Category: Parish News

Barbara Rowlett, mother of our Curate, The Reverend Winston Rowlett, was confirmed during a visit from our Bishop Ordinary of The Diocese of the Great Lakes, The Right Reverend David Hustwick.

Alan Chichester and Skip Sopscak were ordained to the Diaconate this past Sunday during Bishop David Hustwick’s visit. Our church was blessed with a near-record attendance as friends and family of the new Deacons joined us for the service and a Luncheon afterward in the undercroft.

My wife Julie and I traveled to Hastings for the weekend of Passion Sunday. Thanks to Bishop Hustwick and his wife Susan, Deacon Nick Acker, Liam Hartson, Beth Lepak, and others for welcoming us and making the visit so enjoyable. It was a great opportunity for me to practice the Offices, conducting Evening Prayer Saturday, and Morning Prayer Sunday before assisting the Bishop along with Liam during the Holy Communion Service at Saints Andrew and Matthias Church.

This past Sunday afternoon we had a tour of our neighbor, the First Baptist Church. I shot some video which can be viewed here:

Tour Videos

Our Bishop, The Rt. Rev. David T. Hustwick, joined us for our Sunday worship on June 8th. A highlight of his visit was the Reaffirmation of Faith made by several parishioners.

Several of us met on-line this past Wednesday for our regular, mid-week evening prayer service. Father Winston led us from The Book of Common Prayer (1928) including The Litany.

This has been a nice addition to the life of our Church. As an extra treat, our snowbirds in Florida, Marva and Tim, have joined us for some of these. Join us as you are able using the link in Alan’s invitation e-mail. The meeting code remains the same.

We braved the weather to meet at the Golden Fellowship Hall in Interlochen to explore the new web site and demonstrate basic editing in WordPress.

We celebrated 12th Night for the 16th year at All Saints this past Sunday, January 5. It so happened that we could celebrate also the 80th birthday of our Rector, Father Kurt Henle. Happy Birthday, Father!

Ordination of Deacon Winston Rowlett,
Saturday September 19, 2020, to the Priesthood in the UECNA
with a Reception for him in the Undercroft of the Temple
on Sunday, September 20, 2020

Published in TC Record-Eagle newspaper, Sunday, Jan 6, 2019.

Beloved Wife of Fr Henle died December 29, 2018 at home in Traverse City, MI. A Memorial Service took place on March 18, 2019, 2PM, conducted by Bishop Hustwick at the Reynold-Jonkhoff Funeral Home in TC.