Sun September 5, 2010

August 2010
Communique Newsletter
New Church: St. Raphael's
Featured: Christ Church, Vero Beach; Christ's Anglican Fellowship, High Springs
More. . .

Sermon by Bp. Lebhar
Trust the Lord,
No Matter What Comes
All Souls, Jacksonville
07/25/10

Bishop's Box

 

Bishop Neil Lebhar
Bp. Neil Lebhar

Welcome to The Gulf Atlantic Diocese!  We're glad you're here.  Please take some time to learn about our history.

Israel Familiarization Trip
You are invited to join Marcia and me for special leaders' Israel trip, February 22 - March 4, 2011, sponsored by Shoresh Tours, a ministry based at Christ Church (Anglican) in Jerusalem . Shoresh Tours is part of the historic work of CMJ (see www.CMJ-Israel.org).

Audios

Clergy Day Conference

Clergy Day Conference, Sept. 9
Clergy, sign up for the Clergy Day Conference today.

We will gather at 9:30 AM in the Sawmill Room at the Phillips Center on the Advent Christian Village campus. The meeting will begin promptly at 10:00 and will conclude by 3:00 PM with lunch around noon. The cost to cover the lunch and meeting facilities is $20 per person.

1,000 Churches Proclamation

We issue a call to unleash the multiplication of one thousand new congregations within the ACNA in five years and set in motion a movement that will yield an ever-greater harvest in years to come for the Glory of God.  For more, please visit the Anglican 1,000 website.

News and Views

Bishop Neil Welcomes our newest member Parish!

The Rev. Alice Marcrum
Rev. Alice Marcrum

St. Raphael's by the Sea, Fort Myers Beach, FL, left the Episcopal Church and joined the Gulf Atlantic Diocese on August 2nd. They now worship in a nearby United Methodist Church.  Read more in the August Communique.

Dynamos
Youth, apply for Dynamos #8, December 3 - 5, 2010, today! Dynamos is the youth renewal retreat for high school students, run by the students of the Gulf Atlantic Diocese.

Discipleship Journal
Read Marcia Lebhar's Discipleship Journal.

Resources and Multimedia

Audios
New sermon audios from All Souls, Jacksonville, and confirmations at St. Peter's, Tallahassee, and Christ Church, Savannah!

Books
Check out Book Recommendations from Bishop Neil!

Videos
Now available: Videos of Bishop Neil's Consecration.

The Manhattan Declaration

Orthodox, Catholic, and evangelical Christians have united to reaffirm fundamental truths about justice and the common good, and call upon our fellow citizens, believers and non-believers alike, to join us in defending them.