OUR TOP STORIES
Sunday Morning Services
- 8:30 a.m. Service: A quiet and contemplative service with a touch of music
- 9:15 a.m. Coffee hour: Time for all to socialize and have a light snack and beverage
- 10:00 a.m. Service: A family service with a blend of the traditional and contemporary music.
- 10:00 -10:30 a.m.: Children’s liturgy (Pre-K to grade 3) & Sunday school (grades 2-5). After completion the children join their families in church.
New Opportunities for December
Selfies with Santa – Sat. Dec. 7
Selfies with Santa Saturday, December 7th 3-5pm Christmas cards are coming! Bring your little one or your teen and family for a selfie with Santa! We are creating Christmas in Grace House and invite you to take a serious or fun picture—all dressed up or not! We will e-mail you your pictures and you can use them for family or friends—cards or memories. Invite a friend and laugh together! Then, join our elves to decorate a cookie and for a small craft. Want to be a helping elf? Speak to Pastor Todd or Pastor Susan!
Nativity Craft for Adults and Teens – Sun. Dec. 13
Sunday, December 8th 6:30pm in Grace House, we will create a Holy family using drift wood and our imagination. Join us for fellowship, an amazing Holy Family that is uniquely yours and an opportunity to prepare for Christmas. Contact Kathy Wills; Willsx4@comcast.net
Share the Warmth Sock Drive
Starts Dec. 8th to January 12th. Collection boxes are at the elevator in Grace House, and under the table at the Parish Hall entry. Contact: Leslie Firth, lesliefirth@comcast.net
December Newsletter
The Way of Love
A message from Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry
Life Transformed: The Way of Love
Learn more at: www.episcopalchurch.org/life-transformed
Easter! What an amazing moment it must have been to be one of the women who went down to the tomb that first Easter morning. They came expecting death and sorrow. Their messiah and friend had been killed, and now the best they could hope for was to give him a proper burial. Instead, they find an empty tomb, two angelic figures proclaiming Jesus’ resurrection, and an invitation to new life. Their expectations were blown away. This encounter with Jesus changed them so much that they were compelled to GO back to their fellow followers and proclaim the good nev1s. Their testimony would eventually spread to every corner of the earth so that wherever we go, the love of God will meet us there. In this journey,· you have been called to engage with the mystery of death and resurrection as mirrored in the Easter Vigil. We have been called from darkness into light. From fear into joy. From sin into restoration. From death into life. Our job now is to follow the examples of those women and go into the world proclaiming the resurrection of Jesus. Let this be the season that you go and live the full gift of the resurrection.
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REFLECT: Easter is not just one day. It is a season of 50 days, significantly longer than the 40 days in Lent. Our Church’s calendar is designed this way to help us remember that we are called to GO and live a life that is centered more on resurrection joy than on fear. During this Eastertide, find ways to live into the Way of Love you have walked this Lent.
The end of our Lent journey is only the beginning, as we take all the transformation we have experienced and imagined and use it to join God in healing and reconciling the world. How will you GO and tell the story of the empty tomb out loud? How have you been changed and how might you change others?
Bishop Michael Curry’s sermon on the Power of Love
Just in case you missed it, check out the video of the Royal Wedding:
Bishop Michael Curry delivers impassioned sermon on the Power of Love.
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