SENIOR WARDEN NOTES: It is mid January as I write this column and by the time you read this we will have held our Annual Meeting on January 22, 2023. I hope that most of you were able to attend it but if not, you are welcome to get a copy of the Annual Meeting …
SENIOR WARDEN NOTES: January has arrived and it will be the start to a very pivotal year for our church. Let us open our hearts and minds to the light of Jesus Christ as we begin this new month. I believe that good things are in store for us but we must trust in God’s …
SENIOR WARDEN NOTES: I am writing this column in mid-November and the weather has suddenly turned quite wintry. It brings to mind the lovely Christmas hymn “In the Bleak Midwinter” with its verses about frosty wind, snow on snow, and so on. The hymn becomes quite joyful, however, with the birth of the infant Jesus. …
SENIOR WARDEN NOTES: November is upon us and it promises to be a month of blessings and spiritual growth as we continue to move forward in our time of transition. We will have one Liturgy of the Word Service and three Holy Eucharist Services this month with the third one falling on November 27, the …
SENIOR WARDEN NOTES We have continued to have great services each Sunday and we have added a children’s break area in the Lounge. Our Outreach group had a good event at the Rolling 50’s Car Show on 9-10-22 and we handed out many bags of popcorn and bottles of water. We also received a nice …
SENIOR WARDEN NOTES It is difficult to believe that by the time all of you are reading this that we will be closing in on the end of Summer. It has been a very busy Summer for myself, your Vestry, and our church secretary, who have all been working hard “behind the scenes” to keep …
As I write this piece in mid-July I feel that we at St. Paul’s are in the midst of a transition, just as we have been many times before. Life is full of transitions and they can often be quite positive. I think that transitions often force us to grow stronger and more resilient, plus …
Dear Friends, This will be my final article to you as your Priest. As I announced at the first of June, I have accepted a call to be Interim Rector at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Ann Arbor, Michigan. I couldn’t tell you where then, but now all the paperwork is signed and the word …
Hello Friends, As I write this, I’m preparing for our celebration of the Feast of the Ascension. This major feastday doesn’t get a lot of attention these days, because it always falls on a Thursday. The opening chapterof the Acts of the Apostles sets the timeline. Forty days after the resurrection, Luke tells us, Jesus …
Dear Friends, As you may know, in November, 2020, our then-Bishop, The Rt. Rev. Thomas Breidenthal, retired after a serious illness, during which time he admitted that he was addicted to alcohol. Upon his retirement, the Standing Committee of the diocese assumed ecclesiastical authority according to the Constitution and Canons of The Episcopal Church On …