Welcome
Dear Friends,
St. Bartholomew’s is a friendly church where people come together to worship God, to affirm our unity in Christ, and to be renewed for ministry in the Church and in the world. We would love to meet you in person, whoever you are and wherever you are on your journey in faith. At “St. Bart’s” we strive to reach into hearts and reach out to those in need.
Worship is central to the life and ministry of the Episcopal Church. I am confident that among our several weekly services, at least one will draw you more deeply into your relationship with God and with the people of God. Moreover, we are blessed with a strong music ministry which greatly enhances our worship.
The Rector's Corner - New Directions/New Ministries
The Rev. Cole Gruberth, Associate Rector since July, 2007 has accepted a call to a new ministry in the Diocese of Rochester (New York). Our subtly humorous preacher of thoughtful, nuanced sermons – our gifted liturgist and cantor – our sensitive pastor in times of sorrow and need – our straight from the seminary scholar of Hebrew and teacher of Confirmation classes – our interim youth minister for a time, although he was not originally called to St. Bart’s for youth ministry – our dear friend Cole is leaving. He and Corie, with their bright, energetic daughter, Grace are off to seven congregations well south of the see city, Rochester. Cole will assist a priest who has, for several years, been responsible for ministry in three congregations. Those three have just been combined with a nearby four-congregation regional ministry. By the end of this year, Cole will succeed his new boss and mentor. Assisting Cole in his and the seven congregations’ new ministry will be three clergy raised up in those congregations and trained locally. Soon, a seminary trained associate will be called to work with Cole, as well. While this is a rural ministry setting, I believe that Cole’s experience here will serve him well. He will also be informed in his new ministry by his immediately pre-seminary experience of living for several years in a small upstate New York town and serving on the Vestry of a rural congregation. Cole, Corie, and Grace will depart for Rochester on August 23. On their last weekend at St Bart’s, August 21 and 22, recognitions of their time and ministry among us will be included at all services. Please plan to be present! Following each service there will be refreshments on the patio and time to visit informally with Cole. Corie and Grace will be present following one of the services, too – probably between the 9:30 am and 11:15 am services. I will miss Cole in the office next door to me – especially his frequent treks into my office to find out what I’m up to and/or laughing about and my frequent treks into his office to find out what he’s up to and/or laughing about. We are blessed/burdened with similar senses of humor which will now virtually bookend much of the Episcopal Church.
Of Special Note
Join Us for an Evening with The Rev.Canon John L. Peterson,
Canon for Global Justice and Reconciliation
On Saturday August 14 The Rev. Canon John L. Peterson, the National Cathedral’s first Canon for Global Justice and Reconciliation will be the preacher at the 5 pm service.
Canon Peterson’s work is focused on organizing educational programs, alliance building, resource gathering and communicating the need to address the acute global issues of violence, poverty and disease.
If you are interested in learning more about these topics of our time and what you can do to help you will not want to miss this distinguished speaker.
Canon Peterson will preach at the 5:00 pm service and offer a Q&A session immediately following the service where a pot luck dinner will be served by the Cursillo community. All are welcome to attend.
