McGehee

Congregations: Birmingham, St. James Bloomfield Hills, Christ Church Cranbrook Bloomfield Twp., Nativity Clarkston, Resurrection Lake Orion, St. Mary Madison Heights, St. Patrick Mt. Clemens, Grace West Bloomfield, Spirit of Grace Pontiac, All Saints’ Rochester, St. Philip Romeo, St. Paul’s Royal Oak, St. John Southfield, St. David’s Troy, St. Stephen Shelby Twp, St. Luke Waterford, St. Andrew

2022 began to see the deadly COVID—19 virus recede and hence the joyous return to some semblance of ‘normal’ worship at our congregations. Our faith families reported variety in their responses to the pandemic, from live streaming, to zoom, to YouTube recordings as a way to unite our parishioners while keeping safe.

Fr. Josh Hoover (St. James, Birmingham) and the Rev. Beth Taylor (St. John’s, Royal Oak) both enjoyed well-deserved sabbaticals. St. Stephen’s, Troy welcomed the Rev. Brian Alberti as their new Priest-in-Charge just before the new year. Work continued on a multi-million-dollar construction project at Christ Church, Cranbrook. The Rev. Donna Lockhart served as seminarian at St. David’s, Southfield before being ordained deacon then priest in 2022; she served over the summer at St. Patrick’s, Madison Heights.

While the pandemic has mounted enormous and unprecedented challenges to the world in general and our congregations in particular, God has been faithful in leading, guiding, and being present with us. We rejoice in hope and faith that, "neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 8:38-39)

The Very Rev. Chris Yaw, Dean