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YouTube video of the consecration, Part I

YouTube video of the consecration, Part II

Bishop Brewer's comments upon ordination

Some photos of the consecration

More than 3,500 diocesan members, clergy and guests flocked to First Baptist Church, Orlando on March 24 for the consecration of the Rev. Gregory O. Brewer as the Fourth Episcopal Bishop of Central Florida. Fr. Brewer succeeds the Rt. Rev. John W. Howe, who retired as diocesan bishop also on March...

The service of Ordination of a Bishop is always a festive occasion filled with exciting music. It is not uncommon for the service to have new music commissioned for the
celebration. 
 
However, when the Bishop-elect, the Rev. Greg Brewer, is installed as the fourth bishop of the Diocese of Central Florida, his service will be unique. 
 
It will feature four pieces of music especially commissioned by the Liturgy and Music...

Students and youth leaders from several churches in the Diocese participated in DNOW 2012!  This ecumenical gathering was an experience in authentic community, learning about the surrendered life in Christ!

The Diocese of Central Florida, in partnership with First Presbyterian Church of Orlando, held a Disciple Now weekend for middle and senior high students February 17-19.  Themed “Surrender”, the DNOW experience offered students an opportunity to explore God...

Singer and songwriter Fran McKendree returned to Central Florida for a concert in Orlando and two evening worship programs to start the Lenten Season. 

A Fran McKendree concert to benefit the Episcopal Counseling Center was Monday, Feb. 27 at Christ the King Episcopal Church, 26 Willow Drive, Orlando, FL 32807

McKendree also was at Church of the Good Shepherd in Maitland on Wednesday, Feb. 29 for a light supper and worship at 6 p.m. and at Holy Trinity in Melbourne on...

Bishop John W. Howe's Address to the 43rd Annual Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Central Florida. The convention was held at Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy in Melbourne, Florida on January 21,2012.

In the community

  Bishop Howe leads a Lenten retreat at Canterbury Retreat & Conference Center, Oviedo, Florida in March 2010. This is Part 2 of 2. This clip and Part 1 are Bishop Howe's introduction to the retreat. To see the full DVD of the two-day event, call the diocese at (407) 423-34567. The...
Bishop Howe leads a Lenten retreat at Canterbury Retreat & Conference Center, Oviedo, Florida in March 2010. This is Part 1 of 2. This clip and Part 2 are Bishop Howe's introduction to the retreat. To see the full DVD of the two-day event, call the diocese at (407) 423-34567. The two-DVD...
This is one in a series of articles about “encouragement,” written by Episcopal Counseling Center counselors. The title of the sermon could have been “The Storms of Life.” Many years have passed since those days of idealism when I did not fully realize that indeed life was...

From the Bishop

Bishop Greg Brewer visited All Saints', Lakeland on May 13, Sixth Sunday of Easter.

Click here to hear the sermon.

The readings:

Psalm 98;
Acts 10:44-48
; 1 John 5:1-6...

From Episcopal Life

[Episcopal News Service] La salud del presidente Hugo Chávez sigue siendo motivo de preocupación para Venezuela y especulación para los políticos que ven grandes cambios en el horizonte. La semana pasada circularon rumores de que los médicos cubanos le habían suspendido el tratamiento. Para reafirmar este rumor en más de una ocasión se vio a [...]
[Episcopal Church Office of Public Affairs] “We seek to address the need for healing in all parts of society, and we stand in solidarity with indigenous peoples globally to acknowledge and address the legacy of colonial occupation and policies of domination,” Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori states in her Pastoral Letter on the [...]
[Huffington Post] On May 10 the Washington National Cathedral dedicated a new stone carving of Rosa Parks. It will be displayed in the cathedral’s Human Rights Porch. The area already includes likenesses of Oscar Romero, the brave Catholic Archbishop of El Salvador, who spoke out against the U.S. for giving military aid to his country’s [...]
[Episcopal News Service] The young woman who called St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Hood River, Oregon, was upset and asked if the church offered communion. “I really need some support right now and I feel like it starts there,” she told the Rev. Anna Carmichael, the parish’s rector. The wrinkle was that while the woman [...]
[Chicago Consultation] In October, some 25 Anglican leaders from across Africa gathered with more than a dozen Episcopalians from the United States for a consultation on issues of justice and human sexuality. For three days the group prayed, studied the Bible, listened to presentations and talked about issues of theology, sexuality and culture. When formal [...]