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As many of you are aware I have a kind
of inflammatory arthritis that eats away at the cartilage in my
joints – mainly hips and knees at this point.
Two years ago I had my left hip replaced at the end of June
and Steve Ling covered most of the joint (no pun intended) worship
services for the summer.
At the advice of my surgeon, I am going to have my right knee
replaced on June 21
of this year. The
condition has deteriorated to the point that it is causing pain and
potential damage to other joints.
Steve will again be covering much of the
summer with the able support and assistance of many of you,
especially Father Ted and a number of other retired clergy who live
in Middletown or surrounding towns.
I do not yet know how long I will be in a nursing facility or
how long I will be unable to drive, but I would anticipate that I
will be back in the swing by the time we return from worshipping in
Portland at the end of August.
While this is not how I would prefer to
spend my summer, with Steve’s presence and the national church’s
short term disability program this is the best time to cause as
little inconvenience to Holy Trinity as possible.
I will be at Holy Trinity the first three Sundays in June and
after I get home from rehab I will certainly be available by phone
and on line. As in the
past, I appreciate your prayers and kind thoughts.
They go a long way in helping the recovery process.
Yours in Christ,
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