Meanwhile, here are highlights of other coming events:

COMING EVENTS:

Ordination of Drew Bunting to the Diaconate  — Dec. 6, 10 a.m., St. Stephens’s, Miami

Institution of Pastor Denise Hudspeth as vicar, St. John’s, Belle Glade and

Holy Nativity, Pahokee   — Dec. 6, 7 p.m., St. John’s, Belle Glade

Bishop’s Ball (for youth)  — Dec. 14, 5-11 p.m., Holy Trinity, West Palm Beach

Festival de Lecciones y Villancicos   — Dec. 15, 4 p.m., St. Thomas, Coral Gables

Institution of Fr. David Peoples as rector    — Dec. 17, 7 p.m., St. Ambrose, Ft. Lauderdale

Ordination of Jeffrey Beebe to the Priesthood — Dec. 21, 1:30 p.m., at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dean Fulton, 8750 NW 68th Court, Parkland

Ordination of Jean Ricot Gay to the Priesthood  — Dec. 21, 10:30 a.m., Resurrection, Biscayne Park

Ordination of Christopher Todd to the Priesthood — Dec. 21, 3:30 p.m., St. Francis, Big Pine Key

Diocesan Office closed   — Dec. 24-Jan. 1

Holy Innocents Observance — Dec. 28, 12:30-4 p.m., Atonement, Lauderdale Lakes

Harry Potter Festival (Grades 4-6) — Jan. 18, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., St. Stephen’s, Miami

Presiding Bishop’s Visit — Jan. 25, St. Paul’s, Key West, 11 a.m.

ECW Sunday  — Feb. 2, 4 p.m., Trinity Cathedral

Clergy Retreat  — Feb. 10-13, Our Lady of Florida

CANCELLED
Peer Counseling Training (for adults who work with youth)  Feb. 27-Mar.1, place TBA

Men's Spanish Cursillo   — Feb. 27-Mar. 2, Duncan Center

CANCELLED
Child in Our Hands workshop — Feb. 28-Mar. 1, All Saints’, Ft. Lauderdale

Diocesan Men’s Retreat — Mar. 7-9, Lake Placid Retreat Cntr., Lake Placid, FL (Speaker, Bishop Frade)

Beyond Telepathy events — Mar. 28-29, St. Mark’s, Ft. Lauderdale

ECW Annual Meeting —   Apr. 24-26

CANCELLED
Conference on Liturgy with Louis Weil — Apr. 27-29

Spring Clergy Conference  — May 6-8, Duncan Center

Visit of Archbishop Desmond Tutu — May 10-11 (Events, places, times TBA)

COPE (Parish Lay Staff) workshop — May 23-24, Duncan Center

Diocesan Acolyte Festival — May 31, Historic St. Agnes, Miami

State of Florida Day at Washington National Cathedral — Sept. 21

Festival de Lecciones y Villancicos--On Sunday, Dec. 15, at 4 p.m., a diocesan Hispanic Nativity Choir, or Coro Navideño, will present the first Festival de Lecciones y Villancicos --the traditional Festival of Lessons and Carols in Spanish--at St. Thomas, Coral Gables. The Coro Navideño is co-sponsored by the diocesan Hispanic commission, the parishes of St. Thomas and St. Simon's/San Simon, Miami, and other Hispanic congregations. Anyone interested in participating in this choir is welcome to come to the rehearsal on Dec. 11 at 7 p.m. at Todos los Santos, Miami.

Holy Innocents Day—The annual Holy Innocents Day observance, “Children Praying for Children”, sponsored by Junior Daughters of the King, will be Dec. 28, from 12:30-4 p.m. at Church of the Atonement, 4401 West Oakland Park Boulevard, Lauderdale Lakes. Registration begins at 12:30 p.m. and the service begins at 1p.m. Children who have died will be remembered in special prayers at the service; submit names for prayer to Brenda McGintis, 305-238-0612 or bmcgintis@aol.com. After the service, the Junior Daughters will present a program and there will be food, prizes and games.

Presiding Bishop’s Visit—You still have time to make reservations in Key West for the weekend of Jan. 25, when Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold will be at St. Paul’s, Key West, celebrating that congregation’s 170^th observance of its patronal festival and 170 years of Episcopal presence in South Florida. St Paul’s has arranged for group rates at several hotels; mention St. Paul’s when you call: Hotel La Concha--$179 per night (if reservations are made by Jan. 4 and rooms are available; call 305-296-2991); Days Inn--$85/night plus tax; call 800-224-5051 by Jan. 2; Grand Key Doubletree--$139/night plus tax; call 888-310-1540 by Dec. 24. For additional lodging information, go to www.keywest.com.

Faith Alive—Four parishes are planning Faith Alive weekends next year: St. Mark’s, Palm Beach Gardens, Jan. 10-12; Holy Spirit, West Palm Beach, Jan. 31-Feb. 2; St. Mark the Evangelist, Ft. Lauderdale, Feb. 21-23; and All Saints’, Ft. Lauderdale, Aug. 22-24. For more information on these prayer-driven renewal weekends for the whole family, contact diocesan Faith Alive coordinators Graham and Carolyn Ernest-Jones, 954-755-2823, gracaxedro@aol.com.

Lay Eucharistic Ministry training—will be offered at All Saints’, Ft. Lauderdale, on Wednesday evenings, Jan. 8, 15, 22 and 29, and at St. Andrew’s, Lake Worth, on Saturdays, Feb.1 and 15 and Mar. 1.

EFM Mentor Training—is scheduled for Jan. 10-12, at the Duncan Center. Both Basic Mentor and Mentor Formation seminars will be offered. If you’re interested in joining or forming an Education for Ministry group, or becoming an EFM mentor, please contact diocesan EFM Coordinator Bill Thorstad at 561-392-3417, or by email at mjollnir5@aol.com. For additional information on EFM, go to: http://www.sewanee.edu/EFM/EFMhome.html.

Men’s Spanish Cursillo--A mens’s cursillo weekend in Spanish is planned for Feb. 27-Mar. 2, 2003, at the Manresa Retreat House, Miller Dr. at 122 Ave. in Miami.The team is actively seeking candidates, not only from Spanish-speaking congregations, but also among members of predominantly English-speaking congregations who might prefer a weekend in Spanish. Call Saulo Salvador, 305-264-8932, for more information.

!Atención¡ Cursillo de hombres #79, en español, se celebra el próximo Febrero 27-Marzo 2 de 2003, en La Casa Manresa, sita en Miller Dr. y la 122 Ave. en Miami. Necesitamos candidates que comulguen en iglesias de habla inglesa que también hablen español, para compartir y estrechar lazos fraternales. Los interesados pueden llamar a Saulo Salvador, 305-264-8932.

Christmas cards from Our Little Roses—The Christmas cards from Our Little Roses home in Honduras that were sold at Convention are still available for purchase through the Diocesan Office. The price is $5 for a package of eight assorted designs; proceeds will help support the girls, and all the ministries of Our Little Roses. Each card has on the back the name and age of the girl who designed it and the story of Our Little Roses Ministries. Call Jackie Fernandez at the Diocesan Office, 800-268-9993 or 305-373-0881, or email jackie@diosef.org to place your order.

Websites--We need to link all parish websites to the diocesan site. If you have a website that is not linked (check www.diosef.org/sites.htm), please let us know! If you don’t have a parish website, our diocesan webmaster, Paula Jacobs, and our web hosting service, American Business network, can work with you to develop a website for very reasonable fees. Go to www.diosef.org/website for more about the services they offer.

Online registration is here! We are now encouraging online registration for all diocesan events. Please continue to be patient as we all learn this new process, and to give us feedback on how we can make the process work more easily and efficiently. Go to www.diosef.org/register.html to see the events for which registration is currently available. Diocesan Youth Missioner Fr. Reggie Payne-Wiens has sent a memo to all parish youth ministers with instructions for online registration for all future youth events.

Net mailing list—Don’t forget to keep your congregation’s mailing list for The Net up to date. If you don’t know who’s on your list, contact US Data (305-256-0293 or data@usdps.com) for a printout and instructions for submitting a new list.

Sprint offer--As a holiday promotion, Sprint is offering discounts on cellphones and service. See flyer for details, or call Annette Kidd at 305-803-8114.

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CLERGY CHANGE:

Ramsey, The Rev. Beverly  — Reassigned from St. Mary’s, Stuart, to serve as deacon at St. George’s, Riviera Beach, effective 11/10/02.

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Six Parishes Searching for Leadership:

Holy Redeemer, Lake Worth—Fr. Randall Nolan, visiting priest

All Souls’, Miami Beach—Fr. Richard Maholm, supply

St. Mary Magdalene, Coral Springs—Fr. Geoff Evans, interim

St. Peter’s, Key West—Fr. Ralph Johnson, supply

St. Christopher’s, West Palm Beach—Deacon Charles Cannon, interim

St. Anne’s, Hallandale & St. Andrew’s, Hollywood—Fr. John Jarrett, interim

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F.Y.I.—Information from our Parishes and Around the Church

Holy Trinity, West Palm Beach, is sponsoring an Advent Music Series on Sunday afternoons in December: Dec. 8, 4 p.m.-La Folia Baroque Ensemble; Dec. 15, 3 p.m.-- The SingRingers from Crestwood Middle School, Wellington;Dec. 22, 4 p.m.-The Trinitones. Tickets are $12 for a single performance or $30 for the series and can be purchased by calling Holy Trinity Episcopal Church at 561-655-8650. Cash or checks only.

The Bible Study group at St. James-in-the-Hills, Hollywood, will sponsor an Advent retreat on Saturday, Dec. 14, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The retreat will focus on meditations and discussions of the Gospels of the Advent season. A light lunch will be served. For more information, contact the church office at 954-987-2203.

The Saint Margaret of Scotland Chapter of Daughters of the King and the Brotherhood of Saint Andrew at Saint Joseph’s, Boynton Beach, will offer an Advent Quiet Day on Dec. 14, from noon to 6 p.m., with a contemporary mass from 5-6 p.m. The theme is “Trusting God through the eyes of Joseph”. Bring a sandwich; beverages and dessert will be provided. Childcare is available. Call the church office, (561) 732-3060, for more information or to register. (Pre-registration is required.)

The Crafty Ladies of St. Christopher's-by-the-Sea, Key Biscayne, will hold their Annual Craft Fair Dec. 14, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. proceeds go to benefit non-denominational charities. For further information call 305-361-5080.

The Chamber Singers of the Collegium Musicum of the University of Miami will lead a service of Lessons & Carols on Sunday, Dec. 15 at 6 p.m. at the Episcopal Church Center (Chapel of the Venerable Bede) at the University of Miami.

The High School Choir and the Camarata String Orchestra of the New World School of the Arts will record a program of Christmas music at Trinity Cathedral, to be broadcast at Dec. 23 at 8 p.m. on WLRN, Channel 17 on TV and 93.1 FM on radio in Miami.

The youth of St. Mary Magdalene, Coral Springs, are sponsoring a "Battle of the Bands" Jan. 12, 1-5 p.m. Admission is $5, and the entrance fee is $10 per band. Contact the church office, 954-753-1400 or Sue Galizia, 954-956-9781 for more information.

St. Bernard de Clairvaux, North Miami Beach, will sponsor the second annual King Holiday Weekend Salute on Sunday, Jan. 19, with a variety of entertainment in the cloisters, refreshments and guided tours of the Spanish Monastery. At. 5 p.m. there will be a King Day Service of Remembrance and at 6:30 p.m. concert. Admission is $5, and proceeds will go to scholarships for students attending traditionally black colleges and universities. If your parish has a musical, dance or other performing group or solo performers who would like to be part of the program, call 305-945-1461 for further information.

Church of the Incarnation, Miami, will host a workshop on "Parish Planning for Holy Week" on Saturday, Feb. 1. The workshop is intended for local parish clergy and laity—Roman Catholic and protestant, as well as Episcopal—who are interested in exploring the Holy Week rites and designing their own local plans. The workshop leader will be Fr. Robert McCloskey, who has led such conferences at the College of Preachers, Sewanee and in other dioceses. His wife, Kay, and a Roman Catholic liturgist/musician will also be presenters. Details will be available the end of December.

St. Benedict’s, Plantation, has pews to sell—solid oak with padded seats. There are 23 14-foot pews, two 10’10”, two 10’, three 5’5”and two 10’10” modesty rails. Price negotiable. Call Fr. Bob Deshaies at 954-473-6578 for more information or to make an offer.

Fr. Ramón Aymerich will lead a 12-day pilgrimage to Turkey, Feb. 17-28, 2003. The pilgrimage will visit "The Seven Churches of Revelation"--the churches founded by St. Paul--as well as ancient Ephesus, Cappadocia, the Frozen Waterfalls of Pamukkale and Istanbul. The cost, which includes roundtrip airfare from Miami, hotels, breakfast and dinner daily, tour guide and bus, is only $1,683. Brochures and application forms are available from parish secretary Barbara Becker at St. James-in-the-Hills, Hollywood, at (954) 987-2203.

As part of their 50^th anniversary celebration next year, parishioners at St. Gregory’s, Boca Raton, invite others in the diocese to join them on a two-week European riverboat cruise, July 4-16, 2003, from Vienna to Amsterdam along the Danube, Main and Rhine Rivers. The cost, including airfare from Miami, ranges from $3297 to $3959 per person.  There will also be opportunities for a pre-cruise stay in Vienna and a post-cruise stay in Amsterdam at additional cost.  To receive a packet of information about this trip, call (561) 395-8285 and leave your name and address.

Additional Events and Opportunities
(click on links below for more information!)

• The Faith-Seeking Journey - A New Member Ministry Presented by NetCast, Inc.
  
  
• Allin Grants for overseas study for clergy
  
  
• Doctor of Ministry summer program at Sewanee
  
  

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Prayers are requested for--

Our country; for wisdom and guidance for our leaders and the leaders of all nations; for our armed forces; for our enemies; for peace, justice and reconciliation in all places where there is conflict;

Fay Hobbs, mother of Archdeacon Bryan Hobbs, hospitalized with hypertension and possible slight stroke;

Jonathan Gray, son of Fr. Michael Gray and nephew of the Rev. Mary Gray-Reeves, recovering from meningitis;

Fr. Geoff Evans, recovering from a fall;

Edith Woodcock, mother of semiarian Bruce Woodcock, in hospice care;

Mary McComas, mother of seminarian Scot McComas, healing;

Fr. Miguel Restrepo, recovering from surgery;

Bishop Ervine Swift, hospitalized;

Seminarian Chris Schuller, continued healing;

Florence Gray, mother of Rev. Mary Gray-Reeves continued healing;

Jim Gibson, husband of Mother Kate Gibson, continued healing;

Fr. Fred Pratley, recovering from coronary bypass surgery;

Brenda Liberti, wife of Deacon Ray Liberti, continued healing;

Yolanda Pina, sister of Bishop Frade, continued healing;

Carrie Brumbaugh, daughter of Property & Loan Committee member Jack Brumbaugh and former Commission on Ministry Chair Caroline Brumbaugh—continued healing;

Doris Dillenberger, sister of Diana Frade, healing;

Canon Verneka Silva, healing;

Dede Lewis, wife of Deacon Hap Lewis, continued healing;

Christie Hudspeth, daughter of Mother Denise Hudspeth, pray for complete healing;

Bishop Hugo Pina-Lopez, assistant bishop of Central Florida, continued healing;

Bridget Seward, sister of Deacon Jane Calderin, multiple myeloma;

Lisa Commette, niece of Gail McShane, diocesan coordinator, continued healing;

David Range, brother-in-law of Fr. David Francoeur, healing;

Mary Hutchison, daughter of Kelly Hutchison, secretary at St. John’s, Homestead, healing;

Fr. Philip Bentley, continued healing;

Fr. Sherod Mallow, healing;

Fr. Samuel Frock, serious eye condition;

Deacon Lois Noetzel, pray for full recovery from stroke;

Genie Gunn, wife of Diocesan Chancellor Bob Gunn, healing;

Hope Hughes, wife of Disaster Committee Chairman Burnie Hughes, healing;

Toni Northcutt, mother of Deacon Patricia Masterman, healing;

Bob Katon, husband of Deacon Joanne Katon, continued healing;

Mthr. "Punkie" Dennis, healing;

Cn. SuzeAnne Silla's family: Daughter Stephanie, still in pain, will need additional jaw surgery; mother Iola Steeves, abdominal aortic aneurysm and many other health problems;

Deborah Deshaies, wife of Fr. Bob Deshaies, continued healing of herniated disks;

Cn. Max Salvador, continued healing;

and for the repose of the souls of those who have died;

for the repose of the souls of those who have died, and for comfort for Thayer Woodcock, wife of seminarian Bruce Woodcock, her father, Warren Preece, and all the family, in the death of Thayer's mother, Deborah Preece; and for Fr. Norbert Cooper, in the death of his mother, Enid Curtis Cooper.

We want to start the New Year with an updated prayer request list, so please email Mary Cox at episcorat@aol.com, or call the Diocesan Office, to let us know what’s happening with the persons for whom you’ve asked us to pray. Anyone for whom we do not have current information will be removed from the list in the January Grapevine. If continued prayers are needed, just email or call with that request.

 

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Anglican Cycle of Prayer

December 8--II Advent

Province I of the Church of Nigeria

St. John, Harbour Island

Eleuthera

        St.Jospeh, Upper Bogue

        St. Paul, The Bluff

St. Agnes, Miami

December 15--III Advent

The Church of the Province of West Africa

Non-Canonically Resident Clergy

Seminarians

Candidates for Holy Orders

December 22—IV Advent

Continued prayers for the Church of the Province of West Africa

Grand Bahama Island

        St. Nicholas, East End

        St. Michael & All Angels, East End

St. Mary, Stuart

St. Monica, Stuart

December 29--I Christmas

Grand Bahama Island

        Good Shepherd, Pinder's Point

        St. Jude, Smith's Point

St. Andrew, Lake Worth

Holy Redeemer, Lake Worth

January 5—II Christmas

The Church of Myanmar

Holy Spirit, Nassau, Bahamas

St. Mark’s, Palm Beach Gardens

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Last updated 12/26/02