I am so excited to share with you that Lynn Swanson has agreed to serve as our Interim Organist and Choir Director. One reason I am excited is that Lynn and I had the opportunity to work together for a few years at my prior parish, St. Benedict’s, in Smyrna,...
Opening Prayer: Heavenly Creator, give us the strength to be your face, your voice, and your hands in the world. Amen Are we being recognized? In today’s Gospel we heard two instances of recognition. These questions could be interpreted in different ways. Today, I want us to look at these...
School Supply Collection Continues The Outreach Committee has begun their annual school supply drive. Supplies requested are: #2 pencils with erasers, spiral notebooks, glue sticks, blunt tip metal scissors, 16 or 24 ct. Crayola crayons, washable markers, wide rule filler paper, pocket folders with brads, Crayola colored pencils, cap erasers,...
Dear People of Grace, I hope this note finds you doing well as we reach the mid-summer point. I have returned to the office, and it has been wonderful to be here with the team, settling in to a pattern that was beautifully nurtured while I was away. I am...
COHI Information Session Anyone seeking new ways to serve, or interested in an intentional community to support the ways you are already serving, is invited to consider if Community of Hope International (COHI) might be a calling. On Sunday, July 11, anyone interested in learning more about St. Benedict and/or...
Now that we have returned to in-person worship as well as online possibilities, it is important to remind folks of all the different moving parts on a Sunday and how you (yes, you!) can be more involved. Acolytes Acolytes are essential to a full worship. They assist in a variety...
Prayer List The prayer list book that was located on the table in the narthex can now be found in the lower foyer directly across from the prayer candle stand. If you have a name to put on our prayer list you can add it to the book or email...
+Help us, Lord, to become the master of ourselvesthat we may be the servants of others.Take our minds and think through them;Take our lips and speak through them;Take our hearts and set them on fire with your love. AMEN.+ The American humorist, Garrison Keillor, whose stories often have religious allusions,...
Confirmation Photos Photos, as well as a few videos, of the June 13 service of Confirmation can be found at the link below. The photos may be downloaded for personal use. Thank you to photographer Bill Monk for sharing! Confirmation Photos COHI Discernment Period Begins Now Anyone seeking new ways...
Anyone seeking new ways to serve, or interested in an intentional community to support the ways you are already serving, is invited to consider if the Benedictine-steeped Community of Hope International (COHI) might be a calling. The Community of Hope is first of all a praying community – modeled on...