Clergy Notes – December 10, 2021
Dear Truro family,Repentance is a big theme of the Advent season. It is one of the important ways we prepare to celebrate the birth of Jesus and His coming again. It is also good for us! Both John the Baptist and Jesus included the same challenge: Repent, for the Kingdom of God is at hand!” […]
Clergy Notes – December 3, 2021
Dear Truro Family, What a delight it was to welcome Bishop Martyn Minns, his wife Angela, and their daughter Rachel last Sunday. Those of you who were with us will agree that his stories of the remarkable things that God did during his tenure as Truro’s rector were very inspiring. His after-lunch talk addressed “Why […]
Clergy Notes – November 26, 2021
A word from Bishop Martyn Minns Dear Truro family, This Sunday Angela, Rachel and I are looking forward to being back at Truro Church for each of the morning services and also for a time of fellowship afterwards. We expect to greet many old friends as well as make new ones. I served as Rector […]
Clergy Notes – November 19, 2021
Dear Truro family, Two brief updates: First: A couple of Sundays ago, we began asking those of you who regularly attend the 9:00 a.m. service to complete a survey to share whether or not you’d like the service to continue outdoors, or since the weather is turning colder, if you’d like to move inside. Thank you […]
Clergy Notes – November 12, 2021
Dear Truro family,This past week, in our Gospel reading (Mark 12:38-44), Jesus warned his disciples about the scribes, “who like to walk around in long robes and like greetings in the marketplaces and have the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts, who devour widows’ houses and for a pretense make long prayers.” In […]
Clergy Notes – November 5, 2021
Dear Truro family, What’s in Your Wallet? This popular slogan of a credit card company has been the punch line of its ads for a number of years. The old ones used to feature a zany escapade in which the credit card became a kind of hero, saving the day. I love the slogan, not only for its […]
Clergy Notes – October 29, 2021
Dear Truro family,This Monday is All Saints Day – when we remember and give thanks for the saints of God – past and present. And who are those saints? Long deceased giants of the faith? Larger-than-life haloed figures, enshrined in stained glass windows? Yes indeed, they’re saints. And we celebrate them […]
Clergy Notes – Friday October 22
Dear Truro family, In last week’s Gospel reading (Mark 10:35-45), James and John – two of Jesus’s closest disciples – ask if they can be seated at Jesus’s side when he ascends to glory. Jesus responds by saying that he cannot give them what they ask. He goes on to say that whoever wishes to […]
Friday, October 15
Dear Truro family,It gives me great delight to announce the members of Truro’s search committee. Mary Springmann, chair Tom Gangemi, vestry representative Teresa Rowe, vestry representative Katie Davidson Paul Julienne Pat Kambrod Craig Miller Jim Robb Ha Tran Christiana Yuen Please pray for these committee members, as they undertake this important and demanding work. The […]
Friday, October 8
Dear Truro family, It is with great joy that I remember you always in my prayers. As you know, after only four months of official “retirement”, I have returned. It is a joy and honor to serve with you all in the Kingdom of God at this time and in this place. I wish I […]