Dear Ones,
After the announcement in Wilmington, many people appropriately expressed their concerns to members of the Staff Parish Relations Committee. I thank everyone for their honest feedback and Barbara Bishop for her patient leadership. The best course of action is to cancel the plans to worship together for the summer and retain the present schedule, Tewksbury at 9 am and Wilmington at 10:30.
If worshipping earlier is your preference, please come to Tewksbury, and if you prefer the later time, please come to Wilmington.
The idea of worshipping together is a good one; however, the timing didn't work out. It takes time to get people on board with new ideas; it takes time to adjust plans. And it takes time to communicate those adjustments. We simply did not have enough of it to manage these tasks.
You are a faithful group of followers of Jesus Christ. As such, it might be best to begin such discussions in March or April for next summer. I appreciate those who wanted this, those who did not and apologize to those who found this upsetting.
Grace and peace,
Peter
