What do Lent, Bishop Gillies, Easter, heaven, Japanese netsuke, a high-wire artist, nuclear warheads, Henry VIII, Gerre Hancock, a dozen funerals and the organ fund all have in common? They are all on the Rector’s tireless mind. Read his mind here.
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Rector's Chronicle: December 2011
Posted onThis Advent, the Rector writes about Messiah concerts Past (a good review was won); Bishops Present and Future (that our Diocese may be one); the EMC 2012 (a canvass that was, is and is to come); and how his own numbers add up (and why he still is having fun).
Organ Update: Spencer Blower Reinstalled
Posted onIn time for the return of the full Saint Thomas Choir of Men & Boys this September, the Spencer blower for the chancel organ has been rebuilt by Foley Baker and reinstalled in a newly renovated blower room. The blower housing has been repaired and powder coated, the internal baffles cleaned and painted and new […]
Rector's Chronicle: September 2011
Posted onThis relatively short issue chronicles our response to Hurricane Irene, our plans for September 11, and our ongoing transformation regarding how we communicate. It also includes the annual (this year abbreviated) Summer Book Report.
Progress on the Organ: Refurbishment of the Organ Blower
Posted onGreat progress has been made on the refurbishment of the organ blower, which was removed from the church in June 2011 and reinstalled in August 2011. See photos here.
Organ Update: Organ Blower Removed and Electronic Organ Installed
Posted onDuring the summer choir holiday, our main organ blower, which dates from 1913, is undergoing essential maintenance and restoration. The Rector’s April Chronicle describes this in more detail. We are fortunate in having the Loening-Hancock organ on the gallery, and the Martha Dodge continuo organ in the choir to help lead our worship in the […]
Rector's Chronicle: Summer 2011
Posted onIn this season of summering, the Rector gives thanks–for the Church and her clergy, staff, Vestry and volunteers; for John Scott’s Easter Mass; for the Choir School and the Class of 2011; and, in great depth, for Holy Scripture, and especially at this time of its 400th anniversary, the King James Version.
Rector's Chronicle: Lent 2011
Posted onThe Rector begins with the Holy Week to come and ends with the Ash Wednesday past. In between, he writes about an organ to be publicly played, a play to be publicly read, and more.
Rector's Chronicle: December 2010
Posted onThe Rector writes about upcoming Christmas services (nigh), the first few months of 2011 (upcoming), the Vestry election (past), two books by Fr Austin (new), the election for a new bishop (distant), the EMC (on-going) and the campaign for a new Great Organ (urgent).
Rector's Chronicle: September 2010
Posted onThe Rector writes about Clergy, Canvass and Count—our clergy, past and present; the canvass for our future; a count for the ages.
