Transition Update: August ’23
As we enter the waning days of summer, the vestry, finance committee, and many others near and far are diligently working to keep up with the various ministries that manifest the heart and soul of Christ Church. Any request for input and assistance that has been floated to the congregation has been answered without hesitation, and for that we are all truly grateful. Reverend Jane will be leading worship with us until September, and we are in the earliest stages of retaining an Interim priest and planting the seeds for our Prayer Committee as the first steps in our journey to a new Rector. We can conquer hard things together.
Our Prayer for Transition, Awareness, and Action
Almighty God, this community accepts that transition is upon us. We welcome eagerly the opportunity of growth even as we recognize the work needed to foster such growth. Sustain our Christ Church family with strength, patience, and humor during this complex period of discernment and call.
Help us to recognize the strengths, skills, and talents in this vestry and in every member of this parish; grant us the wisdom to call upon and use those skills and talents rightly for the common good.
Help each of us to be diligent in the roles and responsibilities entrusted to our care in the coming months.
Keep us ever mindful of your loving Presence and of the contributions of those who have fostered Christ Church to this point.
Help us to be honest in assessing who we are now, our strengths and our weaknesses.
Expand our capacity to love each other as family and greet as family members those yet unknown.
Finally, we ask that you fuel the fire of our vision in dreaming of what Christ Church may yet become.
Keep our hearts ever open to the possibilities of the new without forgetting the foundations of our past. Amen.
Vestry Members: Sharon Cotter, Nicole Bowden, Earl Dempsey, Eileen Capozzoli, Shannon Hollar, Bruce Horne, Carol
Parasink, Mike Barnard, Ken Mobley, Debbie Saul, Dresden Shumaker, & Barbara Torrens