A Bunch of Updates from the Last Week+

We selected the “Triquetra with Circle” image as the basis for our logo. It, and the explanation behind it, will feed our consulting artist’s work around colors, graphics, font, layout, etc. for printed materials and web design.

Aldrich Church has offered us the use of their main floor (sanctuary, chapel, gathering space, gym, piano, organ) on Sundays starting at 4:30 p.m. We would then offer worship at 5:00 (assuming that we could do altar setup and musician warmup in 30 minutes) and fellowship and/or education starting at 6:00. Any of you sports fans out there want to organize some physical activity for the kiddos in the gym? Any of you fellowship fans want to organize some food & drink? Any of you education fans want to organize some classes?

Our Theology Team’s work on “we chose the name Trinity because…” helped bring us to a consensus on the primary image for our logo. This team will provide additional reflections on other important topics: things that will help us with other organizational, logistical and missional decisions in the weeks ahead!

I’ll be speaking with Rev. George Koch the week of May 3. He’s the rector of Resurrection Anglican Church in West Chicago and is involved with (perhaps leading) the development of a geographical ACNA diocese for the upper Midwest.

One participant asked what we mean by “egalitarian” in our list of distinctives. We mean that women can be ordained as priests and can perform any role in the church, fully exercising their gifts. This underscores the fact that your questions are very important – it’s important for me/us to know when we fall into the trap of using buzzwords without defining them, so that we can prevent those same mistakes in the future. Keep your questions coming!

One participant recommended Dr. Marva Dawn’s work on worship and application of theology. She will be In MN in August – take a look at her website http://www.marvadawn.org/

I have started working on bylaws, using the current bylaws from another church and the canons and constitution of ACNA as guides. I hope to have a draft ready for review this Saturday.

One person wrote to suggest that we might consider Evening Prayer with homily and music as an alternative to a full Eucharist worship service some weeks. Good idea! Shoot me an email at MplsAnglican@aol.com if you’d like to voice your opinion on this (or any other topic!).