by Office | Apr 29, 2021 | Clergy Corner
Last week I had the opportunity to listen in on some of the Stakeholders’ Zoom meetings with Grason Hudson, the principal architect for WKWW. WKWW has been hired by the Vestry to focus on the Facilities portion of our three-pronged Strategic Plan. The overall plan is...
by Office | Apr 15, 2021 | Clergy Corner
As the pandemic began many congregations, including ours, suspended Eucharist and instead observed Morning Prayer on Sundays. Many questions arose as to the reasoning behind this switch. These questions prompted me to create a Lenten series around the Eucharist...
by Office | Apr 1, 2021 | Clergy Corner
When the prolific theologian, Karl Barth, was asked to sum up his work into a single sentence, he replied, “Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so.” As Christians, we believe that God said what God needed to say in one word—the Word made flesh, Jesus....
by Office | Mar 25, 2021 | Clergy Corner
The Blessing Box is here! Thank you to Bill and Mary Farris for creating this and Ed Ablard for helping to install it. Thank you to our Community Ministry team of Don Brainard, Pat Baker, Joe Farri, Merrilie Crafts, and Steve Bucci for shepherding this project...
by Office | Mar 18, 2021 | Clergy Corner
I have hundreds of CDs, musical, not financial. Once cutting edge technology, these are now in their waning days. My collection of CDs is heavy on Anglican Church music — certainly a niche market. A few years ago, my car was broken into, they took the Garmin, but left...
by Office | Mar 11, 2021 | Clergy Corner
Dear St. Paul’s Family, Although I was baptized in another faith tradition, the vows of our Baptismal Covenant I have made over and over again are at the core of vestry service. Each vestry member offers to that service unique, God-given skills and experiences...
by Office | Mar 4, 2021 | Clergy Corner
I recently read an article about the ministry of the interim minister. The opening sentence was very familiar, but I needed to hear it again. “Always remember that the job of the interim priest is not about you, it is not about the former rector, it is not about the...
by Office | Feb 25, 2021 | Clergy Corner
Thanks to the generosity and craftsmanship of one our parishioners St. Paul’s will be installing a Blessing Box on our property in the coming weeks. A blessing box is similar to a Little Free Library. Except of course instead of donating or exchanging books the...
by Office | Feb 18, 2021 | Clergy Corner
It’s probably been a while since you last had an in person visit with a new doctor. Shortly before COVID-19 turned such occasions from routine to rare, I had an appointment with a new GP. After presenting my picture ID and medical insurance card, I was handed a stack...
by Office | Feb 15, 2021 | As Grain Once Scattered, Clergy Corner
Perhaps some of you have seen it in my office; I have a prayer rug on my floor. To most I guess it looks like an area rug that is too small for the space it currently occupies (my wife, Laurie thinks so anyway). It is a reminder for me to pray providing a regular...
