Clergy Notes – January 28, 2022
Dear Truro Family, This past week, the church calendar noted the conversion of the apostle Paul, outlined in Acts 9. We spent the opening chunk of our staff meeting this past Tuesday reading and discussing Paul’s conversion together. If you haven’t read this story in some time, it is worth reading. Luke, the author of the book […]
Clergy Notes – January 21, 2022
Dear Truro Family, Here we are – three weeks into the New Year – and for many of you, they’ve been a pretty hard three weeks! Just when the pandemic had seemed to subside, it came roaring back, and has affected so many people in our church, our families, our schools, and our workplaces. Then, […]
Clergy Notes – January 14, 2022
Dear Truro family, It was wonderful to meet for coffee and conversation with many of you last Sunday. After I explained my sense of vision and direction in my time as Truro’s priest-in-charge, several of you asked for a written summary of those comments. My hope: To build trust and to encourage hope. When a […]
Clergy Notes – January 7, 2022
Dear Truro Family, On May 26th, 2007, I stood before my pastor, family, and friends and promised to love and serve my wife, Jenny, “until death do us part.” I suppose we could have gone to the courthouse, but there is something about making public commitments in the context of corporate worship and in the […]
Clergy Notes – December 31, 2021
Dear Friends, Merry, merry Seventh Day of Christmas! And a happy end-of-year to you all. At the end of each year, I always take time to think over the past year, often with my calendar in front of me. What things were challenging or hard? What lessons did I learn? For what am I thankful? This […]
Clergy Notes – December 17, 2021
Dear Truro Family, Over the last week, we all have seen the devastating pictures of tornado-torn Kentucky. So many have lost so much: loved ones, homes, businesses, neighborhoods, livelihoods. I am sure many of you are wondering how to help. Our friends at the Anglican Relief and Development Fund (ARDF) are using 100% of the money contributed to […]
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 […]