Rector's Notes

Dear St. Mary’s Church and friends, There have been several years here on Easter Sunday at St. Mary’s Church that we’ve read the famous...

Earlier this month I had a delightful surprise. One morning I walked out onto the back porch of the rectory and saw that the first...

This is the text of a sermon delivered on the Octave of Easter, April 19, 2020. It was originally given extemporaneously, but it seemed...

March 30, 2020 Dear St. Mary’s Church and friends, This letter and packet will take the place of April’s Magnificat. Part of this packet...

On the website for St. Mary's Church I refer to "recordings of sermons" rather than just "sermons." You might think a sermon is a sermon...

The next day (March 17) our bishop sent another Pastoral Letter to the diocese giving more detailed guidance on what should and should...

Here is the Pastoral Letter from our bishop announcing that public worship in the diocese is being suspended until further notice:...

The announcement on the website's homepage was roughly pulled from a letter I wrote to the congregation on March 17, the day I received a...