The Only Thing That Matters Here Is Love

St. Mary's was founded in 1949. It sits at the corner of 5th Street and 5th Ave. NW.
Worship is regularly scheduled at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday and Wednesday. The Sunday service is Holy Communion and the Wednesday service is Morning Prayer.

 We had our annual parish meeting on Sunday, Sept. 27 during the morning service.
 We elected Mort Moody and Jack Camp to the Vestry for a three year term. They join Dee Moody and Debbie Tucker who have two more years and Nancy Hunt and Duff Quenelle who have one more year on the vestry. [At the vestry meeting after the service, the new vestry elected Mort Moody as Senior Warden, Nancy Hunt as Junior Warden, Ethel Perkins as clerk and Joyce Duvall as Treasurer.]
 Mort Moody was elected as delegate to the 2010 Diocesan Convention. Linda Moody was elected as alternate delegate.
 The treasurer reported on the budget.
 It was noted that the STEM percentage will drop from 62.5% to 50% on December 1st when Fr. Frank retires. This 50% will still provide funds to pay for interim clergy support, the work of the search committee, operational costs for administrative tasks and to build up funds to provide for the moving costs of a new rector.
 There will also be a new fund established, the rectory renovation fund, to which members may make donations. These funds will be used to fix up the rectory in preparation for a new rector to move into it.
 Fr. Frank spoke to the stewardship program, our faith pledge system, during his sermon this morning. All members are asked to remember to use their stewardship calendars for the next 28 days leading up to faith pledge Sunday on November 1st.
 Duff Quenelle made a report on the process by which the parish will seek a new rector. That will begin on Sunday, Oct. 18th when the newly elected vestries from the three parishes will meet at the cluster council. The Rev. Pat Wingo, deputy to the Bishop, will be there to start the process leading ultimately to calling a new rector.