Summery Sunday Summary

It's another hot one today, but this time we didn't have any morning overcast to give us a (false) hope of relief. We managed to get by with a fan in the Narthex, as well as running the heating system blowers to bring up cooler air from downstairs.

Fr. Daniel announced the resumption this week of daily Matins and Evensong. I guess he's getting more sleep now, and that things are settling in with newborn Mary Eve. He did note that they may be held in the Parish Hall downstairs to avoid the heat upstairs. (Hmmm... maybe at some point we need to have a fundraiser to install the unthinkable: air-conditioning! Even when the weather is milder the noise from the highway outside coming in through open windows can be a problem, and when they widen the road it will just get worse.)

Fr. Daniel announced the upcoming Parish Retreat set for Saturday, August 12th, and put up a sign-up list. Originally this was going to be a Vestry Retreat, but it's been expanded in particular hope of bringing in other leaders in the Church: the Sunday school, for example. The Retreat held in January went quite well and gave the Vestry more to think about than just the issues for the next month or two. (Ugh; I have an assignment to complete before then -- I need to get working on it. The good part is I've cleaned up a lot of backlog this weekend.)

Despite having two organists, we ended up singing a capella today. Josephine is still resting and though Kathy was slated to play, a houseguest was ill and in pain and Kathy had to take her to the doctor before the service began. It was with a little bit of panic (Greek: deimos, to complement the Greek word phobos we encountered in Bible Study this morning -- both being the names of the Martian moons) that I realized our Offertory Hymn, #207 Edsall, was something I don't think we've ever sung before. I can only put it to Fr. Daniel's excellent choral leadership that this and all the other hymns went quite well without the organ.