COMING EVENTS:

Short-Term Mission Leader Training - Dec. 3, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., St. Mark the Evangelist, Ft. Lauderdale

Clergy and Clergy Spouses’ Pre-Christmas gathering   - Dec. 5, 6:30 p.m., St. Bernard de Clairvaux, North Miami Beach

Safeguarding God’s Children - Dec. 9, 9 a.m.-noon, Bethesda-by-the-Sea, Palm Beach; Dec. 14, 6 p.m., St. Mary Magdalene, Coral Springs

Ordination of Nancy Wynen to the Priesthood - Dec. 10, 11 a.m., St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Pompano Beach

Ordination of Charles Humphries to the Diaconate - Dec. 16, 6:30 p.m., St. Stephen’s, Coconut Grove (Miami)

Kenya Mission - Dec. 23, 2005-Jan. 10, 2006

Diocesan Office closed for Christmas - Dec. 26-30

Parish Finance and Assessment Commission meetings (formerly Assessment Appeals) - Jan. 17, Trinity Cathedral, Miami; Jan. 18, St. Benedict’s, Plantation; Jan. 19, Chapel of St. Andrew, Miami

Holy Comforter Nicaragua Mission - Jan. 16-26

Ordination of Anita Fortino Thorstad to the Diaconate - Jan. 21, 4 p.m., St. Gregory’s, Boca Raton

North Dade UTO Ingathering - Jan. 28, Trinity Cathedral CANCELLED

Anti-Racism Training - Feb. 4, St. Paul’s, Delray Beach

Annual Clergy Retreat - Feb. 20-23, Our Lady of Florida, North Palm Beach

Installation of Douglas McCaleb as Dean - Feb, 25, 4 p.m., Trinity Cathedral

Parish Leadership Conference (formerly Wardens & Treasurers) - Mar 4, St. Mark the Evangelist, Ft. Lauderdale CANCELLED

Diocesan Acolyte Festival - Mar. 4, St. Thomas, Coral Gables

Annual Deacons’ Retreat    - Mar. 10-11, Duncan Center

Peer Ministry Training (gr. 9-12) - Mar. 10-12, DaySpring Conference Center, Ellenton, FL

Bishop’s Spring Conference - Mar. 24-25, 2006

Happening #22 - Mar. 31-Apr. 2, Hugh Taylor Birch State Park

Parish Leadership Conference (formerly Wardens & Treasurers) - Apr. 8, place TBA

Multicultural Ministry Training - May 5-6, 2006, Duncan Center

Nehemiah Clergy Conference - May 9-10, Duncan Center

Labyrinth Programs with Lauren Artress - May 26-30, Duncan Center

Hurricane relief—There are many ways to help those affected by this season’s hurricanes, on the Gulf Coast, throughout the Caribbean and Central America and in our own diocese. Donations can be made online by clicking on “donations” at www.episcopalsouthflorida.org, or checks can be made payable to Diocese of Southeast Florida, marked for “hurricane relief” and mailed to 525 NE 15 St., Miami, FL  33132. Donations can be made to Episcopal Relief and Development at http://www.er-d.org/ or mailed to: Episcopal Relief and Development, PO Box 12043, Newark, NJ 07101. To donate by phone, please call 1-800-334-7626, ext. 5129. The Diocesan Hurricane Response Task Force is also suggesting that parishes set up an Advent/Christmas Gift Tree to respond to specific needs with gift cards and/or other items  that have been requested somewhere in our diocese or on the Gulf Coast; click here for details. Updates on ways to help can be found by clicking the “Hurricane Response” link on the front page of the website.      

Hurricane Relief Short-Term Mission Leader Training Workshop--For anyone interested in leading a mission team to areas affected by this season’s hurricanes, either on the Gulf Coast or in our own diocese, there will be a Short-Term Mission Leader Training Workshop, Dec. 3, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., at St. Mark the Evangelist, Ft. Lauderdale. There is a registration fee of $10, which covers lunch and materials. To register, contact Linda Schlepp-Gray, Linda@diosef.org or 954-450-7247.

Music for hurricane relief—The Diocese of Mississippi is offering a new CD by The Rattlesnake Pilots, a Mississippi bluegrass/gospel group led by an Episcopalian, with proceeds going to Hurricane Katrina Relief. “Songs of Tragedy and Hope from the Deep, Mysterious South” is available for $15, shipping included. Checks should be made payable to Diocese of Mississippi with “Rattlesnake CD” in the memo line; mail to: Rattlesnake CD, c/o Dr. Hilton O'neal, 126 Bayou Rd., Greenville, MS  38701.

“Safeguarding God’s Children” training—At this point only two more Safeguarding God’s Children training sessions are scheduled before the end of the year—Dec. 9, 9 a.m.-noon, at Bethesda-by-the-Sea, Palm Beach (no lunch provided); and Dec. 14, 6 p.m., at St. Mary Magdalene, Coral Springs, 954-753-1400. For information, email Reed Sprague at sprague@bbts.org or call him at: 561-655-4555, ext. 11. If your parish or school is offering a training session that will be open to those outside the parish, or if you want to schedule a training, please contact Gail McShane, gail@diosef.org. All clergy officiating in this diocese, either canonically resident or licensed to officiate, must be certified as having completed this training by Dec. 31 of this year.

Paul Edwards cartoons and meditations—Canon Paul Edwards, who led the Clergy Conference in September, has made available brief meditations and “The Rev” cartoons for use in church bulletins or newsletters for the Advent and Christmas seasons. Epiphany cartoons are now also available. If you have difficulty downloading these, you may email episcorat@aol.com for a hard copy.

Groundwork II-- "Groundwork II: Digging Deeper for Change and Growth," a book of study guides and lesson plans for Lent 2006, was posted November 29 on the Episcopal Church's website at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/groundwork . One printed copy of "Groundwork II" will be mailed to each congregation in December.

Seminarians—Please add our seminarians to your prayer list; they need the support of their diocesan family as they prepare for ordained ministry. Currently attending seminary from our diocese are: Judith Alexis (St. Joseph’s, Boynton Beach) , Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest (ETSS); Ian Barnes (St. Joseph’s, Boynton Beach), St. Vincent de Paul; Matthew Cowden (Venerable Bede), Virginia Theological Seminary (VTS); Anne Harris (Chapel of St. Andrew), VTS; Scott Jones (St. Margaret’s, Miami Lakes), ETSS; Jeannie Martinez (St. Mary Magdalene, Coral Springs), VTS; Valerie Miller (St. Gregory’s, Boca Raton), Episcopal Divinity School (EDS); Scott Petersen (St. Benedict’s, Plantation), VTS; Wendy Tobias (St. Joseph’s, Boynton Beach), VTS; and Rohani Weger (St. Simon’s, Miami), ETSS.

CCN programs at the Duncan Center—Beginning in January, the Duncan Center will offer opportunities to view satellite broadcasts of some of the leadership training programs offered through Christian Communication Network. Click here for the January schedule. Call 561-496-4130 to register for any of the programs or for more information. To learn more about CCN, go to http://www.ccn.tv/ For descriptions of other upcoming programs at the Duncan Center, go to http://www.duncancenter.org/pix/programs-brochure.pdf

Missions—Holy Comforter, Miami, is planning a mission to their sister congregation, Holy Trinity, in Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, Jan. 16-26, 2006. They are inviting others to join their team or to offer financial support for the mission--see www.diosef.org/missions/HolyComfortermissionFlyer2005.pdf Two parishes are planning spring mission trips to Our Little Roses home and school in San Pedro Sula, Honduras: St. Paul’s, Delray Beach, Mar. 17-24, 2006, and Chapel of St. Andrew, Mar. 25-Apr. 1, 2006. For more information, contact Doug Drouin, doug@diosef.org or 561-488-5702.

Special Appeal for Liberia—Bishop Ottley is one of ten bishops who have launched an appeal for dioceses and congregations to pledge financial support for the Episcopal Church of Liberia as it seeks to rebuild its congregations and communities shattered by more than two decades of civil war. Click here for more information on how your congregation can participate in this mission outreach partnership with the Church in Liberia.

Advent Meditation Guides for young adults--are available in downloadable PDF format at http://higheredmin.org/publications.html, or college students may send an e-mail to Gary Williams at gwilliams@episcopalchurch.org to receive a free daily meditation.

Winterlight scholarships—Kanuga Conference Center is making some scholarship funds available especially for youth in hurricane-affected dioceses to attend the 30^th annual Winterlight gathering for young people in grades 9-12, Dec. 27-Jan. 1. For information on the conference, go to http://www.kanuga.org/conferences/2005/wl_05.asp . Anyone interested should contact Canon Terrence Taylor, ttaylor@diosef.org or 800-268-9993 or 305-373-0881, ext. 28.

Ecumenical Youth Event—“Faith in 3-D”, an event for youth in grades 6-12 co-sponsored by the Episcopal Church, the Presbyterian Church USA and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, will be held at Disney World, Jan. 13-16, 2006.  Faith in 3-D will explore what we have in common as Christians and how we celebrate our differences..

Peer Ministry Training—will be offered for students Mar. 10-12, 2006, at DaySpring Camp and Conference Center in Ellenton, Fla.  For adults, the training will be part of the Youth Ministers Retrreat and Training weekend April 21-23 at the Duncan Center. For additional information, contact Canon Terrence Taylor, ttaylor@diosef.org or 800-268-9993 or 305-373-0881, ext. 28.

PLSE--The PLSE ("pulse") program is an interdenominational effort with the dual purpose of nurturing young persons who want to explore a possible call to vocational church leadership, and developing a mentoring-guiding-shepherding process that encourages and lifts up those who explore or discern a call. PLSE maintains an interactive website, www.theplse.org, for young persons exploring a call to ministry and the people (including congregations) who support them. Diocesan youth ministry encourages high school and college students to visit the site and sign up online to become part of the conversation. Young persons who enroll in the site earn the title “PLSE Leader”—a good addition to college and job applications.

Labyrinth programs with Lauren Artress—The Rev. Dr. Lauren Artress, founder of Veriditas, the organization that has reintroduced the labyrinth and walking meditation as spiritual tools, will be in residence at the Duncan Center for a series of labyrinth-related programs May 26-30, 2006. In addition to leading a labyrinth retreat May 26 and 27, Artress will offer a day with clergy, spiritual directors and retreat leaders on May 28 and labyrinth facilitator training May 29-30.

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CLERGY CHANGES

Berends, The Rev. April - Serving as Priest Associate for Liturgy, Washington National Cathedral

Hamilton, The Rev. William - Announced retirement, effective 1/1/06

Jones, The Rev. Michael - Accepted a call to be rector of St. Eustace, Lake Placid, NY.

Jones, The Rev. Beverly Ramsey - Assisting as deacon at St. Eustace, Lake Placid, NY

McGregor, The Rev. Patsy - Ordained to the diaconate 11/27/05 in Nairobi, Kenya.

Sinisi, The Rev. Gabe - Accepted a call to be rector of Church of the Advent, Sun City West, AZ; transferred to Diocese of Arizona, 11/28/05.

Wallace, The Rev. Peter - Ordained to the diaconate 11/19/05.

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Parishes in Transition:

Trinity Cathedral—Fr. Douglas McCaleb accepted call to be next dean, effective 1/1/06; Fr. Jack Stanton, supply.

St. Mark’s, Palm Beach Gardens—Fr. Hugh Bell, interim; no longer receiving names.

St. Margaret’s, Miami Lakes—Fr. Thomas Shepherd, interim; no longer receiving names.

St. Mark the Evangelist, Ft. Lauderdale—Fr. Gary Hamp, interim

Holy Trinity, West Palm Beach—Fr. Ken Ornell, interim

St. Luke the Physician, Miami—Bishop Onell Soto, interim

St. Matthew the Apostle, Miami—Fr. Perry Fuller, interim

St. Christopher’s, West Palm Beach—The Rev. Donna Hall, interim

St. Christopher’s, Key Biscayne—Rector accepted a call to another diocese; using supply clergy

St. Andrew’s, Lake Worth—Rector retiring, effective 12/31/05.

 

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

As part of the 2005 Eisenhart Concert Series, St. Thomas, Coral Gables, will present Handel’s Messiah, performed by the St. Thomas choir, guest soloists and a professional chamber orchestra, on Dec. 10 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets ($20 Adults, $15 Students and Seniors) and information are available from the Parish Office, (305) 661-3436.

Seraphic Fire, Miami’s professional chamber choir, will present A Seraphic Fire Christmas, on Dec. 10 at 8 p.m. at All Saints’, Ft. Lauderdale. The program will feature popular carols, sacred music representing a range of religious traditions, and rousing spirituals. To order tickets, call (305) 476-0260, or visit www.SeraphicFire.org.  Adult tickets are $28, Senior/ Student/ Child tickets are $15. 

The Collegium Musicum of the University of Miami will lead a service of Lessons and Carols for Advent and Christmas on Sunday, Dec. 11, 6 p.m., at the Episcopal Church Center at the University of Miami (Chapel of the Venerable Bede).  For more information call 305-284-2333.

On Sunday, Dec. 18, St. Paul’s, Delray Beach, will present a service of Lessons and Carols, featuring the Jubilate Youth Choir, St. Paul’s Choir and soloists. The program begins at 3:30 p.m. with seasonal instrumental music by members of the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, followed by Lessons and Carols at 4 p.m. The congregation will be invited to join with the choirs in singing six familiar carols. There is no charge for admission, but a voluntary offering will be received.

All Saints, Ft. Lauderdale, has worship materials to give away: 22 copies of The Hymnal 1982 and 200 copies of paperbound Sunday Lectionary Booklets for years A, B and C. If you’re interested, call the church office, 954-467-6496.

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

• Help requested for Anglican church in Baghdad
• Programs at Kanuga-Winter/Spring
• Online courses from Seminary of the Southwest
• Upward Bound seminar--Jan. 16-19, 2006
• 2006 Lilly Summer Discernment Institute at Sewanee
• Taize Pilgrimage for Young Adults, June 22- July 2, 2006
• DMin program at Sewanee
• Lecture by Sister Helen Prejean at St. Thomas University, Jan. 23, 2006

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Our country; for wisdom and guidance for our leaders and the leaders of all nations; for our armed forces, especially those now in places of danger; for our enemies; for the victims of terrorism; for peace, justice and reconciliation in all places where there is conflict, and especially for the safety of Anglicans in Iraq;

For who suffer from the effects of hurricanes and other natural disasters;

Fr. Frank Smith, diagnosed with cancer, undergoing treatment;

Jonelle Cabellaro, son-in-law of the Rev. Denise Hudspeth, cardiac problems;

Emmett Bedwell, father of Brenda Rasmus, secretary to the Archdeacon for Deployment, recovering from heart surgery;

Harry Sherman, father of Fr. Andrew Sherman, healing;

Mary Lou Ricker, member of diocesan ECW Board and Duncan Center Board, badly broken ankle;

The Rev. Christina Encinosa, diagnosed with fibroma in leg;

Fr. Dom Orsini, improving, but still in serious condition after automobile accident;

Florence Gray, mother of Archdeacon Mary Gray-Reeves, continued healing;

Fr. Ron Fox, recovering from thyroid surgery, beginning follow-up treatment;

Pat Fregeau, wife of Fr. Steve Fregeau, healing;

Barbara Jackson, wife of Executive Board member J.B. Jackson, undergoing treatment for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma;

Louis Matthew Richards, son of Martha Richards, secretary at All Souls’, Miami Beach, continued healing;

Fay Hobbs, mother of Archdeacon Bryan Hobbs, continued healing;

Howard Todd, father of Fr. Chris Todd, continued healing;

Jessica Lamberti, former part-time accounting clerk in Diocesan Office, healing;

Anita Edwards, wife of Canon Paul Edwards, who led our Fall Clergy Conference, recovering from cancer surgery;

Fr. Monte Tiller, diverticulitis;

Diocesan accounting Administrative Assistant Jim Carlton, painful herniated spinal disk;

Fr. Hobart Jude Gary, healing;

Fr. Bill Hamilton and his wife Charlotte, healing;

Fr. Geoff Evans, healing;

Fr. Harold Elsner, chemotherapy for lung cancer;

Fr. Howard Stowe, healing;

Janice Ronkowitz, wife of Fr. George Ronkowitz, healing;

Bob Katon, husband of Deacon Joanne Katon, healing;

Deacon Beverly Jones, continued healing of detached retina;

Warren Preece, father-in-law of Fr. Bruce Woodcock, healing;

Erika Frade, daughter of Bishop Leo Frade and part-time accounting clerk in the Diocesan Office, continued healing;

Chris Williams, senior warden at St. Ambrose, Ft. Lauderdale, continued healing;

Bishop Leo Frade, pray for successful treatment of torn tendon in ankle—without surgery;

Irma N. Rodriguez, daughter of former Hispanic Commission member Irma M. Rodriguez and sister of Youth Commission members Luis and Gladys Rodriguez, healing;

Fr. Phil Bentley, healing;

Suzy Watters, daughter of former Trinity Cathedral Bookstore manager Harriet Norman, healing;

Claudia Monroe, retired secretary at Trinity Cathedral, continued healing;

Fr. Tom Ryan, continued healing;

Lee Parker, brother-in-law of Canon Jim Rasnick, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma;

For safety for Deacon Gigi Sharp’s son, Spc. Tim Reed, serving in Iraq;

Fr. Sam Frock, continued healing;

Annabel Hobbs, wife of Archdeacon Bryan Hobbs, continued healing;

Ben Brown, cousin of the Rev. Holly Ostlund, continued healing;

Deborah Deshaies, wife of Fr. Bob Deshaies, healing;

Deacon Peter Wallace, continued healing;

Chancellor Emeritus Fred Stanton, healing;

Fr. Gammon Jarrell, continued healing;

Fr. Miguel Restrepo, healing;

Doris Dillenberger, sister of Diana Frade, healing;

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

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

Mother "Punkie" Dennis, healing;

for the repose of the souls of those who have died, and for comfort for their families; for Lillian Ottley wife of Bishop James Ottley, in the death of her aunt; for those who died in the Chalk’s seaplane crash Dec. 19, especially Richard Rutecky, a parishioner at St. James-in-the-Hills, Hollywood, uncle of Sr. Warden Patrick McAneny and brother of Treasurer Sandra Hoyle; Larry and Eric Johansen and Marlin Nachtigal, three members of the family of Jeff Johansen, parishioner at St. Mark’s, Palm Beach Gardens; and Sergio and Jackie D’Anguillecourt, father and stepmother of Jaime D’Anguillecourt, a student at St. Stephen’s Day School, Miami; for all who mourn those losses; and for all those who have lost loved ones in the hurricanes and other natural disasters of the past year, and the ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

 

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Anglican Cycle of Prayer

The Diocese of Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia

Eleuthera

     St.Joseph, Upper Bogue

     St. Paul, The Bluff

Non-Canonically Resident Clergy

Historic St. Agnes, Miami

The Province of York, England

Seminarians

Candidates for Holy Orders

 

Grand Bahama Island

     St. Nicholas, East End

     St. Michael & All Angels, East End

St. Mary, Stuart

St. Monica, Stuart

The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand & Polynesia

Grand Bahama Island

     Good Shepherd, Pinder's Point

     St. Jude, Smith's Point

St. Andrew, Lake Worth

Holy Redeemer, Lake Worth