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Rector’s Update: Tue 1/12
Dear friends, This is just a quick note to let you know that after our vestry meeting is finished this evening I am going to be taking some time off. I'll be back in the office on February 1. Deborah Silver and Bill Deneke will be filling in on Sunday mornings,...
Rector’s Update: Mon 1/11
Dear friends, Attached is the service of Compline for this week. January-ComplineDownload I've also attached my sermon from yesterday, for which some of you have asked for copies (also posted online here:...
Rector’s Update: Sat 1/9
Dear friends, Once again your kindness and generosity are amazing. I asked earlier this week if anyone could take care of Bob Wolfson's dog Teddy while he was recovering from surgery, and I got an instant reply yes. In fact, several of you offered to help. Elizabeth...
Rector’s Update: Mon 1/4
Dear friends, Happy New Year! I don't know about you, but I am ready to get back to a normal schedule, or what counts as normal in the midst of a pandemic. There are still big events in the next week or so -- the election tomorrow, Congressional certification of the...
Rector’s Update: Sun 12/27
Dear friends, Attached is the Compline service for the coming week. Compline-New-YearDownload I've also attached a "service sheet" for a Covid Christmas Eve service that a friend sent me. I thought it was hilarious and hope you do, too. ...
Rector’s Update: Wed 12/23
Dear friends, Although I still find it a little difficult to believe, tomorrow is Christmas Eve. Worship will be different this year, for sure, but we have worked hard to put together online services that we hope will feel worshipful to you and help you experience the...
Rector’s Update: Mon 12/21
What star is this, with beams so bright, more beauteous than the noonday light? It shines to herald forth the King, and Gentiles to his crib to bring. (Hymn 124) Dear friends, How wonderful that just days before Christmas we can look into the sky and see something...
Rector’s Update: Sat 12/19
Dear friends, Attached is the service bulletin for tomorrow morning. We are having a service of Advent Lessons and Carols with the Eucharist. Join us for some glorious music as we celebrate the 4th Sunday of Advent....
Rector’s Update: Fri 12/18
Dear friends, We have a beautiful new piece of art at St. Dunstan's, a marble sculpture of St. Francis, which now resides next to the Memorial Garden. The artist for this piece is Bill Sunderland, who died three years ago. He was a member of Church of the Atonement in...
Rector’s Update: Tue 12/15
Dear friends, One of the major themes of Advent is light in the darkness. We see that symbolized each week in the Advent wreath. We start with a lone candle burning in the dark. Then, paradoxically, as our days grow shorter and darker, the light grows stronger each...