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Rector’s Update: Wed 11/3

Rector’s Update: Wed 11/3

Dear friends, I was 10 year old when the Braves moved to Atlanta in 1966. My fifth grade teacher at Montgomery Elementary School, Miss Wells, had season tickets for that inaugural season. Class began every morning with a discussion of the previous night's game. I...

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Rector’s Update: Mon 11/1

Rector’s Update: Mon 11/1

Dear friends, What a joyful day yesterday was! A church full of children and adults in costume, a witch's platter instead of an offering plate, trick or treating after church in the Beech Grove. We had more people in church than anytime since the pandemic began. And...

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Rector’s Update: Sat 10/16

Rector’s Update: Sat 10/16

"The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.""Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing so some have entertained angels without knowing...

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Rector’s Update: Thur 10/14

Dear friends, This year Halloween is on a Sunday, which seems a good thing to celebrate. We invite all the kiddos (and crazy adults) to wear their costumes to church. Nothing gory or violent, please. And we invite the adults to bring bags of candy so that the kids can...

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Rector’s Update: Mon 10/11

Rector’s Update: Mon 10/11

Dear friends, Many times over the past years I have made a pilgrimage on a cold winter's day to Hiawassee, TN. to a wildlife refuge where thousands of Sandhill Cranes spend the winter. It is in very rural Meigs County, far off the beaten path, miles from any...

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Rector’s Update: Sat 10/2

Dear friends, Ever since the pandemic began when we have been able to be together for services one thing has been missing -- the wine. We still consecrate a "smidgeon" of wine at the Eucharist, but I am the only one who drinks from the cup. Drinking from a common cup...

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Rector’s Update: Wed 9/29

Rector’s Update: Wed 9/29

Dear friends, This Sunday is one of the most joyful services of the year, our annual Blessing of the Animals at the 10 a.m. Eucharist. I think the past 18 months our animals have become even more important to us as we have spent more time at home and isolated from...

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