Clergy Notes – September 20th, 2024
Dear Truro family, Every Sunday, after our prayer of confession, the priest stands to say something important. He or she declares God’s mercy, forgiveness, pardon, and promise of everlasting life. The absolution of sins is given by God himself! That’s why, when Thomas Cranmer designed our Anglican liturgy (over 500 years ago), the very next words the […]
Clergy Notes – September 13th, 2024
Dear Truro family, Last week, you should have received a letter in the mail with an invitation (and a return envelope) to share your prayer requests with me before my pastoral prayer retreat in a few weeks. Please don’t feel pressured to respond, but if you’d like to, please do so by September 25. If you […]
Clergy Notes – September 6th, 2024
Dear Truro family, There are so many exciting events coming up, and so many ways to get involved, that I’m thrilled for you to read today’s Truro News. We’re so much more than just people who go to the same church… We’re brothers and sisters in the same family! And all that we do has a […]
Clergy Notes – August 30th, 2024
Dear Truro family, The sanctuary is almost ready for us to be inside again, but not quite! The painting crew finished their first major phase around 4:45 P.M. yesterday afternoon, and this morning, a crew is coming back in to finish all the flooring under the pews. It’s a glorious mess, and it’s exciting to see […]
Clergy Notes – August 23rd, 2024
Dear Truro family, This past Sunday, we enjoyed a wonderful day together with our 7:45 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. services in the chapel, and our 10:00 A.M. service outdoors. Since the work of renewing our sanctuary continues in full force this week and next, we’ll follow the same pattern this coming Sunday as well. Join us in […]
Clergy Notes – August 16th, 2024
Dear Truro family, Over the last five months, you have generously supported the vision of renewing the Truro sanctuary, and over the last few weeks, it’s been a thrill to see that vision start to become a reality. Major work began this week on the sanctuary floor. All 88 pews have been unbolted (many of […]
Clergy Notes – August 9th, 2024
Dear Truro Family, I love that “magnify” has two meanings. In one sense, the word means to enlarge –to make something bigger than it is by narrowing our focus. In another sense, it means to praise. I think so much of our Christian life is lived in the tension between these two meanings. We’re tempted […]
Clergy Notes – August 2nd, 2024
Dear Truro Family, As we savor the last sizzling days of summer and look ahead to the activities, classes, and events of the fall, I invite you to pause. Really. Sometime between now and Labor Day, schedule 20 minutes apart from your normal routine to pause. Schedule it like any other call or meeting. Pick a quiet […]
Clergy Notes – July 26th, 2024
Dear Truro family, Exactly six months ago, I wrote to you about how we should proceed as a church in an election year. Seeing as how this is shaping up to be a truly historic election year, with the attempted assassination of one candidate, and the withdrawal of another candidate (our sitting President!), it would […]
Clergy Notes – July 19th, 2024
Dear Truro family, Earlier this week, the Truro clergy and staff had our bi-annual long-range planning meeting, looking at our program and ministry calendar through the end of January 2025. We walked through all of the events – big and small – coming up between now and then, praying the words of Psalm 90:17: “Let […]