Bishop's Writings
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Happy Thanksgiving MessageWednesday, November 20, 2019
Rejoice in the Lord always; again, I will say, Rejoice. Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. Philippians 4 Joy in Christ is a way of life for all followers of Jesus. When we chose joy, we also chose hope. Hope draws us to gratitude and gratitude is the foundation of peace that all will be well. John Lennon said, "everything will be okay in the end and if it's not okay, it's not the end." Read more » |
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Clergy Leadership Resource Reallocation Strategy UpdateTuesday, November 19, 2019October, 2019 Dear friends, Thank you for the outpouring of prayer for my mother and our family! Last month I announced my Clergy Leadership Resource Reallocation Strategy and promised more information on these significant changes that I have made as Bishop. My decisions followed my sense of how to organize ourselves to optimize our help across the Diocese, Read more » |
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Inductions, Ordinations, callings, transitions, and appointmentsTuesday, November 19, 2019Published September 2019 Dear saints, Life is full of transitions and we know this well in the church because lay and clergy leaders move for various reasons. We had four clergy leaders leave this summer to take new cures in other parts of the church. While this was sad, we are also delighted to bless the larger church and to welcome clergy leaders to take their place in new cures among us. We rejoice in a fountain of Induction ceremonies as we seat Rectors to affirm and bless the discerned community visions with their lay leaders! Read more » |
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Clergy Leadership Resource Reallocation Strategy Effective: 10/1/2019Tuesday, November 19, 2019Published September, 2019 Dear friends, We are a small diocese in terms of both the number of worshipping communities and the average size of our congregations. More than 75% of our congregations are Family Size churches with Average Sunday Attendance of less than 75. While we may be a small diocese by these measures, we are blessed with some incredibly talented clergy, and collectively we now have greater clarity about what it takes to grow and develop congregations spiritually, numerically and in missional leadership. Read more » |