Dear Friends,
This Sunday is our Annual Meeting! I know, throughout the church, collective groans go up when we hear about annual meetings. I’ve served in churches where the attendance that day looked about like the Sunday after Easter – lovingly called “low Sunday”.
But I encourage you to take this part of membership at Trinity seriously, and to choose to be a part of it. We promise to be good stewards of your time and to not let things drag on too much. But it is important to claim your ownership as members of this community.
As a priest, part of how I understand my calling is that I believe some of the most important work I do is about supporting you in the important work that God is calling you to do. The annual meeting is a time to embrace your role as a leader of Trinity, to take a hand in lifting up the next leaders of Trinity, and to celebrate the good work that God has led us to do in the past year.
When you read the Annual Report, I hope you’ll get a sense of the joy that it has captured, but also a sense of the vital ministry it shows. We have been busy in the best ways at Trinity. And that is not just the work I have done, or the work that our staff has done – that is the sum of the work we all have done, together. Most importantly, it is a testament to the work that Christ has called us to.
So, please do make it a point to be a part of the meeting after church this Sunday. We have so much to celebrate!
Blessings,
Jon+