What's coming next you ask?
How does a plethora of preachers and a cacophony of co-celebrants sound? Please join us in February, March, and into April as we welcome a variety of voices to preach and celebrate the Eucharist at St. Thomas Church. You're invited and ALL are welcome.
Welcome Fr. Chris Arnold
Fr. Chris Arnold will serve as the Interim Rector at St. Thomas during our transition time and search process for our next full time Rector. You may be asking yourself, "What is the role of an Interim Rector in the Episcopal Church?"
Generally, the interim rector, working with the vestry, provides the leadership necessary to maintain stability during the interim period. He or she brings a “non-anxious presence” to what can be an uncertain, grieving, or conflicted congregation. A key task is to help the congregation complete its disengagement from previous leadership as it begins the self-study related to the search process. The interim rector must come to the parish in transition with an understanding that decisions need to be made in consultation with the vestry.
Fr. Chris Arnold was trained for ministry at Church Divinity School of the Pacific and was ordained to the priesthood in 2010. After serving parishes in southeastern Kentucky, central Kansas, and Oshkosh, WI, he has developed a ministry of spiritual direction. Fr. Chris has received training in the work of an Interim Rector, and he lives in Oshkosh with his wife Celeste and their two cats, Clare and Zoyla.
Wednesday, April 12 will be Fr. Chris' first day in the office at St. Thomas and his first Sunday with us will be on April 16 - which also happens to be the same day as our very own Bishop Matt Gunter's annual visitation. Fr. Chris' first Sunday to both celebrate the Eucharist and preach will be on Sunday, April 23.
You are invited to please, make plans to join us on both of those Sundays and many more moving forward as we continue to discern who and what God is calling us to be as a family, community, and church of St. Thomas.
We do ask you to please not contact Fr. Chris about any pastoral needs or anything pertaining to St. Thomas until he begins his ministry among us. For any pastoral or other conversations, please reach out to Fr. Aran or Dcn. Lisa.
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