We have kicked off our annual pledge drive, remembering our Baptismal Covenant and that we are washed in the Living Water of Jesus Christ. As of print time, it is still too early to give you any results, but stay posted, they will be coming. Meanwhile, I share with you my own little story. I was baptized when I was a little baby, washed and brought into the community of God’s Church. I left church as a teenager, and returned to it when my children were small. That baptism, that long forgotten event in my life, re-emerged in ways I certainly did not expect. And in those promises made on my behalf so long ago, I vowed to continue in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread and in the prayers. Each year as I consider my own pledge to the parish I think of how important it is for us to live our salvation story, to remember and retell the story of Jesus Christ and to share in the Eucharistic banquet. Of course, we are called to do work in the world, to be mission minded, but if we don’t come together first in our fellowship to praise God from whom all blessings flow, to feed ourselves in the sacramental feast of bread and wine, and to remember our story of salvation, we go out into the world empty-handed. Our pledges allow us to "Go in peace to love and serve the Lord." Pray about your commitment and be generous in the name of Him who is generous beyond our wildest expectations.
                                                         Rev. Susanna+

140^th Annual Diocesan Convention

On Friday and Saturday of the upcoming week, (November 14 and 15)your rector, delegates and youth representatives will be joining people from throughout the Diocese of Central New York for the 140^th Diocesan Convention in Liverpool, New York. This year’s delegates are Sue and Lew Jones, the alternate is Alfreda Archie and the youth reps are Chris Meade and Mat Garceau. The theme of this year’s gathering is Transformation through Formation or as they put it, tf². Reports to follow.