Welcome to the St. Mark's Interim Planning Team's Blog!
The purpose of this blog is to facilitate discussion amongst interim planning team members, to educate the members of our parish and other interested parties in regards to this transformational period in our church's history, and to share ideas relating to topics pertinent to the formation of our church in its transitional phase. After each meeting a new topic will be posted by the moderator of this board. The topic will relate to the task assigned to our team. I encourage you to share your ideas, work, thoughts, and prayers through this board with other team members.
"Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand; and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God. And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us." Romans 5:1-5 (NRSV).
It is my hope that we will share in this love that God has poured in our hearts, not just during this interim process, but always. So that, we may strengthen each other with the godly character made manifest in our lives through the saving grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. And that each of our unique characters and experiences will open us to discern God's will for St. Mark's Episcopal.
