The Standing Committee invites you to gather at our Cathedral at 4:30 p.m. this Sunday afternoon, August 8, for Evening Prayer, a time of open conversation and an opportunity to share our thoughts and feelings. Our Dean, Judith Sullivan will lead our worship and Assisting Bishop Rodney Michel will guide our conversation.
As pastors, we care deeply about the health and vitality of our congregations. But how can we grasp congregational health? We need a measure that’s simple, clear, and life-giving.
A key moment in the Christian story collides with a key moment in human history. How they speak to one another!
Asked how he expects Saturday’s nominating synod to play out, Ashmore, rector of Trinity Church in Jacksonville and secretary of the standing committee, which has ecclesiastical authority in the diocese in the absence of a bishop, was at a loss for words. “I’m not really sure (of the outcome),” admitted Ashmore. “And that’s the end product of a lot of thought.
Tauler, the preacher, walked, one autumn day
without the walls of Strasburg, by the Rhine,
Pondering the solemn Miracle of Life;
As one who, wandering in a starless night,
Feels, momently, the jar of unseen waves,