Last week I wrote about the Annual (Parochial) Meeting then scheduled for last Sunday. The weather and the City of Providence intervened and so the meeting is now rescheduled for this coming Sunday. I hope to see you then.

 

If you are like me, the prospect of the Annual Meeting may not fill you with excited expectation. However, this year we have designed an agenda that will focus on:

Time pressure means I need to say something about this last point. Following the results of the recent survey on the Sunday morning experiment the Vestry, after careful analysis of the results has agreed new service times for Sunday mornings. Beginning on February 7th, we will move to an 8am spoken Eucharist, a main service of Eucharist with choir and sermon at 9.30am, followed by Christian formation and coffee hour at 10.45am. This will now be our permanent Sunday service time line-up until we move to summer program hours at the beginning of July.

 

As we gear ourselves for the immanent arrival of Lent we look forward to the annual Pancake Supper on Tuesday 9th February. This year Gander, our spirituality group for men, will be catering this event. The proceeds of the $10 per person and $30 per family will go towards supporting our expanding Christian formation program.

 

Next week I will talk more about Lent, which is rapidly bearing down upon us. If you want to take a sneak look at the 2016 Lent program go to Lent 2016 (stmartinsprov.org/lent-2016/)

 

I look forward to seeing you this Sunday for the State of the Parish sermon and Annual Meeting with brunch.