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CHRISTIAN FAITH FORMATION IN THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH IS A LIFELONG JOURNEY WITH CHRIST, IN CHRIST, AND TO CHRIST.
(Developed by the Standing Commission on Lifelong Christian Formation and Education in conjunction with the Proclaiming Education for ALL Taskforce, Christian Educators throughout The Episcopal Church, and the Office of Adult Faith Formation for The Episcopal Church.)
(Developed by the Standing Commission on Lifelong Christian Formation and Education in conjunction with the Proclaiming Education for ALL Taskforce, Christian Educators throughout The Episcopal Church, and the Office of Adult Faith Formation for The Episcopal Church.)
NEW! Weekly Teaching Series:
A TEACHING SERIES ON "HEALING SPACES"
Join Clergy-in-Residence, the Rev. Jonathan Coffey in this weekly study
Thursday at 8:00 am
Join Clergy-in-Residence, the Rev. Jonathan Coffey in this weekly study
Thursday at 8:00 am
Pastor in Residence,
The Rev. Jonathan Coffey |
Biography: Jon Coffey’s mother Mary Elizabeth Corey was born in Osaka Japan to Canadian Anglican missionary parents and then grew up in Hilo and Honolulu. Her father, Hollis Corey, served Holy Apostles in Hilo and The Church of the Epiphany in Honolulu. Jon’s father was stationed in Honolulu during the war and fell in love with the missionary’s daughter. After the war they were married in Chattanooga Tennessee where Jon’s family had lived for many years.
Jon grew up with three siblings in Miami Florida where his father served in the Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida. Jon graduated from Goddard College in Vermont in 1972. In 1974 he and Julie Gibson were married before moving to Chicago where he entered seminary. After seminary, Jon and Julie lived in Michigan, Arkansas, Arizona, New York and Florida before returning to their home state of Florida in 2006. They had two children, Katherine Elizabeth (Kate) who is an acupuncturist and mother of two in St. Paul, Minnesota, and Spencer, an artist, musician and chef who died tragically this year. Jon served parishes in the country, in the urban core and in suburban settings. His congregations varied in size from 40 to 2500. His focus in ministry is now and always has been healing and reconciliation, the twin mysteries of the gospel. Julie is a psychotherapist and has a thriving private practice in Jacksonville, Florida. In 2015 Jon retired from active ministry and together he and Julie built a home in the Lowcountry of South Carolina, in between Savannah and Charleston. Jon enjoys kayaking, hiking, swimming, bicycling and he is actively involved in starting a Conservation Burial Preserve in Beaufort County as well as the National Park to Reconstruction begun in the last days of the Obama Administration. He and Julie enjoy birding, the arts and quiet walks with their Labrador Retriever, Otis, named for Jon’s seminary dean. They are so looking forward to meeting all of you and together with you serving the Holy One. 
Facitiltated by the Reverend Jonathan Coffey at 8:00 am, please join us on a journey into the topic of how a place works towards facilitating healing...
Background on "Healing Places" In the 1990’s Dr. Esther Sternberg began testing an intuition most of us share: that beauty facilitates healing of mind, body and spirit. Out of her research came the book “Healing Spaces: The Role of Place in Wellbeing”. Dr. Sternberg has since then joined the faculty at the School for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona in Tucson where she directs research and chairs the Center for Place, Wellbeing and Performance. We will read and reflect upon her book and the growth in appreciation for the ideal habitats for healing each Thursday mornings at 10:30 a.m. |
CENTERING PRAYER - Until further notice, we are holding a Tuesday Centering Prayer & Scripture Reflection every Tuesday, 9:00 am-9:45 am on ZOOM.
Centering Prayer is a wonderful way to quiet our minds and be present to our God. There are many gifts that come with a centering practice: relieving stress and anxiety, creative inspiration, awakening of the senses, and a sense of becoming one with Mary, Jesus and our God.
Most of us know Dr. Matt Miller from Sunday worship as the guitarist with the beautiful bass voice, who wrote several music settings to the Advent scriptures. Dr. Matt graduated from UCLA with a PhD in Medieval English Literature in 1993, and decided the most useful thing he could do would be to teach people literacy skills. He did so until 2016, working at various locations including Island School and Kauai Community College. Now he is doing something even more useful — teaching Centering Prayer, a discipline he says is “paradise.” |
