Charismatic Episcopal Church – CEC

On June 14, 2008, the Eighth Annual Bridges of New York Golf Classic was held at the Woodmere Country Club in Woodmere, New York, on Long Island. This annual event serves to raise money for Bridges, a faith based program designed to help men and women turn from alcohol and drug abuse, aiding them in reentering society as healthy and productive members.

Another purpose of this annual red-letter day is to allow members from the Cathedral Church of the Intercessor in Malvern, New York, chief supporters of the Frank Constantino House in Freeport, New York, to play golf. This day of relaxation was topped off by fellowship with brothers and sisters in Christ over a sumptuous dinner.

Among those attending this gala affair were various clergy of the Charismatic Episcopal Church in New York State: Archbishop Craig Bates, Fr. Joseph Ciccarello (Dean of the Cathedral), Fr. Brett Crompton, Fr. Stephen Maloney, Dcn. Jim Connolly, Fr. Andrew Wyns, and Dcn. Keith Libolt.
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The Rev’d Deacon James Anthony McGee, of Newnan Georgia, was recently installed as the Chaplain for the Jehovah Rapha Chapter of the International Order of St. Luke the Physician. He was installed at an OSL Healing Conference by the Rev’d William De Arteaga of Canton, GA who represented the larger OSL organization.

The International Order of St. Luke the Physician (www.orderofstluke.org) is an ecumenical organization dedicated to the Christian healing ministry. Members meet together in local chapters to study Scripture, especially the biblical stories of the healing miracles, as well as other books on Christian healing. Members also engage in healing prayer, often with the laying-on of hands. Most ongoing training occurs at the chapter level and begins with a bible study of Jesus’ Healing Ministry as outlined in the 26 Gospel Study lessons. Members also receive training and encouragement from the various missions, workshops and conferences scheduled regularly.

McGee and his family were founding members of Christ the King Church which began in 1996. In 2000, McGee applied for and was admitted to the Holy Orders process. He was ordained by The Most Rev’d John Holloway, who was then the Bishop of the Mid-South Diocese, as a deacon in Christ’s one holy, catholic and apostolic church on November 24, 2002. He continues to serve at Christ the King CEC where he is a member of the Rector’s Council and has numerous responsibilities.

In a ceremony at the Military Enlistment Processing Station at Ft. Gillem, GA, on 23 June 2010, Chaplain (Major) Jonathan K. Landon (Senoia, GA) of the Command Chaplain’s Office, Third United States Army & US Army Central Command swore his son Jonathan P. Landon (18 yrs old) in to active duty in the US Army. The same day, the new Private First Class Landon departed for Basic Training.

After completing Basic Training at Fort Jackson, SC, PFC Landon will go to Advanced Individual Training for Explosive Ordnance Disposal. The advanced training begins at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, AL, and finishes at Eglin Air Force Base, Fort Walton Beach, FL.

This new Soldier enters the Army advanced to the rank of Private First Class because he completed four years of study in the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps while in High School. He began in Air Force JROTC in Washington High School, Tacoma, WA. When the Army moved the Landon family to Georgia, he joined Marine Corps JROTC at East Coweta High School, Sharpsburg, GA. He graduated from East Coweta High School on May 19th of this year.

PFC Landon represents the fourth consecutive generation in his family to serve in the Army. His father, Chaplain (MAJ) Jonathan Landon is still on active duty, and is preparing to PCS to Ft. Carson, CO this summer. His grandmother, JoJene Babbitt Landon served as an enlisted member of the Medical Service Corps, and his great-grandfather, C. Ray Babbitt served in the US Army Air Corps during World War II. Many other members of the family also have served in the military, including his grandfather Chief Warrant Officer (Retired) James Landon, US Navy, and his mother, Rebeka Landon (nee Sturman), who served in the Air Force.

Chaplain Landon is a Priest in the Charismatic Episcopal Church (CEC), serving under Archbishop Douglas Woodall, Archdiocese of the Armed Forces and Federal Chaplaincies. When his military duties permit, he serves as Priest in Residence at the Cathedral of Christ the King in Sharpsburg, Georgia. PFC Landon has also served at the Cathedral, in the roles of Licensed Liturgical Minister and Head Acolyte. In the attached picture, Fr. Landon and his son are serving Communion together on the last Sunday before PFC Landon’s departure for Basic Training.

As a member of the CEC serving in the military, PFC Landon will also come under the pastoral care and ecclesiastical leadership of Archbishop Woodall. Others who fall under Archbishop Woodall’s spiritual leadership include CEC members who are inmates in federal prisons and those who are inpatients in Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals.

The previous Sunday, the young Landon received prayer from the clergy and people of his home church, Christ the King in Sharpsburg, GA. The pastor, Bishop David Epps, asked all military veterans to come forward and lay hands on Landon. Later in the service, Epps asked Landon, a Licensed Liturgical Minister, to assist in serving Holy Eucharist. Landon assisted his father in serving Communion to the church where the family has served and ministered for the past three years.