Greetings from Chuckatuck on the Second Sunday in Easter, often (sadly) referred to as Thomas’ Sunday. Thankfully, the vestiges of the storm from late in the week have passed and, for the most part, our Parish grounds escaped unscathed (some branches down but nothing extreme). Our attendance today was (not surprisingly) a little lower than […]
Alleluia! Christ is Risen! Happy Easter to all from Chuckatuck. It is nice when Easter is “late” in the season – towards the end of April. It is especially nice for the community Easter Sunrise service; it was in the middle 50s this morning – nearly 20 degrees warmer than last year. Our pond-side celebration […]
It was a beautiful and touching service at Oakland Christian United Church of Christ. As has been our practice since before I arrived at St. John’s, we gather as a community for Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Sunrise. We gathered as a community to remember that night where Jesus and his Disciples celebrated the […]
Prayers for God’s grace to you as we begin our Holy Week journey. Blustery and damp moving to raining by the end of service – brings a change of plans to the Procession of the Palms. Today was another day to open our doors to visitors and long-past former members of the Glebe-St. John’s Cure. […]
April is upon us, and our Lenten journey slowly comes to a close. The churchyard is abloom with buttercups, dandelions, henbit, and “purple flowers”. Our preparations for Easter in the yard have begun in earnest: flower beds have been cleared, trees tended, flowers prepared for planting, and a new crapemyrtle should be in before Easter. […]