These are the highlights from the Vestry Meeting on June 28th.  You can watch the entire meeting by clicking the button below.

Takeaways:

• We have received a designated gift of $180,000 to pay off our long-term debt.
• Our stewardship theme this year is Rooted in Abundance, and pledge cards will be available beginning September 13, with our in-gathering on November 1.
• Our Parish Profile has been posted, and the Search Committee is receiving names and beginning to consider candidates.
• We will start our program year with a “Blast Off” celebration on August 16. We will return to two morning services that day and host a ministry fair between them.
• We will begin our Christian Formation program with a special intergenerational formation offering in the Great Hall. Join us for the Theology & Science of Project Hail Mary on August 23, 30, and September 9.
• We will add a Sunday morning Adult Formation class called “Cross Examined Faith.” This class will be led by Kelley and will begin with a discussion of Christians and Artificial Intelligence. Begins September 13.
• We will offer Wednesday night programs beginning mid-September. (See below)
• We will have a new, streamlined Atrium schedule on Sunday mornings and will expand to offer a Toddler Atrium. (See below)

Staff Updates:

• Elena Moreno has joined the staff as the part-time Interim Director of the Choir School.
• Davis Haines and Emily Wolfe will serve as part-time Co-Directors for our Fiddlesticks Music program
• Kathleen Busbee will rejoin the staff in the newly created position of Parish Engagement Coordinator. She will begin in July.