Dear family and friends of Christ Church,

As I sit at our California relative’s dining room table to write this message, my heart and spirit still resonate with residual Holy Week joy. This past Holy Week included, by my count, sixteen worship services and events. I haven’t yet dug through final numbers, but we saw steady increases throughout the week from last year’s participation figures. Many newer faces joined with our faithful members in worship and fellowship, saying they had heard about us and wanted to see Christ Church for themselves. Our witness to the good news of Christ is resonating with the wider community and drawing others into the church. Alleluia! Thanksgivings abound in my heart for all the ministry and work I saw this last week, and more for the faithful service that I did not see, but I know was offered with humility and grace.

Easter Sunday was especially meaningful to me. In addition to being an incredible morning and joyous conclusion to our Holy Week journey, Easter also marked the conclusion of my first year as your priest at Christ Church. Answering this call, moving here, getting to know you, seeing my family so organically incorporated into this community – all this and more have been tremendous blessings to me.