Root around in your yards to beautify the churchyard

The strip of grass along the entrance driveway has been cleared by Scott Taylor and his crew of volunteers. Now we are seeking perennial plants from home gardens to put in that space. Suggestions for plant donations are Stella D’Oro lily or other day lily, dusty miller, corabells, columbine, and any other deer resistant plants. . . . → Read More: Root around in your yards to beautify the churchyard

Joyce Holmes Courtyard Garden Renovation

Joyce Holmes Courtyard Garden

Parishioner Fiodor (“Fedya”) Strikovski has done a wonderful job renovating the Joyce Holmes Courtyard Garden, installing a wonderful stone walk with border. Not only does the new stonework look wonderful, it has also solved some serious drainage problems in the courtyard (as evidenced by a couple of serious downpours after the work was finished. You . . . → Read More: Joyce Holmes Courtyard Garden Renovation

The Sounds of Silence

Although we anticipated the start of construction on our office addition by now, the sounds of hammers and saws has been deafeningly absent.

Last minute hitches in the permitting process have caused us to delay the start of the project.

The County wants us to enclose the current stairway with walls and doors, even . . . → Read More: The Sounds of Silence

Why we need a traditional Anglican academic library

Subdeacon Wiley Hawks buttonholed the Rector last week to ask the $64,000 question: “Why are we building a second floor office when it would be much more convenient to expand at ground level?

“And, while we are about it, rather than a library, why don’t we spend the money putting in a commercial kitchen? . . . → Read More: Why we need a traditional Anglican academic library