Page 6 - Annual Meeting, 2019

Thank you to the St Peter’s Vestry. This Vestry has worked hard throughout the year
and each person has been supportive of everyone else in the group. The Vestry voted to get
two major painting projects done, and we spent quite a bit of time on the St Peter’s Safety
Plan, which has finally been completed and made available to all of you. We have placed an
AED in the Sacristy in case of medical emergencies. Helmut Linne von Berg capably led the
church during my absence during the sabbatical. As you know, our treasurer, Eunice Key,
has automated our bookkeeping, which will make the transition to a new treasurer much
easier when the time comes.

2018 contained some experiments. For children, we offered several special events
throughout the year. Most, though not all, were well attended. We did not have Vacation
Bible School this year, due to a number of factors. Hopefully, VBS will return in 2019.

In an effort to encourage visiting and pastoral care among church members, I put together
a visiting program called OneDay, which began with some helpful hints about paying visits
to parishioners. Then we prayed together, and went out to visit and then returned for a
time of conversation and prayer. This experiment did not catch on and will be
discontinued in its current form.

Worship committee formed—This group helped make sure that worship ran smoothly
while I was away. Some of the ideas that this group had for St Peter’s will be put into place
during 2019. I’m hopeful that this group will continue to meet with me in the year ahead.

Continuing education

In January 2018, I started learning Spanish. In August I spent two weeks in Antigua,
Guatemala, doing a language immersion. In September I shared some of my experiences of
my time in Guatemala and people tried some typical foods of the region in a program called
An Afternoon in Guatemala. I’m grateful to St Peter’s for allowing me time for a sabbatical
to travel and study.

In June of 2018 I became a preaching fellow in the year long preaching enrichment
program called Deep Calls to Deep, sponsored by the Lily Foundation and held at VTS. I
spent one week at VTS in June for the opening of the program and then have met monthly
since then with a small group to work on preaching improvement. The program will
conclude in June 2019 with another week of continuing education at VTS.

To make sure that my spiritual life stays strong, I’m once again meeting with a spiritual
director who has been a great help to me.

Other duties as assigned

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