My Dear Friends
My Dear Friends,
Greetings in the Lord as we move into our Fall season here at Holy Spirit together. I have completed one full week here and still feel as though I am on a treadmill that is moving about ten miles an hour faster that I can run. I am sure I will gain traction soon but this is a really busy place! I love it and am very happy to be among you all as your Priest and minister. I especially love when we gather on Sundays to pray in our different forms and fashions. Thanks again for your kind welcome.
We will gather this Sunday for Sunday School at 9:30 AM. I was happy to glean ideas from parishioners last Sunday and we will begin this Sunday. All are welcome and encouraged to join us in the parlor as we begin our Adult Sunday School programming. This Sunday we will talk about Prayer, primarily about our Liturgical Prayer together, as I want to teach and also solicit ideas from everyone about how it is that we want to Celebrate together during the rest of the Fall.
Next Tuesday we will have a Staff Retreat. The office will be closed for the day. I invite your prayer for us as we labor to articulate our individual Missions in Ministry in hopes of assuring we are all supporting the Mission of the Congregation: Holy Spirit is to create space to grow in our relationships with God and with each other. The primary ways we grow in these relationships is through worship, service of caring for others, Christian education, and enjoying each other’s company in fellowship.
I am very happy that our first couple Sundays of Children’s Church during the Liturgy of the Word at the 10:30 AM Eucharist has been so successful. It is very exciting to me to have the little ones “breaking open” the Word of God together even as we do so as adults around our Gospels. Thanks so much to all who are making this ministry come alive.
Peace and every blessing to each of you. Hope to see you Sunday!
Fr. Bob
Interim Rector