MINUTES - DECEMBER VESTRY MEETING
St. Peter’s Church - December 5, 2005
Fr. George Young opened the meeting with prayer at 6:05 p.m. The Rev Lisa Flores and all current members except Toby Atkinson were present. All four “rising” members were also present: Cathy Kaltenbach, Neil Blalock, Neil Frink, and Francis Flood.
NEXT MEETING: Jauary 9, 2006 @ 6 pm; DEVOTIONAL: John Dyal
Treasurer’s Report:
In Jim Carpenter’s absence, Fr George reviewed the 11-month financial report, highlights of which include: a positive revenue variance through November of $33,000; a positive expense variance; and a $25,000 “surplus”. These results are consistent with the trend of earlier months and give added strength to the possibility of ending the current year with a surplus of between $25 and $30K. (more…)
Dear fellow pilgrims on the way,
G. K. Chesterton wrote, in his book Orthodoxy:
A child kicks his legs rhythmically through excess, not absence, of life. Because children have abounding vitality, because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things repeated and unchanged. They always say, “Do it again”, and the grown-up person does it again until he is nearly dead. For grown-up people are not strong enough to exult in monotony. But perhaps God is strong enough to exult in monotony. It is possible that God says every morning “Do it again” to the sun, and every evening “Do it again” to the moon. It may not be automatic necessity that makes all daisies alike; it may be that God makes every daisy separately but has never gotten tired of making them. It may be that he has the eternal appetite of infancy.
The eternal appetite of infancy – wow, what a wonderful image for God! And I do believe that God makes every daisy, and every sunset, and every person and never tires of making us. God also never tires of coming to us.
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