Dear Christ Church Family
Our sisters and brothers at St. Brice's were delighted this week to receive support from the Executive Committee to proceed with the necessary renovations to allow them to continue ministry in their beloved St. Brice's building! (FYI - Executive Committee must approve all expenditures on buildings when they exceed $25,000.00) . The Committee was deeply impressed by the passion, faith and commitment evident in their excellent presentation.
So now our sister congregation embarks on a challenging year of "Faith, Finances and Fundraising". There will be any number of fundraising events and opportunities for us to support them in spiritual and practical ways. I urge you to continue in the persistent prayer and concern you have shown in these last months - and as events and opportunities present themselves, to support those efforts as well.
One of our wardens recently wrote when we were considering how best to offer help to our St. Brice's family, "if we preach we are one church and we are one family, we need to put into practice those words when one of the family comes under stress".
Here is a wonderful opportunity to live out our faith together!
We'll keep you informed as opportunities present themselves. In the meantime - keep praying and encouraging!
Rev. Marie