Thursday, April 21, 2022 Dear Family and Friends of St. Philip’s,I cannot thank everyone enough for the Maundy Thursday, two Good Friday Services,and the Easter Day Service. All were wonderful events that carried forth the meaning of eachspecial day. Whom should I thank? Here’s a list: The Altar Guild, the Tech Committee,Christian Formation especially for...

Please join us for worship on Sunday, May 1, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. to celebrate Bishop William Jay Lambert’s Ordination anniversary.  Your presence honors the work and ministry he is sharing with St. Philip’s.  A light reception will follow our Sunday worship.

Friday, January 14, 2022 Dear Family and Friends of St. Philip’s, It has been a very busy week since I last wrote you on January 5. The Vestry approved all the recommendations offered by the Covid Committee. We are back to phase 1 with no in-person services for the time being. I hope in February...

Dear Family and Friends of St. Philip’s, The Covid Committee met tonight and is recommending to the Vestry that we cancel allin-person services at St. Philip’s through this month of January. This includes the cancellationof tomorrow night’s Feast of the Epiphany service. If the Vestry approves we will have a Sunday 10:00 am Zoom Morning...

Dear Family and Friends of St. Philip’s, We arrived in Milwaukee about 10 pm last night. It is now 31 degrees. We expect amajor snow event tomorrow followed by some very cold weather. Sunday and Mondaymornings are expected to be around 2 degrees. I knew this before, but my decision to live inFlorida is once...

December 24, 2021 Dear Friends and Family of the Diocese of Eau Claire, As we conclude the Advent Season and celebrate the joy of Christmas, I offer an insight. In our calendar Advent precedes Christmas, but the historical progression is one in which Advent, for the most part follows Christmas. Why do I say this?...

Dear Family and Friends of St. Philip’s, Well, this is crunch time for the mad rush to Christmas. The traffic is crazy; the buyingfrenzy is in full gear. Finally, at last, Christmas Day arrives, and we want to crash only to turnand prepare a Christmas dinner! Does this sound familiar? Sometimes in our flurry of...

Bishop and Rector’s Journal December 10, 2021 Dear Family and Friends of St. Philip’s, The Diocese of Florida had its Advent party last night. May Ruth and I attended. It was mostly clergy, diocesan staff, and spouses. We had a good time and ate very good food. I was sorry to miss the Men’s Club...

Bishop and Rector’s Journal Thursday, December 2, 2021 Dear Family and Friends of St. Philip’s, This has been an interesting week for me. On Friday, May Ruth and I took our daughter, Madeleine, son-in-law, Dave, and two grandchildren to Ormond Beach. Our oldest grandson, Finley, who is three and a half, delighted in running into...

Bishop and Rector’s Journal Thursday, November 18, 2021 Dear Family and Friends of St. Philip’s, I have had a busy but productive week. I noticed this past Sunday that I am learning more names—a lot more. Hopefully each time I mess up and call someone the wrong name, I will get it corrected and lock...

Thursday, November 11, 2021 Dear Family and Friends of St. Philip’s, Happy Veterans’ Day! This Sunday at 10 am we will be honoring the veterans in our midst. This day always reminds me that freedom isn’t free. Men and women have sacrificed much by serving in our Armed Forces. As we appreciate and want to...

Thursday, November 4, 2021 Dear Family and Friends of St. Philip’s, As I look forward to Sunday and my first in-person worship service as your new rector, I must say I have been through a wonderful first week. In only two days, so many things were accomplished. Some of these were practical matters such as...