The Corpus Christi Anglican Church (CCAC) vestry held its initial meeting on Monday, June 19, 2023, at 7:30 PM.

Arriving in Virginia, I was met with the warmest welcome from the whole congregation at Corpus Christi. I remember specifically my nervousness melting away after the first Sunday. I was able to stay at the houses of parishioners and was invited into their daily lives; they accepted me as their own and had a genuine desire and interest in getting to know me. It was the best possible welcome I could have received.

In May 2023 we will have our first Vestry. If you would like to learn more about what a Vestry is and does, please see our previous article, “We will have a Vestry…What is that?!” After a month of discernment, God has brought us three wonderful candidates. Please take time to read their spiritual autobiographies.

I wanted to take a moment this week to pause and do three things: 1) follow up on a portion of my sermon from last Sunday (you can listen to it here), 2) process the recent mass shooting in Nashville, TN, this week in light of what I preached on Sunday, and 3) give the text of Jacob of Sarug that I have found so helpful and quoted in my sermon.