Grace and peace to you on the first Sunday after the Epiphany and as 2021 becomes a reality. We’ve been toying around with winter this week, at least Southside Virginia winter. It was a bit nippy at church this morning but, thankfully, the wind had subsided a little. We’re still working with limitations on attendance […]
Happy New Year (on day 3 of the New Year) from St. John’s in Chuckatuck. We pray you had a safe and secure New Years’ Eve, whether you saw the year turn with family or by yourself. We hope the coming year holds a lot of possibility and the opportunity for change and return to […]
Merry Christmas from Chuckatuck on a very warm, windy, and rainy Christmas Eve. Tonight we celebrated the birth of Jesus, although tonight was probably different than any other Christmas we’ve celebrated. We gathered to share the story of Christ’s birth and hosted a gathering of remote participants. It was a special evening to celebrate the […]
Happy Fourth Sunday of Advent and the day before the longest night in 2020. Today started overcast and chilly and has been filled with drizzle for the entire day. But we cannot let the weather quench our spirit and our preparation for the celebration of the coming of Christ at Christmas. We were able to […]
Blessings to you all from fall-like Chuckatuck. The 3rd Sunday of Advent broke bright and temperate, a nice counterpoint to the increased restrictions on gathering in Virginia. We were limited to 3 for worship but had quite a few joining us on video. True confession: I pulled a first today when I started my sermon […]