Rector’s Blog

Your Vestry met on May 21, and we have a question for you: when considering a burial site at St. Mary’s, do you prefer an indoor columbarium, an outdoor columbarium or a memorial garden? All three would be a place to inter cremated remains. We called several local churches to learn from their experiences. An […]

From Mother Pippa We are celebrating our graduates this Sunday! Thank you to everyone who has sent in the names of their family and friends who are graduating this year. We applaud your accomplishments and wish you every blessing as you move on to the next chapter. Would you like to create some beautiful prints

This Sunday is Pentecost, one of the three most important days in the church year! The first one, of course, is Christmas, with the Incarnation. The second is Easter, with the Resurrection. The third is Pentecost, and the gift of the Holy Spirit. I am continually in awe of this. It wasn’t enough for God

I would like to start with gratitude. Gratitude for all who have served as mothering-figures in peoples’ lives, gratitude for the men of the parish for hosting coffee hour this Sunday, and gratitude for everyone who stayed after church last Sunday to clean a window or polish a pew. The church absolutely gleams thanks to

Sunday is our annual Bike Blessing at 9 a.m. As the weather turns warmer and you find yourself traveling by bicycle, motorcycle, skateboard, roller blades, etc., I have a blessing to keep you safe in your journey. Sunday is also our annual Clean Up Sunday. I have high hopes that our windows inside and out

April is coming to a close, and it is time for some Spring Cleaning! Please check the Lost and Found in the hall by the office. We will be making a run to Goodwill in mid-May, and I don’t want to donate anyone’s personal items. May 5 is our Clean Up Sunday. Please wear work

We are approaching the halfway point of the Easter season. Our Gospel readings now switch from stories of Easter Day to the identity of Jesus – those famous “I am” statements in the Gospel of John. What is your identity? If you were to craft some statements such as “I am the good shepherd,” “I

I hope you had a chance to get out and enjoy some of the warmer weather this week. It is starting to feel like spring, and I am so enjoying watching the daffodils, crocuses and other flowers poke their heads out of the ground. In another sign of Spring – the Strawberry Fest sign-up sheets

Happy Easter! I hope you are having a wonderful first week of Easter (remember, Easter is 50 days). Thank you also to everyone who voted on Tuesday, I got to see several of you at the Oconomowoc polling station. The numbers are in! We were able to fully fund two new pet chip readers for

Happy Easter! After 40 (or 46) days of preparation, we arrived at victory, at triumph, at resurrection! Today is the archetype for the rest of our Sunday celebrations – an affirmation that God’s love is stronger than our hate, violence and death. Today we join Mary, looking for God, only to have God call us