God said, “Let there be snow”…and there was an abundance.

so this Sunday, February 7th we will NOT worship together at 9:15 a.m.

Please stay home, but read the bible, say your prayers and give thanks for your blessings.

Remember on the 7th day God rested and so should you.

The Body of Christ will NOT be meeting this Sunday at 9:15 a.m. at St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church 116 Marydell Road, Linthicum, MD 21090

"What do you mean you need to go for a walk?"

"Honey! I found the car."

"Never mind, I can wait."

Title: Shrove Tuesday – Pancake Supper
Location: The Church of the Holy Apostles
Description: Come Join us on Shrove Tuesday for a delicious Pancake Supper. Mmmmm…pancakes!
Start Time for Cooks: 4:30 pm
Dinner: 5:30 pm
Date: 2010-02-16
End Time: 7:30 pm

February 2009 Troop 550

Title: Boy Scout Sunday
Location: St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church
Description: Come join us for a special Sunday service for Boy Scout Sunday!
Start Time: 9:15 AM
Date: 2010-02-07

The Diocese of Maryland asks their seminarians to spend the summer of their junior year interning in a parish, with the hopes of employment after graduation.  I requested that  Bishop Ihloff allow me to do international mission work instead.  My reasoning was if you haven’t lived it, you can’t preach it.

God sent me to Haiti; the poorest country in the northern hemisphere.

so much love so little time - June 1997

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Title: Music Series – Trinitas
Location: St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church
Description: Experience the unique musical stylings of TRINITAS, presenting “Songs To Celebrate The Light”.
Start Time: 7:15 pm
Date: 2010-02-13
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Last year went by so fast it is almost a blur. In the beginning of the year I felt I was wandering. I wondered if I had lost my sense of direction for us as a community. I felt at a loss. In my ministry as your priest, there were two defining moments.

The building where the little church with the BIG heart meets

We did everything I knew of to live into God’s calling.  We grew stronger in ministry and mission, spirituality, and stewardship but we continued to stagnate in others.  We gained new families only to lose people to old age. How dare, especially our younger members, move on?  We had a small piece of the Kingdom of God here on earth, why weren’t people breaking down our doors?

With my marketing background, I feel personally responsible for the lack of membership growth. We had direct mail campaigns, movie nights, concert series, teacher appreciation programs, and special liturgies for the Boy Scouts, Masons and Election Eve. We opened our facility to anyone that was in need.  According to the experts our membership should have been increasing, instead, it stayed the same.

Then came the first of the defining moments for me in 2009.

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Title: Annual Meeting and Leadership Election
Description: Potluck brunch
Start Time: 9:15
Date: 2010-01-24

preparing for graduation -- opening the window of reflections

We are asked to submit a reflection to be placed in 2009 Honduras scrap book. Here is mine.

One of the greatest benefits of going on a mission trip is that it takes us out of our familiar surroundings, which allows us the opportunity to see life, as we live it in the US, in better perspective.

There were ten girls in one room, four girls in another and the male chaperons where sleeping in a storage room attached to the kitchen. When I walked into the bathroom I thought to my self wasn’t there a mirror on this wall last year? As I closed the bathroom door I saw the 5×7 inch mirror in a handmade frame hanging on a hook. It was something you would find in a souvenir shop. “There is the mirror,” I said to myself, “this should prove interesting.” Read more »