Trinity Stories
All Jesus did that day was tell stories—a long storytelling afternoon. His storytelling fulfilled the prophecy: I will open my mouth and tell stories; I will bring out into the open things hidden since the world's first day.Matthew 13:34-35 – The Message
RECTOR’S BLOG
The Rev. Dr. Stephen Applegate
An Apostle in our Midst
Dear Friends,
Many years ago now, David Joslin, who served as the bishop of Central New York, wrote a little pamphlet for Forward Movement Publications (the folks who bring us the “Forward Day by Day” bible reading helps), called “An Apostle in our Midst.” He wanted people to understand the role and ministry of a bishop and the link between every Episcopal bishop and the Apostles. I wish I could find the pamphlet, but I suspect it was a casualty of a library housecleaning I performed several years ago.
The gist of Bishop Joslin’s piece was that bishops were not only linked to the apostles through the long chain of the laying on of hands at ordination, the chain referred to as “Apostolic Succession,” but are also linked to the apostles by their being sent by Jesus Christ to bring the gospel of God’s love to the world.
This Sunday, October 29, the Rt. Reverend Anne Jolly, the Bishop of Ohio – she’s happy to be called Bishop Anne – will preside and preach at the 10:00 am service. We’ll have the opportunity to have a conversation with her at the reception following the 10:00 am service, and then the Vestry will meet with her.
During Bishop Anne’s visitation we’ll welcome Matthias and Kai Kefalas Siu into the household of God through the Sacrament of Baptism. Irene Ballmer, George Benson, and Kimberly Kefalas from Trinity, and Timothy Krukowski from St. Timothy’s, Perrysburg will be received into the fellowship of this communion.
Please join me in welcoming our Chief Pastor – an Apostle in our midst – to Trinity this Sunday.
Blessings,
Stephen Applegate
This Is The World We Are Living In
Dear Friends, The Diocese of Ohio will hold its Annual Convention in Wooster on November 10 and 11. Trinity’s delegates will be Mary Beroske, Hugh Grefe, and Jolene Miller. I’ll be attending the convention with seat and voice, but no vote since I’m canonically a...
The Neutral Zone
Dear Friends, In my sermon on October 1 – my first Sunday at Trinity – I mentioned the “transition guru,” William Bridges. Bridges emphasized the importance of transitions as a key for organizations to succeed in making changes. He made a distinction between “change”...
Being in Community
I was born into a churched family. Weekly church attendance was the norm. My grandparents, aunts and uncles, and cousins attended the same church. My great-grandmother (who lived to the age of 103) was a pillar of the church, and when she became too frail to attend...
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
George Benson
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MUSIC & THE ARTS
Chelsie Cree
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