‘Weekly Post. Anno Domini 2024 July 23

Beloved of the Lord:

Today is Tuesday, 23 July, in the year of our Lord 2024. The scheduled Services are as-follows:

• Tuesday (today): 6:30 PM, Mass, monthly Parish Requiem.
• Wednesday: 12:10 PM, Mass, Vigil of S. James the Great, Apostle & Martyr.
• Thursday, Friday, Saturday: NO SERVICES.
• Sunday: 8:30 & 10:00 AM, Mass, Trinity IX, monthly Parish Brunch following 10:00 Mass, at Schooners Grill, on Warwick.

As you literally just read, our Parish Brunch is Sunday this-coming. We will meet after the 10:00 Mass, for which there will be no coffee-hour. Schooners Grill will be our destination, on Warwick Blvd., past CNU, on the same side of the Street. There, we will break the fast together, as all Brothers and sisters in-Christ Jesus had ought to do.

The long-awaited, much-heralded CAC Synod will commence this Thursday (yes, two days hence) in Amherst, Virginia. The sponsoring Parish will be Church of the Epiphany, where Bishop Nalls is the Rector. The Friday-morning Mass will be sung by our own Altar-crew, including myself, Deacon Collins, and our Master of Ceremonies, Jim Elsnau.

We are taking nine people from Saint Matthew's! The is far-and-away the largest contingent that we've taken to Synod, even electoral Synods, during my tenure. I'm very thankful for all of those who have decided to join in this experience.

Inasmuch as this is our first Synod with the CAC, it is well that so many from the Parish will attend, and thus be able to experience everything first-hand, and then share their impressions with those who could not attend. It is also gratifying that the oft-repeated appeals were answered by so many who are willing-and-able to join with the greater Church in worship, praise, and works for the Kingdom.

I will see all those who are travelling to Amherst there, on Thursday. I beseech the prayers of those who will remain here, not only for our safe travels to-and-from, but that a successful, indeed a Sacred Synod, will be had and enjoyed by all who are in-attendance. I remain

in His praise,

The Venerable T. L. Crowder

Pastor, Saint Matthew's Parish