The Rev. David Stanley had served this cure for 12 years before I arrived. In effect he was the only priest who was not an interim! He was a disabled war veteran who was faithful beyond measure. One parishoner told me that he used to call so often that people would hide when they saw him coming.

The contrast with the needs and wants of a suburban congregation were very striking. Good training for a future interim.

Christ Church, Belvidere only met for worship twice a year, once in the Spring and once in the Fall. Even though it had no heat, and no congregation we still had to prepare an annual report--by hand.

These pictures were taken on a memory trip en route to Detroit from Western Massachusetts in June of 2009.