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Although worship is at the heart of the Holy Spirit faith community, parish life is also involved in several programs of education, evangelism, outreach and fellowship.
Bible Study 2007
At 9 a.m. between the 8 o'clock and 10 o'clock services, Fr. Kelley leads us through some exciting material.
An integral part of the Episcopal Church's work of evangelism: Ethnic Congregational Development; Fr. Ray is our liason.
Addresses the issues of service within the general area of Safety Harbor
Outreach to our neighbors.
Parish
Response Team
The Parish Response Team exists to make sure that none of our
members falls through the cracks with respect to emergencies, communion, and
just keeping in contact with the rest of us.
We are allied with the National Farm Worker Ministry for justice for our poorest workers, the men, women and children who labor in the fields for our food. Bishop Lipscomb has published a letter to all congregations in the diocese regarding the farm worker cause. Diocesan Convention of 2006 passed a resolution endorsing the Alliance for Fair Food.
THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH (U.S.A.) JOINS THE ALLIANCE FOR FAIR FOOD
The 2.4 million member Episcopal Church has become the newest member of the
Alliance for Fair Food, the network of allies of CIW that the PC(USA) helped
to found. The resolution, which was passed this month by the Executive Council,
"calls on the church to promote principles and practices of socially responsible
purchasing in the corporate food industry in order to advance the human rights
of farmworkers by (1) encouraging study and appropriate action on these matters
by missions, parishes, dioceses, and provinces of the Episcopal Church; and
(2) urge the church at every level to respond to possible calls for boycotts
and other actions, shareholder resolutions, and peaceful public witness as means
of advancing the goals of the resolution." Learn more about the AFF at
www.allianceforfairfood.org