Bernie Hampsey of Jaffrey said his best friend Robert Taft could be described in one word – “beloved.”“I was very proud to be his friend,” said Hampsey, who served with Taft as both a lawyer and a judge. “His whole thing in life was friends and.
The reason the angel costume for the live Nativity at St. Timothyâs Episcopal looks a bit different from the norm has little to do with the fact that this is the first year the church has hosted such an event. It has much more to do with the other firsts that 2020 has brought.
The unprecedented year has set the stage for changes in the ways that churches celebrate the birth of Jesus that go beyond the addition of a face mask on one portraying a member of the heavenly host. The coronavirus pandemic has canceled caroling, delayed dinners and postponed pageants at a time of year when churches can generally count on some of their largest crowds.