Living, Breathing Stories

Father Keith is the Vicar at Christ Church in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.

Mother Meghan Ryan and Deacon Leila Quinlan speak with Madeleine and Maggie about their experiences with Stephen Ministry.

Dana is the new Assistant Director of Youth and Family Ministries at Christ Church in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL.

Terri Brice is the Pastoral Care Coordinator at Christ Church in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL. 

Parish Life Coordinator Deacon Leila Quinlan shares her experience of attending Christ Church for the first time, and how that influenced her development of the newcomers experience at Christ Church.  

Christ Church Vestry Senior Warden Jack Parker chatted with Mother Meghan Ryan before Holy Week in 2022. 

The Rev. Meghan Ryan chats with Brian Mickley. Brian is the lay leader of the Christ Centered Advance Care Planning ministry at Christ Episcopal Church in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. 

Susan Hamilton shares with Mother Meghan how her personal cancer journey has changed her perspective and strengthened her faith. In learning to set her fears aside and recognize the signs that she is on the right path, she has found comfort in helping others who find themselves in similar circumstances.

Susan mentions a prayer from St. Francis De Sales that she shares with others who have been diagnosed with cancer, in hopes that they will find comfort and strength in it as she did:

Do not fear what may happen tomorrow; the same everlasting Father who cares for you today will take care of you then and every day. 

He will either shield you from suffering, or give you unfailing strength to bear it. 

Be at peace, then, put aside all anxious thoughts and imaginations, and say continually: The Lord is my strength and shield; my heart has trusted in Him and I am helped. He is not only with me, but in me and I in Him.

Mother Meghan talks with Christ Church Director of Operations Stephanie Bennie about the joys and challenges of deepening our faith through study and exploration, growing up as a preacher's kid, and balancing faith and logic.