Pictures from Wilbur

Hey everyone - We have been busy in our yard. A few of my parishoners came over and worked on roto-tilling what will be our food patch. Lars and I are really anticipating fresh grown crops. In the meantime here are some pictures of a flower patch, a snake (I was home alone and working outside but mustered enough courage to take a picture), and some indoor work with my first ever batch of sticky buns! Yum! - Heather

Good News from Hattle

Robert Hattle called from New Mexico last night to say that he has now passed all ordination exams. His CPM opened up a path for an oral exam on the final subject with them yesterday (he passed almost all the written exams) - and he passed.

Now he needs to wait until the Presbytery approves the process before he can be declared a certified candidate - which won't meet for a few more months yet but it is a good thing to have cleared all the ordination hurdles.

He is currently living at and serving as a chaplain at Ghost Ranch where he is developing a worship community that serves the community around the Ranch.

yet another way to avoid what I should be doing:

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Thanks to Aric Clark (aricclark.blogspot.com) for this delightful electronic bon-bon.

More to come the next time I'm motivated

Jean Boal Says Hi

We had lunch today together over in Graton at a fun little cafe. Jean is doing the Spiritual Direction program while working her way through the UCC certification process. Overall, things are going well but we both agree some form of ordained work would be nice in the not too distant future.