Dear friends in Christ, I write in response to yesterday’s good news from the Center for Disease Control (CDC). https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/pdfs/choosingSaferAct.pdf Now, fully vaccinated persons without a mask may “attend a full capacity indoor worship service, sing in an indoor chorus and attend small outdoor gatherings with fully vaccinated and unvaccinated people.” These new liberties however are not extended to the unvaccinated or the partially vaccinated. They are “less safe” and “least safe” in a gathering of people from multiple households or in a full capacity...

By John Ray, Deacon assigned to Holy Comforter Episcopal Church   March 13th is a day many of us will never forget. That’s certainly true for those of us at Holy Comforter and the Friendship Center. The day before, our vicar, Ashley Carr, was pulled into maternity leave by little one who had her own ideas of time and place. Then, Friday the 13th, with worries about the spread of the virus rising, other of our sister parishes were closing. We had our own decision to make. Would we close as well? The problem for us is that about two-thirds of our congregation live in personal care homes...