Greetings from Chuckatuck on the 4th of July weekend and a hazy first Sunday in July. It appears a storm is brewing on the horizon, which isn’t a big thing from May 1 – October 31 in Tidewater. The brown thrasher (bird) is continuing to do some best reinforcement in the rhododendron outside my window […]
Happy Father’s Day and, as I like to say, fathering Sunday, when we remember those father figures in our lives. We continue our march on the 15th Sunday of Coronatide and hope to be regathering, at least partially, in the coming weeks. We have been dutifully working together apart for weeks and the leaders at […]
Greetings from Chuckatuck on this wonderful Sunday. It has been an unsettled week in Southside – which isn’t uncommon in early June. Sweltering heat and torrential downpours. A clergy friend mentioned yesterday that this Sunday was the “14th Sunday if Coronatide”, which while humorous, is sadly true. It has been almost 4 months since we […]
Greetings to you on Trinity Sunday and the first Sunday in June. Sadly, we, along with all other Episcopal Churches in our Diocese are still worshipping together-separately. While the Commonwealth has continued to phase in its reopening the Bishops in Virginia have erred on the side of safety and are waiting for 14-days of decreasing […]
Greetings on Pentecost Sunday. It is a beautiful day here in Chuckatuck and we’re missing our typical Pentecost Sunday events: worship at the pond altar and a potluck. We had a different type of service today, Spiritual Communion, that included Susan reading the lessons and the Prayers of the People and Roger playing a communion […]