EPISCO-MALL READY TO GO! Submitted by Mark Roberts, Epiphany Development The Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast is asking for at least three churches, ideally five, within the Diocese to participate and beta test the Episcomall.com web site. The site is a place for parishioners to sell items (as in a garage sale or art/collections sale) online with proceeds going to their parish and a percentage to the diocese. A small group of 3-5 volunteers can manage your Parish web site and sell items to raise money. Only one person with some computer experience is required. Who and what is required? Parish Episcomall Administrators These volunteers will update product inventory and pictures, oversee sales and shipping and work directly with the Diocese to complete administrative reports. Parish Photographers Take digital photographs of items for sale. Donors Donate items to their Parish by bringing the items to church for processing or process their donations online. Buyers Purchase donated items at a reasonable price. Episcomall is more like amazon.com than ebay. The Diocese will mail out checks to each Parish once a month. The Diocese keeps 20% of revenues. The Parishes can see their sales reports online. Episco-Mall is an additional and new method to have a fund-raiser.... it is an ongoing operation that uses little sweat equity when compared to the traditional annual garage sales/thrift shop sales/yard-sales. The first three Parishes will be accepted although ideally we'd love to have five parishes participate. If your Parish would like to participate, email admin@episcomall.com with your request. Thank you! BECKWITH RECEIVES GIFT OF A GOLF CART FROM HOLY SPIRIT THRIFT SHOP, GULF SHORES 
Dick Reid (L) and Dan Ratliff (R) stand with Eleanor Reeves, Beckwith Director of Development in front of the golf cart recently donated by the Holy Spirit Thrift Shop, Gulf Shores. Reid and Ratliff are Thrift Shop Board members and volunteers. NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE BROTHERHOOD OF ST. ANDREW HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING Submitted by Dick Hooper, Province IV Representative from the Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast Parishioner, Christ Church Pensacola The National Council of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew met at Pittsburgh near the National Office of the Brotherhood in Ambridge on June 23-25, 2011. With 42 council members in attendance from all over the US, Dick Hooper, Province IV and representative from the Central Gulf Coast, outlined on June 23 a plan entitled How to Get Your Mojo Back. The National Council also pledged support for the Gulf Coast Assembly to raise funds to build Hurricane proof dwellings in Haiti through the egis of Lazarain Homes, a Christian based construction company, which builds such homes in the third world. Bishop Duncan had agreed at the Gulf Coast Assembly in June to sponsor such a project. Full story with photos here! HABEMUS ORGANIST/CHOIR DIRECTOR
Submitted by The Rev. Thomas Heard, Rector
St. John's, Mobile
Your Latin a little rusty? It says "We have an Organist/Choir Director", or something in that vein.
Saint John's is pleased to announce that Mr. Louis F. Daniel will assume the role of Organist/Choir Director for the parish, beginning on 14 August 2011.
Louis comes to us from Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Mobile whom he has served since August of 2008. He is an Episcopalian and was Organist/Choir Director for Saint Luke's Episcopal Church in Mobile from 2002 to 2008. Mr. Daniel holds a Bachelor of Music Education from the University of Southern Mississippi where he majored in Vocal Performance and minored in Piano. He has also studied Organ at the University of South Alabama.
Louis is a composer and arranger as well as the director of the Gloria Dei Chorale. He has sung with several choral groups in the Mobile area and is a member of the Musica Sacra Chamber Chorale with whom he has performed as baritone soloist. Louis is a member of the American Guild of Organists. In addition to his music career, Louis teaches music and reading to 3rd and 4th Graders at Moss Point Lower Elementary School.
Please join us in welcoming Louis to his new ministry in our midst! BLUEBERRIES AND "THE BLUES" SUNDAY HELD AT ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI IN GULF BREEZE Submitted by Carolyn Martin, St. Francis of Assisi UTO Chairman  GULF BREEZE, FL - On July 10th during coffee hour, the ladies of ECW served blueberry muffins and mini blueberry sundaes in appreciation for the parish's outstanding support of United Thank Offering. St. Francis' parishioners donated an unprecedented $2,135 to the May United Thank Offering Ingathering. STEWARDSHIP CONSULTANT TRAINING The Rev. Rusty Goldsmith will present a Stewardship Consultant Training conference about the "Alabama Plan of Christian Stewardship" August 5th - 6th at Beckwith Camp and Conference Center. Only eight slots remain open. Clergy and/or a representative from each congregation have been invited. Registration responses should be sent to Mary Poss as soon as possible. The program will begin around 5:00 p.m. Friday and conclude no later than 3:30 p.m. Saturday. Registration cost is $103 single and $80 doubleoccupancy, per person (includes dinner, breakfast and lunch), which should be mailed directly to Beckwith. Contact Mary Poss at mary@diocgc.org or (850) 434-7337. ST. MICHAEL'S, OZARK PLANS BBQ St. Michael's (Ozark, AL) ECW is having a Country Bar-B-Q on Saturday, August 6 in the parish hall from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Menu is ribs, pulled pork, potato salad, slaw, baked beans, Texas toast, pound cake, lemonade, and ice tea. Tickets are $10 for adults and children under 8 years $7. ECW ladies are selling tickets. Call Liz Babine, 334-774-7145, to make a reservation and purchase your tickets at the door. Take out plates will be available. Money made from this event will go to pay for a handicap sidewalk to go from the handicap parking area to the parish hall. EFM: EDUCATION FOR MINISTRY
Several classes beginning this fall across the diocese
Education for Ministry (EfM) is a four-year program of theological education by extension from the School of Theology at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. Over 70,000 persons have participated in the program, and in the United States more than 22,000 have completed the full four years. In our diocese there are several hundred graduates of EfM. Read more
UPCOMING EVENTS AT HOLY NATIVITY, PANAMA CITY Holy Nativity Episcopal Church in Panama City, FL will have "Shell Island Sunday" on August 7, 2011 at 11:00 am. This will be a time of Worship, Eucharist, Baptism, and Fellowship on Shell Island! You can bring your own boat or make reservations with the St. Andrew's Ferry ($10 a person). Sign up sheets are in Battin Hall on Sundays or you can call the church office at 850-747-4000. There will also be a picnic following worship! Bring a dish to share! Regular 8:00 and 10:30 services will also be held at the church. For more information, please call the church office or go to Holy Nativity's website, www.holy-nativity.org Holy Nativity Episcopal Church in Panama City, FL will have their annual "Blessing of the Packbacks" August 21st at the 10:30 am worship service. All students are invited to bring their backpacks filled with school supplies to church so they can be blessed before school begins the next day. For more information, please call the church office at 850-747-4000 or go to Holy Nativity's website, www.holy-nativity.org .
ST. FRANCIS GUILD AT REDEEMER IN MOBILE PLANS CLASSES
A Pet CPR & Emergency Measures Class is scheduled for Saturday, August 13, 2011 at Redeemer, Mobile. The class is already half-full....deadline for registration is August 5th. To secure a place, please call the church office, 251-639-1948 or click here to register online. "LIKE" Redeemer's St. Francis Guild on FACEBOOK "LIKE" Church of the Redeemer on FACEBOOK Pet Portrait Painting Workshop: Learn the art of hand-coloring a photograph on canvas with transparent oil paints and take home a framed portrait of your pet! Susan Downing-White will lead this workshop at Redeemer Thursday, Aug. 25 from 6-10 p.m. The class is limited to 30 participants. No painting experience is necessary. All materials are provided in the $75 fee. You will need to email a close-up head and shoulders shot of your pet (no flash please) 10 MB or larger file (8 x 10 print) by Aug. 4, so Susan can prepare your canvas for the class to info@susandowningwhite.com. To sign up, call the church office at 639-1948. For questions about the class, call Susan at 545-1441. SUMMER SERENADE CONTINUES ON WEDNESDAYS AT ST. CHRISTOPHER'S, PENSACOLA Don't miss the Summer Serenade concerts at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesdays through July on the church lawn at St. Christopher's Episcopal Church, 3200 N. 12th Avenue. Performing groups for the remaining concerts are: July 20 Blenders Group (Jazz & Soft Rock) July 27 Swingin' Dick Tracys Band (Jazz-Rock-Pop) More details here APPLICATIONS NOW ACCEPTED FOR EPISCOPAL CHURCH INNOVATIVE LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS 2012 Roanridge Grants Applications are now accepted for the 2012 Roanridge Grants, awarded annually for new and creative models for leadership development in small communities across the Episcopal Church. Dioceses, congregations and Episcopal related organizations and institutions are invited to apply for the grants which range from $5000 to $20,000. "The Roanridge Grants assist new creative ministry approaches in rural settings," explained the Rev. Bob Honeychurch, Episcopal Church Officer for Congregational Vitality. "The funds will seed new possibilities of ministry." For more information, application and instructions in English and Spanish: www.episcopalchurch.org/roanridge Previous recipients are eligible to apply, although Honeychurch added that priority is given to new applications. The 2012 grants will be announced on November 15. DIOCESE OF LOUISIANA ANNUAL ADDICTIONS RECOVERY RETREAT IN AUGUST DIOLA - The Addictions Recovery Ministry of the Diocese of Louisiana is holding its annual retreat for men and women in recovery at the Solomon Episcopal Conference Center from August 5-7,2011. The theme for the weekend how the promises are the answers to the steps. Our facilitator is Sr. Linda Fischer, a professed member of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ from Columbia, PA. As usual, spiritual direction and the Sacrament of Reconciliation vailable along with Martha Tennison's Dream Workshop, open meetings, and opportunities for worship, walking the labyrinth, and quiet time. Download the brochure PRISON MINISTRY CYCLE OF PRAYER - The Diocesan Commission on Prison Ministry has developed a Cycle of Prayer for prisons, prisoners, staff, and families of prisoners and staff, encouraging prayers for various institutions in the Diocese. Prayer dates through August: Jul 10 - 15, Ventress Correctional Facility, Clayton, Alabama; Jul 17 -23, L.I.F.E. Tech Transitional Center, Thomasville, Alabama; Jul 24 - 30, Federal Correction Institution & Camp, Marianna, Florida; Jul 31 - Aug 6, Federal Prison Camp, Pensacola, Florida; Aug 7 - 13, Barbour County Jail 24, Clayton, Alabama; Aug 14 - 20, Clarke County Jail, Grove Hill, Alabama; Aug 21 - 27, Pike County Jail, Troy, Alabama; Aug 28 - Sept 3, Conecuh County Jail, Evergreen, Alabama. | 
