Announcing the Annual Meeting of the Parish

From the Rector

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Sunday 22 January 2017

The Third Sunday after the Epiphany

Dear Parish Family,

I write you to announce on behalf of your Vestry that the Annual Meeting of the Parish shall be held following the Sunday Mass on the third Sunday of February, 19^th day of the month.

This is an important meeting in our communal life.  There are three vestry positions for which we will hold elections.  It is also noteworthy that we shall elect two delegates and two alternates who will join me in representing Holy Cross at Diocesan Convention.  This delegation will be of special significance as we who represent you shall do so twice in the time of service appointed.  The annual Convention of the Diocese shall take place in October at Carbondale.  In addition there shall be a special election next spring for the purpose of the election of the next Bishop of Bethlehem.

The significance of this meeting extends well beyond these issues.  Once more we shall review the year that has been and look forward to the remainder of this year.  As we do so I wish to remind you all that there is much in our life in which we can and should take great pride.  There are challenges to be sure.  This is by no means a new revelation.  And yet we have our faith which reminds us again and again that the Holy Spirit has given us all that we need to face any challenge with which we are confronted.

I will speak in more depth to these issues at the meeting.  For now, though, let me simply say that it is important that we all remember that the work of the parish belongs to all of us who belong to this parish family of ours and who love this church in which the Gospel is proclaimed week after week.  With that in mind I urge you all to the strongest degree possible to make every effort to be present at this meeting of the parish.  This should be a family meeting, indeed a parish meal, at which we as brothers and sisters discuss our life, our hopes and desires, recommitting ourselves one to another and to Jesus Christ, the head of this Church and of the whole Church.  May this meeting indeed be such a gathering!

Yours in the love of Christ!

Father Tim+

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The Rev’d Timothy Alleman