COMING EVENTS:

Harry Potter Festival (Grades 4-6) — Jan. 18, St. Stephen’s, Miami

Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday — Jan. 20  Diocesan Offices closed

Anti-Racism Dialogue — Jan. 20, 9 a.m.-noon, Trinity Cathedral, Miami

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

C A N C E L L E D
Planning for Holy Week Workshop — Feb. 1, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Incarnation, Miami

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

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

Game Day for grades 7-8  — Feb. 15, noon-6 p.m., Holy Sacrament, Pembroke Pines

Absalom Jones Service — Feb. 22, 10 a.m., Trinity Cathedral, Miami

Men's Spanish Cursillo — Feb. 27-Mar. 2, Manresa Retreat House, Miami

Youth Mardi Gras Dinner, Dance and Lock-in (Grades 9-12) — March 1-2, Chapel of St. Andrew, Boca Raton

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

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

Parochial Reports and Key Personnel Lists--Parochial Report forms have been mailed to all parishes. The National Church requests that reports be filed online, but please remember that the canons of our diocese still require that a hard copy of the report be sent to the Diocesan Office by Jan. 31. The Key Personnel Form can be downloaded from the diocesan website; go to http://www.diosef.org/forms/key.pdf. This form is due in the Diocesan Office by Feb. 15.

Anti-Racism Dialogue -- The diocesan Commission on Racism, Justice and Reconciliation will sponsor a half-day (9 a.m.-noon) Dialogue on Anti-Racism on the Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday, Monday, Jan. 20. Bishop Frade is urging each congregation to send at least five persons to participate in the dialogue, which is designed to confront the sin of racism and to increase awareness of and sensitivity to oppression, exclusion and prejudice within the Body of Christ, as well as in our society.

Presiding Bishop’s Visit—There may still be 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. For additional lodging information, go to www.keywest.com. Todos los Santos, Miami, is chartering a bus for the day trip to Key West on Jan. 25; the cost is $25. Call Saulo Salvador, 305-264-8932, for more information.

Beyond Telepathy—Mark your calendars for Mar. 28-29, when Friends of the Groom will be with us again for Beyond Telepathy II, with the theme “Body Building Basics”—techniques for building up the Body of Christ. Friday, Mar. 28, there will be a youth lock-in, beginning at 7 p.m., and Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., there will be presentations by FOG for everyone—laity and clergy, youth and adults. All events will be at St. Mark the Evangelist, 1750 E. Oakland Park Blvd., Ft. Lauderdale. The cost will be $5 per person, including program and lunch. Childcare will be available.

Southeast Florida Episcopal Foundation—SEFEF now shares office space with the new diocesan satellite office at 8895 N. Military Trail, Suite 205-C, Palm Beach Gardens 33410; phone 561-799-6424; fax 561-799-0474. Foundation President Charles B. Ring III can also be reached by email at Charlie@episfoundation.org.

Online registration—We’re continuing to refine the process of online registration for diocesan events; you will notice that it is now possible to register online for an event even if you prefer to mail a check rather than send payment electronically. We are fortunate to have a system that is being created especially for us, and can be “tweaked” to meet our specific needs—but it is a new process, and we ask your patience as we all learn how to use this new tool. Please continue to let us know what’s working and what’s not, so we can make the process work more easily and efficiently. Events for which registration is currently available are listed at www.diosef.org/register.html.

Journal—Our target date for taking the 2002 Journal to the printer is Jan. 15. Copies will be printed for each parish, and of course the Journal will be posted on the website, so that additional copies may be downloaded and printed as needed.

Summer Discernment Institute at Sewanee--The University of the South at Sewanee is offering a funded summer internship program of vocational exploration for college students who feel they may be called to ministry in the church or in service organizations. Thirty-two internships are available. Complete information on the program, as well as application forms, are available at http://www.sewanee.edu/lillyproj/lsdi.html. Applications are due by Feb. 17, so please share this information as soon as possible with students you think may be interested.

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.

Faith Alive — Four parishes are planning Faith Alive weekends this 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.

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.

Clergy Retreat—All clergy should have received information about the Clergy Retreat, to be held at Our Lady of Florida Spiritual Retreat Center in North Palm Beach, from 4 p.m. on Feb. 10 through lunch on Feb. 13. The retreat leader will be the Rev. Dr. Minka Sprague, deacon, professor and author. Registration is available at www.diosef.org/register.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.

Episcopal Relief  & Development—Episcopal Relief and Development (formerly the Presiding Bishop’s Fund for World Relief) has asked that we develop a network of people who can bring news of its work regularly to all congregations. Each rector or priest/deacon-in-charge of a parish is asked to appoint a representative who can assist in talking to the congregation monthly and encouraging donations to ER & D. This network of representatives would also be in place to help coordinate our response in times of emergencies. Please send names, phone numbers and email addresses to diocesan ER & D representative Deacon Vivian Hopkins at Christ Episcopal Church, 305-442-8542 or email chrepch@aol.com. Donations to Episcopal Relief & Development may be sent to Box 12043, Newark, NJ 07101.

Youth at General Convention--Youth ages 14-18 are invited to participate in a youth gathering, "Count Me Faithful", at General Convention in Minneapolis, Minn., July 30-Aug.3. For more information, go to: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/myp/countfaithful/index.htm, or contact Diocesan Youth Missioner Fr. Reggie Payne-Wiens at the Diocesan Office, 1-800-268-9993 or 305-373-0881, or by email, reggie@diosef.org.

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CLERGY CHANGE:

Reid, The Rev. Jennie Lou — Joined Trinity Cathedral staff as Associate Priest for Christian Education, effective 12/4/02.

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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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Congratulations — to the Rev. Mary Gray-Reeves, husband Michael Reeves and daughter Katie on the adoption of Dorian, age 9, into their family!

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

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.

Integrity Palm Beach will meet Jan. 12 at 7 p.m., following the 6 p.m. Eucharist, at St. Andrew's, 100 North Palmway, Lake Worth. There will be a potluck supper (everyone is asked to bring a supper item) and a 20-minute program, led by Canon Richard T. Nolan, on the topic "Do Gay People Have Moral Principles?" The discussion will address the issues: Is there a "gay lifestyle?" Do gay women and men live by ethical standards that are different from other people? Can a gay person live a Christian life? Integrity is the Episcopal Church's official national organization of gay and lesbian Christians, their families and friends. All are welcome. (About half of the people attending Integrity Palm Beach are heterosexual.) Call 586-1245 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.

C A N C E L L E D
Church of the Incarnation, Miami, will host a workshop on "Parish Planning for Holy Week" on Saturday, Feb. 1, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. 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. Further details will be available soon.

The 2003 Eisenhart Concert Series at St. Thomas, Coral Gables, will begin with a concert by the Vienna Choir Boys on Feb. 7 at 7:30 p.m. For information or to purchase tickets for this or other concerts in the series, call the parish office at 305-661-3436.

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.  For more information about this trip, call (561) 395-8285.

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

• Episcopal Peace Fellowship facilitator training
  
  
• Contemplative Prayer--Talk by Fr. Thomas Keating. Feb. 16, 7:30 p.m.
  
  
• 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;

Gladys Payne, mother of Fr. Reggie Payne-Wiens, healing;

Fr. Ralph Evans, continued recovery from successful angioplasty;

Bishop Calvin O. Schofield, continued recovery from successful angioplasty;

Fr. Gammon Jarrell, hospitalized for tests following a fall;

Cora Ferguson, sister of Executive Board member Al Ferguson and aunt of Executive Board member Jacquelyn Anthony, healing;

Fay Hobbs, mother of Archdeacon Bryan Hobbs, recovering from carotid artery surgery;

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 seminarian Bruce Woodcock, in hospice care;

Mary McComas, mother of seminarian Scot McComas, healing;

Fr. Miguel Restrepo, healing;

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

Jim Gibson, husband of Mother Kate Gibson, continued 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;

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

Cn. Max Salvador, continued healing;

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 have removed from this prayer list anyone about whom we have not had recent information. If there is anyone who’s been omitted from the list who still needs our prayers, please email episcorat@aol.com or call Mary Cox at the Diocesan Office with that request.

 

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Anglican Cycle of Prayer

January 12--I Epiphany

The Anglican Church of Australia

The Duncan Center

Constitution & Canons Committee

January 19--II Epiphany

Christian Unity

Long Island, Bahamas

        St. Paul, Clarence Town; Holy Cross, Hamilton;

        Holy Family, Mortimer

St. Andrew, Hollywood

St. Anne, Hallandale

January 26--III Epiphany

The Archbishop of Canterbury

Long Island, Bahamas

        St. Athanasius, Deadman's Cay; St. John, Buckley

        St. Michael, Roses; St. Theresa, Grays

St. Gregory, Boca Raton

Church of the Advent, Palm City

February 2--IV Epiphany/The Presentation

The Province of the Indian Ocean

St. Gregory, Nassau

Holy Family, Miami

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Last updated 01/29/03