Meeting Them Where You Can

Two recent items highlight the variety of ways in which parishes in the Diocese are reaching out in their ministries. The Rogantion Day service at Church of the Good Shepherd, Montoursville, got a nice write-up in the Williamsport Sun Gazette. You can see it here. The article pictures Christine Purcell and John Hoover, and it includes a short history of the Rogation Day observances.

Now, for something completely different….. what happens when you invite a large group of motorcycle riders over for a “blessing of the bikes” and a nice, slow ride on Mother’s Day? Well, as the folks at St. Andrew's, Shippensburg, discovered, you get a great turnout, you get an opportunity to have more than a dozen local businesses underwrite the event, and you can raise some serious money for outreach projects. Those aren’t exactly traditional vestments that Janice Fritz and Ted Babcock are wearing, but talk about meeting the people where they are….