This Week At Christ the Redeemer

This Sunday is my favourite in the Church year.  I have always loved the story in Acts where the Holy Spirit descended on all the disciples gathered and they went out speaking in tongues and everyone thought they were drunk!  It may be my adopted Irish roots, but I have a penchant for appreciating unruliness as a manifestation of God's life force in us. 

Poppies at CTR

First of all, here is the update for the Special Vestry Meeting for May 30.  Parish Council has decided to postpone this meeting as there has been further communication with the Diocese with more things for us to consider.  We would like very much to have a face to face meeting with as many people as feel comfortable to do so later in June. We will send all who aren't able to come with a Zoom link so that you can be part of the meeting. The overall purpose of the meeting has changed to be an update on the suggestions the Diocese is making and how we want to respond to them with a united voice  and to explore our parish ministry going forward, which includes our desire to have a half-time priest. We also need to confirm when representatives from the Diocese can join us.  So - your patience with all of this is greatly appreciated. 

We need to allow two weeks notice before the meeting is scheduled.

Our Executive completed a comprehensive application to the Diocese to be able to hold Sunday morning services beginning on June 14.  There is great care being taken to ensure that we observe all the health guidelines to inhibit the spread of any virus and we are confident that we are in a good position to be able to gather together again with physical distancing.  There will be no Eucharist and no singing - but we can speak the words of the hymns to the music and enjoy each others' presence.  Where two or three of us are gathered, God is there with us.  And while we know he is always with us, somehow being together makes it easier for us to feel his presence.

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