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Prayer Lists in an Electronic Era
SARASOTA - Praying for the sick is one of the earliest church activities. However, a parish prayer list can also be a chance for very personal information to fly about, literally, at the speed of light, as members of a congregation pray for all sorts of situations, including marital issues, financial burdens and other items. More
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 Find Out More About Camp at DaySpring
PARRISH - A reminder to parishes: Summer camp registrations are filling up. The deadline for camp registration at DaySpring is June 1. To find out more, see the camp web page at www.episcopalswfl.org or email
mmercurio@episcopalswfl.org.
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Wednesday May 16 Workshop Assists Congregations With Audit Process
PARRISH - Each year, congregations are required by canon law to submit an audit.
While audits are necessary, they are often seen as a difficult challenge for overworked staffs and vestry members who are occupied with the day-to-day business of running a church. More
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PARISH NEWS, EVENTS SUBMITTED TO EPISCOPALSWFL.ORG
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Wednesday, May 9
A.D. 2012
Number VIII
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In addition to our clergy deployment page, the Diocese has a new place on our website to place employment ads, including parish staff. New positions open include a parish administrator and organist. More
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History from 1965: Trinity-by the-Cove Begins Church Plants
From the May 1965 edition of the Palm Branch: page 4
NAPLES - Trinity-by-the-Cove begins church planting effort targeted for six church plants, raising $352,000.
- North Naples (became St. John's)
- Marco Island (became St. Mark's)
- East Naples (became St. Paul's)
- Immokalee (became St. Barnabas, now closed)
- Everglades City (never came about)
- Golden Gate (never came about)
A tithe of $32,000 was set aside for the Diocesan Expansion Program.
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Blue Book of General Convention Now Available
NEW YORK - The Report to the 77th General Convention, commonly referred to as The Blue Book, is available to download as a PDF for no charge at the Episcopal Church General Convention website generalconvention.org
General Convention 2012 will be held July 5 - 12 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis. The Blue Book, at more than 750 pages, contains reports of the committees, commissions, agencies and boards to the General Convention, as well as more than 150 "A" Resolutions submitted as part of those reports that will be considered at the July event.
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Altar Guild Builds Web Page on Episcopalswfl.org
SARASOTA - Peggy Curlin, secretary of the Altar Guild, is now updating the Diocesan Altar Guild page. This enables her committee to change the page, add events, add contact lists, add photos and create news about the Altar Guild as the committee feels is necessary.
Other groups and committees of the Diocese can supervise their own page, which enables committees to post to their pages as they wish. If you are interested, contact gpollard@episcopalswfl.org.
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 DaySpring Camp Deadline Approaches
PARRISH - Camp slots are filling up for the two summer camps at DaySpring:
- Elementary Summer Camp: This camp is for rising 3rd through 5th grade students, and runs from June 17-22, 2012
- Middle School Summer Camp: This camp is for rising middle school students (grades 6-8) and runs from June 24-29, 2012.
See our full description of summer programs or contact
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SARASOTA - The Right Reverend Dabney T. Smith, Fifth Bishop of the Diocese of Southwest Florida, will ordain three this June.
Barbara Leonard Joins Diocesan Staff 
Meeting
