Alleluia, Christ is Risen! It was truly wonderful to be with all of you who came to worship during Holy Week and Easter. I cannot thank everyone enough for all your time and effort at making Holy Week and Easter a great success! Special thanks
The Lesser Feast of Toyohiko Kagawa, Social Reformer Learn more about today’s Feast Page numbers listed are from The Book of Common Prayer. Opening Sentence, page 103 Officiant: O God, make speed to save us. People: O Lord, make haste to help us. All: Glory
“We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you, because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.” (BCP, p. 281) This is one of the anthems recited during the Veneration of the Cross in our Good Friday liturgy. We are “half-way” through the
The Lesser Feast of Peter Williams Cassey, Deacon, and Annie Besant Cassey Learn more about today’s Feast Page numbers listed are from The Book of Common Prayer. Opening Sentence, page 103 Officiant: O God, make speed to save us. People: O Lord, make haste to
Almighty God, we pray you graciously to behold this your family, for whom our Lord Jesus Christ was willing to be betrayed, and given into the hands of sinners, and to suffer death upon the cross; who lives and reigns for ever and ever. Amen.
The Lesser Feast of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Pastor and Theologian Learn more about today’s Feast Page numbers listed are from The Book of Common Prayer. Opening Sentence, page 103 Officiant: O God, make speed to save us. People: O Lord, make haste to help us. All:
We are getting ready to enter the week of the Fifth Sunday in Lent. This means that Holy Week will soon be here and, with it, all of our usual services and offerings as we draw closer to Easter. The schedule for all Holy Week
The Lesser Feast of James Lloyd Breck, Priest Learn more about today’s Feast Page numbers listed are from The Book of Common Prayer. Opening Sentence, page 103 Officiant: O God, make speed to save us. People: O Lord, make haste to help us. All: Glory
I have always thought of Lent as a time of self-evaluation in preparation for Easter. We give things up or take things on as part of our Lenten discipline. The idea of “slowing down” always comes to mind but, in reality, it seems to be
The Lesser Feast of Harriet Monsell, Monastic Learn more about today’s Feast Page numbers listed are from The Book of Common Prayer. Opening Sentence, page 103 Officiant: O God, make speed to save us. People: O Lord, make haste to help us. All: Glory to
Happy second day of spring! Well, happy second day of astronomical spring, that is. Meteorological spring began March 1. Growing up, I never knew there was a difference between astronomical and meteorological seasons. Seasons started on the equinox or solstice (astronomical), even though we thought
The Feast of Saint Joseph Learn more about today’s Feast Page numbers listed are from The Book of Common Prayer. Opening Sentence, page 103 Officiant: O God, make speed to save us. People: O Lord, make haste to help us. All: Glory to the Father,
The Vestry, clergy, and I had a great retreat last week. We focused on parish growth, connecting new members to ministry and service, congregational development and vitality, and ways to strengthen our connections with one another and the community at large. Part of our conversation
The Lesser Feast of Gregory the Great, Bishop and Theologian Learn more about today’s Feast Page numbers listed are from The Book of Common Prayer. Opening Sentence, page 103 Officiant: O God, make speed to save us. People: O Lord, make haste to help us.
This past Wednesday we were invited to begin our observance of a holy Lent. Some of the ways we are invited to do this is through self-examination, repentance, prayer, fasting, self-denial, and by reading and meditating on God’s holy Word. How you do these things
