Diocesan-Wide Survey in English and Español

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

God is on the move in our Episcopal Diocese of Florida — and so is your Bishop Search Committee!

Hot on the heels of 15 in-person and two online Envisioning Forums to gather impressions and insights, we’re moving into the next leg of the “input phase” in our bishop search process — a diocese-wide survey hosted by Holy Cow! Consulting during the season of Advent (whose focus on hope, waiting, and expectation aptly dovetails with our bishop search process now).

By sharing your feedback through this survey, you’ll 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.

Some details you need to know:

• The survey will run for three weeks, opening on Monday, December 1, 2025 and closing 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:

English Version

Versión en Español

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