Rector on Vacation Until Aug. 2
Sunday, July 4
Our guest Celebrant and Preacher will be the Rev. Regina Christianson
Sunday, July 11 - August 1
Guest Celebrant and Preacher, the Rev. Peter D. MacLean
To mark the end of his preaching ministry, Peter will deliver four sermon instructions:
July 11 & 18
SIN and SALVATION - based on the book The Heart of Christianity by Marcus Borg.
July 25
BAPTISM - based on Peter's instruction notes for parents and godparents.
August 1
EUCHARIST - a meditation on 55 years as a priest.
In addition, Peter and Joyce are planning to select a Sunday on which we will sing the almost forgotten hymns for evening services, and on other Sundays to focus on hymns of judgment and healing.
An Exciting Opportunity
I want to share with you an exciting opportunity which Bishop Ely has asked All Saints to consider for this coming year. Daniel MacDonald is a candidate for Holy Orders from the Diocese of Massachusetts, who lives in Winooski with his wife Laura and their son, Nathaniel. Daniel will be ordained to the diaconate on June 5, in Boston. The MacDonalds will continue to live in Vermont while Laura, a psychiatric resident at Fletcher Allen, continues her training. Once he is ordained a transitional deacon (intending to be ordained a priest), Daniel will be required to have a period of training and mentorship in the theology and practice of diaconal servant ministry.
As the bishop where Daniel presently lives, Bishop Ely asked All Saints to consider having Daniel serve a diaconal internship with us for the coming school year. The vestry has approved the idea, with Peggy Mathauer and David working out the details of a learning agreement with Daniel. This is a great opportunity for Daniel to be mentored by Peggy with her many years of experience and knowledge as a deacon and by David with his years of teaching clergy. Daniel was David's student in Clinical Pastoral Education at Fletcher Allen last summer, so they have had a positive working relationship in the past.
As part of the internship learning plan, as supervising deacon, Peggy will have regular scheduled meetings with Daniel, as will David. Besides taking part in worship as a deacon under Peggy's tutelage, it is likely that Daniel will focus on youth and adult Christian education as at least two areas of ministry. This promises to be a wonderful learning opportunity for Daniel and an opportunity for us at All Saints to be enriched by his ministry and presence!
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