Monday, October 7, 2024

Sermon, October 6, 2024

'A sermon is not just theology, but it must include theology, for our theology determines our outlook upon many things. To give an example, if we think that Jesus of Nazareth was merely a wise man whose words give insight and perspective into the character of God, we may decide that in some cases we know better than he; we can take him or leave him. But if we believe with the letter to the Hebrews that he creates with his Father and the Spirit and that he is God-become-human to make us his brothers and sisters, then we cannot take or leave him. We may not always fully understand his word, but we must think about it, talk about it, wrestle with it, seek to live according to it.'

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Sunday, September 29, 2024

The Holy Communion on the Festival of St Michael and All Angels: September 29, 2024, 10:30 a.m.

 


Ye watchers and ye holy ones,

Bright seraphs, cherubim and thrones,

Raise the glad strain! Alleluia!

Cry out, dominions, princedoms, powers,

Virtues, archangels, angel choirs: 

Alleluia!


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Thursday, August 15, 2024

Evening Prayer for St. Mary, Mother of Our Lord: Thursday, August 15, 7:00 p.m.


'O higher than the cherubim,

More glorious than the seraphim,

Lead their praises! Alleluia!

Thou bearer of the eternal Word,

Most gracious, magnify the Lord!

Alleluia!'

LBW 175, Stanza 2




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Thursday, July 25, 2024

Evening Prayer, Thursday, July 25, 7 pm: St James the Elder, Apostle


James and his brother John were the sons of Zebedee, fishermen by trade before their call from Jesus. He was the first of the twelve apostles to be martyred, and his death is the only one recorded in scripture (Acts 12:1-2).





Monday, July 22, 2024

Evening Prayer, July 22, 7 pm: St Mary Magdalene

From Our Church Speaks
'According to the Gospels, "the Holy myrrh-bearer and equal of the Apostles, Mary Magdalene," as her title in the Eastern Church describes her, is the primary witness of the fundamental facts of the Christian proclamation: she saw the death of Jesus, she saw his burial, she saw his first resurrection appearance... Her witness contrasts to that of the apostles, who, at Jesus' crucifixion "all deserted him and fled" (Matt 26:56). Mary of Magdala, remarkable for her devotion and courage, was praised by Eaton Stannard Barrett (1786-1820) in her poem Woman (Part 1, lines 143-44),

'She, while Apostles shrank, could dangers brave,

Last at His cross and earliest at His grave.'

- Philip Pfatteicher, New Festivals and Commemorations


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Tuesday, June 4, 2024

Sermon, June 2, 2024 (The Second Sunday after Pentecost)

'Though we as Christians are not ‘observing a Sabbath’ when we come together in worship on the first day of the week, the day of the Lord’s resurrection, it is on this day that we remember who we are and whose we are; it is on this day that we receive the good news that God has set us free in Christ, and that the world is passing away that would reduce us to a worker bee, or a consumer, a taxpayer, a voter, something or someone to be used.'  

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Sunday, May 19, 2024

The Holy Communion on the Day of Pentecost, May 19, 2024, 10:30 a.m.

50 days after Easter, the Church observes the festival of the Day of Pentecost, commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the gathered disciples. The Holy Spirit calls, enlightens, sanctifies, and keeps the Church in her pilgrim journey, causing her to grow in faith and holiness until the glorious revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ. The color of the day is red, representing the tongues of fire which rested upon the disciples as they spoke in varied tongues of God's deeds of power.


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Sunday, May 12, 2024

The Holy Communion on Ascension Sunday, May 12, 2024, 10:30 a.m.

The Ascension of Christ, Salvador Dali, 1958
The Ascension of Our Lord is celebrated on the Thursday after the Sixth Sunday of Easter. We have chosen to observe this festival today, the Seventh Sunday of Easter. 


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Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Evening Prayer: May 8, 2024, 7:00 p.m.


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                                                                                                     Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf

Monday, April 15, 2024

Sermon, April 14, 2024


'In a way, our entire life after baptism can be understood

as ‘leading into the mysteries,’

reflecting upon and claiming by faith

what God has done to us and for us in our baptism.'


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Sunday, April 14, 2024

The Holy Communion on the Third Sunday of Easter, 10:30 a.m.

Today we hear Luke's account of the risen Jesus' appearance to the disciples. He interprets the Old Testament with reference to his death and resurrection, and commissions them as witnesses to his fulfillment of the Scriptures. Because of the testimony of the apostles, we celebrate today and take our place in the community of the Church which continues to witness to his risen life.



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Tuesday, April 2, 2024

Sermon for Easter Sunday, March 31, 2024

'This day is not only our Victory Day, Liberation Day, Resurrection Day,

but also our Commissioning Day.

It is the day upon which the apostles,

and by extension we whom they baptized and taught,

received their marching orders,

to make this day’s greeting the central theme of life:

Alleluia! Christ is risen! (He is risen indeed! Alleluia!)

And this task is not enslavement but is liberation.'


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Saturday, March 30, 2024

The Vigil of Easter, Saturday, March 30, 6:30 p.m.

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Note: The service begins in the narthex, so you may see/hear an empty church for the first few minutes of the livestream. Don't worry! We'll be in presently.


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Thursday, March 28, 2024

The Holy Communion on Maundy Thursday, March 28, 2024, 7:30 p.m.

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Remaining Services of Holy Week and Easter Sunday:

Good Friday (in-person), 12:30 p.m./ (in-person and livestream), 7:30 p.m.

Easter Vigil: (in-person and livestream) Saturday 6:30 p.m. 

Easter Sunday: (in-person and livestream) 10:30 a.m.



Wednesday, March 27, 2024

Worship Services for Holy Week


Maundy Thursday: 
March 28, 7:30 p.m.

Good Friday: March 29, 12:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

Easter Vigil: March 30, 7:30 p.m.

Easter Sunday: 10:30 a.m. (Easter Breakfast begins at 8:30 a.m.)


All services will be live-streamed on Facebook Live on our Facebook page.



Monday, March 25, 2024

Please join us!






All members and visitors are welcome to the annual Easter breakfast, beginning at 8:30 a.m. on Easter Sunday, March 31! No reservations are required.