Don't miss your chance for some body-building! Registration should have already started in your parish for Beyond Telepathy II--"Body Building Basics"-techniques for building up the Body of Christ. Friday, Mar. 28, is the Youth Lock-in, beginning at 8 p.m., and on Saturday, Mar. 29, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (registration begins at 9 a.m.), there will be presentations by Friends of the Groom 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 is $5 per person ($10 if registering after Mar. 21 or paying at the event), including program and lunch. Childcare will be available. For those who do not register in their parishes, registration is also available online for both events.

CANCELEDAnother important spring date to save is Saturday, May 10, when Archbishop Desmond Tutu will be our guest preacher at a revival, beginning at 10 a.m., at the Faith Center in Sunrise (the former Sunrise Musical Theater). Please begin announcing this in your parishes, and including it in service bulletins and newsletters! Additional details and information about reserving tickets ($5 donation) will be available soon. Meanwhile, you can prepare for this event by reading Archbishop Tutu's books, which are available at Trinity Cathedral bookstore and other parish bookshops. CANCELED

COMING EVENTS:

Youth Mardi Gras Dinner & Dance  — Mar. 1, 6-11 p.m., Chapel of St. Andrew, Boca Raton

and Lock-in (Grades 9-12)  — Mar. 1, 11:30 p.m.-Mar. 2, 8:30 a.m, St. Gregory’s,Boca Raton

Diocesan Men’s Retreat   — Mar. 7-9, Lake Placid Retreat Cntr., Lake Placid, FL

Happening (Grades 9-12)  — Mar. 21-23, St. Joseph’s, Boynton Beach

Services of Prayer for Peace  — Mar. 23, 4 p.m., Holy Trinity, West Palm Beach; 5 p.m, Trinity Cathedral, Miami

Wardens’ & Treasurers’ Conference   — Mar. 22, 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Trinity Cathedral

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

Understanding Your Teenager   — Apr. 6, 1-4 p.m., St. Thomas, Miami

Clergy Day/Blessing of the Oils  — Apr. 15, 10 a.m., Trinity Cathedral

ECW Annual Meeting   — Apr. 24-26

Holy Sacrament Women's Retreat (ALL women invited)  — May 2-4, Lake Placid Retreat Cntr., Lake Placid, FL

Spring Clergy Conference   — May 6-8, Duncan Center

Revival with Archbishop Desmond Tutu   — May 10, 10 a.m., The Faith Center, Sunrise CANCELED

Clergy and Spouse Event  — May 16, 2 p.m.—May 17, 2 p.m., Clewiston Inn

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

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

Clergy and Spouse Family Picnic  — Sept. 6, place TBA

Diocesan School Fall Semester begins   — Sept. 13 (Additional school dates for fall are: Sept 27; Oct. 11 & 25; Nov. 8 & 22; Dec. 6 & 13)

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

Diocesan Convention   — Oct. 10-11, Key West

Child in Our Hands Conference  — Nov. 7-8, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Pompano

Clergy Spouse Wellness Day  — Nov. 15, St. Mark’s, Ft. Lauderdale

Men's Retreat—There’s still time to register for the diocesan Men's Retreat, Mar. 7-9 at Lake Placid Retreat Center in Lake Placid, Fl. The theme is: "To all things there is a season"; the keynote speaker is Bishop Frade. Cost is $85. Register and pay online at www.diosef.org/register, or for a registration form, contact the Broward office of the diocese, 954-450-7247, or one of the following: George Booth (St. Joseph's, Boynton Beach), 561-738-0554; Ray Talbird (St. John's, Homestead), 305-389-1058; Carlos Belgrave (St. Christopher's, West Palm Beach), 561-668-1960; or Wilton Gray (Holy Sacrament, Hollywood), 954-450-7147.

Journal--The long-awaited Diocesan Journal of Convention 2002 is in the mail-one copy to each clergyperson and each parish office! It will also be accessible online shortly; we'll let you know when it's available.

Wardens' & Treasurers' Conference--Rectors will soon receive information about the annual Wardens' & Treasurers' Conference, Mar. 22 at Trinity Cathedral. The cost is $9 for lunch (note change from previously announced $8.50). Register (and pay, too) online. Copies of the Manual of Business Methods will not be distributed this year. Each parish should now have as many as seven copies from previous workshops. If you cannot find a copy in your parish office, call Episcopal Parish Services at (800) 903-5544 to order one.

Mileage rate—According to IRS regulations, the 2003 standard rate for reimbursement for mileage (for supply clergy, or any other employee who receives such reimbursement) is 36 cents per mile.

Services of Prayer for Peace—In keeping with Bishop Frade’s call for a Season of Prayer and Fasting for Peace, there will be two services of prayer for peace on Mar. 23. Bishop Ottley will preach at a 4 p.m. service at Holy Trinity, West Palm Beach, which will also feature music by Holy Trinity's senior choir. Each participating parish is encouraged to select a young person from its congregation to bring to the altar a symbol of peace. Bishop Frade will be celebrant and the Rev. Marilyn Usher Hardy, director of Episcopal AIDS Ministry, will preach at a 5 p.m. service at Trinity Cathedral. That service will also be part of the traditional series of Joint Lenten Services shared by parishes in Miami-Dade County.

Joint Lenten Services—The schedule for the Joint Lenten Services in the North and South Dade deaneries is: Mar. 9, Holy Family; Mar. 16, Transfiguration; Mar. 23, Trinity Cathedral (noted above); and Apr. 6, Historic St. Agnes. All services begin at 5 p.m.

An Ash Wednesday idea—Fr. Frank Corbishley has noted that in the Liturgy for Ash Wednesday, the Prayer Book’s rubric (p. 264) “directs us to begin the liturgy with the Salutation and the Collect of the Day, and then omits the Salutation”. He also notes that there’s plenty of space on that page, so he’s printing the Salutation on address labels and pasting them in the proper place in all the pew copies of the Prayer Book at Chapel of the Venerable Bede.

Understanding Your Teenager--St. Thomas, Miami, is hosting a seminar for parents-and anyone else who would like to have better relationships with the teenagers in their lives-on Sunday, Apr. 6, from 1-4 p.m. The speaker is Wayne Rice, co-founder of Youth Specialties, and author of books and materials for parents, teens and youth workers. Cost for the seminar is $8 per person or $12 for couples. For information, contact Phebe Hisbhman, youth ministry coordinator at St. Thomas, 305-661-3436, or email phebe@stepsmia.org.

Holy Week Clergy Day/Blessing of the Oils--The annual Holy Week Clergy Day and Blessing of the Oils will be Tuesday, Apr. 15, beginning at 10 a.m., at Trinity Cathedral. The guest speaker will be the Very Rev. Titus L. Presler, dean and president of the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest in Austin, Tex., and chair of the Standing Commission on World Mission.

Good Friday Offering--Please remember that the Good Friday offering in all Episcopal congregations is to be designated, as it has been for the past 61 years, for the Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East. (This is not to be confused with the Jerusalem 2000 appeal, which was designed to support specific institutions and projects within the Diocese of Jerusalem.) A bulletin shell and a poster, as well as other information on the Good Friday Offering, are available at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/agr/friday.html. If your parish does not take an offering on Good Friday, you are asked to designate the offering from another service during Holy Week for this purpose.

Women's Retreat--This year, Holy Sacrament, Pembroke Pines, is opening its Women's Retreat to all women of the diocese. The retreat is May 2-4 at the Lake Placid Conference Center and Resort, site of the Diocesan Men's Retreat. Speakers include Père Maud Paraison, rector of Intercession, Ft. Lauderdale, Susan Beebe of Crossridge Church and Rose Williams of Holy Sacrament. Cost is $85. For more information, call the church office at 954-432-8686, and ask for the Women's Retreat Coordinators.

Graduating Seminarians—Our diocese has 10 seminarians who will graduate this spring! Archdeacon Paul Rasmus, our diocesan deployment officer, has asked rectors to contact him (561-656-0868 or paul@diosef.org) if they are looking for an assistant and would be interested in talking with any of these persons. We’re all asked to keep them in our prayers as they complete their studies and seek a call to begin their ordained ministry. Here are their names and their seminaries: Gail Abbott (General); Virginia Brewer (Sewanee); Thomas Bruttell (Berkeley at Yale); Thomas Dwyer (Berkeley at Yale); Darrell Laremore (Seminary of the Southwest); Scot McComas (General); Christopher Schuller (Episcopal Divinity School); Terrence Taylor (Berkeley at Yale); Regina Walsh-Minor (General); and Bruce Woodcock (General).

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.

Kanuga — Kanuga Conference Center in North Carolina has announced several new conferences for spring: A Lenten Retreat on Centering Prayer  Feb 24-28; a photography workshop May 4-9; a conference on Spirituality and the Environment May 29-June 2; and the Province IV Women’s Conference June 2-4, featuring Diana Frade as keynote speaker and Bishop Frade as chaplain. More information on all Kanuga conferences can be found at www.Kanuga.org.

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CLERGY CHANGE:

Ostlund, The Rev. Holly — Ordained to the diaconate 2/8/03; serving as Assistant to the Rector for Christian Education, St. Mary’s, Stuart, effective 2/10/03.

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Parishes in Transition:

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

Holy Sacrament, Pembroke Pines—Canon Kenneth MacDonald, Fr. Bill Eaton, supply

St. Paul’s, Key West—Fr. Thomas Shepherd, interim

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

St. Matthew the Apostle, Miami, is co-sponsoring the first Miami Alpha Conference, Mar. 6-7, at Wayside Baptist Church, 7701 SW 98 St., Miami. The conference is designed to provide participants with tools to implement the Alpha program in their churches. For more information call 1-866-872-5742, or email alphaconference@alphausa.org

Trinity Cathedral, Miami, will present a Lenten program on Holy Week in Scripture and Art, Thursdays, Mar. 6-Apr. 10, from 6 to 7:45 p.m. A light supper is included; a donation of $4 is suggested. Please register in advance at 305-374-3372 or miamitrinity@aol.com, so that enough food will be prepared.

On Thursday, Mar. 13, St. Patrick’s, 418 North Sapodilla Avenue, West Palm Beach, will begin its celebration of the parish’s 90^th anniversary, with a Eucharist at 7 p.m..  The guest preacher will be the Rev. Canon Richard L. Marquess-Barry, rector of The Historic St. Agnes, Miami. The celebration will continue with a 90^th Anniversary Dedication Service and Patronal Festival at 9 a.m. on Sunday, Mar. 16. For information on these and other events throughout the parish’s anniversary year, call the church office at 561-833-1903.

Fifty-one singers from National Cathedral School for Girls and St. Albans School for Boys in Washington, DC, will sing a concert and two services at St. Stephen’s, on Sunday, Mar. 16. The high school singers, from the schools at Washington National Cathedral, will sing a Eucharist at 10:00 a.m. and a concert at 4:00 p.m., followed by Choral Evensong at 4:30 p.m. The services and the concert are open to the public. For more information on the chorale, contact Willard Stewart at 202-537-6420, or wstewart@cathedral.org. For more information on the chorale’s performances at St. Stephen’s, email robbiebell@mindspring.com.

As part of their 50^th anniversary celebration this 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.

On Mar.15, Trinity-by-the-Cove Episcopal Church in Naples, FL, will hold a liturgical flower festival in the Anglican tradition, featuring floral arrangements depicting the liturgical seasons and festivals of the church. The flower festival will be part of the 22nd annual Naples Antiques Show and Sale, March 13-15. Lunch and tea will be served daily.  For information on the flower festival, the antiques show and special group rates for these events, call 239-262-0353.                 

The month of April has been designated by the Department of Heath and Human Services as National Donate Life Month. The Southeast Tissue Alliance is asking churches to become involved in education and efforts to raise awareness about organ and tissue donation. For more information about the Alliance’s programs and ways to help, contact Charles White at 877-733-3700.

Balere, Inc (a non-profit organization) is looking for a home in Miami-Dade for its already approved bilingual K-8 Charter School (free to students) to open in August. If you know of a church or building that is available and appropriate, please call (305) 232-9797 or email: malik@balere.org.

An interfaith luncheon to benefit the ministry of Seafarers’ House will be held Jun. 1 at Port Everglades, on board Royal Caribbean’s Enchantment of the Seas. General tickets are $30 per person. For additional details, call Seafarers’ House, 954-467-7330, or Fr. Bob Deshaies at St. Benedict’s, Plantation, 954-473-6578.

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

• Episcopal Peace Fellowship facilitator training
  
  
• First Annual Miami-Dade Interfaith Conference for Worker Justice--Mar. 8-9
  
  
• Benefit Poetry Reading at Holy Redeemer, Lake Worth, Mar. 13.
  
  
• "Claiming the Blessing" event, All Saints',Ft. Lauderdale, Mar. 15
  
  
• Christian Yoga and Centering Prayer for Lent--St. Mark's, Ft. Lauderdale, Wednesdays 3/12-4/16
  
  
• Ultreya at Church of the Ascension, Miami, May 24
  
  
• 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, especially those now in combat; for our enemies; for peace, justice and reconciliation in all places where there is conflict;

Chancellor Emeritus Fred Stanton, healing;

Arthur Schlepp, father of Archdeacon Hobbs' assistant Linda Schlepp-Gray, healing;

Dorothy Wilbur, widow of Fr. Newton Wilbur, cancer:

COPE Chairperson Missy Rovinelli, breast cancer—surgery scheduled 3/21;

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;

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;

The Rev. 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 Virla Barry, wife of Canon Richard Marquess-Barry, in the death of her sisters, Yvonne Rolle and Laura Motes; for seminarian Christina Encinosa and her family in the death of her grandfather, Cpt. Manuel Martinez-Illa, on Feb. 3; for Gail Krickbaum, wife of Dean Donald Krickbaum, in the death of her brother, Wilson Wallace, on Mar. 17; and for the families of the crew of the space shuttle Columbia.

 

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Anglican Cycle of Prayer

March 9—Lent I

The Province of the Episcopal Church of Rwanda

Abaco Island

                St. Peter, Green Turtle Cay

                St. Saviour, Blackwood

                St. Simon, Treasure Cay

St. James, Islamorada

St. Paul’s, Key West

St. Peter’s, Key West

March 16—Lent II

The Church of Ireland

Christ the King, Freeport

Holy Spirit, West Palm Beach

St. Patrick's, West Palm Beach

St. John's, Lake Worth

March 23—Lent III

The Church of England

Crooked Island:

                All Saints’, Church Grove

                St. Michael & All Angels, Moss Town

St. Clement, Spring Point, Acklins

Commission on Church Architecture and Allied Arts

Stewardship Commission

The Nehemiah Project

March 30—Lent IV

The Church of South India

Exuma:

                St. Margaret, Harts      

                St. Andrew, Georgetown

                St. Christopher, The Ferry   

                St. John the Baptist, Moss Town 

Guardian Angels, Lantana

St. Cuthbert's, Boynton Beach

Holy Trinity, West Palm Beach

April 6—Lent V

The Episcopal Church of the Sudan

Exuma

        St. Mary Magdalene, Williamstown

        St. Michael, Rolleville

        Holy Innocents, Duncan Town, Ragged Island                     

Chapel of St. Andrew, Boca Raton

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Last updated 03/20/03