Dear parishioners,
This will be my last email message to you. I’ve begun saying good-bye through the Scepter and to the Vestry. Saturday morning I’ll have some parting words at the online Annual Parish Meeting, and my final words to you are in my sermon for Sunday. I’ll be officially retired as of Monday.
But before I go, I have a gentle pastoral reminder. Many of you can probably remember that once Father Stephen retired, he was no longer allowed to respond to requests for pastoral care. He could not make visits nor could he conduct weddings or funerals for parishioners of St.
Edward’s. Now that I am leaving it will be the same for me. This is not an easy rule, I know. The church has this rule, though, because only one priest can be in charge of a congregation at a time, and a new priest needs to become established as its pastor. After fifteen months as your priest, I have made a personal connection to many of you and would be honored to provide you pastoral care, but it’s really a matter of what it best for St. Edward’s as a whole. So if you need pastoral care from Monday onwards, please call Father Rick. He is a great priest and pastor and is ready and happy to form a relationship with you. Thank you for understanding.
By the way, it is looking increasingly likely that once we are able to attend services again in the summer, I will be able to return to St. Edward’s for one last Sunday to have a proper farewell while Father Rick does the same with St. James. We’ll let you know as soon as it can be scheduled.
David +
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SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER – APRIL 19, 2020
As with our posting, last week, of our Easter service, please check the website Sunday morning, after 6 AM for the bulletin and service for the Second Sunday of Easter – April 19, 2020. You will want to tune in, as it is Father David’s final service. To preview/download the bulletin in advance, here is the link:
https://sainteds.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/SecondSundayofEaster_041920.pdf
Then, consider joining the virtual coffee hour, hosted by Joe and Christina McLaughlin. Here are the details:
VIRTUAL COFFEE HOUR AT ST. EDWARD’S
Don’t forget to join Christina and Joe McLaughlin, hosting a weekly “Virtual Coffee Hour.” This is all new to us, so take a chance, set up zoom and see how it all goes! It will be fun to connect and whether you want to stay on for 5 minutes or the full session, grab your cup of coffee or tea, pull up a chair, and say hello to your fellow parishioners.
Here is a link of step-by-step instructions to set up zoom, that Christina put together.
https://sainteds.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/St-Eds-Coffee-Hour-Invite-and-How-To.pdf
And, if you have any questions, Christina has offered to please give her a call and she can help! Her number is 717-415-7043.
DATE: SUNDAY, APRIL 19th
TIME: 10 – 10:45 am
PLACE: Wherever you are comfortable with your computer in your home environment!
WHAT TO BRING: Your coffee and something interesting to share with others!
** The join code and passcode will not be posted on the public website of Facebook, it is in your Daily Message.
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ANNUAL MEETING DETAILS:
Time to get ready for tomorrow’s St. Edward’s Virtual Annual Meeting. It would be wonderful if as many of our parishioners who have Internet access and are savvy with using the computer can get on ZOOM and attend the meeting as we will be hearing our final message and report from our Interim Rector, Father Bateman; our Senior Warden’s report, along with vestry elections and delegates to Diocesan Convention, and our financial report. The Annual Report is posted on the St. Edward’s web site for all to review. Here is the link:
https://sainteds.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/St.-Edwards-Annual-Report_2019.pdf
We strongly encourage you to read this year’s report. Every year the reports are such a wealth of information about the “state” of our parish, but we are particularly proud of this year’s report as it shows what a wonderful community of faith, and a STRONG community of faith, we were throughout our transition (and are, today!). We did some really great ministry, in all ways!!
Once you review the report online, if you have questions you would like answered, we have set up a protocol as follows: Please contact a member of vestry, PRIOR TO 10 AM SATURDAY, and detail your question and it will be addressed. The vestry list is as follows, and you may call any vestry member:
MICHAEL FRESHWATER ‘21 Secretary 717-898-6100
JULIE HOFF ’22 Junior Warden 2019 717-898-6037
DINA ISHLER ‘20 717-481-0708
MARK JAKIEL ‘21 540-560-2895
HERB JOHNSTON ‘21 717-392-8513
GINNY KLOEPPING ‘20 717-735-7103
ELLEN MILLIGAN ‘22 717-569-0081
BILL SWIERNIK ‘20 717-682-4428
MEREDITH WESTGATE ‘20 Senior Warden 717-575-2119
To get set up for Zoom, you will have had to sign up “for free” to zoom to create your account. Then, place the meeting link in your browser, and you should see a pop-up box that details the date and time of the meeting, but it will not prompt you for your 2 codes until the day of the meeting.
Here are the details:
If you have not already signed up for ZOOM, go here and click the button in upper right “Sign up, it’s free”
Once you have signed up and have the icon on your desktop, you just need to copy and paste the link below into your browser and fill in the join code and passcode.
Date & Time: Annual Meeting – April 18, 2020 10:00 AM
Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81417491709?pwd=SlAvOHFoeWMrb1lJa2dNNGVabTVUZz09
** To ensure privacy, the JOIN CODE and PASSCODE are in your Daily Message emails from this week.
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SCEPTER SUBMISSIONS FOR MAY: Articles, announcements and pictures for the May Scepter are due Monday April 20th. Please send items to [email protected]