Marilyn Hancock
Rector – Appalachia Reflections Not quite a week home from our trip to Barnes Mountain in Kentucky and I am still reflecting on our time there – the work we did, the people we met, how we created community, and where God was in all of it. Some of you heard several of our youth…
Reception After Memorial Service for Jon Fader The church is planning to honor Jon Fader by providing a reception after the memorial service for Family and friends. We are requesting some type of finger food like small sandwiches, chips, brownies, etc. Please contact Cheryl Windsor at dcwindsor@comcast.net if you are able to bring something. Some folks have received a prior email so…
From the Rector – Becoming Church – The Acts of the Apostles Throughout Lent folks gathered to study the Gospel of Luke, and this Eastertide we will continue The Good Book Club by exploring the formation of the early church in the Acts of the Apostles. We will meet on six Sundays, beginning April 15. …
From the Rector – The Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday Every year I feel the same tension between the celebration of Palm Sunday and Passion Sunday (March 25 this year). It feels like whiplash to have such a brief Palm celebration and then immediately dive deep into the solemnity of the Passion reading. Why…
From the Rector – Seeing the Face of God in Each Other Last weekend over 20 Vestry members, staff, and ministry leaders from St. James’ attended a two-day antiracism workshop sponsored by the Diocese. It was challenging work – listening and dialoguing – about issues of power, class, and race in American history and today. …
From the Rector – Parish Vision Update As we settle into the fall and the hubbub from our amazing Basket Raffle quiets down, I want to share an update about the parish vision work we announced at the Annual Meeting last January. The Vestry spent time on retreat in February delving deeper into core values…
From the Rector – Sabbath in the Daily Life One of the most counter-cultural things I think religion has to offer our over-scheduled and over-stressed world is the practice of sabbath. It is a foundational part of our faith found in the first creation story in Genesis: after six days of work God rested, and…
From the Rector – The Church Does Not Need Volunteers Over the summer at our Vestry meetings, we began taking a few minutes each month to reflect on a brief article or resource about congregational life. One that really struck a chord with all of us was an article written by Erin Wathen about volunteering…