Yesterday I preached at Trinity Church, my home parish of many years. It was a really positive experience: a warm welcome from familiar faces, good feedback from parishioners and clergy, and a wonderful liturgy besides. The highlight of the morning was definitely the vestry member “faith story of the week,” which had us all in tears at the late service.
Interestingly, it turns out that half the retired Protestant clergy in Wauwatosa (Lutherans, Presbyterians, Episcopalians) attend Trinity, which made for some interesting conversations in the “receiving line,” or whatever we call it. On the whole, though, the lay feedback was much more specific and useful than that from all these retired pastors. The moral of the story: Trinity is a healthy, thriving, and appealing place to be right now. I’m so glad.
If you’re interested in having a look, here’s a link to the PDF. Bill says the audio will also make it here at some point.
Next week: St. Andrew’s in Madison. The service times are 8 and 9:30. The texts?: “a sort of a progressive Miss Manners.” Should be interesting.