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Rector's Chronicle: Summer 2012
Posted onOur orbit around the sun hasn’t yet taken us out of spring, but at Saint Thomas summer has arrived. Commencement has commenced, Leaving Sunday has left, and the choristers are long gone. (They’ve not only left the building, they’ve left the country!) All of this yields happy peace at Fifth and fifty-third.
The Rector, like the calendar, is in summer mode. So, too, is his Chronicle. Having lost its winter weight, the Chronicle is two pages instead of four. Short on words, it is long on gratitude: for uncommon clergy and for common prayer.
Organ Update from Fr Mead
Posted onFr Mead asks everyone to support the new organ project.
Organ Update from John Scott
Posted onMr Scott asks everyone for their help in realizing the vision of a new organ for Saint Thomas.
Rector's Chronicle: March 2012
Posted onWhat 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.
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 […]
