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Wednesday, July 27, 2016 St. Mark's Appoints New Head of School
St. Marks starts school year with new Head of School

Palm Beach Gardens, FL - St. Marks Episcopal Church School appointed Deb Strainge as its new head of school, following the retirement of longtime educator Donna Bradley at the end of the 2015-2016 school year. Strainge comes to St. Marks from The Tower School in Marblehead, Massachusetts, where she served as a teacher and administrator for 28 years. Before joining St. Marks, she served as assistant head of school and also served Tower as head of lower school and a first grade classroom teacher. She brings expertise in curriculum, experience in administration, a passionate love for children, a deep faith in God, and a breadth of experience in leading an independent school.

Given the significant physical and reputational growth of St. Marks in recent years, the search for a new head of school warranted a national scope, says the Rev. Jim Cook, rector. The appeal of St. Marks became clear early on in the search, and we were blessed to receive many qualified applicants from around the country. We are grateful that Debs skills, temperament, experience, and vision are an ideal fit for St. Marks. We couldnt be more pleased with Deb as new Head of School.

With Debs teaching experience and strong educational background, she is well positioned to lead a population of close to 500 students, ages 2 through 8th grade, and 80 faculty and staff members. The depth of commitment to strong academics, principled character, and generosity of spirit is a distinctive quality of St. Marks, and I am moved by the way current and former students so lovingly recognize and share their gratitude for the gift of a St. Marks education, says Strainge. I am truly humbled to have the opportunity to serve in this special community.

Strainge holds a bachelors degree from Fitchburg State College and a masters degree from Salem State College. She and her husband, Bryan, have two grown children.

For more information about St. Marks Episcopal Church School, call 561-622-1504 or visit us on the web www.stmarkspbg.org.

Posted byUnknownat3:12 PMNo comments: Thursday, June 16, 2016 The Cross of Nails: Symbol of Reconciliation

Throughout the years, there have been many differentartistic interpretations of the Christian symbol of The Cross. When the present St. James The Fisherman EpiscopalChurch (In Islamorada) was built, a local artist was contracted by Fr. RalphJohnson and asked to create an interpretation of The Cross Of Nails, that wouldadorn the churchs sanctuary. Fr. Ralphhad taken a trip to England, and was apparently very impressed by this specificCross that adorns the sanctuary of Coventry Cathedral. Without getting into much detail, duringWorld War II, Coventry Cathedral was bombed and completely destroyed. Prior to its reconstruction, a decision wasmade to make a commitment not to seek revenge, but to strive for forgivenessand reconciliation with those responsible for the destruction. Duringthe BBC radio broadcast from the Cathedral ruins on Christmas Day 1940 theProvost of Coventry Cathedral , Dick Howard, declared that when the war wasover we should work with those who had been enemies to build a kinder, moreChrist-like world. The words FatherForgive were inscribed on the wall of the ruined chancel and two charred beamswhich had fallen in the shape of a cross were bound and placed on an altar ofthe rubble. Three medieval nails wereformed into a cross, and The Cross of Nails quickly became a potent sign offriendship and hope in the post war years.
RECONCILIATION. Something that is so needed, and so oftenneglected. The Merriam-WebsterDictionary presents two poignant understandings of the wordreconciliation. One is thatreconciliation is the restoration of friendly relations. Another seems to go a little further andstates that reconciliation is the action of making one view or beliefcompatible with another. Is any of thatpossible? I believe so, and apparently many others do also. This desire for being a beacon ofreconciliation has led members of St. James the Fisherman Church to open theirhearts and Sacred Space to people of different faiths so that perhaps we canunderstand one another better and grow in the true love that we are all Godschildren. The people of Coventry Cathedral believed this, and out of theirvision grew the concept of COMMUNITIES OF THE CROSS OF NAILS.
If you have interest in learning what is a COMMUNITY OF THECROSS OF NAILS , we invite you to St. James The Fisherman Episcopal Church onWednesday, June 15^th at 6:00PM.Rev. Kerby Avedovech (Pastor of Coral Isles United Church of Christ)will be making a presentation on the significance of Coventry Cathedral, TheCross of Nails, and this concept of Covenanted Communities of Reconciliation . Please consider joining us to learn moreabout this vision, and to share your visions that can lead to deeper and richerreconciliation within ourselves, ourcommunity and our world.

Posted byUnknownat4:09 PMNo comments: St. Marks Students Raise $3,200 to Send Kenyan Children to School

Palm Beach Gardens, FL Thisspring, the Rev. Jim Cook spoke to St. Marks students about the plight ofKenyan school children. There are somany young people in Kenya who dream of going to high school, explained Fr.Cook. And yet, they are living incircumstances of harsh poverty, very often unable to afford tuition expenses.These young people often live in large families with a parent or grandparentstruggling to provide lifes basic necessities.
Fr. Cook challenged students toraise money through the end of the school year to help send Kenyan children toschool through contributions to the Mama Ada Foundation.

On Friday, June 3, duringthe last Eucharist service of the school year, Ellie Blain and Skylar Hines,eighth grade students and National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) officers,presented a check to Fr. Cook; more than $3,200 was raised in support of the challenge!Lower school students have been contributing to the ministry since thebeginning of the second semester, and a portion of the proceeds from the middleschool snack cart is given annually in support of the Mama Ada Foundation.
As Fr. Cook explained, itcosts approximately $350 to send a Kenyan child to school for a year. The goal,between the lower school and the middle school, was to raise enough money tosend 10 children to school. Studentswere invited to bring in contributions on a weekly basis to be collected atlower school Chapel on Wednesdays and at Eucharist on Fridays for both lowerand middle school students.
For informationabout the Mama Ada Foundation, visit their website at:http://www.mamaadafoundation.org/. Visit www.stmarkspbg.organd Facebook at www.Facebook.com/stmarkslionspbgto learn more about St. Marks School.


Posted byUnknownat4:07 PMNo comments: Thursday, June 2, 2016 DOK Chapters' Presidents Meeting
On Saturday, April 30, a Workshopwas held for presidents of Chapters, The Order of the Daughters of the King, Diocese of Southeast Florida,at Saint James-in-the-Hills Episcopal Church,Hollywood, Florida. All chapter presidents were invited, together withany officer or member of her chapter that a president feltshould accompany her, or might come in her stead if she were unable to attend.The workshopwas designed to help all chapters function well using the guidelines set out in the 2015 revised publications of the Order, including the Chapter Manual, the Handbook, Constitution and By-Laws, etc. but, more than that, itwas designed to draw us back fully into the vision of the Order - to be reflections of Christ's love in the world...to be the Daughters Christ is calling us to be. The Spiritual leader for the day was the Reverend Father Bernie Pecaro; lay presenters included Linda Ramsay, Malvern Mathis, and Angela Culmer.
View Event pictures here


Your sister-in-Christ,Joy James Williams
Posted byUnknownat1:28 PMNo comments: Thursday, May 12, 2016 All Saint's Church 2016 Scholarship Awards
By:Louisa Rudeen Beckett
All Saints Episcopal Church isdelighted to announce that the scholarship funds operating under its auspicespresented a total of $228,900 in scholarship awards to 21 students this year inorder to help them achieve their college dreams.
The DeFiore-GloverScholarship Fundpresented a total of $8,400 in scholarships to seven South Fork High School seniors.The award winners included: Joseph Cubow IV, Christina Gonzalez-Soto, AlexisKirkhart, Jaden Mazariegos, Devyn Prywitowski, Baltazar Tomas, and Cecil Trimble.

The Henry Sumner LeDuc Fund awarded$20,500 in one-year college scholarships to nine Jensen Beach High School seniors.Students Justine Bur, Francesca Gendreau, Briana Giles, Aaron Hawkins, KaitlynLaVenture, Mikayla Pickard, and Kiana Sawtelle each received $2,000scholarships from the LeDuc Fund. The Tony Langran Memorial Award in the amountof $4,000 was presented to Hunter Schoch by Iris Langran in honor of her latehusband, and the Jim and Wanda Beymer Award in the amount of $2,500 went toAustin Beard.
TheSirote Foundation, founded by thelate Stanley Sirote, awarded five $40,000 scholarships under its Scholarshipsfor College Program ($10,000 each for 2016, renewable for three additionalyears), to 2016 Jensen Beach High School seniors at Scholarship Awards Night.The award-winning Sirote scholars included: Andrew McAuley, Everett Periman,Jamshed Desai, Ashley Chappele, and Andrew Whitten.

The2016 scholarship winners were honored at All Saints Church on ScholarshipSunday, May 1st, and received a blessing from the Rev. W. Frisby Hendricks,III.Posted byUnknownat10:59 AMNo comments: Thursday, April 7, 2016 Archdeacon Bazin honored by the MCCJ
On Saturday March 12, 2016 ArchdeaconJ. Fritz Bazin was honored by the MCCJ at the Four Season Hotel, Miami. TheMiami branch of the National Conference of Christians and Jews (MCCJ) presented ArchdeaconBazin with the Clergy Medallion Award for his long-term commitment to justiceand peace especially in the South Florida community. He was celebrated for his unique ability to connectwith and build bridges among the many diverse communities.

It felt good receiving this award, becauseinterfaith and reconciliation is my passion. It is an honor for the Diocese,but more importantly for my country, Haiti, the Archdeacon said, To honor oneHaitian is to honor all. Haitians do not get acknowledge too often, so when itdoes it is an occasion to celebrate

Archdeacon Bazin appreciates the supportof his family, as well as various members of the clergy, who were there to celebratewith him. He is also grateful for his job as the Archdeacon for Immigration andSocial Justice, because it has been an asset in continuing his work for interfaithrelationships and reconciliations among diverse communities.

Congratulations ArchdeaconBazin!Posted byUnknownat12:15 PMNo comments: Wednesday, December 23, 2015 Cuban Pilgrimage
By: Marcia Sweeting-Somersall
Theidea ofvisiting Cuba has been on my "bucket list" for five decades.Unfortunately,for politicaland legal reasons it has been animpossibility for me. So when US policy onchurch groupstraveling toCuba changed, and when I read that Bishop Leopold Frade was makingamission trip - his final one - to Cuba, I had to get on board.
I was blessed to havehad the opportunity to join 42 others in a pilgrimage journey to Cuba. Wevisited three different provinces of Cuba: Havana, Mayabeque and Mantanzas. Thearchitecture was spectacular andbeautiful, albeit decayed,andreminiscent of New Orleans.
Cuba reminded me in somedegree of the island of Key West,only 90 miles away. It broughtback memories of growing up in Key West in the early sixties. The freeroaming dogs in Cuba reminded me of Key West's dogs of the early 60s roamingfree around the street just like our chickens and roosters are doingtoday. We havesimilar tropical fruits in common. However, the sugarcane is grown more plentifully in Cuba. The cemetery is aboveground like in Key West. The Cockfight and domino playing in the streetare still prevalent in Cuba; whereas, cockfights were prevalent for atime growing up, but it is illegal in Key West, now.Cars thatwere made in the 1950scould be seen everywhere that we went. Oneevening, coming out of the Melia Cohiba Hotel, the group was surprised tosee 14 convertibles, all from the 50s, lined up in front of the hotelwaiting to take us to the Paladar Jardin de los Milagros restaurant.The smell of the engine was very strong. At another privatelyowned restaurant, Paladar Los Guijones, we met the Ambassadorto the USA.At this same hotel, Professor Henry Louis Gates, Executive Producerof Finding Your Roots was met him getting on the elevator. He was veryfriendly and pleasant. On a different outing we met the Ambassador ofNassau, Bahamas.
The most integralpurpose of the mission to Cuba was to bring gifts and financial help andsupport to Episcopal churches and their communities. We were greeted withwarm, friendly smiles and hugs, from the lay people and Clergy of the variousEpiscopal churches that we visited after getting off the bus. We learnedaboutEmilio Planas, an Afro-Cuban born in 1868 and spent his earlychildhood in Key West.He was the first black person to be ordainedin the Anglican/Episcopal priesthood in Cuba and he founded the Episcopal Churchessince Afro-Cubans were not welcomed in the Roman Catholic churches inCuba in the 1800s. Segregation was prevalent between the Caucasian Cubansand Afro-Cubans. Father Planas retired 3 months prior to hisdeath in 1937. At the Episcopal Cathedral, we watched some parishionerslined up with bags of vegetables and fruits of their labor in lieu of money fortheir offering. The crops that they grow were placed in the basket at thealtar. They did not have much, but they gave what they canafford.
The very last night thatwe were in Cuba, after dinner at Cafe del Oriente in Old Havana, we had acultural night at a fabulous club where we saw an excellent show with beautifulcostumes and very talented Cuban dances and singers. It reminded me of thefictionalRicky Ricardo from the tv. show "I Love Lucy" when heperformed at the Tropicana in Cuba; a venuewhich is still in existence.
I can truly say that Iam blessed andthankful to God to be able to fulfill yet another dream onmy bucket list.Posted byUnknownat4:28 PMNo comments: Older PostsHomeSubscribe to:Posts (Atom)Episcopal Life OnlineLoading...FollowersBlog Archive 2016(6) July(1)St. Marks Appoints New Head of School June(3) May(1) April(1) 2015(14) December(1) November(4) October(7) September(1) July(1) 2014(15) September(10) August(4) July(1) 2013(20) September(1) August(2) June(6) May(1) April(1) February(4) January(5) 2012(10) December(5) August(1) July(3) January(1) 2011(5) December(1) November(2) April(2) 2010(16) December(1) September(2) April(4) March(1) February(2) January(6) 2009(15) November(1) September(1) July(13) 2008(2) November(2)ContributorsAltoria E. WhiteUnknown

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