Clergy Notes – October 31st, 2025
Dear Truro family, I’d like to bring you up to speed on how Truro is doing financially, and what our budget is looking like for 2026. As partners in the gospel, and as the ministry of this church is 100% supported by your generous giving, it’s important that you have confidence that this church stewards […]
Clergy Notes – October 24th, 2025
Dear Truro family, Four weeks ago, we welcomed Archbishop Steve Wood here at Truro. This week you may have seen a Washington Post article entitled: “U.S. Anglican Church archbishop accused of sexual misconduct, abuse of power: An attempted kiss, cash payments and other allegations roil the Anglican Church in North America.” In this article, allegations are shared from […]
Clergy Notes – October 18th, 2025
Dear Truro family, While on my pastoral prayer retreat last week, reading your notes to me, I was struck over and over again by the incredible kindness, devotedness, and godliness of the people of this congregation. Even as so many of your notes included prayer requests for significant challenges in your lives, they were also […]
Clergy Notes – October 10th, 2025
Dear Truro family, This week I’ve been away on a pastoral prayer retreat, praying for the needs and concerns of this congregation. It’s an incredible honor for me to read your notes, to get to know more about your joys and sorrows, and to pray for you by name. I speak for all the clergy, staff, […]
Clergy Notes – October 3rd, 2025
Dear Truro family, Central to our church’s fourth pillar of Outreach is our ministry to the international community all around us. We call this ministry “TIPS”, which stands for “Truro International Programs and Services”. Along with a wonderful staff and team of volunteers, Myra Hinote directs TIPS. I asked her to share an update with […]
Clergy Notes – September 26th, 2025
Dear Truro family, Last week, most of you should have received a letter in the mail from me, about my upcoming pastoral prayer retreat when I spend a few days away praying for our church and for the needs of the members of our church family. Enclosed in the letter, there was a sheet to […]
Clergy Notes – September 19th, 2025
Dear Truro family, It’s been a wonderfully full month at Truro. Two Sundays ago we had our ministry fair, began a new Sunday school class, and launched a new semester of Truro Youth. The campus has been alive with the sights and sounds of TPK, the kick-off of the fall semester of TIPS, Taco Tuesday, In the […]
Clergy Notes – September 12th, 2025
Dear Truro family, The murder of Charlie Kirk this past Wednesday is yet another heartbreaking manifestation of evil that causes us to grieve and to lament deeply. Politics completely aside, anytime and anywhere that we see wickedness and hatred exposed in all of its demonic destructiveness, our hearts ought to break as we cry out […]
Clergy Notes – September 5th, 2025
Dear Truro family, It’s hard to believe that it’s been two years since we launched our first church plant since 2001: Trinity Church, Burke. Sunday, August 27, 2023 was a day of celebration and tears as we commissioned and sent off 50 Truro members to follow the leading of the Lord. I asked Mike Seawright (Trinity’s church planting […]
Clergy Notes – August 29th, 2025
Dear Truro family, Towards the end of his letter to the early church in Colossae, the Apostle Paul gave them this word of instruction regarding how to behave towards those outside of the Church. “Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time. Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you […]