The following is an excerpt from Sr. Warden Budd Kneip’s address to the Annual Meeting of the Parish, given on Sunday, 20 June.
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It would be understandable if we chose to measure our success by what we have overcome, but it is far more meaningful to measure our success by what we seek to become. Now that our new Dean is officially in place, and we hope and pray that COVID remains a manageable issue, it is to the future of St. Peter’s that we must turn if we are to fulfill our calling as a people of faith.
So, this evening I would like to identify three areas of strategic consideration that I plan on raising with the Vestry and the Finance Committee. Both organizations will be fully engaged in the planning process, developing specific responses to these initiatives. To the extent they may emerge as operational objectives, we will be updating the congregation on a regular basis.
We know the promises of salvation, and we know the path to victory. Saint Paul, in instructing the church in Corinth, speaks precisely to this point: “Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.”