A Word from Your Pastor July 16

Dear Parishioners:

Our Festival on the Green is another proud moment in St. Timothy History.   We offer a thousand thanks to Festival Chair Joe Lorenz, Volunteer Co-ordinator Nicole Powell and to all who joined in as volunteers for the teamwork that brings it all together.  This is truly a “St. Timothy Moment.”  With all the preparation, execution and cleanup of the Festival that go on the week before and the week after the Festival, we have quite an enterprise.  We are truly grateful to all who have a hand in making St. Timothy Strong as a welcoming community.

As we rejoice in the fun that was experience this year and even now begin to prepare for next year (July 13-14, 2018), may we grow ever more in our capacity to draw others into an awareness of the joy of the life of disciples of Jesus Christ.  May we open our eyes and our hearts to discover where the Lord is leading us as a parish family.  All that we do together is meant to flow from our relationship with God in Christ.  We should all be ready to “give the reason for our hope.”

While energy and zeal for Community are fresh, be sure to put on your calendar the Fall Fest that will take place Friday, September 8.  This event for grown-ups will be a time to continue to build the bridges that enable us to work together toward our common goals.  We need one another more than ever.  September 8 is the Solemnity of the Birth of Mary.  May it also be a moment of rebirth for the St. Timothy family, Parish and School, that frees us to discover more and more how to live the Gospel and to follow Jesus as He leads us on the Way.

We also invite all who have shown zeal for the Festival to join us in our second experience of Alpha, which will begin Epiphany Sunday, January 7, 2018, and continue until Palm Sunday, March 25.  The first run this past year was such a community and Faith-building experience that we look forward to deepening its impact in the next year.  Alpha participants have expressed their delight in getting to know folks they have known for years at a more personal and spiritual depth.