In case you missed it: Bishop William J. Lambert, who recently retired from his role as rector at St. Philip's Episcopal Church in Jacksonville, will be assisting Bishop Howard in church visitations as he prepares for his late-2023 retirement.

To view both Bishop Lambert and Howard's visitation schedule, please visit our website under News & Events/Diocesan Calendar of Events.



If your church would like to request a visitation for confirmations from Bishop

Lambert or Howard, please email Vickie Haskew at vhaskew@diocesefl.org.

We are only a few days away from Ministry Exploration Day which will take place on March 4 at Christ Church in Ponte Vedra Beach.

If you are you wondering if you are called to full-time ministry or if someone you know exhibits exceptional passion for sharing Good News in word and deed, then please join us for this event!

To register, please click here or the button below.

Dear Diocese of Florida family,

After a devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Turkey and Syria on Monday, Feb. 6, the Episcopal Relief & Development is working through Action by Churches Together Alliance (ACT Alliance), to respond to the disaster.

By donating to Episcopal Relief & Development, they are able to provide supplies including winterization kits, hot meals and other food, medicine and emergency support to those in need. They are also in contact with other local partners as they assess the needs of their communities.

Please continue to pray for those who have been affected by the earthquake. Your donation will help the Episcopal Relief & Development continue to respond to communities impacted by this disaster.

To donate, please click the button below.

St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Ortega Weekend Retreat to Camp Weed

In early Feb., over 50 men from St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Ortega enjoyed fellowship and conversation about growing in Christ at Camp Weed Cerveny Conference Center during their annual weekend retreat.

This year’s theme, with speaker Billy Cerveny of Redbird Ministries, was Made in His Image. During their free time, they enjoyed skeet shooting, fishing, hiking, delicious meals (including a Saturday evening BBQ dinner!) and a fun, but competitive, corn hole tournament!

On the same weekend at Camp Weed were over 20 of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church MOPS (mothers of preschoolers). The theme for their retreat this year was Resting in His Presence.

St. Mark's Episcopal Church gives special thanks to parishioner John Falconetti for his leadership in planning this year’s men’s retreat, and parishioner Jan Harbeson for planning this year’s MOPS retreat!

Co-Ed Cursillo #145: March 23-26, 2023

Cursillo #145 (co-ed) will take place on March 23-26 at Camp Weed & Cerveny Conference Center. To register, please click the button below.

Cursillo is a three-day learning, sharing, inspirational experience of living in a Christian community. The objective of the Cursillo movement is to make Christian community possible in neighborhoods, parishes, work situations and other places where people live the greater part of their lives.

Cursillo is patterned on Jesus’ own example. He searched out and called a small group of potential leaders (pre-Cursillo); he trained them by word and example and inspired them with a vision (Cursillo Three-Day Weekend); he linked them together and sent them out into the world to bring the world to Him (post Cursillo or the Fourth day).

The Cursillo Weekend is not an end to itself. It is a starting point that lasts the rest of your life. It is a springboard to a long-range practice of the Baptismal Covenant in the life of the Church called Fourth Day.

The rector for the weekend will be Arlene Jones from St. Philip's Episcopal Church, Jacksonville.

For more information, please contact Guy Bond (Lay Director): gbond@floridadirtlawyer.com or The Rev. Sandy Tull (Spiritual Director): mothersandytull@yahoo.com.

Summer Camp: Registration is Open!

As a ministry of the Episcopal Diocese of Florida, Camp Weed provides summer camp experiences for over 500 campers every summer. It's convenient, central location allows Camp Weed to serve youth from many areas.

Camp Weed has awesome camp sessions planned for 2023! Click the button below to view summer camp dates and fees. To register, click here.

Diocesan Youth News

Stay up-to-date on the latest news and information about youth events going on throughout the Diocese through the Camp Weed Diocesan Youth Newsletter. You may view the newsletter by clicking the button below.

If you have an event that you'd like to include in the youth newsletter, please reach out to Sam Marxsen: sam@campweed.org or call 386-364-5250.

Are you a lay person who is passionate about offering your time and talent to reach out with God's love to experiencing changes, challenges and difficulties or are you already involved in pastoral care? The Pastoral Care Minster Course may be an interest to you!

Starting on March 25, 2023, The Bishop’s Institute for Ministry and Leadership is holding a 10 month course from March - December that will include one monthly in-person session on Saturday’s at the Diocesan Office at 325 North Market Street, Jacksonville, 32202 in the Milam Room.

To learn more about the course, to view the syllabus and reading/writing materials, please click here.

Dear Diocese of Florida,

We have recently created a new and convenient way for you to give to the diocese and our foundation. You can do so directly through our website, diocesefl.org, by clicking the 'Make a Gift' button in the upper-right corner of the home page.

The button takes you to Realm, our secure church management software platform. Through Realm, you may allocate your gift to a specific fund and set up a one-time or recurring donation.

In the immediate term, please follow the above instructions or click the link below to give to the diocese and our foundation. We are exploring possibilities for migrating Diocesan Foundation website content to diocesefl.org. During that process, the Diocesan Foundation's website domain has expired.

If you have any questions about where and how to give, please contact Alina Martinez at amartinez@diocesefl.org.

Coming Up:

March 1 @ 5:30 p.m.: Bishop Howard to visit Episcopal Church of Our Saviour, Jacksonville

March 4 @ 10 a.m.- 2 p.m.: Ministry Exploration Day

March 5 @ 10:30 a.m.: Bishop Lambert to visit Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Gainesville

March 19 @ 9:30 a.m.: Bishop Howard to visit St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Jacksonville

March 26 at 10 a.m.: Bishop Howard to visit St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Jacksonville

March 26 @ 10:30 a.m.: Bishop Lambert to visit Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, Jacksonville