Dear friends, It was so great to be with you again yesterday! I didn’t trust myself to be able to lead a service my first time back, so slipping in and sitting in the back of the church, then going up at announcements was a good re-entry for me. I was glad to be...
From Claudia Gimson, Parish Administrator — Good afternoon all! REMINDER – There is only one service at 10 am this Sunday. After several years absence due to COVID, we welcome Frank Bock’s Dixieland Jazz Ensemble back for what is always a...
Dear friends, I’m glad to report that after 35 days Joe is out of the hospital and in rehab. It is certainly a milestone, but we’re still in a medical facility, so it doesn’t feel that different. Joe is still on oxygen and extremely weak. He has a...
Dear friends, I was watching the service from my dining room this morning when I saw something unexpected. Bringing up the rear of the choir procession was Joseph Henry. I knew he was going to St. Dunstan’s to interview Kim Jackson for a school project, but I...
Dear friends, Every time I’ve seen a headline this week the news from Turkey and Syria has gotten worse. If you wonder how you can help the earthquake relief efforts there I suggest you consider donating to Episcopal Relief and Development, which is working with...
Dear friends, On this 26th day of this miserable Covid journey we were given the most wonderful gift during worship. The lighting of the candles and Deborah and Bill’s prayers for us touched all three of us deeply. I admit that we are having trouble at times...
Dear friends, Recently Christine Bird reminded me of a quote from one of my favorite writers, Flannery O’Connor. O’Connor, who died at 39, spent most of her short adult life struggling with lupus. In response to friends’ discussion of their travels,...
Dear friends, Two weeks ago today I called 911 because it was clear that Joe was having health problems beyond his hurt back. Neither of us had any clue that he had Covid pneumonia or that weeks later he would still be in the hospital with weeks to go before...
