Learning and Confronting our Ignorance and Fears by The Rev. Mawethu Ncaca, Associate Rector I’m pretty sure if you flip to page 411 in your physical copy of The Book of Common Prayer, the pages of the Pastoral Office would probably be pretty clean. This makes sense as other pages, like the Holy Eucharist and…
Wake Forest Black History Walking Tours The Town of Wake Forest and the Wake Forest Historical Museum are partnering to offer free Black History Month Walking Tours of the Northeast Community at 1 p.m. on the following dates in February: Wednesday, Feb. 7 Friday, Feb. 9 Wednesday, Feb. 14 Friday, Feb. 16 Wednesday, Feb. 21…
I am back at St. John’s after 2 ½ weeks of vacation and I’m feeling exceedingly grateful: Grateful for the extended rest and time with friends and family while on vacation; grateful for our Associate “Rev. Drs.”, Lorraine and Jim, who are always so supportive and willing to serve when asked; grateful for Lois Sauer,…
It’s graduation season, and there are signs of celebration all around! There are balloons and flowers, candy bouquets and class parties, yard signs and yearbooks, and caps and gowns as far as the eye can see. Social media platforms are exploding with pictures of little ones now all grown up and moving from one level…
I wanted to provide an overview of staff transitions coming up this Spring/Summer at St. John’s and what our Vestry and I are doing to address ongoing parish needs in response. I know many are curious as to what options we are considering, and perhaps a little nervous because we’re facing quite a lot of…
I invite you, therefore, in the name of the Church, to the observance of a holy Lent… (p 265, Book of Common Prayer) Next Wednesday, the priests presiding at our Ash Wednesday services will say these words as they have been said for centuries in the liturgical branches of the Christian Church. My hope this…
Priests, I think, are not supposed to have favorite scripture passages or liturgical seasons, kind of like you’re not supposed to have a favorite child. But I do. Advent is my favorite season, and the scripture passages we read in Advent are among the ones I treasure most in all of scripture. (There. You’ve heard…
Annual Parish Report 2022
By Ken Marsh (pictured right) and Moe Isenberg (pictured left) From Ken: Moe Isenberg recently shared with me a piece he wrote in the 1980’s titled “What I get out of taking communion to shut-ins?” Moe summed it up in one word: PEACE! In that one word, Moe beautifully sums up all the feelings, emotions and activities…
As Fall settles in, we move from a focus on Creation Season at St. John’s (celebrating God’s gift of Creation and God’s call to steward it well), to a season of reflection on other dimensions of stewardship: First, discerning how we might best serve God and neighbor with our time, and our talents, and our…