound interesting to you?
If so, send me an email,
[email protected] or call me at 386
364 5250. I want to know if there are
interested archers out there. All you
have to do at this point is tell me you
are interested. This would be a
weekend suitable for parents and
children, grandparents and
grandchildren. The youngest age for
children is 12 years old. Send me an
email to let me know you are
interested, and ask any questions you
may have. Parents, worried about
safety? Camp Weed has had archery as
part of the summer program for 86
years without an accident. A record to
be proud of!
Want to be a disciple of Christ? We HAVE to talk about Stewardship.
By the Rev. Tony Ferguson, rector, St. Peter’s, Jacksonville; chair of the
Diocese of Florida Program and Budget Commission
St. Peter’s Mission Statement: “Making Disciples of Christ.”
If you want to be a “Disciple of Christ,” we HAVE to talk about the subject of
Stewardship.
“Well, it’s none of your business! It’s personal! It’s a private matter!”
It is indeed personal; it is private, and yes, it is my business!
Q: Why?
Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds
of greed; a man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced a
good crop. He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my
crops.’ “Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build
bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I’ll say to
myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take life easy;
eat, drink and be merry.”’ “But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night
your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have
prepared for yourself?’
“This is how it will be with anyone who stores up things for himself but
is not rich toward God.”
Luke 12:15-21 (NIV)
That is one scary story! Scarier still, is the certainty I have that none of us are
A: Because I am a pastor, and my calling is to equip you for the work of Christian
immune to this peril.
Ministry.
One of the major obstacles to Christian Discipleship is materialism. Make no
What is the way forward?
mistake about it: We all eat, sleep and breathe in an atmosphere and environment
that is 100% materialistic. It shapes our thinking and our attitudes.
First, we need to come to the understanding that everything, and I do mean
The Book of Proverbs tells us this: “As a man thinks, so he is.”
everything, comes from God and belongs to Him. We are stewards, not owners.
You need to know that the Bible is very concerned about the problems of
The VyStar Credit Union runs an ad with a memorable tag line: “VyStar, we never
materialism.
forget it’s your money!” Well, Christians must never forget that it’s God’s money.
• 16 out of 38 of Christ’s parables deal with money.
Look around you. Look at your house. Who owns it? Oh, sure, we like to joke
• More is said in the New Testament about money than about Heaven and
about the bank owning it, but we never call it the bank’s house, we call it, “My
Hell combined.
House.” However, based on what we have read in scripture, is it really our house?
• Five times more is said about money than about prayer. There are 500+
Is it perhaps both mine and God’s? In that case, which rooms belong to God and
verses on the subject of prayer and faith and 2000+ verses on the subject
which belong to me? Plainly, this is silly thinking.
of money and possessions.
If the money in your bank accounts is yours and God’s, how would you divide it?
A Christianity that does not have an effect on how you handle your money is
I think we are forced to conclude that either it is all mine or all God’s with all the
not a true Christianity. Think about all that you have. Who owns it in reality, and
implications that involves.
how did you come by it?
Stewardship: We must never forget that it’s
Well, the answer to that question is
“It makes no difference whether you work God’s money, but how do we work this out in
absolutely critical based on my experience.
everyday life? Well, once we come to realize
Suppose you find a $100 bill lying in the gutter,
for a church, in a corporate office, or at
this foundational truth, that it is God’s money
and you have absolutely no clue to its rightful
McDonald’s, the ultimate source of your
and not ours, we can then move on to living out
owner. Are you not tempted to simply pocket it
income is God, and we are answerable to a practical stewardship that centers on the
and congratulate yourself on your good fortune?
Biblical Tithe. Scripture tells that we are to tithe
Now suppose you saw the person who dropped
Him for how we use it.”
ten percent of our income to the church of
it, and you love that person. Does that not
which we are a member. I have discovered that the tithe is an inescapable first step
completely change your attitude toward that $100 bill? Who actually owns the
in getting the ‘monkey of materialism’ off my back.
money in our wallets, all our possessions, the house or place where we live, and the
Remember what I said at the beginning: This is all about discipleship!
very bodies in which we live, move and breathe?
Everywhere I turn in life, I am being bombarded by materialistic messages and
God warned the people of Israel about the dangers of materialism as they stood
commercialism, and I find that I am all too susceptible to their influence. I actually
on the edge of the Promised Land. God spoke to them through Moses:
start thinking that my life would be better if I owned this gadget or that article of
You may say to yourself, “My power and the strength of my hands have
clothing! When I started to tithe, I found that my attitude toward money began to
produced this wealth for me.” But remember the LORD your God, for
change. I started to really see it as God’s money, not mine. I began to gain a
it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his
measure of contentment that previously had eluded me. I found that I was more
covenant, which he swore to your forefathers, as it is today. If you ever
willing to give to others rather than keep it all for myself. I still have a long, long
forget the LORD your God and follow other gods and worship and bow
way to go on this, but I know, without a doubt, that I can never go back to not
down to them, I testify against you today that you will surely be
tithing. It might interest you to know that when I started to tithe I was unconvinced
destroyed. Like the nations the LORD destroyed before you, so you will
that this was the right thing to do, but after a week or so I became absolutely
be destroyed for not obeying the LORD your God.
convinced that this was, in fact, the right thing to do. I invite you to give this some
Deuteronomy 8:17-20 (NIV)
prayerful thought. I do not believe you will regret doing so.
Doesn’t that sound like the ‘American Way? ‘
“I the LORD do not change. So you, O descendants of Jacob, are not
destroyed. Ever since the time of your forefathers you have turned away from
We instinctively say, “I did this; I earned this; it’s mine!”
my decrees and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you,”
The reality is different; we have what we have because God gave it to us.
says the LORD Almighty. “But you ask, ‘How are we to return?’ “Will a man
Whatever you have came from God. In my case, my paycheck comes from St.
rob God? Yet you rob me. “But you ask, ‘How do we rob you?’ “In tithes and
Peter’s Church, but the source of the money is God. It makes no difference whether
offerings. You are under a curse — the whole nation of you— because you are
you work for a church, in a corporate office, or at McDonald’s, the ultimate source
robbing me. Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food
of your income is God, and we are answerable to Him for how we use it.
in my house. Test me in this,” says the LORD Almighty, “and see if I will not
throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you
Blessing or Stumbling-Block?
will not have room enough for it.
I will prevent pests from devouring your crops, and the vines in your
The plain truth is that our prosperity can be either a blessing or a stumbling-block
fields will not cast their fruit,” says the LORD Almighty.” Then all the nations
to us; it all depends on how we use it, or rather, how we let it use us. The
will call you blessed, for yours will be a delightful land,” says the LORD
theologian Paul Tillich coined a valuable and insightful and functional definition of
Almighty.
God: “God is man’s ultimate concern.”
Malachi 3:6-12 (NIV)
In other words, whatever dominates and controls your thinking, and therefore
your actions, is your God. That is a very searching definition, isn’t it? People
May we take God at His Word!
sacrifice family, health, the most precious relationships for financial success, to climb
the corporate ladder, or well, you name it. Whatever “it” is becomes their God, and
Father Tony
one of the most common gods around is named “Bill,” Dollar Bill.
Not convinced? Read about The Parable of the Rich Fool again for the first time.
30 years and counting: Christian Healing Ministries celebrates a milestone
On Dec. 11, 2010, Christian
Healing Ministries (CHM) celebrated
30 years of ministry! Francis and
Judith MacNutt co-founded CHM in
Clearwater, Fla., and then in 1987, at
the invitation of Bishop Frank and
Emmy Cerveny, relocated the
ecumenical ministry to Jacksonville.
Since that time the Cervenys have
continued to support CHM, including
serving on their board of directors.
“Jesus called us to follow Him to
enter into His ministry, and healing the
sick is essential to that call,” said
Bishop Cerveny, retired Sixth Bishop
of Florida.
Over these many years, people from
all over the world have experienced the
healing love of Jesus Christ by
participating in CHM conferences,
events and individual prayer ministry.
CHM is also a training center, where
thousands of students have participated
in the Schools of Healing Prayer.
“Their work has caught attention
from people who seek prayer
worldwide, and thousands of visitors
have come to Jacksonville to receive
prayer and training. Requests for
Francis and Judith MacNutt to make
known training possibilities have done
wonders for a large number of people
already,” said Raymond K. Mason, a
CHM board member.
Judith MacNutt, president of CHM,
said of the anniversary, “Francis and I,
along with our staff and volunteer
prayer ministers, have been privileged
to witness countless healings and
miracles over these 30 years. We are
now being called to build a new
international healing center so that the
ministry of Christian Healing Ministries
will be here for generations to come!
Under the leadership of chairman Lee
Ann Rummell, and our board of
directors, property has been purchased
near the Jacksonville International
Airport, and we are scheduled to break
ground after the first of the year. We
are so grateful for God’s infinite
faithfulness and love.”
For more information about Christian Healing Ministries, visit their website
at www.christianhealingmin.org or call 904-765-3332. Christian Healing
Ministries is currently located at 438 W. 67th Street, Jacksonville, FL 32208.
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The Dedication and Consecration of Servant Hall at St. Bartholomew’s, High Springs
“I take special joy,” said Ben Hill to the assembled crowd early in
the evening of October 19, 2010, “that Servants Hall was completed
on time, on budget, and with no debt!” A group of eager youngsters
participated at the podium outside the doors, as speakers’ comments
made it clear that the youngest members of the congregation and
community were a focus of ministry at St. Bartholmew’s. It was
therefore especially moving when at the end of the service a tiny
toddler, just baptized, slipped from her mother’s lap and fell in step
with the priests and choristers during the recessional.
The entire community of High Springs had been invited to a free
dinner on the grounds, in celebration of the building which is intended
to be used by various groups outside the congregation. Many who
came to eat, stayed for the service. The crowd’s backdrop was the tiny
original Carpenter Gothic church
Beginning the dedication and consecration, with his pastoral staff
the Right Rev. Charles Lovett Keyser, Assisting Bishop of Florida,
marked the threshold with the sign of the cross, then led the procession
into the building. The service included baptisms, the dedication of the
piano, the setting apart of the altar, and Holy Eucharist.
Senior Warden Dianne Dirocco spoke of a vision for the ministry of
St. Bartholomew’s as a growing congregation reaching out into
surrounding counties, and Bishop Keyser responded. Having noted the
excellent acoustics in the new building, and the contributions of the
Rev. David Kidd in having brought the small but strong congregation
“to where you are,” he urged the carrying out of baptismal ministry
with an emphasis on serving, and the stated intention behind building
Servant Hall as a gift to the entire community, beyond the
congregation itself.
“God says ‘Let me love
you.’ Tonight, you are
saying ‘Yes’ to God.”
DWELLING AMONG
THE PEOPLE ...
And climbed the utmost
steeple
But God declared: Go down
again,
Photos by:
VBB and
Jim Dresser
Trinity Church, Melrose, idea took wings - turkey wings
‘Thanksgiving in the Park’ feeds the
community’s soul, along with the homeless,
hungry, and assorted modern-day Pilgrims
Report and photos by Janet Robinson, St. Margaret’s, Fleming Island
Trinity Church, Melrose, and the Rev. Dr. Jeff Mackey, rector, sponsored their
Third Annual “Thanksgiving in the Park” outreach in Heritage Park on Nov. 25.
This hugely successful event is free and open to everyone...not just the needy. Folks,
some 400 of them, come to be with friends enjoying fresh air, music, activities for
children, and a wonderful meal on Thanksgiving Day. Trinity members particularly
aim to serve the homeless, hungry, and lonely, but they happily welcome the wide
variety of people from all walks of life who come each year to offer helping hands or
simply to join the fun. Trinity also encourages anyone who would like to help in any
way to let them know.
“Thanksgiving in the Park” was the brainchild of Trinity’s parish administrator,
Linda Wilcox. In this year’s photos, members of Trinity are wearing purply-blue Tshirts with the Trinity logo. The blue golf shirt folks with an Episcopal shield are
from St. Andrew’s, Interlachen – they manned the beverage tent, too.
The Rev. David Kidd and Margaret volunteered there from St. Bartholomew’s;
Marianne O’Neill from St. Mark’s, Starke; and Janet Robinson from St. Margaret’s,
“Hibernia.”
Adding ecumenical flavor were folks from the Universal Unitarian Church,
Gainesville; and Trinity Baptist, Melrose.
On colorful turkey “feathers,” young and old jotted down things they were
thankful for, then tucked the feathers into the large cardboard Thanks-Giving
Turkey. Assorted leashed dogs enjoyed the crowds, musicians, and sunshine along
with the volunteers and visitors. Leftovers
were shared with St. Francis House.
“Many
hands make
light work, and
many little
donations make
a feast. It’s
always a great
blessing to
serve the Lord’s
own in
Heritage Park
in Melrose on
Thanksgiving
Day,” the
Trinity
volunteers say.
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Louis I. Newman
Feed My Lambs ‘Back to School’ delivery provides new, fully-supplied backpacks
By Katey Stuart, St. Patrick’s,
St. Johns
On a hot and humid 90 degrees day,
the Feed My Lambs Delivery Team from
St. Patrick’s, St. Johns, and Church of
Our Saviour, Mandarin, made their
monthly journey to St. Augustine. This
month was different as the team also
carried totes and backpacks filled with
school supplies donated by our
parishioners and the St. Patrick’s VBS
children. Each child’s totebag or
backpack was filled from a list of
supplies for their school and grade.
Each month the teams deliver nearly
90 bags of groceries to the homes of 46
families in West St. Augustine. This day,
115 children also excitedly waited for
their school supplies. Twenty team
members watched with great joy, as
each child received their gift. Eyes and
smiles grew large with delight and
instant hugs went all around. Parents
were sincerely thankful because without
these gifts, they would have to make a
choice between feeding their children or
buying school supplies (most supply lists
totaled $20-$50 even with the good
sales!).
Feed My Lambs, an ongoing
monthly ministry of these two parishes,
has been in existence for over 10 years.
It started with just one family who
needed emergency help. Over time, a
partnership with a West St. Augustine
elementary school developed to identify
families needing extra food at the end of
each month. They also work with the
area Homeless Coalition. The Feed My
Lambs ministry also assists by
distributing clothing, underwear, coats,
books, toys, baby items, and even
occasional food for God’s four-legged
creatures. Another special delivery, each
November, includes a complete
Thanksgiving dinner for each family, in
addition to the regular bags of groceries.
Reflections: First time delivering for Feed My Lambs
offers insight – it’s about the people, not just the food
From Joanne Booher, Church of
Our Saviour, Mandarin
“I have been buying bags of food
for years to donate to the Feed My
Lambs program, but I’ve never been
able to help deliver them,” says Joanne
Booher of Church of Our Saviour,
Mandarin. When the team asked for
additional volunteers in the fall to
deliver school supplies along with the
food bags, she volunteered and was
welcomed with open arms by Barbara
Byers and her team.
After loading the bags at St.
Patrick’s and arriving at their first stop,
Joanne was ready to start unloading so
they could move on quickly, but then
realized that Barbara and her team
were saying “Hello” and taking their
time meeting with the families.
“My first realization...it’s not just
about the food or the supplies; it’s
about the people. The veteran team
members knew most of the families by
name. They spoke with them and
asked them how they are doing. After
the greetings, then we unloaded. The
children were thrilled with their school
supplies and were excited to tell us
what school and grade they were
starting. After our delivery, I was
hugging the kids and the moms like we
were old friends.”
The next neighborhood had several
stops. “We had kids running up to
greet us that were two stops down, but
they were so excited to be getting their
school supplies, they could hardly wait.
I don’t remember that excitement from
my own kids when they handed me
their school supply lists. Nor was I
excited when I had to fight the crowds
of people at the store to get
everything. My second
realization...don’t take anything for
granted, and be grateful for what you
have. I’m lucky to be able to go to the
store and get what we need. These
families struggle every day for their
basic necessities, and I’m complaining
about fighting the crowds. Again, as
we left this neighborhood, we got more
hugs and huge smiles from the kids as
they walked away with their new
backpacks.
“Each stop was the same, and even
though it got hotter and we grew more
tired, I enjoyed every minute of it. I
was humbled by the people on the
team, who do this every month. I was
humbled by the families who received
these gifts with their heads held high,
and graciously accepted our donations.
I was very glad to be a part of a
program where the gifts flowed both
ways. School supplies and food were
given out, but abundant hugs and
smiles were given in return. What a
blessed day!”
DWELLING AMONG
THE PEOPLE ...
Louis I. Newman
Each month, Feed My Lambs
ministry teams deliver nearly
90 bags of groceries to the
homes of 46 families in West
St. Augustine. The ministry
also assists by distributing
clothing, underwear, coats,
school supplies, books, toys,
baby items – and even
occasional food for God’s
four-legged creatures.
Sewanee, the University of the South, update
marks many Diocese of Florida connections
More than 24 percent of freshmen entering Sewanee in 2010 were
legacy students with at least one family member who either currently attends or
who graduated from the institution. Legacy enrollment is one of Sewanee’s
most honored traditions and one that translates into generations of families
who share the Sewanee bond.
News coming out of the University
of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee
these days (besides it being voted in the
top ten colleges for outstanding
professors, named as the most beautiful
campus, and hosting an amazing
Festival of Lessons and Carols that was
featured recently in Southern Living) is
that there are 25 students from our
diocese, of which nine report
themselves to be Episcopalian. Three
seminarians at the School of Theology
and one student in the summer
Advance Degrees program represent
our diocese. Plus there are 21
Education for Ministry groups in our
diocese.
Bishop John Howard is a member of
the ruling body—the Board of Regents.
A total of $216,582 was awarded to all
undergraduate students from the
Diocese of Florida. Financial support in
2009-2010 from Florida churches and
the Diocese of Florida amounted to
$5,289.
Sewanee is an excellent university,
home to both an outstanding liberal arts
college and a fine seminary of the
Episcopal Church. There is even a
summer School of Letters
(http://www.sewanee.edu/SL/)! If you
have children, grandchildren, neighbors,
or friends of college age, do encourage
them to consider Sewanee
(http://www.sewanee.edu/).
— The Reverend Dr. N. MartinCoffey, rector; St. George, Ft. George
Island.
Florida De Soto Trail ‘reality’ in winter 2011;
kiosk marker will be placed at Camp Weed
The visit of Hernando de Soto’s
expedition to the site of Camp Weed &
The Cerveny Conference Center will be
marked with an informational kiosk in
the coming year, as the Florida De Soto
Trail project nears completion.
Confirmation was recently received
by Joe Chamberlain, executive director
of the Camp and Conference Center,
where innovative events have been
offered to educate participants of all
ages about archaeological discoveries
on the diocesan property that indicate
the conquistadors and Native
Americans were encamped there at the
time of the 1539-1540 expedition.
The National Park Service of the
U.S. Department of the Interior has
written to De Soto Trail Committee
members, announcing that “the Florida
De Soto Trail will be a reality during the
winter of 2011.”
“The Florida De Soto Trail will help
tell the story of Hernando de Soto’s
expedition in Florida and the lives of
the Native Americans his expedition
would have met along the way,” said
the letter. All 34 kiosks are now in
production, and the supporting
brochures and website are also nearing
completion.
The Park Service said each kiosk has
a map of Florida showing the general
path Hernando de Soto took, a
narrative text from the De Soto
Chronicles with an elaboration of that
text, as well as “snapshots” of everyday
life of the conquistadors and of the
Native Floridians. All 34 kiosks will be
viewable on the website when it is
launched.
Three, three-panel, trailhead markers
are to be located at the Skyway Bridge
Rest Area, the DeSoto National
Memorial, and the Governor Martin
house in Tallahassee. Each of the three
has a panel discussing the Spanish, a
map of the Florida De Soto Trail, and a
panel discussing the Native Americans.
Thirty-one two-panel kiosks are to be
placed along the Trail, including one to
be placed near the entrance to Camp
Weed & The Cerveny Conference
Center.
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“Remember the power of light when you go out into the darkness…
and pray that you and those around you may become instruments of peace.”
Christmas Message 2010
The Solace
children
except
Hikmat,
ready to
depart for
home from
Jacksonville
International
Airport.
The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori
Presiding Bishop and Primate
The Episcopal Church
The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light – Isaiah 9:2
That’s how the first lesson of Christmas Eve opens. It’s familiar and comforting, as
the familiar words go on to say that light has shined on those who live in deep
darkness, that God has brought joy to people living under oppression, for a child
has been borne to us. The name of that child is Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace – and God is bringing an endless peace through
an heir to the throne of David (vv 3, 4, 6, 7). This year we’re going to hear a bit we
haven’t heard in Episcopal churches before, in that missing verse 5. It’s pretty
shocking, but it helps explain why the hunger for light is so intense, and the joy so
great when it comes: “For all the boots of the tramping warriors and all the
garments rolled in blood shall be burned as fuel for the fire.” The coming of this
prince of peace will mean the end of all signs of war and violence. An occupied
people will finally live in peace, without anxiety about who or what will confront
them the next time they go out their front doors.
People in many parts of this world still live with the echo of tramping boots and the
memory of bloody clothing. Many Episcopalians are living with that anxiety right
now, particularly in Haiti and Sudan. Americans know it through the ongoing
anxiety after September 11 and in the wounded soldiers returning to their families
and communities, grievously changed by their experience of war. Remember the
terror of war when you hear those words about light on Christmas Eve. Remember
the hunger for peace and light when you hear the shocking promise that a poor
child born in a stable will lead us all into a world without war. Remember the power
of light when you go out into the darkness after hearing those words – and pray that
you and those around you may become instruments of peace.
Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace among those whom he
favors! – Luke 2:14
Mensaje de Navidad, 2010
La Rvdma. Katharine Jefferts Schori
Obispa Presidente y Primado
La Iglesia Episcopal
El pueblo que caminaba a oscuras vio una luz intensa, Isaías 9:2
Así empieza la primera lectura de la víspera de Navidad. Es conocida y
reconfortante, y las conocidas palabras continúan diciendo, que los que vivían en
profunda oscuridad se inundaron de una luz y que Dios ha traído alegría a un pueblo
que vivía bajo la opresión, pues un niño ha nacido entre nosotros. El nombre de ese
niño es Admirable Consejero, Dios Poderoso, Padre Eterno, Príncipe de la Paz y
Dios está trayendo una paz sin fin a través de un heredero al trono de David (vv. 3,
4, 6, 7). Este año vamos a oír algo que no hemos oído antes en las iglesias
episcopales en el verso 5. Es bastante chocante, pero ayuda a explicar por qué el
hambre de luz es tan intensa, y la alegría tan grande cuando llega: “Porque toda
bota que taconea con estrépito y el manto revolcado en sangre serán para la quema,
pasto del fuego”. La llegada de ese príncipe de la paz significa el final de todos los
signos de guerra y de violencia. Un pueblo ocupado finalmente vivirá en paz, sin
ansiedad acerca de qué o quién va a hacerles frente la próxima vez que salen por sus
puertas delanteras.
La gente en muchas partes del mundo todavía vive bajo el eco de las botas
taconeando estrepitosamente y la memoria de ropa ensangrentada. Muchos
episcopales viven con ansiedad en este momento, especialmente en Haití y Sudán.
Los norteamericanos lo saben por la ansiedad persistente después del 11 de
septiembre y por los soldados heridos que regresan a sus familias y comunidades,
gravemente cambiados por la experiencia de la guerra. Recuerde el terror de la
guerra cuando oiga esas palabras sobre la luz la víspera de Navidad. Recuerde el
hambre de paz y de luz cuando oiga la sorprendente promesa de que un niño pobre
nacido en un establo nos conducirá a todos a un mundo sin guerra. Recuerde el
poder de la luz cuando salga a la oscuridad después de oír esas palabras y rece para
que usted y los que le rodean puedan llegar a ser instrumentos de paz.
Gloria a Dios en las alturas y en la tierra paz a los hombres en quines él se
complace Lucas 2:14.
its complications, according to a press
release from the school.
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EPISCOPAL SCHOOLS,
SEWANEE, RECOGNIZED FOR
EXCELLENCE, RESEARCH
ATLANTA: Holy Innocents’
Episcopal School raises $33,000 for
juvenile diabetes research
[ENS] Holy Innocents’ Episcopal
School in Atlanta has raised more than
$33,000 for the Juvenile Diabetes
Research Foundation’s (JDRF) in a
Walk to Cure Diabetes, making it the
top-grossing school in the nation to
help find a cure for diabetes and
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wins $100,000 national science prize;
Students hope research may aid
autistic children
[ENS] Two Oregon Episcopal School
high school students, inspired by the
movie “I, Robot,” took top honors Dec.
6 in a national science competition for
their research to recognize emotion in
2010
Sixteen youngsters return healed to Afghanistan
‘Build Peace on a Foundation of Health’
is the mission of Solace for the Children
From a report by Angela Atkins, Church of Our Saviour, Jacksonville
After an eventful six weeks, 12 of
the 16 Solace children and their
interpreters, Nasrin and Rohina, left
Jacksonville on July 15 to return to
their homes in Afghanistan. There had
been many happy times - the children
enjoyed some really neat things while
here - with some deeply heartfelt
moments, and a lot of healing.
Tonsils were removed, cataract
surgery performed, dental work and
retainers given; there was physical and
occupational therapy, plastic surgery for
burns and reconstructions. Every child
saw a pediatrician, optometrist and
dentist, received immunizations and full
physicals! Four children were staying
here for further surgeries and healing.
As the volunteer interpreter
coordinator for the children and their
host families, I organized the schedule
for the interpreters to be with every
child at every medical appointment - I
love working with a calendar and
schedule! I met many new friends in my
community who speak Farsi and
Pashtun, and I feel fortunate to have
these people in my life, whom I might
not have met otherwise. They also want
to “Build Peace on a Foundation of
Health,” Solace’s mission statement.
Rohina, an interpreter, stayed in our
home for a long weekend. She is a
remarkable young woman who attends
Richmond College in Virginia and
returns home to Afghanistan for the
summers. She is beautiful, her English
is impeccable, and her character is
inspiring. We had long talks, sharing
who we are and what we believe.
Furthermore, she loved my cooking which tickled my family - they love me,
but not my cooking!! I will be forever
grateful that God put Rohina in my life.
From the very beginning of this
mission, I never heard a “no.” So many
of you donated your hard-earned
money, gave of your time, cooked
meals for families, bought gift cards for
prescriptions, filled backpacks, asked
your employers for donations, donated
your GOLD for our party (which raised
almost $3000!), donated suitcases filled
with medications and toiletries for the
children to take home, gave clothes and
shoes, spread the word, donated food
and held car washes (Our Saviour’s
the human voice.
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SEWANEE: School of Theology
students and faculty launch iPad pilot
program
Every new first-year student at
Sewanee’s School of Theology and
every member of the faculty received a
University iPad shortly after 2010
matriculation. This launches a new
collaborative experiment to explore
how students and faculty can work
DWELLING AMONG
THE PEOPLE ...
Louis I. Newman
The Barton family of All Saints,
Jacksonville, with their Hikmat, who
had just undergone cleft palette and
rhinoplasty surgery when the other
children left, so stayed a bit longer.
youth group gave $500 from a car
wash!!). Most of all, you have been a
support to children you may never
meet, but you have greatly affected their
lives. Below is a list of businesses who
when asked, did the same as you: they
gave!! They know that good business is
done by word of mouth!
May this experience of your
involvement inspire you to be open to
new experiences even more so than you
are now. The next time you hear tragic
news about Afghanistan, may you
remember 16 children are now little
ambassadors to their country from
ours...and will tell everyone how
generous America is; how we love and
care for each other and for people who
are in need - but most importantly how
we love God by loving all people. As the
hymn says, “They will know we are
Christians by our love, by our love.”
So many of you were involved in
helping make this mission possible. I
thank you from the bottom of my heart.
together to make the iPad work
optimally for teaching and learning.
This new tool will provide students
with access to course reading, learning
new music, and collaborating on
common documents. Teachers’
annotations and students’ own notes
including highlights, sketches, and other
items that might be placed on the white
board in the classroom, will also be
accessible. There will be an evaluation
at the end of the academic year to see
how the program can be improved and
expanded for 2011-12.
EPISCOPAL JOURNAL, AN INDEPENDENT PUBLICATION, STEPS IN TO
SERVE EPISCOPALIANS NATIONWIDE AND ABROAD AS NATIONAL
CHURCH HALTS PUBLICATIONS, TRIMS CHURCH PUBLISHING STAFF
Episcopal News Monthly, a newspaper printed in conjunction with diocesan
partners, and Episcopal News Quarterly, a supplement to certain diocesan
quarterly news magazines, will cease publication with the January 2011 issues,
marking the end of the Episcopal Church’s 50 years as a newspaper publisher.
Episcopal News Service will continue to operate online.
Episcopal Journal, a new and
independent publication serving
Episcopalians throughout the country
and abroad, will launch its first issue in
February.
Initially, the Journal will be available
as a printing partner with more than a
dozen diocesan and parish publications
that reach over 50,000 households. A
campaign for individual and small group
subscriptions will follow.
Editorial director Jerry Hames says
the Journal’s mission is “to inform,
involve and inspire Episcopalians in the
United States and abroad by sharing the
good news of our church’s life and
ministry.”
Freshly designed with an attractive
contemporary layout, Episcopal
Journal will offer timely and accurate
reporting, drawing its news articles from
Episcopal News Service and other
Episcopal, Anglican and ecumenical
news services, Hames said.
“It will also invite contributions from
recognized names in the fields of
religion, science and the arts, and offer
columns and meditations appropriate
for the church seasons.”
Hames, editor of Episcopal Life
from 1990 to 2007, said the new
publication will fill a vacuum caused by
the decision to terminate national print
publications from the Episcopal Church
Center in New York.
The Executive Council of the
Episcopal Church voted in October to
approve a budget that cut all funding for
print publications. That followed an
across-the-board budget reduction voted
by the General Convention in 2009. As
a result, Episcopal News Monthly,
which succeeded Episcopal Life a year
ago, will cease publication with the
January 2011 issue.
“We now have partners committed
to the printing program from coast to
coast,” Hames said. “They include the
dioceses of Delaware, Long Island,
Bethlehem, Easton, Vermont, New
Hampshire, Northern Michigan, West
Tennessee, Iowa, Nevada, San Joaquin
and Eastern Oregon.” A quarterly issue
of the Journal will also be produced for
several dioceses who publish only four
times a year.
At this time, Hames said, editorial
inquiries and submissions may be sent to
[email protected] or Box
308, Cranbury, NJ 08512. Advertising
inquiries should be addressed to
[email protected], or to
Box 106, Fort Washington, PA 19034.
CHURCH PUBLISHING TO CUT
40 PERCENT OF ITS WORKFORCE,
CLOSE DENVER OFFICE
expressed gratitude for his
administration’s concern for the poor
and hungry, and our hopes for
continued work on the economic
situation in this nation, on Middle East
peace, and on the travel ban and
restrictions on religious work in Cuba.”
By Lynette Wilson
[ENS] Church Publishing Inc. (CPI)
plans to reduce its workforce by 40
percent and close its Denver, Colorado,
office, beginning Dec. 31.
CPI is an affiliate company of the
Church Pension Group (CPG), which
manages the Episcopal Church Pension
Fund for lay and clergy employees,
among other operations. The Nov. 3
announcement was made in a letter to
all CPG employees, said Dennis
Sullivan, CPG president.
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PRESIDING BISHOP, OTHER
CHRISTIAN LEADERS MEET WITH
OBAMA ON ELECTION EVE
Group raises issues of poverty,
peace and justice
By Matthew Davies
[Episcopal News Service] Presiding
Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori joined
leaders of other mainline Christian
denominations in meeting with
President Barack Obama on Nov. 1, the
eve of the midterm U.S. elections, to
express gratitude for his leadership and
to address national and international
issues of peace, justice and poverty.
“On All Saints’ Day, it was very good
to gather with the president to speak
words of support for him as a leader,
particularly his work on behalf of so
many people on the margins,” Jefferts
Schori told ENS. “We expressed our
concern for the divisive rhetoric so
prevalent in our society today. We also
For further information you may
contact Jerrold Hames, 609-8979769, or email at
[email protected]
VANDALS HACK DOWN
‘GLASTONBURY THORN’ LEGEND CLAIMS IT WAS
BROUGHT TO ENGLAND BY
JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA
A centuries-old tradition in England
is that Joseph of Arimathea, the wealthy
merchant who donated his tomb for the
burial of Jesus, arrived travelworn and
weary on southern English shores,
jammed his walking stick into the soil at
what became known as Wearyall Hill,
and left it there. Joseph’s walking stick,
made from a thorn tree common in the
Middle East and Europe, sprouted and
grew into the tree known as the
Glastonbury Holy Thorn Tree, or simply
the “Glastonbury Thorn.” Glastonbury
Abbey is nearby.
This type of thorn tree can live about
100 years. Gregory Katz of the
Associated Press reported that
generations of locals have kept the
Glastonbury Thorn going by taking
grafts and clippings from it, to have as
replacements when the existing one
neared the end of its life. Katz was
investigating because incredibly, the
treasured tree was vandalized overnight
between Dec. 7th and 8th, all its
branches sawed off and thrown down,
leaving only the aged and gnarled
stump.
The damaged tree, thought to be
descended from the original, is a major
Christian landmark which, Katz wrote,
blooms twice a year – during the
Christmas season and again around
Easter.
Around the
Compasrose
Anglicans, Episcopalians issue statement on climate
justice, form commitments
By Lynette Wilson
[Episcopal News Service] As Anglicans and Episcopalians met in December in
the Dominican Republic to share their stories and organize around issues of climate
justice, in Panama heavy rains and floods killed at least 10 people, displaced 4,700
more, and forced the first-ever weather-related closure of the Panama Canal.
“While we are here for the conference on climate justice, in Panama people are
being evacuated out of areas that are being flooded,” said Bishop Julio Murray of
the Episcopal Church of Panama Dec. 9, in an interview with ENS. “The groups
that are mostly affected are the indigenous groups that live in the area of Alto
Bayano ... it is the first time in my lifetime that the Panama Canal has had to
suspend traffic ... this is an example of what happens when water levels rise in
rapid ways.”
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Presiding Bishop calls for A Season of Prayer for
Sudan as Jan. 9 referendum nears
in Africa’s largest country
The thoughts and prayers of many in the Anglican Communion are focused on
Sudan, as the people of Southern Sudan prepare for a referendum to decide their
future. The Anglican Communion’s Secretary General, Canon Kenneth Kearon,
said all are invited to pray and to focus their concerns on that war-torn country at
this time. Archbishop Daniel Deng Bul of the Episcopal Church of Sudan has issued
a Call to Prayer for Sudan, and Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has
asked for A Season of Prayer for Sudan in preparation for the January 9
referendum.
“I want to challenge us as a Church to pray for the people of Sudan, to learn
more about the forces driving the violence, and to advocate for a peaceful
referendum, and whatever the outcome, a peaceful future,” the Presiding Bishop
stated.
Episcopal Church of Sudan is a significant voice in life of Sudan
In land area, Sudan is Africa’s largest country; Sudan is the tenth-largest country
in the world. Bordered by nine other countries, it is central to the African and Arab
worlds. The Episcopal Church of Sudan is a member Church of the Anglican
Communion, with headquarters in Juba, the most important city in the South. It is a
significant voice in the life of Sudan. The Episcopal Church is neither pro- nor antisecession, but rather pro peace and pro the right of self-determination, and is
therefore seeking to ensure that the Jan. 9 referendum is carried out with due
process, fairness and integrity. Archbishop Daniel Deng is working very hard to
achieve this. He met Oct. 7 with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan
Williams, who has expressed his anxieties about the situation relating to Sudan. On
Oct. 11 Archbishop Deng was part of an ecumenical delegation which met with the
UN Secretary General in New York.
IRAQ: Canon White defiant in face of violence
By Gerald Butt, Middle East Correspondent, The Church Times, London
Dec. 23 - Christians in Iraq faced a sombre and fearful Christmas, as the
prospects for 2011 looked, at best, uncertain.
“There’s been great fear, and there’s been a lot of anxiety,” Canon Andrew
White, chaplain of St. George’s, Baghdad, told the BBC at the weekend. “We lost
many of our families who have disappeared or been killed.” Some 500 of the
formerly 4000-strong congregation were no longer present, he said.
The string of attacks on Christian targets this year, culminating in the siege in
October of a cathedral in Baghdad in which more than 50 people were killed,
prompted the Iraqi government to erect concrete walls around churches and
increase security in other ways. Despite the introduction of these new precautions,
most churches in Iraq decided not to risk the lives of members of the congregation,
and cancelled Christmas services and celebrations.
St. George’s is one of the exceptions. Canon White said it was important for the
Christmas-worship program to continue, despite the current mood of fear: “Now it’s
Christmas, and we are going to have a wonderful time. The only thing we can
concentrate on is the fact that Christmas is good news and a time of hope. When
you have lost everything, Jesus is all we have left.”
Canon White said he had always encouraged Christians to stay in Iraq because
“we need people here to maintain Christianity. But it’s very difficult to do this now,
when people have been killed.” Many thousands of Iraqi Christians, from Baghdad
and Mosul in particular, spent Christmas as internally displaced people in the semiautonomous Kurdish zone in northern Iraq, or as refugees in neighbouring Arab
countries. The UN Refugee Agency said that a further 1000 families had sought
shelter in Kurdish areas in the wake of the church attack in Baghdad. The UN
speaks of “a significant increase” in the number of Christians fleeing their homes.
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Local children cut springs from it
each year, to be placed on Queen
Elizabeth II’s Christmas dining table.
Glastonbury’s mayor, the local vicar,
and schoolchildren had recently
participated in the televised annual
sprig cutting for the queen’s table.
Local historians told Katz the tree,
or one of its ancestors, has been
chopped down once before, during the
English Civil Wars 1642-1651, and
experts said this tree could possibly
recover from the mutilation, in about
ten years, if it is otherwise in good
health.
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The Howards’ annual Advent holiday party
gathers clergy for festive evening
This year, when the Right Reverend and Mrs.
Samuel Johnson Howard invited the clergy and clergy
spouses of the Diocese to their annual Advent holiday
dinner party, the setting was amid the spectacular
holiday decorations at the Ortega riverfront
Timuquana Country Club.
The Club’s festive lights, swags, and glittering
ceiling-tall trees, and the excellent Timuquana cuisine
were backdrops for lively conversations that filled the
club from six to nine on the evening of December
ninth.
Among those joining Marie Howard, and the newlyreturned bishop who very recently had neurosurgery in
California, were newly-wed clergy and newly-ordained
clergy, so congratulations were a warm and oft-heard
exchange among the round tables and along the lines
at the sumptuous buffet and dessert venues.
St. John’s Episcopal Youth - ¡Vamos a Cuba!
Floridians assist at Bible camp, dig in at new church farm
By Dennis Howard
St. John’s, Tallahassee, has
maintained a long-standing Companion
Diocese sister parish relationship with
San Pedro Apostal, in the rural village
of Zorrilla, Cuba. Over the years, St.
John’s commitment has grown from
praying for the small Cuban church to
assisting in a Bible Camp for Cuban
youth, to providing religious and
humanitarian supplies for additional
churches in Cuba. This July, the
commitment grew again, as a group of
16 youth and four adults traveled from
Tallahassee to Cuba to not only assist a
Bible camp on the northern coast, but
also to work on a new church farm near
Zorrilla. The spark behind this effort is
Fr. Carlos Tamayo, the energetic priest
of three Cuban churches (in Zorrilla, in
nearby Cuatro Esquinas, and in Los
Arabos), and the Compass Rose
Commission of St. John’s.
During four days in the countryside
near Cuatro Esquinas and Zorrilla,
mission team members labored in the
tropical sun to plant fruit trees and clear
weeds with machetes at the new church
farm established by Fr. Carlos’
ministries. Formerly a sugar cane field,
the church farm will provide fresh fruits,
vegetables, milk and livestock for local
communities and creates opportunities
for villagers to work on the farm or
make preserves and cheese for sale in
the city. The St. John’s team provided
shovels, mattocks, work gloves, boots,
and other farm supplies, as well as
mosquito nets, vitamins, and medical
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Photos
DWELLING AMONG
THE PEOPLE ...
Louis I. Newman
Trip participants were Paige Asker,
Chris Dimacali, Harry Douglass,
Kathleen Gray, Anne Gwynn,
Georgia Howard, Sandra Howard,
Mary Kathryn King, Robbie King,
Lacey Langston, Lauren Lastowski,
Danny Nunez, Sabrina Reisinger de
Angulo. CC Smith-Schoenwalder,
Todd Smith-Schoenwalder, Anna
Teagle, Blan Teagle, Hunter
Whitaker, Randy Winton and
Cecelia Zucconi.
Photo: The King Family
and liturgical supplies to help the local
parishes. The team also participated in
a lively worship service in Zorrilla, with
Cuban and American parishioners
trading a guitar to lead church songs
from their respective countries.
After leaving the farm, the group
traveled to the port city of Cárdenas to
spend five days in a Bible camp with
30 other children from five Episcopal
churches located in the province of
Matanzas. A grant from the proceeds
of the annual St. John’s Market
provided t-shirts for all of the children
who participated in that Bible camp
and for two subsequent sessions of the
camp.
2010
Commit to funding for seminarian
As the trip was ending, the
Tallahassee youth committed to fully
fund their young Zorrillan friend, Pablo
Antonio Balboa, from start to finish in
his studies at the seminary in Matanzas.
At the airport in Havana the students
walked up to Fr. Carlos for one last
tearful hug and, spontaneously, pressed
their travel money into his hands. When
asked why they would do this, travelers
Robbie and Mary Kathryn King said,
“Our money could be put to much
better use in Cuba.” Another traveler,
Anna Teagle, added, “I don’t need
more trinkets…I’d rather have the
money do some good.” Her father,
chaperone Blan Teagle, concluded:
“The most important take away for me
as a 51-year-old is that the future is in
good hands with this generation of
youth; our incipient adults have strong
backs and compassionate hearts.
Anyone who says today’s teens are soft
and self-centered has not met this
crew.”
The youth were unanimous in the
personal meaning of the trip. As
summed up by Paige Asker, “This trip
was life changing for all of us, and I
would do anything to get the chance to
go back.”
What’s Going On ...
The Rev. George D. Young III, rector of St.
Peter’s, Fernandina Beach, is among the
nominees for Bishop of the Diocese of East
Tennessee. The “Walkabout” introducing nominees
to the 50 parishes of that diocese is Jan. 23 -28.
Election is Feb. 12 at St. John’s, Knoxville.
The Rev. Celeste R. Tisdelle has accepted a call
as rector of St. Mary’s, Green Cove Springs.
The Celebration of New Ministry is scheduled Feb. 8
at 6 p.m.
The Rev. George Holston, Army Chaplain, has
been assigned to duty in Iraq. His address is:
CH(LTC) George W. Holston; 128th Chaplain Det.;
c/o HHC; 103rd ESC; APO AE 09391 His family is
residing at 12735 State Hwy 195, Killeen, TX
76542. Their home in Chiefland is for sale; Fr.
George says he is “willing to make anyone interested a
good deal.”
A service in honor of Davette Turk’s 25th
anniversary of ordination will be held at Church of
the Redeemer on Tues., Jan. 4, at 7 p.m. This
service is to celebrate Davette Turk’s ministry
and is in honor of her having been the first
woman ordained in this diocese. All clergy are
invited and asked to vest in white stoles. A reception
will be held in the Parish Hall immediately following
the service. Clergy please RSVP to Tim Huber at
Redeemer 904-642-4575.
In our Companion Diocese of Cuba, Fr. Jose
Angel’s installation will be on Sunday, Jan. 16
at the Cathedral in Havana.
The Rev. Ted Vorhees and his wife, Caren
Goldman, were interviewed by Platforms.tv - a
national internet television program, interested in
their relationship as an interfaith couple and also in
their work as authors. Dorothy Israel from St.
Cyprian’s was also interviewed about her book,
From Harlem To The Sea, for a separate
program. The interviews are online at
www.platforms.tv/Education/caren-goldman.html
Tune into Dorothy’s by going to the list of programs
on the site.
A Valentine Dinner and Dance will be hosted
by St. Gabriel’s, Jacksonville, on Feb. 12 at the
Fraternal Order of Police building, 5530 Beach Blvd.,
6 p.m. to 10 p.m. For tickets, $35, call Von Wright,
904-509-1767 or Earl Sims, 904-708-8673.
Safeguarding Classes: At the Diocese of
Florida, 325 Market St.: Feb. 12, Safeguarding
God’s PEOPLE, 9 - 1 p.m. followed by Train the
Trainer. March 5, Safeguarding God’s CHILDREN, 9
- noon, followed by Train the Trainer. At St. Mark’s,
Jacksonville: Jan 13 and April 14, Safeguarding
God’s CHILDREN, 9 – noon; St. Mark’s Youth Center
Questions? Beville Anderson, 904-388-2004 or
[email protected].
Dean Kate Moorehead delivered the invocation
at the investiture of the Cathedral vestry’s Don
Lester, ceremonially sworn in and enrobed as Circuit
Court Judge of the Fourth Circuit Court.
The clergy and staff of parishes/missions were
invited to an Open House at Diocesan House,
the offices of the diocese, on Oct. 28 to have some
good food and meet the diocesan staff at 325 Market
Street.
Prayer requests, which have frequently been
sent to Diocesan House, are best sent directly
to the Daughters of the King prayer chain.
Susan Towson, DOK president, is the starting point.
E-mail her, writing “DOK Prayer Request” in your
subject line, at [email protected] and your requests
will be distributed throughout the DOK prayer chain.
An Advent Quiet Day in silent anticipation for
Holy Christmas was offered at St. Mary’s,
Green Cove Springs on Dec. 11 by the Institute for
Prayer & Spirituality, an outreach ministry of St.
John’s Cathedral’s Center for Prayer & Spirituality,
open to people of every faith and to all seekers.
Clergy and lay persons leading included the Rev.
Aaron Uitti; the Rev. Celeste Tisdelle; Eugene
Bebeau, MD, National Coordinator for the World
Community for Christian Meditation; Sue Carmichael;
and the Rev. Louise Hardman, who contributed
insights on the evocative gifts of God’s silence.
The Fifth Biennial “50 Years & More Marriage
Celebration” of couples in the Diocese married
50 years or more will be held at 1 p.m. Sat., April
30, 2011, at St. John’s Cathedral, Jacksonville, and
St. John’s, Tallahassee. Other cosponsors of the
event are the Diocesan Older Adult Ministry and The
Cathedral Foundation. Individual invitations will be
sent to couples whose names, addresses and phone
numbers are provided by churches, couples
themselves, relatives and individuals. Also, please
include couples’ email addresses. Send this
information to Dr. Melody Marshall, 1935 NW 22nd
St., Gainesville 32605, or email
[email protected] no later than April 1, 2011.
The Vergers’ Guild of the Diocese of Florida
(FloridaVergers.org) will be a chapter of the
Vergers’ Guild of the Episcopal Church. Contact
Kirk Altman, VGEC, CEVG, head verger at St. John’s
Cathedral, [email protected]
“Emergent church meets the mainline:
Renewing congregations
for the 21st century”
St. Mark’s, Jacksonville, is hosting a workshop on
Church Revitalization, Mon., Jan.31, 9 a.m. - 4:30
p.m., and Tues., Feb. 1, 9 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Participants will create an initial “action plan” for their
own congregations, identifying concrete steps to share
with parish leaders and implement with the entire
congregation. The workshop leader is the Rev. John
Denson, D.Min., rector since 1999 of Christ Church,
Exeter, N.H. The $100 workshop fee includes light
breakfast and lunch Monday, breakfast Tuesday. Sign
up a team of three and the fourth person is free!
Register online at www.seabury.edu/ and click on
“events” or contact Susan Quigley [email protected] 847-328-9300 ext 45.
The Commission on Prison and Related
Ministry thanks those individuals and
congregations who collected Christmas Cards
for inmates. They were distributed to 12 of our
Correctional facilities for inmates to send loved ones
and friends a Christian message at Christmas. Each
card has made a huge difference in someone’s life.
Looking for Good Recipes! Paid church
employees in the Diocese of Florida, please
send one favorite recipe for the new diocesan
cookbook (that’s sure to be on the “best seller” list),
called “From the Desks of the Diocese.” This
cookbook will be on sale at various diocesan events to
raise money for a POST scholarship fund (POST
stands for Professional Office Staff Together). Please
send your recipe to Diocesan House by mail or email,
to Pat Burns at [email protected] as soon as
possible.
The Diocese of Florida 2011 Acolyte Festival at
St. John’s Cathedral / First Annual St. John’s
Cathedral Lavabo Bowl Acolyte Festival, etc.
(working titles) will be held Sat., Oct. 10, 2011.
Bishop Howard will attend. The Festival will gather
youth from around the Diocese for
training/workshops, fellowship, competitions, and an
Opening Eucharist. One goal is to establish a
contingent of youth to travel to the next National
Acolyte Festival. Visit the table at Convention for
information and to sign up.
Ms. Traci Black, a second grade teacher at St.
Mark’s, Jacksonville, is the school’s third
teacher named First Coast News Teacher of the
Week. She was nominated by former student Anna
Donahoo, now a third grader, who wrote, “Ms. Black
makes school very fun. She makes learning exciting. I
want to grow up to be just like her.”
St. John’s Cathedral has created the “Institute
for Christian Studies” for members of all
parishes in the diocese. A different Saturday class
meets each month from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at St. John’s
Cathedral, unless otherwise noted. The fee for each
class, including lunch, is $35. If more than one person
from your parish participates, the fee is $35 for the
first registrant, $10 for each additional parishioner.
Coming next: Jan. 8: Surprised by Hope; Instructor:
Jay Wright; explore the writings of New Testament
scholar N.T. Wright as a path to discovering our
Christian hope in troubled times. Feb. 12: Conflict
Resolution in a Church; Instructor: The Rev. Ted
Voorhees, vicar of St. Cyprian’s, St. Augustine. Feb.
12: Easter & Lenten anthems; Instructor: Tim Tuller;
St. John’s Canon for Music; choirs learn new Easter
and Lenten anthems for their parishes. March 12:
Experiencing St. John’s Gospel; Instructor: The Rev.
Aaron Uitti, rector, St. Paul’s, Federal Point, on the
unique Gospel of John.
Grace Mission welcomes “ministry partners”
for three new ministries: Wellness, Food
Delivery, and Laundry: partners to take people to
the doctor or pick up medicine; drive our van to help
drop off food to our fellow ministry agencies; launder
loads of clothes...a joint effort of several partners or
one, for an hour or as the Lord leads you. Please call
Pastor Amanda, 224-3817 for more information.
Wedding bells ring
out for rector of St.
Francis of Assisi
The Rev. Teresa Ryan
Eberhardt and Keith
Thomas Seagle were
married at St. Francis of
Assisi, Tallahassee, on
November 20, 2010. The
Rev. Canon Ted Monica
was Celebrant; the Rev.
Teri Monica assisted. A
reception followed in the
parish hall.
The Rev. Deacon Ben and Pat Clance, left, congratulate newlyweds Lisa Smith
and the Rev. Canon Perry Smith, at Timuquana Country Club during the
annual clergy/spouse Advent Holiday Party given by the Right Rev. and Mrs.
John Howard on Dec. 9. VBB photo
Photo: Jack Tull
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Resources & Opportunities
Fr. William Meninger, Trappist monk,
to visit Tallahassee, Feb. 23-27, 2011
Brotherhood of St. Andrew Diocesan Retreat
March 18-19, 2011: Theology and a movie
Father William Meninger, a Trappist monk at St. Benedict’s Monastery,
Snowmass, Colorado (www.snowmass.org) and internationally known teacher,
author, and retreat master (www.contemplativeprayer.net) will be in Tallahassee
Feb. 23 – 27, 2011, giving lectures, presenting workshops, and preaching.
Sponsoring churches are St. John’s Episcopal, Faith Presbyterian, Good Shepherd
Catholic, and Trinity United Methodist.
Fr. Meninger, along with Fr. Thomas Keating and Fr. Basil Pennington, built on
the contemplative work begun by Thomas Merton, and they are considered three of
the major architects of the Centering (Contemplative) Prayer movement. Fr.
Meninger leaves the monastery only four times a year to teach. There will be a
freewill offering at each event (plus the cost of lunch and/or supper, when
provided). All event proceeds benefit St. Benedict’s Monastery.
All are invited to attend these interesting and inspirational programs. Plan now to
attend as many sessions as possible, including:
February 23, 6:30 - 8 p.m.: Julian of Norwich Lecture
(Supper available at 5:30) St. John’s Episcopal Church, 211 N. Monroe Street.
February 24, 7 - 8 p.m.: Lecture
Presbyterian University Center, Florida State Univ. Campus, 548 W. Park Ave.
February 25, 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.: Christian Transformation Workshop - The
Enneagram as a Tool
(Lunch available) St. John’s Episcopal Church
February 26, 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.: Centering Prayer Workshop
(Lunch available) Good Shepherd Catholic Church, 4665 Thomasville Road
February 27, 11 a.m.:Guest Preacher - Worship Service
(Lunch available at noon) Faith Presbyterian Church
1 - 4 p.m.: Forgiveness Workshop
Faith Presbyterian Church, 2200 N. Meridian Road
The Brotherhood of St. Andrew
invites all men of the Diocese to attend
a retreat on March 18-19, 2011. This
event was started in 2004 by the
Brotherhood chapter of Holy Trinity,
Gainesville.
In 2008, Holy Trinity’s chapter
members invited the other Brotherhood
chapters of Florida to join them at
Camp Weed for 24 hours of prayer,
study, service and fellowship. The
program part of the retreat has offered
a variety of speakers who presented
topics including Strategies for Success
in Life, Men’s Leadership in the
Church, Forgiveness, The Lord’s
Prayer, Humor in Theology, Mission
Work in America, and Prison Ministry.
The 2011 program is titled
“Theology and a Movie.” Participants
will watch a movie together and have
discussion, theological reflection and
sharing about the movie.
Look forward to the fellowship and
fun with the Brothers, plus the food and
drink that is always part of a
Brotherhood of St. Andrew retreat.
Accommodations for the retreat will
be in the Cerveny Conference Center.
For more information and/or
registration contact Leo Dugger,
Brotherhood of St. Andrew Diocesan
Coordinator. [email protected] or
go to the Holy Trinity, Gainesville,
website www.holytrinitygnv.org
Brotherhood of St. Andrew page, and
print the form.
Trinity Institute, March 5-6, 2011
‘Reading Scripture Through Other Eyes’
By the Rev. Bob Morris
For more information, please contact Dan Dobbins at (850)322-8716 or
[email protected]; or Dee Crusoe at (850)668-1083 or
[email protected].
Seeking Christian wholeness and balance,
each DCCL program will embrace care
for the body, mind and spirit.
Diocesan Center
for Christian Living
Spring 2011
March 24-27 Icon Painting Workshop
Last day to register: March 18, 2011.
March 26, 2011 Celebrating the Liturgy Conference
10 a.m. – 4 p.m. $25 includes lunch. Last day to register: March 18, 2011.
All events take place at Camp Weed and the Cerveny Conference Center,
but are organized by The Diocesan Center for Christian Living.
For more information visit the Diocese of Florida website at
www.diocesefl.org or call Pat Burns at 1-888-763-2602. To register, go to the
DCCL section of the website.
How do we read scriptures? Do we read them on our own, deciding what to
believe? Do we read them with a world view? Often in times of change, we find our
grounding in reading scripture. But what we read and believe may be different from
what someone around the world reads and believes.
Join us at Christ Church on March 5-6, Saturday and Sunday, for Trinity
Institute’s 41st National Theological Conference led by a panel of distinguished
speakers, including contemporary Bible scholar Walter Brueggeman; African
Catholic nun and New Testament professor Sister Teresa Okure; novelist and writer
with Bill Moyer, Mary Gordon; and Gerald West, South African designer of Bible
studies for the Anglican Church’s global Lambeth Conference.
Throughout the weekend we will explore the theory and practice of Bible study
that is authentic and transformative. Speakers will address topics including:
• What concerns do scholars have when reading scripture?
• What does an ordinary reader bring?
• How does our culture influence what truths we may find in scripture?
• How do we read scripture together?
Reading Scripture Through Other Eyes will consider these questions and
others in order to help participants become more conscious of what we are looking
for when we return to the Bible as a source of inspiration.
Registration will be available in mid-January 2011 on the Christ Church website,
www.christepiscopalchurch.org. You can also register by contacting Terry Totman
at 904/285-6127x 231. The $25 registration fee includes three meals and all
conference and theological reflection group materials. Register early to reserve your
place.
New Province IV Website launched; contacts are quicker
Province IV has been fortunate to have a working website for a number of years.
A new and upgraded website launched this fall provides new and quicker ways of
keeping in touch within our Provincial family. Please visit www.provinceiv.org
GreenFaith and The Episcopal Church announce ‘first-of-its-kind’ environmental collaboration
Episcopal congregations invited to apply to enter GreenFaith Certification Program
NEW YORK — The Episcopal Church and
GreenFaith have announced a collaboration to enroll
Episcopal churches in the GreenFaith Certification
Program. This unique program helps houses of
worship become environmental leaders, reduce their
operating expenses, and attract new members. Upon
completing the Program, the churches will be certified
as GreenFaith Sanctuaries and will contribute to
strengthening the Episcopal Church’s environmental
ministry.
To launch the collaboration, the Economic and
Environmental Affairs Office and GreenFaith are
underwriting 50 percent of the tuition of 30 churches
nationwide during the first year of the collaboration,
with these churches chosen from among a larger
number of churches which enroll in the Program.
The GreenFaith-Episcopal Church collaboration is
the first of its kind for a Christian denomination.
“I’m very excited about this,” said Mike Schut,
Economic and Environmental Affairs Officer of the
Episcopal Church. “The program is holistic and
GreenFaith supports participating congregations very
well. Parishes will green their buildings and grounds,
develop relationships with environmental justice
advocacy organizations and interfaith partners, and
integrate creation care into education and worship.
Congregations will learn from others’ experiences. The
program is an avenue for deep congregational
revitalization.” GreenFaith offers online recordings of
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hour-long webinars so that interested church leaders
can learn more about this opportunity.
GreenFaith is also working with the Union for
Reform Judaism and the Masorti/Conservative
Movement, enrolling a number of their synagogues in
the Certification Program.
The Economic and Environmental Affairs Office
and GreenFaith look forward to welcoming churches
into the Program in December and February as part of
the Episcopal Church’s first Certification cohort. New
cohorts will be accepted in subsequent years. To mark
the significance of this collaboration, the Economic
and Environmental Affairs Office and GreenFaith are
underwriting 50 percent of the tuition of 30 churches
selected from a national pool of applicants, enabling
selected churches to enroll for a total discounted cost
of $250-$750, depending on church budget size.
Beginning immediately, churches may apply by visiting
http://greenfaith.org/programs/certification/thegreenfaith-certification-program. The next application
deadline for the tuition subsidies for the program is
Feb. 1, 2011.
GreenFaith provides extensive programmatic
support to participating churches. Six webinars equip
church leaders to complete the Program successfully.
An online center with over 200 resources helps
congregations meet the Program’s requirements.
GreenFaith’s staff is available via phone and email to
provide support. A network of congregations
nationwide shares best practices and success stories
on-line.
When churches begin the program, they audit their
facilities and programs and create an action plan.
They ‘green’ their facilities, saving energy and water,
using non-toxic cleaning and maintenance practices,
increasing recycling, and eating healthy food. They
offer environmentally-themed worship services and
education for children, teens and adults. They
advocate for a healthier environment for poor
communities. They conduct interfaith programming,
and share their progress with the media.
“The Certification Program is a great approach to
making a church a ‘green’ leader,” said Stacey
Kennealy, Certification Program Director. The 30
churches will serve as eco-mentors to other Episcopal
churches nationwide and will share their experiences at
regional and national events.
The Economic and Environmental Affairs
Office of the Episcopal Church seeks to embody the
Episcopal Church’s call to educate, act and
advocate for environmental justice and care for all
God’s creation. Founded in 1992, GreenFaith
inspires, educates and mobilizes people of diverse
religious backgrounds for environmental leadership.
Visit www.episcopalchurch.org/environment and
www.greenfaith.org for more information.
Church Challenge Cup Golf Tournament
benefits Camp & Conference Center
“It is because of our love and
appreciation for the ministry of Camp
Weed and The Cerveny Conference
Center that the Church Challenge Cup
exists,” declares the Church of Our
Saviour tournament committee. The
popular annual tournament is the
sponsoring congregation’s way to meet
its pledge of support for the Camp
Weed and The Cerveny Conference
Center Capital Campaign. The
Challenge Cup was won in 2009 by a
St. Peter’s, Fernandina Beach,
foursome.
The 2010 tournament format was
“Shramble” and included hole in one,
putting, and longest drive contests. The
winning First Net foursome on October
12 at San Jose Country Club, with an
86, was Lee and Anne Nimnicht, Matt
Greene, and Fr. Steph Britt of San
Jose, Jacksonville.
First Gross winners, with 112, were
Fr. John Palarine, John Scarboro,
Lester Huffingham, and Jimmy Hurff.
First Men’s winner (53) was Wes
Longstreth; First Women’s (60) was
Anne Nimnicht; and first clergy (60) was
Fr. John Palarine.
Second Net (95): Fr. Gee Alexander,
John Hewitt, and John Alexander.
Second Gross (121): William Harrell,
Greg Houston, Bentley Wilder, and Tad
Delegal. Third Net 99 Tommy Purvis,
Fr. Ron Owen, Fr. George Young III,
Jim Carpenter. Closest to Pin #8: Ed
Cettei 6’3”. Longest Drive #13: Fr.
Steph Britt 170 yards “+ 300 yards of
string.” Longest Putt #18: John
Scarboro 28’
The church with the most
participating golfers wins the right to
name the recipient of the Charity
Award of $500. The St. Peter’s,
Fernandina Beach, golfers designated
Camp Weed to receive the Award.
Sartorial splendor lent an air of St.
Andrew’s, Scotland, to the
tournament. VBB photo
Rites of the Church to be
available online through a
Dio-Logue link to website
✠ REST IN PEACE ✠
✠ MARY ANN DINWIDDIE, wife of the
To provide more immediate
information on the many baptisms,
confirmations, and deaths in our
Diocese of Florida family, most of these
rites of the church will be made
available to readers by postings on the
diocesan website, www.diocesefl.org.
This online information will be
accessible also through a link in DioLogue, the mid-week e-newsletter of the
Diocese of Florida, which will be
expanding as your online magazine. (To
subscribe - free of charge - to DioLogue, see instructions on this page.)
Readers who are not online are
encouraged to ask that their own
congregation print out and share any
desired online information which the
reader cannot access.
While print communication in the
Diocese of Florida is being phased out
over the next two years, layout space
will become more limited, so note the
deadlines and plan ahead with your
editor to reserve the space needed to
support your ministries.
The Diocesan will be published bimonthly in 2011 and quarterly in 2012,
ending publication at the close of 2012.
Other than a possible Pre-Convention
working edition of The Diocesan,
Rev. Don Dinwiddie, passed away Nov.
5. Services were held Sat., Nov. 13, at
10 a.m. at St. Paul’s by the Sea,
Jacksonville Beach, with a reception
following. Her ashes were interred at a
graveside service Nov. 17 in Berryville,
VA. Fr. Dinwiddie may be reached at
904-631-3665 or by email at
[email protected]. His
mailing address: 532 Redberry Lane,
St. Johns, FL 32259.
✠ EDIVIA HERNANDEZ, wife of the
Right Rev. Emilio Hernandez, retired
Bishop of Cuba, passed into larger life
on Fri., Nov. 19. Her funeral service
was in “Todos los Santos,” 1023 SW
27 Avenue in Miami, Sunday, Nov. 21,
at 5 p.m., after a two-hour viewing.
May light perpetual shine upon her.
Please continue praying for her, Bishop
Emilio, and their family at this difficult
time of parting.
✠ AUDREY KATHLEEN NASH,
“Kathy,” mother of the Rev. Deacon
Valerie Thomas, died peacefully at her
home on Sat., Nov. 6. Services were
held Mon., Nov. 22 at 10:30 a.m. at
Trinity, Melrose.
Diocese of Florida communication is
scheduled to be paperless in 2013.
The Episcopal Church
IN THE DIOCESE OF FLORIDA
A 11,594 household community of 70 congregations, 16 schools, in 25
counties. Established in 1838.
BISHOP — The Right Rev. Samuel Johnson Howard
Episcopal Seat: St. John’s Cathedral — Jacksonville, FL
ASSISTING BISHOP — The Right Rev. Charles Lovett Keyser
The Hamilton West Diocesan Center, 325 Market St. — Jacksonville, FL. 32202
904 / 356-1328 FAX 355-1934
“LIVING AND PROCLAIMING THE GOSPEL
IN COMMUNITY, EUCHARIST, AND SERVANTHOOD MINISTRY.”
Fr. John
Palarine,
rector of Our
Saviour,
presents the
Church
Challenge
Cup to 2010
winners.
IN THE UNITED STATES
A 2.5 million-member community in 109 dioceses and three regional areas in
16 nations. Established 1789.
PRESIDING BISHOP — The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori
Episcopal Seat: Washington National Cathedral — Mount St. Alban; Washington, D.C.
20016
Episcopal Church Center, 815 Second Ave. — New York, NY 10017, 1-800/321-2231
IN THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION
A 70 million-member worldwide community of 38 provinces.
VBB photo
ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY — The Most Rev. Rowan Williams
Lambeth Palace, London, England SE1 7JU — Episcopal Seat: Canterbury Cathedral
Anglican Communion Office — Partnership House -- 157 Waterloo Road
London SE1 8UT England
Correction: That was a
different angelic blonde
on our October cover
The Diocesan regrets its error in
identifying the praying poster girl on our
October cover as our very own designer
Don Gill’s granddaughter. Your editor
was misinformed; however, Don’s fiveyear-old granddaughter (now 25) does
indeed appear in his poster (at right),
“Except As A Child.” The face in
October’s cover poster is from a disc for
which designer Gill purchased
publishing rights.
NEWS OF THE
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
IN THE DIOCESE
OF FLORIDA
www.diocesefl.org
An official publication for and by the people of the Episcopal Diocese of Florida. Policy,
editorial, and administrative decisions are under the direction of the Bishop, the Diocesan
Council, and the Communications Commission. Memberships held in Anglican
Communion News Service, Episcopal News Service, Episcopal Communicators,
Quest/Ecunet, Religion News Service.
Publisher, The Right Rev. Samuel Johnson Howard, Bishop of Florida 904/356-1328
ext. 14; [email protected]); Editor: Virginia Barrett Barker (904/268-5138; E-mail
via Internet [email protected]; or via QUEST, international Anglican network:
VIRGINIA BARRETT BARKER)
Subscribe now to Dio-Logue, your free
and timely mid-week e-newsletter
To promote an informed and involved diocese, every member of a
parish/mission is invited to subscribe to the diocesan weekly e-newsletter, the DioLogue. Just as The Diocesan newspaper reaches a wide audience, the diocesan staff
wants to enable timely and time-sensitive online information to reach as many
people as possible from every corner of every region in the diocese.
“Most parishes communicate through e-mail these days and those who don’t, are
preparing to do so,” said a recent email from Dio-Logue to parish secretaries and
parish administrators, asking their help in encouraging parishioners to subscribe to
the weekly e-newsletter. “Therefore, we highly encourage everyone in your
parish/mission to subscribe to Dio-logue. Subscribing is easy and may be done from
the ‘Subscribe/Unsubscribe’ link that appears on the diocesan website at
(www.diocesefl.org), or at the top of any issue of Dio-logue where it says ‘Join Our
Mailing List!’ ”
Communications Commission Members: Ben Hill, chair (386/454-7727 H, 561/6026118 C, [email protected]); Virginia Barrett Barker (contacts above); Gary
Babcock (904/536-4234 C, [email protected]); Joe Chamberlain (386/364-5250
W, [email protected]); Rich Christopherson (904/759-1276, [email protected]);
Marigrace Doran (904/891-9430 H, [email protected]); Darby Edwards
(904/356-1328, ext. 17 (O); 904/355-1934 Fax, [email protected]); Bill Fannin
(904/233-7756, [email protected]); Don Gill (850/224-4455,
[email protected]); Ladd Harris (386/454-8047, [email protected]); Dot Hill
(386/454-7727 H, 352-281-1208 C, [email protected]); Theresa Johnson
(904/632-9104, ext. 42, www.saintjohnscathedral.org); David Miner (850/556-7450 C,
[email protected]); Mary Call Proctor, (850/893-4592 H, 850/933-6853 C,
[email protected]); Matt Ray (904/245-8646 W, 904/708-7288 C,
Janet
Robinson
(904/607-7010
C,
[email protected]);
[email protected]); Bill Schmidt (904/388-7776 O, 904/465-1714 C,
[email protected]); Jerry Smith (568-8481, [email protected]); Paula
Suhey (904/403-5024), [email protected]; Nell Toensmann (904/471-0202,
[email protected]); Jack Tull (904/823-8552 H, 904/377-3281 C,
[email protected]); Frederick Scott West (352/505-6078 P, 360/275-9720 F,
[email protected])
DEADLINES: January 1 for the Lent (Feb./March) issue. March 1 for the
Easter (April/May) issue. May 1 for the Trinity (June-Aug.) issue.
POSTMASTER: If undeliverable, do not return.
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The Rev. Canon Bob Griffiths [email protected]
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CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Notify your parish office, not Diocesan House.
The Diocesan welcomes expressions of opinion from our readers. Our
policy is to offer coverage of an issue from its several viewpoints, in an
effort to aid our readers in reaching informed and prayerful opinions.
Anonymous letters will not be printed. Address correspondence to
Editor, The Diocesan, 325 Market Street, Jacksonville, Florida, 32202,
or e-mail [email protected]. Letters are subject to standard editing.
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