Weekly Update - December 8th, 2025

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Dec 8

Written By St Paul's Episcopal Church

Wishing everyone a continued Season of Advent. All the details for the week are below.

Upcoming Services/Happenings of Note:

The Vestry Meeting on December 9th

Christmas Eve Service will be on December 24th at 6:30 PM

Crochet Class is on Tuesdays at 9:30 AM in the Parish Hall and lasts for an hour. All levels of skill are welcome!

Morning Prayer - Join us Monday through Saturday at 8 am.

Bible Study Midweek continues this Wednesday @ 10:00 AM. We will be studying The Book of Ruth. The reading materials for the class are $12, and we invite you to join us.

Midweek Eucharist is on Wednesdays at Noon.

Sunday Morning Study Group continues this Sunday at 8:30 AM. Grab a cup of coffee and join our regulars in The Parish Hall for conversation and prayer. Eucharist service follows at 10 am.

For more information on upcoming events, please check out St Paul’s Calendar.

Your Advent Support Welcomed

As we continue our Advent Season and Christmas preparation we need your help. Our Altar Guild is planning on decorating with poinsettias and we will be featuring a string quartet composed of faculty from The FSU School of Music to enhance our Christmas Eve worship. If you can assist in funding either or both, please use an envelope in your pew and drop it in the collection plate.

Diocesan-Wide Survey in English and Español

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

As we wend our way through Advent — with its sense of hope, waiting, and expectation that aptly flows into our diocese’s transition right now — your Bishop Search Committee would like to remind you that our three-week diocese-wide survey is now underway, with the help of Holy Cow! Consulting!

Have you taken it yet?

If you have, thank you for taking the time to follow up! You can disregard this reminder email.

If you haven’t, please do so. Sharing your feedback will help us map a “landscape” of our diocese — where it stands, where it ought to head, and what it needs in a new bishop to get us there.

As a refresher, details you need to know:

The survey will close on Monday, December 22, 2025.
The survey takes about 25-30 minutes.
Your answers on the survey are anonymous.
You can only take the survey once.
You must take the survey in one sitting — you can’t save your answers and return to the rest of the survey later.
Holy Cow! say it’s best to take the survey on a computer or a tablet. Cellphones are not very friendly to a survey of this sort.

The survey is available in both English and Español, linked below:

Take the Survey | ¡Responde a la encuesta!

Thank you for doing your part to make this survey a useful tool in gauging the current health and future direction of our diocese — with Christ Jesus, our common denominator, first and foremost in our minds. As Paul reminds us: “It is from Christ that the whole body grows as each different part does its work” (Ephesians 4:16, Worldwide English New Testament).

Prayerfully,

Bishop Search Committee

Episcopal Diocese of Florida

Carolyn Jones (The Rev.), Co-Chair, St. Mark's, Jacksonville

Gregory Orloff, Co-Chair, Holy Trinity, Gainesville

Mark Armesto, St. Paul's, Quincy

Paul Arrington, St. John's, Jacksonville

Eileen Bisgard, St. Mary's, Green Cove Springs

Angela Boyd, Our Saviour, Jacksonville

Martha Cox, St. John's, Jacksonville

Courtland Eyrick, St. Mark's, Jacksonville

Allen Hill (The Rev.), PhD, Holy Comforter, Tallahassee

George Holston (The Rev.), Church of the Mediator, Micanopy

Mal Jopling (The Rev.), St. Cyprian's, St. Augustine

Reid McCormick (The Rev.), St. Paul's by the Sea, Jacksonville Beach

Quinn Parman (The Rev.), All Saints, Jacksonville

Beth Ranoull (The Rev. Dcn.), Our Saviour, Jacksonville

Lawanda Williams (The Rev. Dcn.), St. Paul's by the Sea, Jacksonville Beach

Chaplain: Lonnie Lacy (The Rev.), St. John's, Tallahassee

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SPEC Ministry

Our SPEC Ministry continues to help those with hygiene needs in Gadsden County. Deliveries can be sent to the church or dropped off at St. Paul's during operating hours. Those in need can call the church for an appointment for pickup at 850-583-4440. Our Amazon Wish List for fully tax-deductible hygiene item donations to keep this ministry strong can be found here: SPEC Needs Amazon Page