Re-Gathering in God's Time
Jul 07, 2020
Dear People of Holy Innocents’,When the church staff left the offices on Thursday, March 12 to start a purported two-week shutdown, I thought we would take a nice pause, refocus on our ministries, and jump back just in time for Holy Week...
Technology
Jun 16, 2020
Technology is one of the areas of the church that we knew needed work entering 2020. No one realized how much we would need it to work immediately on March 15 with our first recorded service. Thanks to the repeated and detailed work of Jess...
Clergy Staffing
Jun 16, 2020
One of the questions I have gotten a lot recently goes something like this: “Bill, why don’t we see you every week in the chapel on Sundays?” Trust me, it feels very weird to me too. I love sitting with my family watching a...
When Can We Open for Everyone?
Jun 11, 2020
The most asked question for the last two months or more has been the same, “When can we go back to church?” I know there is a desire to be back in our building, in the same pew, and surrounded by familiar, loving faces. Part of that...
On Sacraments and Social Distancing
May 13, 2020
I remember the conversation well because I thought it was a stupid one. I had just started seminary in the Fall of 2003. Everyone in my class, like every starting seminarian, was convinced we would fix the church and finally get closer to what...