Worship
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The 5th Sunday after Epiphany, February 5
Epiphany Sermon Series: The Faith We Confess
The Nicene Creed as the Church's Fundamental Affirmation of Faith
"The Holy Spirit, the Giver of Life"
The Son's Redemptive Work Mediated to Us by the Spirit
Collect
Set us free, O God, from the bondage of our sins, and give us the liberty of that abundant life which you have made known to us in your Son our Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. (BCP, Collects: Contemporary, p. 216)
Lectionary (Year B)
Today's Daily Office Readings (ESV)
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Worship Services
Sunday Services
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Our 11:15 a.m. service provides the whole “smells and bells” worship experience, with incense used to waft our prayers to heaven every week. This simple difference serves to make the later morning service seem more formal, although the same sense of fellowship and friendliness is found in the congregation.
Our 5:00 p.m service, Veritas: An Anglican Service of Praise, is our contemporary service in which praise and worship songs rise rather than traditional hymns. The liturgy of the Book of Common Prayer still anchors the service, but the joyful noise is comprised of contemporary music led by a worship ensemble. All worshipers are welcome!
Wednesday Service
Our 12:10 pm service is a special, intimate service of Eucharist and Healing. Planned to bring refreshment in the midst of busy workdays, the service lasts less than an hour. This quiet and beautiful service also affords our community an opportunity to intercede for the sick among us and to receive for ourselves the sacrament of Unction of the Sick, which includes an anointing with holy oil by which “God’s grace is given for the healing of spirit, mind, and body” (BCP, p. 861). Come experience this magnificent liturgy and you may find yourself looking forward to Wednesdays in a whole new way!
Lent and Holy Week Services
Ash Wednesday - February 22
Services at 12:10 and 7:00 p.m.
This service marks the beginning of the Season of Lent, during which we quiet our lives and our hearts in a 40-day period of reflection and prayer, mirroring the 40 days our Savior spent in the Wilderness. This day is called Ash Wednesday because we each receive a mark of ashes on our foreheads to remember our mortality and our desperate need for God. It is our hope and expectation that the reflection of Lent will make all the more joyous the coming of Easter.
The Stations of The Cross
Fridays in Lent, 5:30 p.m.
In the days leading up to Easter, the Brotherhood of St. Andrew will lead groups on a walk through the Stations of the Cross, the ancient church’s fourteen moments of remembrance of how Christ suffered and died for the sake of the whole world. These walks recalling Christ’s Passion will occur at our downtown Campus.
Maundy Thursday – April 5
Service at 7:00 p.m.
The word “Maundy”comes from the Latin word for “commandment.” During this service we remember our Lord’s commandment to love one another through acts of service, symbolized in Christ’s washing of His disciples’ feet. We also obey His instruction to remember Him through partaking of the Lord’s Supper, for during this service we receive Communion for the last time until Easter. After the service, the Altar is stripped of all its adornment to recall the barrenness of a world wherein our Savior was arrested, beaten and killed.
Good Friday – April 6
Services at 12:10 and 7:00 p.m.
This brief service remembers Christ’s death on the Cross. We believe the solemnity and woe of this service sets into proper, stark relief the rejoicing of Easter. This day of mourning is “Good” because through Christ’s suffering on the Cross our redemption was assured.
The Great Vigil of Easter – April 7
Service at 8:30 p.m.
Join us in the grandest liturgy in the church year as we read in the darkness the story of Salvation History, sing songs of hope and longing for our long-awaited redemption, ring bells to welcome in Easter Day, baptize new converts to the faith, and finish with a feast to rejoice over the brightest of days – Easter!
Easter Sunday – April 8
Services at 9:00 and 11:15 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
Our church will be full of joy as we celebrate Christ’s victory over sin and death through His Resurrection. Horns and flowers and the rejoicing of God’s people will mark this greatest day in creation history!
Principal Feasts and Special Liturgies
FEBRUARY
1 Feast of the Presentation observed at the 12:10 pm Holy Eucharist
22 Ash Wednesday: Services at 12:10 and 7:00 pm
24 Stations of the Cross every Friday at 5:30 pm (Also March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, April 6)
29 Feast of St. Matthias the Apostle observed at the 12:10 pm Holy Eucharist
MARCH
21 Feast of St. Joseph observed at the 12:10 pm Holy Eucharist
28 Feast of the Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary observed at the 12:10 pm Holy Eucharist
APRIL
1 Palm Sunday: Services at 9 and 11:15 am and 5:00 pm
2-4 Private Confession heard between 12:30 and 2:30 pm
5 Maundy Thursday: Service at 7:00 pm
6 Good Friday: Services at 12:10 and 7:00 pm
7 Easter Vigil at 8:30 pm
8 Easter Day: Services at 9:00 and 11:15 am and 5:00 pm
15 First Grade Festal Eucharist at 9:00 am
25 Feast of St. Mark the Evangelist observed at the 12:10 pm Holy Eucharist
MAY
2 Feast of St. Philip and St. James the Apostles observed at the 12:10 pm Holy Eucharist
13 Confirmation at 9:00 and 11:15 am
20 Baccalaureate at 9:00 am
27 Feast of Pentecost with baptism
30 Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary observed at the 12:10 pm Holy Eucharist
JUNE
13 Feast of St. Barnabas the Apostle observed at the 12:10 pm Holy Eucharist
27 St. Peter and St. Paul the Apostles observed at the 12:10 pm Holy Eucharist