Clergy Notes – May 6, 2022
Dear Truro Family, Big news! Starting in June, our summer service schedule begins! Starting on Pentecost Sunday, June 5, we will be changing our service times to 8 am (chapel) and 10 am (sanctuary and online). 8 am in the chapel will be a simple and quiet communion service out of the Book of Common Prayer, and will […]
Clergy Notes – April 29, 2022
Dear Truro Family, About one third of the way into the baptismal liturgy of our Book of Common Prayer, the celebrant (the priest or deacon leading the baptismal service) asks the congregation the following question: The Celebrant then addresses the Congregation, first inviting them to stand. Will you who […]
Clergy Notes – April 22, 2022
Dear Truro family, Alleluia! The Lord is Risen! What a delight it was to share with you last Sunday as we celebrated Jesus’s resurrection. Of course, in some ways we celebrate His resurrection every Sunday. We rehearse God’s actions and proclaim together Christ has died. Christ is Risen. Christ will come again. We remind ourselves that Jesus’ resurrection […]
Clergy Notes – April 15, 2022
Dear Friends, This Sunday we celebrate the earth-shaking, chain-breaking, incomprehensibly good news that Jesus is alive! He is risen, just as he said. We do hope you’ll be joining us for worship, and that you’ll consider bringing a friend with you. The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the bedrock of our faith. Paul wrote in […]
Clergy Notes – April 8, 2022
Dear Truro Family, Over the last two weeks, I’ve had the opportunity to teach on the psalms of lament and the imprecatory psalms (the ones where the psalmist asks God to curse his or her enemies). Psalms like these make up over one third of the entirety of the Psalter, and yet we tend to […]
Clergy Notes – April 1, 2022
Dear Truro Family, Over the last two weeks, I’ve had the opportunity to teach on the psalms of lament and the imprecatory psalms (the ones where the psalmist asks God to curse his or her enemies). Psalms like these make up over one third of the entirety of the Psalter, and yet we tend to […]
Clergy Notes – March 25, 2022
Dear Truro Family,I am delighted to announce officially the addition of two members to our staff team. I am thrilled that Daria Brown (no relation to Jamie Brown) has agreed to become our new Director of Operations, replacing Liz Brewster who is moving to North Carolina. Daria brings an abundance of experience in managing logistics, processes, and systems. She loves empowering […]
Clergy Notes – March 18, 2022
Dear Truro Family,Please mark your calendars for the next edition of the Truro Heritage Series on March 27 (originally planned for January), featuring the Rt. Rev. Neil Lebhar and his wife Marcia. Bishop Neil was an associate during John Howe’s tenure, then became the rector of Church of the Redeemer in Jacksonville, Florida, and now serves as the […]
Clergy Notes – March 11, 2022
Dear Truro Family, It was such a joy to see so many of you at our Ash Wednesday services. It was even more of a joy to talk to some of you afterwards about the ways God is at work in your lives. Lent is such a good opportunity to take stock of our lives […]
Clergy Notes – March 4, 2022
Dear Truro family, Lent has traditionally been a season when we are invited to fast, pray, repent, and give generously (almsgiving). Current events invite us into those practices right now in unique ways. First, we invite you to give. We would like to invite you to give, and to give generously, to the Anglican Relief […]