by Rector Gareth | Oct 29, 2021 | Rector's Message
Just as churches find ways to honor the Christ Child in an increasingly secular Holiday Season, I believe we can communicate the Gospel at Halloween in a playful and prayerful way. Taken at face value, Halloween is great fun. In my own mind, it’s a chance for a wee...
by Rector Gareth | Oct 24, 2021 | Rector's Message
I am delighted that members Ed Mielke and Scott Sykes are leading our Stewardship campaign this year. As you might well appreciate, they are stepping out in faith on behalf of all of us following another year of major disruption to parish life. Hence, I ask for your...
by Rector Gareth | Oct 15, 2021 | Rector's Message
Futurists are paid by corporations to “look over the horizon” in order to position a company for long-term success in an environment marked by an accelerating sense of disruption, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity. In contemplating the future of the Episcopal...
by Rector Gareth | Oct 8, 2021 | Rector's Message
It’s hard to imagine the new normal of post-COVID church. As the devastating impact of the pandemic continues to work its way across the globe, I am certain that places where mutual care, reflection and deep connection happen will matter more. I believe that our...
by Rector Gareth | Oct 1, 2021 | Rector's Message
Gathering for worship during the pandemic has proved challenging for churches everywhere. It has led many churches to meet in whatever outdoor spaces are available to them. Many of us at St. B’s have come to terms with the trade-off of worshipping outdoors rather than...
by Rector Gareth | Aug 26, 2021 | Rector's Message
While Gareth enjoys an August vacation, this letter is being written by guest columnists from our parish. When the pandemic caused a shutdown of life as we know it, an odd silence settled around us. (Ok, to be fair, not for those with young children). Annual events we...
