News
Update from the Property Committee
Dear friends, It’s been too long since the property committee provided an update on major projects. While there hasn’t been visible construction activity, we have been very busy with a host of projects. By March of last year we had completed the plans for the sewer connection and were finalizing an easement with our neighbors to allow […]
Preparing for interviews
The Rector Search Committee has been setting up its processes, most recently developing specific interview questions to use with each candidate, based on the skills that the parish said we should be looking for. We’ve taken this week off, but next Tuesday, January 5th, we’ll meet to conduct a mock interview. By mid-January we should […]
In the Bleak Midwinter
The Medieval mystic, Julian of Norwich once imagined and described the infant Jesus holding a small brown hazelnut in his tiny hand – a symbol of future hope. She also had a vision about the whole of creation, as small as this tiny nut: “And in this he showed me a little thing, the quantity […]
The Witnessing Church – masked Christians
The Walk with the Holy Family last Saturday was a very moving event for the 140 walkers, local shopkeepers and onlookers. We assembled at Christ Ascension Lutheran church and made our way up Germantown Avenue, stopping at stores, thanking the owners for helping raise funds for the Interfaith Hospitality Network and hearing staggering statistics about […]
Reviewing the discernment process
This week the committee had a workshop with our consultant, Barbara Abbott, to learn more about how our discernment process can work best going forward. Next week we’ll be working on the specifics of how to evaluate rector candidates: what criteria does the Parish Profile suggest, and what interview questions will help us see how […]
