Thursday (St Sergius)
by Bishop Daniel
on September 25, 2014
- Customary Thursday morning weights and treadmill workout.
- Morning Prayer (memorized short form) in the car on the way in to the office.
- Consulted with the Archdeacon at some length over administrative issues.
- Drove up to St John’s Hospital to look in on a parishioner from St George’s, Belleville who just had aortic valve replacement surgery. I welcomed her to the club.
- Met with a locally retired priest with extensive interim ministry experience about a parish that will soon be in transition.
- Lunch from McD’s (still no hot mustard!), eaten at home.
- Left a voicemail with a member of the Nashotah House board.
- Developed my rough notes for a homily on the occasion of the institution of the new rector of Emmanuel, Champaign on 18 October into a developed outline.
- Assessed the need for an confirmed the availability of AV resources for synod.
- Composed and sent a memo to the Nashotah House trustees. We’re ramping up for next month’s meeting.
- Posted some news from our companion Diocese of Tabora on our diocesan Facebook page. (Bishop Chakupewa’s wife, son, and one of his priests were involved in a serious auto accident, but without serious injury to anyone. They were shake up and the vehicle is not in good shape.)
- Composed and sent an email to a potential conductor of our pre-Lenten clergy retreat.
- Wrote out notes of greeting to clergy and spouses with October birthdays and anniversaries.
- Left at 5:00 eastbound for Champaign. Evening Prayer in the car (again, memorized short form).
- Dinner with five other “judicatories” (United Methodist, Disciples of Christ, Presbyterian, UCC, and Roman Catholic) in advance of tomorrow’s annual assembly of the Illinois Conference of Churches.
