Last Sunday was our Parish annual meeting, so I fulfilled my final Vestry duties by (as part of my service on the Nominating Committee) announcing the candidates and tallying the votes.
Traditionally, “parting contestants” and the like have gotten Bibles. Which is very nice, and all, but most of us have Bibles. And it’s sort of undifferentiated.
Fr. Craig got personalized gifts for each of us. How do I know they were personalized? For one, they were all different shapes. For another, I received a copy of the Westminster Dictionary of Theological Terms. Which, surprisingly, I already know quite a bit of, though I’ve already learned a few things.
Anyway, keen. And a nice send-off, along with the standing ovation for those of us who were closing out our terms.