When life changes very suddenly: part 2

Our priest had her last service at St. John’s today. One of the wardens read a letter at the start of the service - the bishop was releasing her from her duties.

There are so many emotions and so many thoughts about what was happening.

I feel for the two wardens who along with the rector are the legal entity for the parish. We will have someone doing the services and some pastoral care and then an interim priest and then an incumbent. Quite a lot of changes with people coming.

My altar guild colleague and I will be there next Sunday but Dana will not.

So I am so glad that I made the time to write some nice memories to share with her. I gave it to her this morning before the service. We did exchange several warm hugs and she said - we will see each other.

I would like to see her bunny collection which she puts out after Easter. Also she expressed some interest in meeting Abracadabra. I hope that those friendly encounters may still happen.

As she said to me she is not leaving Ottawa. We are both associates of the convent so will be connected in that way. Also we are both involved in a prayer conference in May. The notices for it were on her office door as I left the church.

So life changes but God is in charge as Dana said in her report to the parish.