Posts from March 2023

Posts from March 2023

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Beckford Connection March 30, 2023

March 23, 2023 Grace and peace to you in the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ! As we draw near to Palm Sunday and Holy Week, I invite you to join us in celebrating and reflecting upon these sacred days. Holy Week is important to Episcopalians, as it is for Christians of many denominations because it allows us to enter into the heart of their faith by commemorating the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. On Palm…
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Rest in Peace: Mal Sarna (1940-2023)

Beloved of God, With a heart full of deep sadness and yet with great hope in the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, I write to let you know that Mal Sarna entered into the fullness of life on Saturday evening, March 18. Malcolm Leslie Sarna was born December 30, 1940 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts to Rudolph Gleason and Marcia Alene (Young) Sarna. He was joined a few years later by a brother, Rudolph Peter (Red) Sarna. He grew up in the…