Communion sets used for the Convention Eucharist are still available for sale for $40. Contact Gail McShane at 800-268-9993 or 305-373-0881, ext. 18, or by email at gail@diosef.org.

            (Note: Two pairs of glasses were found on tables after Convention—one large, with plastic frames and slightly tinted lenses, and the other small, with copper-colored wire frames--call the Diocesan Office to claim them.)

Coming events:

Ordination of Roger Allee to the priesthood — Nov. 3, 4 p.m., All Saints’, Ft. Lauderdale

Institution of Fr. Sebastien Guillaume as pastor of the Creole-speaking Congregation             — Nov. 3, 2 p.m., St. Joseph’s, Boynton Beach           

North Dade Forum on Cultural Diversity — Nov. 7, 7 p.m., Resurrection, Biscayne Park

Happening— Nov. 8-10, St. Joseph’s, Boynton Beach

Executive Board Orientation— Nov. 18-19, Duncan Center

Coverage K Workshop (Adult  & Child)— Nov. 23, St. Mark’s, Palm Beach Gardens                       

Diocesan office closed for Thanksgiving— Nov. 28-29

Bishop’s Ball (for youth) — Dec. 14, Holy Trinity, West Palm Beach

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

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

And some important dates to add to your calendar for next year:

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

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

ECW  — Sunday Feb. 2, Trinity Cathedral, Miami

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

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

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, 2003, St. Mark’s, Ft. Lauderdale

ECW Annual Meeting — Apr. 24-26, 2003

Spring Clergy Conference— May 13-15, 2003, Duncan Center

COPE (Parish Lay Staff) workshop — May 23-24, 2003, Duncan Center

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

State of Florida Day at Washington National Cathedral  — Sept. 21, 2003

 

Journal—The Diocesan Journal for 2001 is posted on the diocesan website at http://diosef.org/journal/.It is password protected. If you don’t have the password, email Mary Cox at EpiscoRat@aol.com, or call the Diocesan Office. Please check your own information (if you haven’t already), and follow the instructions for making corrections. Our “techies” are almost ready to post the complete diocesan database on the website, and we’d like to start with that information as up-to-date as possible. With the updated information we receive from you, we should be able to post the 2002 Journal in a timely manner.

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; the Executive Board Orientation this month is the first event for which registration will be entirely through our website. 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.

Presiding Bishop’s Visit—Plan now for the visit of Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold to our diocese Jan. 25! Bishop Griswold will be at St. Paul’s, Key West, for that congregation’s 170^th observance of its patronal festival--a celebration for the whole diocese of 170 years of Episcopal presence in South Florida. St. Paul’s has made some arrangements for group rates for lodging for the weekend: Hotel La Concha--$179 per night (until the rooms are filled, and if reservations are made by Jan. 4; call 305-296-2991 and mention St. Paul’s); Days Inn--$85/night plus tax; call 800-224-5051by Jan. 2 and mention Episcopal Feast Day; Grand Key Doubletree--$139/night plus tax; call 888-310-1540 by Dec. 24 and mention St. Paul’s. For additional lodging information, go to www.keywest.com and click on “accommodations”.

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. 

Grant writers needed—The Southeast Florida Episcopal Foundation needs a grant writer to assist not only the Foundation, but also parishes and outreach ministries throughout the diocese.  If you have some experience in this area and wish to provide your services on a contract basis, please call Foundation President Charles Ring directly at 561-799-6424, or email Charlie@episfoundation.org.

Valuable legal and tax information for churches—is available by subscription in Church Treasurer Alert, published by Christian Ministry Resources, PO Box 1098, Matthews, NC  28106, 704-821-3485. (The October 2002 issue had an excellent article on copyright and privacy issues related to parish websites.) The organization also offers this type of information, as well as other resources for parish staff, online; most of these services are also by subscription. Go to www.iclonline.com for further information.

EFM Mentor Training—is scheduled for Jan. 10-12, 2003 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.

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.

Spanish radio ministry—Our Hispanic Commission produces a weekly half-hour radio program, broadcast Sundays at 8:30 a.m. on WQBA, 1140 AM in Miami. Bishop Frade will be the speaker on November’s programs.

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Congratulations—to seminarian Deborah Self, who has received the Woods Leadership Award from the School of Theology at the University of the South! The award recognizes and encourages students at the school who make a significant contribution to the quality of life in the university. This is the second consecutive year that a student from our diocese has received this award; last year it went to Gigi Brewer.

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View answered prayers! We’ve been praying for over a year for Gail McShane’s niece, Lisa Commette, who was seriously injured in an automobile accident in the summer of 2001. Now you can see a part of the medical miracle that she has experienced; two programs on The Learning Channel--“Trauma: Life in the ER”, Nov. 18, 8 p.m., and “Body Rebuilders”, Nov. 25, 10 p.m., will show how surgeons reattached Lisa’s left arm, and follow the process of her healing. She faces another surgery in December, but has regained some use of her hand and arm, and is back at the job she had begun just before the accident.

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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—supply clergy

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

On Sunday, Nov. 10, St. James-in-the-Hills, Hollywood, will have as guest celebrant and preacher at the 10:30 a.m. service Sister Rosina Ampah, an Anglican Sister of the Order of Saint Helena, a native of Ghana, an ordained priest and a powerful teacher and preacher in the African Storytelling tradition. She will also lead the Adult Bible Study at 9:30 a.m. Mother Rosina will also bring with her a variety of Ghana-made clothing for men, women, children and toddlers; purchases of this clothing will help fund her ministry in Ghana.

St. Matthew's, Delray Beach, is trying "something completely different"--Sunday, Nov. 10, at 4 p.m., the parish will offer "Y2A: Church with Attitude", a worship experience aimed at youth, young adults and anyone else who'd like to help "create a community of disciples for Jesus Christ and have fun doing it".

Contemplative Outreach of South Florida will offer a Centering Prayer Introductory Workshop at St. David's in the Pines, Wellington, Saturday, Nov. 16 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. A donation of $15 is suggested, but not required. For more information, registration and directions, call Millo at 561-793-1976.

St. John's, Belle Glade, will have a service of Thanksgiving, followed by a potluck dinner in the parish hall, Saturday, Nov. 23, beginning at 6 p.m. Music for the service will be provided by "It's a New Day", the contemporary praise band from Holy Spirit, West Palm Beach.

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.

An organization in Ft. Lauderdale is seeking support for a new evangelism project—to make a film of the entire Bible and make it available on video and DVD all over the world, in as many languages as possible. For more information about this mission, or to learn how you or your parish can support it, go to www.filmthebible.org, or call Mitchell Stein, (561)251-7277.

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.

Bazaars, Fairs and Festivals Nov. 2, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.--St. Martin’s, 207, N. W.C. Owen Ave., Clewiston, 863-983-7960 Fourth Annual Christmas Bazaar, featuring homemade canned goods and baked goodies; needlework and crafts; lunch served from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.--$6 for “Audie Hooks’ famous Brunswick stew”, barbecue pork sandwich and tea or coffee. Nov. 2—St. Gregory's, 100 NE Mizner Blvd., Boca Raton, 561-395-8285 Annual bazaar. Nov. 2, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.--Church of the Advent, 4885 SW Honey Terr., Palm City, 772-283-6223 ECW’s Annual Holiday Bazaar, “A Fair for All Reasons”, featuring Christmas crafts, holiday gift baskets, baked goods, crafts and collectibles.  Santa’s Boutique will be open for children to shop for family and friends. The gourmet lunchroom opens from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 9, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.--St. Paul's, 401 Duval St., Key West, 305-296-5142 ECW Annual Holiday Bazaar on Saturday, featuring crafts, rummage, a silent auction, a Chinese auction, food and plenty of fellowship. Nov. 9, 9 a.m.- 3 p.m.—St. Mark's, 3395 Burns Rd., Palm Beach Gardens, 561-622-0956 Annual Bazaar Nov. 9, 9 a.m.-5 p.m—Good Shepherd, 400 Seabrook Rd. Tequesta, 561-746-4674 Annual Fall Fest, featuring holiday crafts and gifts; a white elephant sale, bake sale and food tent, book nook, book fair, jewelry corner and a special sale at Good Shepherd’s thrift shop. Games and entertainment for all ages throughout the day, including a Dunk Tank to allow parishioners to express their feelings about the clergy. There will also be an Eclectic Art Auction, including work by local artists, prints and silver and china (the Art of Living). The day concludes with “Artie's Party”  (Artie is huge papier-mache parrot on a perch) from 5-8 p.m.--a Caribbean-style buffet supper and silent auction for the art. The whole event will have a Caribbean theme, with tame parrots and a steel drum player from 9 am to 8 pm. Nov. 9, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.--St. Christopher's, 1063 Haverhill Road, West Palm Beach, 561-683-8167 Annual Fall Festival, featuring games, barbecue, a cakewalk, raffles—and a chance to donate blood to the South Florida Blood Bank. Nov. 10, noon—San Francisco de Asis (at St. Margaret’s, 15650 Miami Lakeway North, Miami Lakes) Bazaar featuring crafts and holiday decorations made by members San Francisco toraise money for their building fund. Nov. 16—Christ Church, 3481 Hibiscus St., Miami, 305-442-8542 Bazaar and Flea Market; Nov. 15—Pre-Bazaar spaghetti dinner Nov. 16--Chapel of Saint Andrew, 2707 NW 37 St., Boca Raton. 561-483-8044 Holiday Bazaar Nov. 16—St. Joseph’s, 3300 S Seacrest Blvd., Boynton Beach, 561-732-3060 ECW Christmas Bazaar; food and drink, too. Nov. 16, 8 a.m.-6 p.m.—St. Andrew’s, 14260 Old Cutler Rd., Miami, 305-238-2161 Yard Sale; Nov. 17, following both 8 and 10 a.m. services—Annual Book Faire, featuring books and gifts from the Trinity Cathedral Bookstore, presented in a coffee house setting with strolling violinists.  Nov. 16-24—St. James the Fisherman, US 1, MM87.5, Islamorada— Christmas Craftique--Holiday and boutique items, bake sale--in the parish hall. Doors open 9 a.m. weekdays and noon on Sunday. Nov. 17, noon-2 p.m.--St. Benedict's, 7801 NW 5 St., Plantation, 954-473-6578 Holiday Bazaar on Sun. Nov. 17 Nov. 22-24—St. Bernard de Clairvaux, 16711 West Dixie Highway, North Miami Beach, 305-945-1461 Spanish Monastery Arts Festival and “Taste of Aventura”—art exhibits and demonstrations, silent auction, gourmet foods from 15 area restaurants, live music, activities for children, raffles and many other events. For complete details, go to www.spanishmonastery.com, click on “event calendar” and then on the Arts Festival icon. Nov. 23—St. Paul’s, 188 S. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach, 561-276-4541 Christmas Bazaar, featuring decorations, crafts, antiques, jewelry, homemade foods and a luncheon. The Bazaar Preview Party, Nov. 22, 5-7 p.m., features wines and appetizers, and a chance to bid on gift baskets and to purchase bazaar merchandise—at twice the price 9to benefit youth programs and other ministries of the parish. Ticket for the preview are $10. Nov. 23 & 24, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.—St. Margaret’s, 15650 Mimai Lakeway North, Miami Lakes 305-558-3961 "Flea Market" of gift items from ABC Distributing, Inc., co-sponsored by St. Margaret’s and the Lion's Club of Miami Lakes There will be breakfast and lunch foods for sale as well. Dec. 14, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.--St. Christopher's-by-the-Sea, 95 Harbor Dr., Key Biscayne, 305-361-5080 The Crafty Ladies’ Annual Craft Fair, to benefit non-denominational charities. Click here for printable version!

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;

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;

for the repose of the souls of those who have died, and for comfort for Bishop James Ottley's wife Lillian, in the death of her sister, Miriam Garcia, on Oct. 12; and Diocesan Treasurer Tom Huston and his wife Mary, in the death of their daughter Lucille Fogh on Oct. 13.

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Anglican Cycle of Prayer

November 10--XXV Pentecost

The Church of the Province of Burundi

St. Christopher's, Nassau

Holy Nativity, Pahokee

November 17--XXVI Pentecost

Province I of the Church of Nigeria

Diocesan Officers and Staff

Canonically Resident Clergy

November 24--Last Pentecost

Continued prayers for Province I of the Church of Nigeria

St. George, Nassau

St. Ambrose, Ft. Lauderdale

St. John's, Hollywood

December 1--I Advent

Continued prayers for Province I of the Church of Nigeria

Andros Island, Bahamas

      St. Margaret's, Nicholls Town

      St. Mary Magdalene, Mastic Point

      St. John's, Homestead

 

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Last updated 11/14/02