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For the past three summers as a community we have been working on getting better at an emotion.&nbsp; We have looked at fear, anger, and disgust.&nbsp;This summer we will focus on the emotion love.&nbsp;&nbsp;
We are blessed to have a member of our church,&nbsp;Dr. Vibh Forsythe Cox, who&nbsp;is a licensed Psychologist as well as a DBT-Linehan Board of Certification certified clinician.&nbsp; DBT (Dialectical behavior therapy) is especially helpful for people who have difficulty managing and regulating their emotions.
We do this work to deepen our ability to connect with one another&nbsp;and strengthen our ability to welcome all different kinds of&nbsp;people into our community.
Vibh will lead adult formation at 12:30pm on August 10th and 24th.&nbsp; A light lunch will be provided with a 5 dollar suggested donation.&nbsp;Our summer read will be The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride.&nbsp; We will use this book to&nbsp;wonder about how the emotion&nbsp;love is revealed and&nbsp;understood in the story, and how it connects to our own lives. We will discuss it on August 17th at 10am.&nbsp;

St. Columba Episcopal Church

For the past three summers as a community we have been working on getting better at an emotion. We have looked at fear, anger, and disgust. This summer we will focus on the emotion love.

We are blessed to have a member of our church, Dr. Vibh For...

Our Summer Emotion: Getting better at Love

Dear One’s of St. C’s,&nbsp;
As many of you are aware I went down in hours in 2024 from full time to 32 hours a week because of our budget shortfall.&nbsp; As you can imagine, it is difficult for me to fit all of my work in these 32 hours.&nbsp; So I decided, in conversation with our Bishop’s Committee, that I would plan to work less in the summers until we can get me back to full time.&nbsp; I will aim to work 20 hours a week this summer to make up for all the weeks I actually worked full time this spring. &nbsp;

I have been working very hard to make sure that our summer at St. C’s is full of connection and depth, even with my shortened hours.&nbsp; I have many lovely preachers set up, Vibh will be leading two classes on the emotion love, Micah will lead some adult formation as well,&nbsp;and there are many gatherings that are happening that are lead by others in our community.&nbsp; I am incredibly encouraged by this.&nbsp; This is a wonderful sign of vitality and growth!!&nbsp;I hope to have the summer schedule out next week.&nbsp;
I am so proud of this community and I find myself so fortunate to be at a church where so many care about me and want to make sure that I am being fairly compensated for the work that I am doing.&nbsp; I have heard this time and again, especially when we first made the incredibly difficult decisions to cut my hours. &nbsp;

For the&nbsp; month of July and August I will plan to be at church on Sundays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I am available for pastoral emergencies, as always, on other days of the week.&nbsp; I will plan for&nbsp;Monday, Tuesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays to be my&nbsp;days off in July and August.&nbsp;
I am looking forward to a fun summer of learning, growth and play. I&nbsp;hope you come along and join in!
with gratitude,&nbsp;
Meghan

Dear One’s of St. C’s,

As many of you are aware I went down in hours in 2024 from full time to 32 hours a week because of our budget shortfall. As you can imagine, it is difficult for me to fit all of my work in these 32 hours. So I decided, in c...

From the Vicar: My Summer Schedule

Dear ones of St. C’s,&nbsp;
I come with exciting news to share about who will be filling in for Susan after Susan goes.&nbsp; Now when Susan resigned from their position Susan and I both had the same initial thought - this is a very unique community musically and not any run of the mill Episcopal Music Director will be a good fit.&nbsp; Many of you come from different faith traditions and even those who were born into the Episcopal church like a variety of music. And then Susan and I both had the same second thought, what about Lacey Brown?&nbsp; Lacey and I actually worked together many moons ago.&nbsp; I have always hoped and prayed that Lacey’s music would be the future of the Episcopal Church.&nbsp; And if I decide to hire Lacey for this position, we as a community can be a part of that dream I had over 18 years ago.&nbsp; I am not only excited about Lacey because of my past dream for the Church, but because I think St. Columba’s is uniquely fit for Lacey to continue to blossom and create new music here.&nbsp;
Lacey and I have spoken and she is really excited about this possibility, but we both want to make sure this is a good fit for us mutually and that her gifts and passions align with our communities hopes and desires. So we have decided to make this a contract-to-hire position.&nbsp; Which means we will bring Lacey on for several weeks or months as we discern our potential future together. I&nbsp;will listen carefully to you all, especially our current musicians, but I want you to keep in mind that&nbsp;I will not be making this decision based on individual musical preferences (which we all have varying opinions about) but on if Lacey is a good community fit.&nbsp; I invite you to enter this process with a similar goal in mind.&nbsp;
Lacey will begin her contract position with us on August 10th.&nbsp; Susan agreed to put the bulletins together until August 3rd.&nbsp; Susan and I will work to make sure we have a piano player assigned for every Sunday.
Both Susan and I really think this could be an excellent fit, and that Lacey will take what Susan has already begun here with music and continue to introduce our community to new ways of doing music and singing together.&nbsp;
Lacey is hands down an incredible musician, but her real passion is getting people to sing together and working with other musicians to create a collaborative, inviting, and fun environment where beautiful music can be made in community.&nbsp; Lacey’s musical strengths are drums/percussion, guitar, singing, arranging hymns and writing songs for worship. While she also plays keyboard instruments, piano is not her main instrument but loves playing from time to time and working with pianists in collaboration as well. This will be a change from Susan’s piano based musical leadership so we might be open to hiring a pianist when needed if that feels important to our worship experience. I am asking that for the first month Lacey is with us, you just experience her leadership and how it resonates with you.&nbsp;
We will feel out together if we need the piano as much as we thought we did.&nbsp; Or if that is less important to us than just&nbsp;having a talented musician who helps us sing together.&nbsp; I honestly don’t know the answer to this question and I am excited to listen and discern with you all in this next season.&nbsp;
Last thing I want to add - what a joy it is to be at this point with you all in our journey together.&nbsp; Think of all the work we have done to become a flexible, open, and welcoming community that brings people from such different backgrounds and generations together, so that we can figure out how to live together.&nbsp;&nbsp;
With hope and excitement,&nbsp;
Meghan


<a href="https://poorclare.bandcamp.com/album/like-the-tide" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://poorclare.bandcamp.com/album/like-the-tide" target="_blank">Check out some worship songs that Lacey wrote by clicking here.</a>

Dear ones of St. C’s,

I come with exciting news to share about who will be filling in for Susan after Susan goes. Now when Susan resigned from their position Susan and I both had the same initial thought - this is a very unique community musicall...

From the Vicar: Update on Music Director Position

This fundraiser will be similar to the One Parish One Prisoner fundraiser last spring with added local art, and a talent show with lots of beautiful music!&nbsp;
This fundraiser will be to raise funds for our general fund.&nbsp;&nbsp;We will highlight all the work we do at St. C's to make this world a more inclusive, welcoming, and loving place.&nbsp;&nbsp;
There will be delicious BBQ, drinks, local art, a talent show,&nbsp;and more!&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a href="https://forms.churchdesk.com/f/OK5UL1nldE" target="_blank">Buy Tickets with your Credit Card&nbsp;by Clicking Here.</a>&nbsp;Click on that link to get a free ticket if this would be a financial hardship to you.&nbsp;There will also be tickets for sale after church- taking&nbsp;check, credit card, or cash.&nbsp;
This is a great event to invite friends to who may be don't want to come to a worship service, but want to experience and learn more about this wonderful community you are a part of!

This fundraiser will be similar to the One Parish One Prisoner fundraiser last spring with added local art, and a talent show with lots of beautiful music!

This fundraiser will be to raise funds for our general fund. We will highlight all the wor...

Our Summer Emotion: Getting better at Love

From the Vicar: My Summer Schedule

From the Vicar: Update on Music Director Position

Sunday, June 1st St. Columba Day & Fundraiser from 12:15pm-3pm