Lenten Message from Rev. Helen
Dear beloved community, Well, here we are again at the Ash Wednesday kick off a two-season cycle: the 40 days of Lent & the 50 days of Easter. It is a cycle of reflection and reliving Jesus’ journey toward his…
Relationships and Gathered Community are Essential
Summer is a good time to kick back a bit, visit family and friends, take some time out. I may be attending General Convention in Baltimore and the Lambeth Conference in the UK this summer, but I know I shall…
Seeing and believing, walking in faith
We are now entering the longest season of the year: Pentecost. The season of discipleship – of learning and growth, seeing and believing, walking in faith. Right through to Christ the King on November 20. The lectionary readings follow a…
Easter: The Feast of Christ’s Resurrection
Easter: the feast of Christ's resurrection. The early church overlaid traditional religious customs as Christianity moved through North Africa to Europe and around the world, reinterpreting those customs in the light of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. According to Bede,…
Lent is all about the journey
Friends, We are doing something new: adjusting our Herald to reflect the Church Seasons rather than the calendar month. Trying something new can often lead us to new insight and focus, and that’s what we hope will be possible with…
Evergreen life through all our seasons and for all the world!
I write this in the week before Christmas - a whole weekend this year of looking at Christmas from different angles offered to us in our lectionary and traditions. This is only the second year that we have had a…
The “One Anothers”
The past few months have been seeing us coming, sometimes enthusiastically, sometimes gingerly, together on Sundays for worship. We have welcomed a wonderful new Choir and Music Director, Clif Cason, and we are making plans for a renewed choir and…