Alleluia!
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St. Andrew’s Anglican Church,
San Ignacio,
in the Anglican
Diocese of Belize, Central America.
Photo copyright Fr.
Shaw Mudge, 2012.
Pastoring in Easter
season.
Next month at this time, at the
request of SAMS and with the permission of Bishop Philip of Belize, I will be
serving in the capacity of short-term pastorate at St. Andrew’s in San Ignacio,
Belize, while another missionary takes a well-needed short-term sabbatical. San
Ignacio is in the Guatemalan Spanish speaking part of Belize.
For me, it is part of the missionary mix
in Belize. A need here. A need there. In a way, it is like Nehemiah’s team building the
walls of Jerusalem. The walls did not go up all at once because of any one
person. They were built by a team, with the participants putting one block in
place at a time.
In this case, we clergy who are
associated with St. Andrew’s
are pastorally working as a sequential team to build up the Church in the San
Ignacio area of Belize, one day at a time, team members covering for each other
as needed, so that the work may continue unimpeded.
I plan to continue to be involved in
my ongoing wider ministries in Belize, prioritizing in order to make room for
this important and pressing work. Preparations and rescheduling have been
taking place for several weeks. We will see how it progresses, one day at a
time. In the end, my hope is be able to look back, see what God did, and say:
Alleluia!
The assignment is to be the clergy in
residence at St. Andrew’s Church from the
middle of May to the end of June, supplementing the ministry at St. Andrew’s with other
pastoral ministry in the area as well.
During my time at St. Andrew’s, we will cross
the liturgical bridge from Easter season to Pentecost season.
God bless you all, and thank you for
your support,
Fr. Shaw, and on behalf of Mtr. Julie.
Examining Chaplain, Diocese of Belize
SAMS missionaries.
Support.
Please pray and continue to make
checks out to: "SAMS". Put "Shaw and Julie Mudge"
in the memo, to support what we are doing. Your continued support makes the
work in Belize possible.
Mailing address:
SAMS,
P. O. Box 399,
Ambridge, PA 15003-0399.
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