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Communique Newsletter
March 2012

The Blessing of the Fleet
Clergy Couple Ordained; Build Ministry for Disabled
UF Anglican Fellowship
Christ Church, Wakulla
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GIG Evangelism Training
Taylor Bodoh
March 10, 2012

Gulf Atlantic Diocese of the ACNA Announces New Assisting Bishop

As many of you know, our fellow ministry, The Anglican Mission in the Americas, often known as AMiA, is in the midst of refocusing as a missionary society. . . .

After fruitful negotiations, Archbishop Duncan has extended an offer for any of the bishops who left Rwanda to become part of ACNA under the appropriate diocesan bishops, serving as assisting bishops delegated to care for the parishes that had been under their charge as needs be.

The Rt. Rev. John E. Miller III of Melbourne, Florida, one of the bishops who consecrated me, has therefore requested to be received into this diocese. This is a temporary pastoral measure both for Bishop Miller and his parishes until the larger situation in AMiA is sorted out. He is a very committed, capable bishop and pastor, known and loved by many here in Florida.

I wanted to let you know that I will therefore be accepting Bishop Miller as an Assisting Bishop here as soon as I receive final confirmation of his transfer from the archbishop of Rwanda. . . .

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Bishop's Box

Bishop Neil Lebhar
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Israel Trips
It Is Not Too Late! Join Us for "The Life & World of Jesus" Israel Trip, Hosted by Bishop Neil Lebhar and the Rev. Shawn Porter, May 26-June 5, 2012. Friends and family members outside of the diocese are welcome to come. Listed deadlines have been extended.

Discipleship Journal
Read Marcia's December 2011 Discipleship Journal, "Lists".

Ministries

Camp Araminta
It's time to be thinking about summer and our Diocesan Camp Araminta! We will be holding camp July 23-27 at Lake Swan Camp in Melrose, FL. Please encourage your families with older elementary, middle school, and teens to register/apply for spots! We have registration open for campers in 4th-8th grades (rising), and applications online for our Flight Crew and Leader-in-Training programs for rising 9th-12th graders.

College Ministry
The Gulf Atlantic Diocese has college ministries in two of the largest college cities in Florida: UF Anglican Fellowship in Gainesville and Anglican College Ministry in Tallahassee. Check them out!

Dynamos
Youth, apply for Dynamos #12, November 16-18, 2012, today! Dynamos is the youth renewal retreat for high school students, run by the students of the Gulf Atlantic Diocese.

Discerning a Call to Ordained Ministry

God is raising up men and women to ordained leadership in His Church!  What a privilege it is to walk alongside those who are discerning this call as this discernment happens within the context of the local parish as well as in the Diocese.  The goal of the Discernment Process for Ordained Ministry in the Gulf Atlantic Diocese is to be thorough, yet flexible.  Here you will be able to find the materials you need to take the next step - whether you are a layperson discerning a call, a Rector, a member of the Parish Discernment Team, a Vestry person, or in Diocesan leadership. 

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Assembly 2012
Mary Pat Moore of St. Peter’s Anglican Church in Tallahassee, FL has volunteered to be the volunteer coordinator for the Assembly 2012 at Ridgecrest. Please contact her as soon as possible at marypat@fahp.net with names of people and phone contact information of people who are interested in volunteering for the Assembly.

Church Planting Network

Archbishop Duncan has called ACNA to plant 1,000 churches in five years. Anglican1000 is an initiative of the Anglican Church in North America.

A1K South Audios
If you missed the A1K South Church Planting Conference, don't worry, we have provided recorded audios. 

Church Planting Network Blog
Fr. Jim Hobby has launched a new blog, cataloging his reflections of the Diocese's Church Planting Network. 

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