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Epps to be consecrated as ICCEC bishop Nov. 16
Tue, 10/30/2007 – 4:03pm
By: The Citizen
Father David Epps, pastor of Christ the King Charismatic Episcopal Church, will be consecrated as a bishop in the International Communion of the Charismatic Episcopal Church (ICCEC) on Friday, Nov. 16 at 7 p.m. The service will be conducted in the sanctuary of Christ Our Shepherd Lutheran Church, Highway 54, Peachtree City.
Epps, 56, was elected at the U. S. House of Bishops in Orlando during October to serve the Mid-South Diocese which includes Georgia and Tennessee. The election was made necessary when, in June 2007, the Diocesan Bishop, The Most Reverend John W. Holloway, 53, suffered a debilitating stroke. Epps will serve as auxiliary bishop with Holloway remaining the diocesan.
The consecrators for the service will be The Most Reverend Charles Jones, Archbishop of the Southeast Province, The Most Reverend David Simpson, Bishop of Florida, and The Most Reverend Gene Lilly, Auxiliary Bishop of the Southeast Province.
Epps, who first began ministry as a youth worker in 1971, was licensed to preach by the United Methodist Church in 1975 and was later ordained in the Assemblies of God in 1978. In 1996, he was ordained a priest in the ICCEC.
Prior to 1983, Epps served United Methodist and Assembly of God churches in Tennessee, Virginia, and Colorado. In June 1983, he became the pastor of Fayette Fellowship Assembly of God, Peachtree City, which later relocated to Sharpsburg and was renamed Trinity Fellowship.
In September 1996, Epps and 18 other people planted Christ the King Church which met for six years at Carmichael-Hemperly Funeral Home in Peachtree City.
In November 2002, the church relocated to its present site on 12 acres in Coweta County. The church currently has approximately 250 people who claim the church as their home. In addition, Christ the King has assisted in the planting of other congregations in Hogansville, Fayetteville, and Champaign, Ill.
Epps is a graduate of Berean College of the Assemblies of God, East Tennessee State University, the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary, International Seminary, and Berean Graduate School of Divinity, an institution founded by Carrie Nation.
He is a current doctor of ministry candidate at Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry.
Epps, a karate black belt and former instructor, also received an honorary doctorate for his work with youth and martial arts ministry from Great Plains Baptist College and Seminary. For 18 years, he has served as the chaplain for the Peachtree City Police Department and is a graduate of the police academy in Fulton County.
Within the ICCEC, Epps has served as canon to the ordinary for the Mid-South Diocese, canon to the ordinary for the Archdiocese of the Armed Forces, chair of the Diocesan Commission on Ordained Ministry, as a member of the Mid-South Diocese Bishop’s Council, and as a member of the Provincial Council for the Southeast Province.
A veteran of the United States Marine Corps, Epps also served with the Tennessee Army National Guard and served as a chaplain (with the rank of captain) for the Georgia State Defense Force, an auxiliary of the Georgia Army National Guard.
Epps has been published in over 20 magazines and journals and he has served as a regular weekly columnist for The Citizen newspapers for nearly 11 years.
He is married to the former Cynthia Douglas, a professor of nursing at the University of West Georgia. They have three adult sons and nine grandchildren.
The consecration service, which will be followed by a reception, is open to the public.
Here’s a very upbeat comment and cheery perspective on all the unpleasantness happening in the CEC. This was posted in response to the VirtueOnline story about the CEC split:
Leonard
Posted: 2007/10/27 3:02 Updated: 2007/10/27 3:21
Joined: 2004/11/2
From: Denver
Posts: 87 Re: COLORADO priest cleared…Williams supports Howe…Mo…Petering out?
Well, as a CEC Priest, I have to say “I think not.” Our Patriarch has been desperately ill for some time and has just retired. That’s very sad, for I remember him as a man of great vigor, unshakeable joy, and boundless energy. But he rightly saw that he was simply too physically taxed to give us the strong (read “tireless”) leadership we need.
May the Lord grant him rest, healing and renewed vigor. And may He reward his servant greatly for his years of selfless service. +
We are in the prayerful process of selecting our communion’s second Patrriarch. Your prayers too, Brethren are coveted as we do so.
Right now with the splitting and chipping away, we seem like everybody else in the non-Roman, but sacramental churches. I could paraphrase that old song from THE WIZARD OF OZ: “Chip chip here. Split split there! And a couple of Coups de etat! That’s how it is, but let’s not think we’ve heard the Last Hurrah!”
Perhaps the restructuring was to be expected. I trust it is ‘growing pains’ not ‘death throes!’ Our Bishops seem quite unified now, and more focused on the tasks at hand. I think this is a wholesome development in the midsts of a great deal of confusing pother.
Now, if I can just get our little Parish to outgrow my living room!
(PS: I just noticed I am approaching my third full year coming to this site. It hardly seems like more than a few months. I must really enjoy it here! Thanks to all of you for making it so.)
This just in from VirtueOnline: “CHARISMATIC EPISCOPAL CHURCH SPLITS”. In today’s digest, a priest leaving the CEC is quoted in the story as leaving for Western Rite Orthodoxy. Click here for the story or see below for the text.
CHARISMATIC EPISCOPAL CHURCH SPLITS. More news. In my last VIEWPOINTS I said the schism in the CEC had resulted in many leaving and going to Rome. A priest who is leaving the CEC himself wrote to say that many of those leaving have gone to Western Rite Orthodoxy, but the most common destination has been for AMiA, CANA and the Anglican Province of America (APA).”Individuals have indeed gone to Rome, but parishes cannot do so. Thus, considering parishes are moving toward Anglican jurisdictions. It is much more accurate to describe the movement as toward Anglicans, including myself. Many former CEC priests have chosen to affiliate with AMiA and are busy planting parishes. Not a few parishes have also chosen to affiliate with AMiA. Lately, others have begun to affiliate with CANA. Eventually, however, it seems likely that a large number of former CEC clergy and parishes are in conversation with APA-REC. In the end, this may result in the largest single quorum of all.” The source told VOL that the total number of parishes being planted by former CEC priests added to the parishes that have/are joining with Anglican bodies could total well over 30 Anglican parishes, when all the dust settles.
I was thinking, “Today is a new day. God’s mercies have been renewed to us. Why not a site redesign?”
I think klampert and anon4cec as well as a few others commented way back when that the old site looked sorta depressing. Well, I did find a cheerier site option on WordPress today since I had a few minutes to kill.
I’m caught up on comments and e-mails for the most part. I hope that all visiting here are being blessed by the Lord in some way. Thanks for reading, thanks for your prayers for me personally and for those in and out of the CEC.
I thank so many of you that have taken the time to e-mail me. All e-mails are treated confidentially. Nothing is posted to this blog unless asked. I’ve received so many e-mails asking for help or answers about a particular parish. Unfortunately, I can’t respond to each and every one of you. But, I hope that reading my story and the stories of others that care to post comments, that you can receive the healing that you are seeking from the Lord in addition to your fervent prayer and devotion to His Word.
Thanks for your patience as I’ve been wading through a ton of comments…most of them unsuitable for this blog. I apologize to samgamgee for just approving his/her comment from two days ago just now. I’m a bit backlogged and slowed down by the “drive-by commenters”.
VirtueOnline mentions the latest ICCEC news in its latest roundup. Click here to see the whole news page. Blurb follows here:
The upheaval in the Charismatic Episcopal Church continues. Last year, the denomination split with many going to Rome. In the latest move, the Patriarch’s Council of the International Communion of the Charismatic Episcopal Church, meeting in Orlando recently, accepted the Most Reverend Randolph Adler’s retirement as Primate and Patriarch of the ICCEC. Archbishop Loren Thomas Hines, as senior bishop of the Patriarch’s Council, is expected to succeed him. He will assume the chairmanship of the Patriarch’s Council until the election of the next Patriarch. The CEC claims 1,500 churches in Africa with 18 bishops.
This just came across my inbox. Please keep +John Holloway and his family in your prayers.
Dear Friends of Bishop John and Elaine Holloway:
I just received this URGENT email from Elaine. We are, apparently, facing a new, critical, and urgent situation.. May all of God’s people pray and may “Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.” May the God of Luke the Physician and the God of all healing mercifully touch and heal our bishop.
“I just talked with the doctor at Emory, they have requested we place Bishop in hospice care. They did an electrocardiogram Wednesday and said the blood clot was still in his heart (we had not been told there was one there) and his heart ejection rate had fallen from 45% (we had not been told that either) to about 15%. They are expecting him to die shortly. This is not the news you want to hear when you get up in the morning.”
Please pray and call your deacon, priest, bishop, etc., with this message to pray. Bishop John is in Atlanta’s Emory University Hospital Room B568.
The Rev’d Canon David Epps
Canon to the Ordinary, Mid-South Diocese
Rector, Christ the King Church
4881 Highway 34 East
Sharpsburg, GA 30277
770-252-2428 – office
770-252-21-92 – fax
10-15-07: 542 unique visitors
10-16-07: 1618 unique visitors – highest day ever
10-17-07: 599 unique visitors (as of this writing)
I’ve not been able to moderate all your comments in a timely manner…a guy’s gotta work, you know what I mean? I just read the latest statement at face value. Commenters (stlouismb, papaz) have pointed out that there has been no mention of any work in restoring those who have been hurt by those who are now stepping down from leadership or what will come of the allegations presented against the Patriarch.
At the very least, all I can do is this and I ask for your help in this:
* Pray for ++Randy and Betty Adler
* Pray for Dan Sharp+ and his family
* Pray for St. Michael’s Church in San Clemente
* Pray for those who have been hurt in any way by those in leadership
* And, pray for me, a sinner…
International Communion of the Charismatic Episcopal Church
Statement of the Patriarch’s Council
The Patriarch’s Council convened Monday, October 15, 2007 in Orlando, Florida.
Archbishop Randolph Adler asked to address the Patriarch’s Council prior to its
opening. He asked us to accept his retirement as a Diocesan, Primate and
Patriarch of the ICCEC. The Patriarch’s Council expressed their gratitude and
appreciation for his founding of and many years of service to their church and
expressed their deepest love and affection for him and his wife, Betty, and their
best wishes for their future. Accepted by the Patriarch’s Council Archbishop
Adler’s retirement is effective immediately.
Archbishop Loren Thomas Hines, as senior bishop of the Patriarch’s Council, in
accordance with the Canons called for an election of the next Patriarch.
As the senior bishop present, Archbishop Hines also assumed chairmanship of
the Patriarch’s Council until the election of the next Patriarch. In accordance with
the Canons he made the following temporary appointments:
• Bp Doug Kessler is General Secretary and Supervising Bishop of the
province of San Clemente.
• Bishop Craig Bates is Moderator of the Patriarch’s Council and Supervising
Bishop of the US.
Procedure for the election of Patriarch: College of Archbishops will gather Jan 9,
2008 in Orlando, Florida, to present nominations for the next Patriarch of the
ICCEC. These nominations will be submitted to the Patriarch’s Council for review
and examination. Once the Patriarch’s Council selects a name, it will be returned
to the College of Archbishops for affirmation. Once affirmed the College of
Archbishops will submit the name to the Patriarch’s Council for election. The
Senior Bishop of the Patriarch’s Council will announce the election of the new
Patriarch.
The following changes were made to the Canon Law of the ICCEC:
Canon One, II, A, 1 shall read “The spiritual head of the ICCEC is the Lord
and Savior Jesus Christ. The chief pastor is the Patriarch or ‘First Father’ of
the Church.”
Canon One, II, A, 2 shall read “The Patriarch of the ICCEC shall also serve
as the Primate of his nation of residence, the archbishop of the province of
his residence, the diocesan bishop of his residence and the rector of his
cathedral.”
Canon Six, V, E, 5 shall read “The newly elected Patriarch shall be installed
in a service of public worship at a place and time appointed by the Patriarch’s
Council.”
These changes were recommended by the Committee on Canons and approved
unanimously by the Patriarch’s Council.
The Patriarch’s Council, the College of Archbishops and the bishops of the
ICCEC call each other and the entire church to a season of prayer and fasting.
The future of our church is under the providential care of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The following reports were heard by the Patriarch’s Council: International
Communications, Theological Concerns, International Convocation, and
Ecumenical Dialogue.
National Reports and budgets were submitted for: Europe, Canada, Pakisitan
Archbishop Loren Hines reported on Southeast Asia:
• Very successful European Convocation in Madrid. Several hundred
Filipinos attended.
• Filipino churches planted in Toronto and Edmonton, Canada; Milan and
Venice
• Over 600 attended a Restoration of the Church seminar in September.
Many came from Charismatic, Evangelical, Catholic and Orthodox
churches.
• New move of the Spirit at the Cathedral
• Report on many other successful ministries
Archbishop Paulo Garcia reported on the tremendous growth in Brazil:
• 40 churches and 11 missions in Brazil (16 planted in 2007)
• 36 priests and 11 deacons to be ordained by end of 2007
• 105 students in St Michael’s Seminary
• Talks ongoing about work in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo
Archbishop Charles Jones, Supervising Archbishop of the International
Development Agency, reported on the work in Africa:
• There are about 1,500 CEC churches in Africa
• 18 bishops
• Many successful programs throughout east and west Africa
The Patriarch’s Council, concluding its business, adjourned, offering its prayers,
particularly for Archbishop Adler and his family and Bishop John Holloway and
his family.
First, some great comments by Jared Holloway. Now, this clarification from David Epps+ as to the status of his election and then investiture as Acting Bishop until +Holloway’s return. Epps+ posted this in the comments section but I’m also copying this to the front of this blog.
Thanks for clearing that up.
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Just to clarify–I am not replacing Bishop John Holloway. I will be acting in his stead until he returns. May that happen quickly. When he returns, I will be his auxiliary.
Father David Epps +
My e-mail inbox is burning up with this advisory (full text below) sent to me by a bunch of folks … as well as stlouismb posting this in the comments section.
Not surprisingly, reports are surfacing the ++Thomas Hines of the Philippines will lead the international church and +Bates will lead the US church.
This is good news indeed. ++Hines is no stranger to administration and this could bring about a turnaround in the organization. I’m assuming that +Bates will become an Archbishop if he indeed becomes the Primate of the US church. +Bates strikes me as someone who will be good in breaking up the good old boys network that is currently headquartered in San Clemente.
Ostensibly, ++Adler has a very tight control at St. Michael’s and in his Archdiocese. I wonder how his clergy there will react to this HUGE change in the power base of the CEC nationally and internationally. We shall see…
Advisory follows:
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Dear Archbishops, Bishops and Fathers:
Here is the statement issued today by the Patriarch’s Council in
Orlando and intended for immediate release:- – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – -
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
- – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – -The Patriarch’s Council of the International Communion of the
Charismatic Episcopal Church, meeting in Orlando, FL, October 15,
2007, accepted the Most Reverend Randolph Adler’s retirement as
Primate and Patriarch of the ICCEC. We wish to express our gratitude
and appreciation for his founding of and many years of service to our
church and we express our deepest love and affection for him and his
wife, Betty, and our best wishes for their future.- – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – -
Please send this statement to all of your clergy. I do not yet have
email addresses for all our bishops outside of the US. If you see
that I have missed someone, please forward this message to them and
copy me so I may record their addresses.In the Lamb,
Fr Scott Howard
All is quiet on the blogging front except for a few thoughtful comments posted here by Jared Holloway, son of +John Holloway. Though some of my posts may verge on the hysterical, thanks for not responding in kind.
I’m seeing lots of chatter about the House of Bishops meeting in Florida. The only news to surface was news of the election of David Epps+ to succeed +Holloway. So to answer anon4cec: Other than that, no news to report on the ICCEC site or CEChome.
Seriously, if you Google these words:
Should Archbishop Adler be deposed?
…this blog shows up first in the search results as of this writing. I noticed that this particular query has been the top entry point to this blog…for better or for worse.
The comments section has been burning up with exceptional conversation between swede1, stlouismb, anon4cec, papaz and klampert and little old me, cechealing. I appreciate the level-headed discussion that’s been taking place. As much as I’m able, I will be as rational and grace-filled as possible. And when I’m not, I’m sure someone will call me on it.
Thanks for the many e-mails and comments that have been supportive of the way that I am moderating this blog. This is not to be billed as an open exchange of ideas. If you start your comment with “Dear Satan worshipper,” chances are your comment will not make it to the blog. (I’m exaggerating for comedic effect…though some comments have come pretty darn close!)
I only approved a handful of comments out of the many that were submitted. I’m going blind on e-mails so please don’t be offended if I don’t respond to you personally. But know that I’m encouraged by so many who share my opinions and desire to see some real healing take place. So with that, I’m calling it a night.
[NOTE: This is an open response to a comment left earlier on my post on the election of the new Bishop for the Mid-South]
swede1-
I’m not offended by the announcement as much as I am amused.
Dear reader, I am not rooting for death of the CEC. I am actually perplexed by its lack of growth — and it seems to be almost on purpose when you consider that so many hinderances to growth are in place! That when mixed with a great amount of talent in some parts of the lay and ordained population, and the movement is still not growing.
If anything, I’m wondering if any life can come from the status quo. If anyone seems to be rooting for death, it’s the present leadership – and I use that word loosely since it does not seem like anyone has been doing any actual leading for a while now. However, the expectation of following is in full swing. Rather, the present setup seems to be rooting for the CEC’s demise. Not this blog.
However, I don’t dispute that I’m bitter. I think that’s pretty obvious that I’m bitter. What’s not obvious is that I’m processing through that, letting go of it, etc., etc…
Finally, I sincerely thank you for your prayers.
The following e-mail was sent to me by several folks regarding David Epps+ and his election as Action Bishop of the Mid-South Diocese. You may recall, I wrote back on 1 August that it would either be +Gene Lilly or David Epps+ to replace +John Holloway.
News of this election is not a huge surprise given that his website already looks like a Cathedral site with the vast array of clergy – Epps+, 6 assisting priests, 5 deacons and 2 commissioned ministers and a “number of Licensed Liturgical Ministers”.
I read the statement and it was hard not to think of false humility. On the one hand, he says he did not campaign for his election. On the other, he didn’t turn it down when he was elected. The overuse of the military motif in the CEC is very obvious when we read that he equates his election with a battlefield promotion.
Here is the message from the Bishop-elect himself:
It seems that I am soon to be made a bishop. It is a position which I have not sought, for which I have not campaigned, and, in all truth—at least for the past few years—have not desired. All this has come about not because I have come to a place where my leadership abilities are profound and undeniable or because my accomplishments are such that they cannot be ignored. Quite the opposite, in fact. It has come about because our bishop, The Most Reverend John Holloway, age 53 and the father of four, suffered a massive stroke in early June and has been severely disabled since that time. As in war, when a commander is wounded or killed, someone has to be promoted so that the battle may continue and the enemy defeated. So it is with me. Our commander is wounded and I am to receive a battlefield promotion. Such was the decision of our American House of Bishops in Orlando last Monday.
The good news is all this is that, in our communion, bishops, with the exception of retired or auxiliary bishops, must also be pastors of their own church. This means that I continue to serve as the rector, or senior pastor, of the church I helped to found over eleven years ago. I will still be in the pulpit nearly every Sunday morning, will be visiting the hospitals to pray for the sick, will be blessing the new born babies within minutes after they are born, and will be teaching the scriptures and being involved in the life of the parish. I will even be continuing to write articles for the newspaper and, occasionally, for magazines and journals. I still desire to meet with the other clergy from different denominations for breakfast each Wednesday because it is enjoyable and they have been a great support to me in that past.
Some things will change. I am in the process of resigning from some committees, positions, and work groups and there will need to be greater delegation of duties and responsibilities in the church and in the diocese. I have already stepped down as a chaplain in the Georgia Defense Force and from chaplain duties at the Fulton County Police Academy. There will be other adjustments as well. One thing I desperately need to do is to finish my doctoral paper at Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry so, somewhere, I need to carve out the time and complete a long overdue process.
It seems strange to me that I will have a new designation. Whereas, at present, I am “Father David Epps,” or “The Reverend Father David Epps,” I will soon be “The Most Reverend David Epps,” People who know me are aware that I am not very “reverend” and am certainly not “the most reverend.” The people in my church will most likely continue to call me “Father David,” a designation with which I am most comfortable since it conveys relationship rather than position.
I will be the “acting bishop” of the Mid-South Diocese which includes Tennessee and Georgia. I suppose I will have to cheer for the Bulldogs now (except when they play Tennessee). When, in the grace and mercy of God, Bishop Holloway returns to health and resumes his duties, then I will stand aside and serve as his auxiliary or assisting bishop. Until that time, I will do my best to do my duty to those who are engaged in the battle. My family and congregation are excited about all this. I am less so. I have been in the ministry a long time and served in a similar position, with less responsibility, in another denomination so I am well aware that much work, much anguish, and much heartache and heartbreak is ahead. There will be good times as well, but I’m not certain that they make up for the pain ones sees and experiences.
When I was elected last Monday, the bishops gave me the news and then apologized for having elected me. There was no applause, no backslaps, no cheers of congratulations. The moment was sober because the challenges ahead are daunting. I am, of course, honored and humbled. And, for the foreseeable future, there will no funds available to carry out the work—this promotion will actually come at a cost to my church and me. I will be consecrated in November, the Lord willing. I feel intensely unworthy which, in truth, I am. But I will do my duty. Lord have mercy. Pray for me.Father David Epps is the founding pastor of Christ the King Church
4881 Hwy 34 E., Sharpsburg, GA 30277 between Peachtree City and Newnan.
Services are held Sundays at 8:00 and 10:00 a.m. He is also the Vicar of Christ the King Church in Champaign, IL. He may be contacted at frepps@ctkcec.org <mailto:frepps@ctkcec.org> . The church has a website at www.ctkcec.org <http://www.ctkcec.org/> .
OK, have a look at the top search terms from the last 2 days:
bishop charismatic episcopal adler
“ARCHBISHOP ADLER”
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“FATHER DANIEL SHARP”
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St. Michael’s Seminary San Clemente
It’s clear that so many people out there just want straight answers. And, because of the deafening silence from San Clemente, people are going to try to find these answers wherever they can. You can blame me and others like me for doing Satan’s bidding. But, the real tragedy is that there is a responsibility being abdicated here to do real leadership. The very real and very hard work of leadership involves biting the bullet and just saying, “Here’s where we screwed up.”
A further tragedy – and I’ve mentioned it before here – is that there is still great potential for the CEC to realize its destiny. The administrative piece of this puzzle has emerged to be a huge obstacle to growth and stability. All of the other pieces are in place for the CEC to be taken to the next level and to do huge things for the Kingdom of God. Instead, the movement has decided that this quagmire is more important than moving onward and upward. And, this further silence from San Clemente only underlines my point here.
10-03-07: 435 unique visitors
10-04-07: 505 unique visitors, our highest day ever
Top search terms to this site:
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A few commenters have e-mailed me wondering when their comments will be posted. Even though I’m not in the CEC any longer, I won’t tolerate pointless attacks on the movement or specific people. So, some of those comments won’t be making it to this blog … EVER. If you don’t like it, well, it’s my blog and my rules.
Today was our highest traffic day ever with 334 unique visitors to cechealing.
Here are the top search terms:
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Also, this blog has been getting tons of unique visitor traffic because my post about ex-CEC Bishop Phil Weeks has been confounding search engines everywhere! There is news about a Pentecostal Bishop Thomas Weeks III who confessed to savagely beating his wife, Juanita Bynum. Obviously, there are two different Bishop Weeks out there and not even a remote resemblance.
Thanks for visiting the site. But above all else, thank you for being civil to me as well as the fellow commenters to this blog site. I’m so glad that this has remained a conversational site where I have been blessed and challenged by brothers and sisters in the Lord who are genuinely concerned about my healing as well as the healing of those in the CEC.
I pray that this site doesn’t get bogged down in acrimony. There’s too much at stake for that. I hope you faithful readers and commenters can agree.
Also, big money doled out from the Foundation Day offering this year! Also from CECHome.com.
Foundation Day Offering Update
Rebekah Reed • Saint Michael’s, San Clemente, CA
If you read the Foundation Day article recently published, you know that every year, on the Sunday closest to June 26th, we celebrate Foundation Day, in honor of Archbishop Adler’s consecration as bishop and the foundation of the CEC.
On this Sunday, a Missions Offering is received, with each communicate member giving at least ten dollars.
Everything is put towards the ministry and growth of the CEC. One third of the offering is given away; one third is invested; and one third is loaned interest free.
The proceeds all go toward helping smaller congregations get new buildings or land.
Recently, Church of the Resurrection, in Asheville, North Carolina (Father Bill McLoughlin), received $6,000.
The school at the Cathedral of Christ the King, in Selma, Alabama (Archbishop Chuck Jones) received $1,000.
And most recently, Holy Trinity Church, in Meridian, Idaho (Father Mark Finley), received $15,000.
Not that this comes as a huge surprise, but no news has been posted on the CEChome.com site about the latest developments out of San Clemente. However, there will be a Convocation next year!
Convocation 2008
Bp. David Simpson • Cathedral Church of the Resurrection, Miramar, FL
The 2008 International Convocation of the ICCEC will be held in Orlando, Florida, July 30-August 1, 2008. The convocation site is the Wyndham Orlando Resort, located at 8001 International Drive. The base room rate is $89.00 per night, plus tax. This rate is good for the 3 nights of the convocation, as well as 3 days prior to and subsequent to the event, subject to availability.
Though the final schedule of events remains to be determined, it is anticipated that the convocation will officially begin on Wednesday evening with a worship service. Both Thursday and Friday mornings there will be plenary sessions with Dr. Simon Chan as our guest speaker. Dr. Chan is a theologian from Singapore who is very interested in convergence worship. We are planning workshops in the afternoons on a variety of topics lead by a variety of speakers, followed by evening worship services, at which the Patriarch will speak.
Reservations at the hotel can be made at any time by calling 1-800-421-8001 and mentioning the Charismatic Episcopal Church, International Convocation. In order to fill up our required block of rooms, we are encouraging everyone to stay at the Wyndham. Not only will this help us meet our obligation, all activities will be held on site.
After the meeting of the Patriarch’s Council in October, I will have more information for you.
Blessings,
Bishop SimpsonBishop Simpson is the Bishop of the Diocese of Florida and Rector of Cathedral Church of the Resurrection, Miramar, FL.
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