The format of the service at St. Mary’s was very familiar–we had been to many of these at St. Luke’s in Evanston. Tonight’s event was very well done. mia_mcdavid had a great time singing in the choir. As the Wikipedia article notes, this is very much an Anglican style of worship, and LeAnne (our Rector) wore choir dress— tippet and hood–not a purple stole. Her theology is quite modern in a lot of ways, but much of her liturgical style is traditional and very Anglican. I like this.

The dinner was really fine–more than living up to my expectations from working in the kitchen. I brought some homebrewed stout and sparkling mead. The latter was well received, but we were not seated among a beer-drinking crowd, so most of the stout came home with us.

One more note from this morning’s service: Somebody in the pew behind me asked about Tom, whom she had seen with us when we brought him to St. Mary’s last week. She had not found him disruptive, and was very impressed by how we took care of him. At the time I had been very worried about the noise he was making, but with my physics education I need to remember that the inverse square law is my friend :-)> In fact, I got to talk about Tom and our life with him at least three times during the day.

All in all, the best day I have had in church for at least 15 years.