Farewell to Summer: conclusions

With Winter descending, I will likely soon begin arriving at Church while it is still fairly dark in the morning and leaving again in the dark. There will be a short period of pale sunlight in the middle of the day. Yet, looking on the bright side: the Winter darkness works well as a backdrop for Evensong, especially if we use the new Office candles. The Evening Service that our choristers learned will no doubt be pressed into 'service'. Looking forward to that. (Incidentally, I am thinking of moving the daily Evensong Service to an earlier time this Winter (maybe 4:30 instead of 5:30).

In spite of the occasional crisis, this has been a very good Summer for our parish. A highlight for me was when I took two consecutive weeks off at the end of Summer, and during that time discovered that two of our new Lay Readers are gifted preachers! I have also found the friendship of two devout ministers in this area, one Episcopal and one Lutheran, who are both turning out to be a great source of encouragement to me. And, we have another joyful day to look forward to at the end of September: four new members will be recieved into our parish. We welcome Christy, John, Bob & Diane to our Parish Family! Gloria Deo!