If we don't pray, we don't have a prayer

Dear Friends,

The annual meeting of our parish took place on Sunday, January 22, with a good turnout of our folk. At that meeting, we elected three new vestry members, and delegates and alternates to diocesan convention, as well as attending to other business such as receiving reports from parish committees, and those from our wardens and officers.

This coming Saturday, February 4, your vestry will meet for a time of retreat to reflect together about the life of our All Saints community and to prayerfully seek where the Spirit is leading us in this new year. We have the privilege of using the clubhouse at Ridgewood just around the corner from All Saints for this time together.

With the busy pace of life these days, it is difficult for people to set aside personal time for quiet reflection. It is even more difficult to coordinate  the schedules of a group of busy individuals for such time together. However, without such time to center from within and to reflect, we can easily get swept up in  the momentum of everyday life. As someone wryly said, "I may be lost, but I'm making good time!"

Such prayerful time spent together reminds us again that at the heart of  our life as a parish is the life of prayer, individually and collectively. To what is God calling this special people, All Saints, to be and to do? So, on Saturday, we will gather together as your vestry, interrupting the pace of our everyday lives, and pray together for a sense of God's leading for All Saints.

Wherever you find yourself on Saturday morning, perhaps you would join spiritually with your vestry members, taking a moment to send them a thought and prayer for guidance, wisdom and openness of heart and mind.

Prayerfully,

David+

(Your vestry, wardens and officers are listed in the "contact us" section of this website)