Dear Friends,

Bishop's Visit

This Sunday, November 20th we welcome The Rt. Rev. John W. Howe our bishop for his visitation to Incarnation.   Several folks will be confirmed at the 11am service and we will have a breakfast and forum beginning at 9:30am.   Please join us and pray for our confirmands this week. We will have a special offering on Sunday - the "cash contributions" will go toward the Bishop's Discretionary Fund. (we will have the 8:30am service though it will be somewhat abbreviated) 

Bishop Election  

This Saturday, November 19th,  there will be a special diocesan convention to elect the next Bishop of Central Florida. I along with six other nominees are in this process.   This has been a long and interesting journey and I ask you to join me in prayer that the Lord's will is done in and through us as His church in Central Florida.  You can read about the election

A prayer for the search...  

Be with us and guide us, Holy Spirit of God, as we seek your will for the future of our Diocese.  Help us to discern the needs and hopes of your people in Central Florida, so that our search for a Bishop may proceed with clear vision and joyful obedience. We pray through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  Amen. 

May God grant us grace in the journey and may He find us faithful in each moment...   

in the mission,

Father Jon+   

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Steve Overstreet shared this with me and I thought it was something that could speak to all of us...   Written by Regina Brett, 90 years old, of the Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio .  "To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most requested column I've ever written.

1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.

2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.

3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.

4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and

parents will. Stay in touch.

5. Pay off your credit cards every month.

6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.

8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.

9. Save for retirement starting with your first pay check.

10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.

11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.

12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.

13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their

journey is all about.

14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.

15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God

never blinks.

16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.

17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.

18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.

19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one

is up to you and no one else.

20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no

for an answer.

21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie.

Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.

22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.

23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.

24. The most important sex organ is the brain.

25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.

26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In five years,

will this matter?'

27. Always choose life.

28. Forgive everyone everything.

29. What other people think of you is none of your business.

30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.

31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

33. Believe in miracles.

34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you

did or didn't do.

35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.

36. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.

37. Your children get only one childhood.

38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.

39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.

40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's,

we'd grab ours back.

41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

42. The best is yet to come...

43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

44. Yield.

45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift."