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On Sunday we will have (cue epic action movie trailer voice) an “Annual Parish Meeting.” What is that? What do I need to expect? Or, as one of my beloved children have said, doesn’t this “sound boring” to put it bluntly?
More importantly, maybe, for some, is the question of hallowedness: “What does all this ‘business meeting’ stuff have in God’s house —isn’t this why Jesus turned-over the tables on the rulers of the Temple...?"
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The “Vestry” is a term in Anglicanism for the group in the local parish which, together with the Rector (the head pastor, which at All Saints is myself) is charged with the “secular” affairs of the church: everything from the stewardship of our resources to our insurances, all financial matters, governance questions, fiduciary concerns, safeguarding policies, vacation days, bylaws, canonical conformity, etc.… you get the idea.
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