NEWS & STORIES

Seventy participants from throughout the Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast gathered on Saturday, March 23, at St. Jude’s Episcopal Church in Niceville, Florida, for two training sessions sponsored by the Congregational Enrichment Venture (CEV). CEV training was designed to help churches explore new and creative ways to further the Kingdom of God and to not merely survive but to be vital and viable congregations. This is CEV’s second year of training, which has been labeled as

Our church, the Church of the Epiphany in Crestview, Florida, has had a dwindling, aging, and somewhat insular population for several years. We needed a lot of assistance learning how to move beyond our functional issues, and wondered how much the newly formed Congregational Enrichment Venture (CEV) program would truly be able to help. Dennis Jackson, Patricia Jackson, Jerry Kueczynski, Tracy Kueczynski, Pat Shew, Frieda Haley, and I initially came together through the urging

The Congregational Enrichment Venture (CEV) of the Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast is off to a good start! On the evening of November 17, 2017 and on the day of November 18, 2017, we held our first CEV seminar at St. Simon’s on the Sound, Fort Walton Beach. Fifty-six people from twelve parishes within our diocese attended this initial meeting. As a member of the CEV committee, I am excited about this initiative. Many who attended the meeting have expressed positive comments

Church teams signed up for the Congregational Enrichment Venture (CEV) will begin their first year of work and collaboration with the first of four sessions starting on November 17, at St. Simon's on the Sound in Fort Walton Beach. CEV offers a two year training program for churches to explore ways to further the Kingdom of God, not merely to survive but to be vital and viable congregations. The first year, entitled Hopeful Leadership, will focus on fostering hope, and the co