Bishop Jake’s Annual Visit will take place on Sunday, February 21st, at the 10:30 a.m. Eucharist.
Following the Eucharist, there will be a Reception to which all are invited. Please come and participate in this annual celebration when the Shepherd of the Diocese gathers us together in the unity of Christ’s Body. For when we gather with the Bishop of the Diocese, we are gathering with the chief teacher, sanctifier, and shepherd of God’s people.
As Bishop, Jake possesses the fullness of Orders (bishop, priest, deacon), so that the fullness of Christ’s grace can flow through the Church in sacramental form. In other words, Bishop Jake has been given the awesome responsibility to see that all the faithful under his care might grow to full stature in Christ and become the very holiness of God. Through the laying on of hands, Bishop Jake has been given a special outpouring of God’s grace for the purpose of continuing the work of the Apostles (we call it Apostolic Succession).
Therefore, when we come together with the Bishop of the Diocese in the Eucharist, we are in communion with the Universal Church. In other words, the whole of Christ’s Body, in all its fullness (past, present and future) is made present to us.
Anyone who would like to make a reaffirmation of their faith while Bishop Jake is visiting, please feel free to do so.