Clergy Notes – December 29th, 2023
Dear Truro family, I’d like to ask you to consider a special end-of-year financial offering to help us end 2023 deficit-free and to launch into 2024 on solid financial footing. But first, take a moment to look back with me on just a snapshot of our life together this past year, all enabled by your […]
Clergy Notes – December 22nd, 2023
Dear Truro family, I’m looking forward to celebrating Christmas with you all! It’s the most wonderful time of year, not because of holiday sentimentality, but because of the awesome reality that God has broken through into our world, into our darkness, and into our lives in the gift of his Son Jesus. We’ll have three […]
Clergy Notes – December 15th, 2023
Dear Truro family, The gospel is the good news of what God has done for us in Jesus Christ. “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life” (John 3:16). As a church that God has positioned right here in […]
Clergy Notes – December 8th, 2023
Dear Truro family, Last Sunday we sang these words from the hymn “O Come, O Come Emmanuel”: O come, desire of nations, bindIn one the hearts of all mankindBid thou our sad divisions ceaseAnd be Thyself our King of Peace All around us are signs of increased polarization and isolation, tensions and wars between nations, […]
Clergy Notes – December 1st, 2023
Dear Truro family, This Sunday marks the beginning of the season of Advent. The word “Advent” comes from the Latin word “adventus” and literally means “coming”. We proclaim the mystery of faith: Christ has died, Christ is risen, and Christ will come again. He came once as a baby, and he will come again (soon!) […]
Clergy Notes – November 24th, 2023
Dear Truro family, Happy day after Thanksgiving! Whether this week has been busy or quiet for you, whether you’ve been surrounded by company or basically on your own, and whether you’ve been traveling or staying put in Northern Virginia; if you belong to Jesus then you also belong to his great big family, the Church. […]
Clergy Notes – November 17th, 2023
Dear Truro family, This coming Sunday in our morning services, I’ll be inviting all the members of our church to fill out a pledge card, making a commitment to the Lord and to this church to give back to God as an act of worship. As we partner together in the gospel, and as we […]
Clergy Notes – November 10th, 2023
Dear Truro family, Last Saturday, the Truro vestry spent the morning in prayer, praying for members and families in our congregation by name, praying for the different people (staff and volunteer) who serve in leadership here, and offering thanksgiving, confession, and supplication to God. Every Tuesday, the Truro staff gathers to meet, give thanks, and […]
Clergy Notes – November 3rd, 2023
Dear Truro family, This fall, we begin a process to select four new vestry members. The vestry is composed of 12 members and the rector. Four members are elected each year from among the congregation, and serve three-year terms. The vestry’s basic responsibilities are to: 1) Manage Truro’s finances and various administrative affairs; 2) Oversee the […]
Clergy Notes – October 27th, 2023
Dear Truro family, This past Tuesday and Wednesday, the Truro staff and clergy went away for a retreat together. Thank you for your prayers for us! I’m grateful to God for this wonderful, humble, flexible, skillful, worshipful, prayerful, thoughtful, pastoral, and really fun group of people. Join me in giving thanks to God for this […]