Rector’s Blog

Sunday is our last Sunday before Lent, and we are going to celebrate with pancakes! Lent was traditionally a time to give up rich foods, and so right before the start of Lent people would make cakes to use up their sugar, butter, eggs and flour before the penitential season. While your Lent may or

I was so sorry to miss the Bishop’s Visit last Sunday, but I hope you enjoyed getting to know Bishop Lee. Thank you to Deacon Chuck and everyone for managing in my absence, I haven’t been sick for the last couple years, and I am so grateful I was able to stay home and sleep.

This Sunday is our Bishop’s Visit! I hope you join me in welcoming Bishop Jeff Lee to St. Mary’s. Please wear your nametag to help Bishop Lee match names masked faces. While we will not have Coffee Hour, we will have an opportunity to chat with the Bishop in the Church at 9 a.m. I

From Mother Pippa Starting this Sunday, we are returning to two in person services at 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. each Sunday. Masks are required regardless of your vaccination status, and we will provide surgical masks for those who want them. The CDC recommends N-95 or KN-95 masks. Further, we recommend that people space out

The Annual Meeting is this Sunday. Once again we will be on Zoom, and if you need help accessing Zoom, please contact the office. Should you prefer not to join us on Zoom, you can also pick up paper ballots from the office (or we will send them to you) as well as printed Annual

Make sure you get your pictures in to the office! We will be printing our new photo poster of all our parish members in February, so please get yours in ASAP! If you would like me to snap a photo of you after church or during the week, please let me know. The Annual Meeting

The Vestry met on January 11 decided to limit church attendance for the rest of January. On Sundays we will have one in person service at 8 a.m. Everyone attending needs to wear a mask. We will record the 8 a.m. service and show it on Zoom at 10 a.m. Here is the Zoom link:

We are updating our poster of parish members! Turning this update into an annual tradition, we are asking you to check the photo directory and decide if you’d like to use a different photo for the poster. If so, please submit a photo to Lynn or catch me on Sunday and I’ll take a new

Happy Second Sunday of Christmas, Ninth Day of Christmas and New Year! I hope you had a lovely time with family and friends in all these lovely celebrations. I enjoyed spending time in Minnesota with parents, sisters, in-laws and my niece and nephew. Our Wednesday morning Adult Education resumes on Wednesday, and we will continue

Merry Second Day of Christmas! I hope you are rejoicing in the Incarnation, God-With-Us, that is so unique to Christianity. I am in Minnesota this week with my family and wish you a blessed St. Stephen’s Day. I am grateful to Deacon Chuck for being willing to lead service on this commemoration of the first