Christ Episcopal Church
Monticello
FL

32344

Christ Episcopal Church, Monticello, Florida, United States
Christ Episcopal Church Food Pantry
The Altar
Kids preparing for Christmas

Who we are

Our Mission Statement:

We are loved and forgiven people who by the grace of God seek through love and service to accept everyone and to communicate friendliness, fellowship, and faith in God and know, with a lively certainty, that God's love makes all things possible.

Christ Church is a relatively small Christian congregation that is accepting, friendly, and very supportive of one another. We are welcoming to all people. We are a fun-loving and diverse congregation where families and individuals can feel at home. Christ Church is a place where people can use their talents and are openly encouraged to do so.

Our church family is deeply committed to Christ, our community, and our congregation. We seek to excel in providing spiritual and emotional support to those in need. We continually seek to create opportunities for our church family to reach out to others.

Street Address

425 North Cherry Street
Monticello, FL 32344
United States
Phone: 850-997-4116
Fax: 850-997-9670

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Church Pastor

The Rev. James Bowen May
Rector
425 North Cherry Street
Monticello, FL 32344
United States
Phone: 850-997-4116
Fax: 850-997-9670

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Quote of the Day

John 15:20

Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.

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The Rev. James Bowen May
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Christ Episcopal Church Monticello Service Times

Eucharist or Morning Prayer
10:00 a.m.

Apr 1, 2018

Easter Sunday

Easter service @ 10 am with Easter egg hunt after. Please come Join us.

Service Times last updated on the 27th of March, 2018


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Our YOUTH GROUP covers many ages and involves most all of the young people in the Church. Most of these young people serve as acolytes, sing in the choir (or even BOTH!), attend Sunday School on a (fairly) regular basis and meet weekly. They plan fun games for themselves, learn about Christ and his teachings, and try to do things to help others in our community.

Sometimes they even decide it's neat to cook & serve the after-service meal on Wednesday night.


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Christ Episcopal Church Food Pantry

USDA is an equal opportunity provider.

Christ Church’s primary service to the poor centers around the church food pantry started more than 15 years ago. This ministry places our church in the midst of the community. Civic and religious organizations as well as individuals help provide donations of food and labor to prepare the food for distribution. Volunteers of all ages help shop, shelve, organize, and prepare the food. As an advocate for the hungry we are a partner agency with American Second Harvest of the Big Bend. Financial support comes from individual and group donations and grants requiring us to comply with federal guidelines and keep an accurate account of all funds.

Food Distribution: Last Friday of the Month

Where: 425 North Cherry Street, Monticello

Large building behind the church

Time: 9:00 – 11:00 a.m.

Any church member that is aware of a person or family in need during the month may get food from the pantry on an “as needed” basis. Anyone in the community knowing of a family in need may contact the church office for information.


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Christ Episcopal Church, Monticello, Florida, United States
Christ Episcopal Church Food Pantry
The Altar
Kids preparing for Christmas



Christ Episcopal Church History

History of Christ Church Monticello

Christ Episcopal Church was organized in 1840 and admitted to the Diocese of Florida in 1842. William D. Moseley, Esq., the first Governor of Florida, was one of the five original vestrymen.

The first church building, erected in 1843, was on the northeast corner of Washington and Waukeenah streets. This building was destroyed by fire in 1883, and the present structure was built in 1885. The Architect for the present building was Mr. T. M. Ferguson of Georgia, who was reportedly the Architect for the Exposition in New Orleans.

The Altar is the focal center of all. It is handsomely wrought of a variety of native woods by the hand of Joseph Trummer an expert wood carver and a member of the congregation during the late 1800's.

The Credence Table and Prayer Desk are also works of Mr. Trummer. These furnishings, along with the lovely brass appointments and the Communion Service, have been placed here by different families as memorials to loved ones.

Saved from the fire was the original communion Table, now the Chapel Altar, also the hand-pumped English organ, Pine cupboard and Font which are near the entrance of the Church. The Font was a gift from St. John's Church, Tallahassee, in 1854.

The Gothic style double Lancet windows hold stained glass windows made in England. The two memorial windows, placed by the families of two devoted churchwomen, were the only original stained glass windows, the others added by the ladies and children's guilds as funds became available.

The timber-trussed roof has beveled beams outlined with Cathedral red. The window casings and door facings are also outlined with Cathedral red. The roof beams have the original paint.

The pews are made of solid pine, put together with wooden pegs.

The lovely needlepoint chair covers, kneelers at the Altar rail, on the Prayer Desks and Choir kneelers were designed and worked by the ladies of the Church. The work was sponsored as a gift of thanksgiving from a former communicant of Christ Church and presented to the Church in 1977.

A long line of Ministers has served Christ Church, and it has the distinction of having ordained eight Deacons to the Priesthood within its walls.

If you come to visit us, you'll find about one hundred people attending on Sunday and about thirty on Wednesday evening. People tell us we're a pretty friendly bunch, but we won't pester you with more attention than you want (unless you show up four or five times; then we may try to put you in charge of something!)


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