Dear Friends,

It is my delight today to write to you with some good news about Grace Mauk. You’ll recall that last year, she was invited to join the national tour of “Dirty Dancing Live”. In fact, my first official act as Rector of Trinity was to join the epic bus trip that went to support her at their tour stop just north of Detroit on the Saturday night before our first Sunday together. It was such a fun way to begin our ministry together!

Today, I’m happy to report that Grace has been invited back on that tour. She will be leaving for a few months, beginning in January. Please make a special effort to be in church on Sunday, January 11th as we send her off with our blessing on this exciting opportunity. We are so proud of who she is and all that she has accomplished, and we are grateful to count her as one of our own!

The further bit of good news that I am happy to share is that when Grace returns in April, the scope of her work here at Trinity will be changing. In addition to serving as our Assistant Director of Music and the Arts, Grace will move into a new full-time position that will include her being our new Director of Communications.

The communications aspects of this ministry have been carried out for the last few years by spreading the responsibilities around the staff. While everyone has done a great job, it became clear to me, soon after arriving that this was a serious hole that would need to be addressed, sooner or later. Additionally, it quickly became clear that Grace has both the skills and the creativity to do more.

As a part of her new role, she’ll be absorbing most of the communications aspects of the work that Heather & Chelsie have been doing – freeing them both to concentrate on critical aspects of their work – and she’ll develop our broader communication strategy to be even more effective at spreading the good news of the work that the Holy Spirit is doing among us here at Trinity.

You should know that this wouldn’t have been possible without your generous support in our annual giving campaign. The success of that campaign – rising beyond the goals we’d set for it – have made it possible for us to increase our capacity for ministry in this meaningful way. Your gifts matter. Thank you for your support!

We are so excited for Grace as she embarks on this next adventure on tour, and when she returns, her next adventure: growing into her new ministry here at Trinity. Please take a moment to wish her well in all that these next few months will hold!

Blessings,
Jon+