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March 2019

Church Bulletin (blog edition) Lent IV March 31 2019

Bulletin blog edition Fourth Sunday in Lent:  March 31, 2019 Visitors – Welcome! Peace and joy in our Lord and Saviour Christ.  Please advise us of your visit and ask for a “First Time Visitor Bulletin” which briefly explains the communion service.  Please join our church family in the Parish Hall after the service for

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Musical Notes: Lent IV (March 31, 2019) Prelude                Choral Prelude on “St. Flavian”                  Seth Bingham Seth Bingham (1882-1972), organist-director at New York’s Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church and Columbia University music professor, composed his French influenced piece on the tune for the Lenten hymn #59. Introit (Isaiah 66:10) Rejoice, ye with Jerusalem, and be glad

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A Deaconess (Biblical and Historic) in The Church

A DEACONESS IN OUR CHURCH?  BIBLICAL & HISTORIC!    LAY MINISTRY A Brief History The recognized service of women as Deaconess in the Church dates from apostolic days.  The term diakanos—literally “servant”—used both for Deacons and, in the early days, for Deaconesses, is applied by St. Paul, Romans 16:1 to “Phoebe, a diakanos in the church which is in Cenchraea.”  Through the

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Lent III – Homily Fr. Michael Cawthon

Summarizing Ash Wednesday (what is important – treasures in heaven), Lent I (sin tempts us all even Christ), Lent II (faith – the woman from Canaan), and Lent III (don’t just empty the bad, but be filled with good things of Christ.) Main discussion will be the poison of the tongue and the using of

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Bulletin (blog copy) Lent 3 24 Mar 2019

Visitors – Welcome!  Peace and joy in our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.  Please advise us of your visit and ask for a “First Time Visitor Bulletin” which briefly explains the communion service.  Please join our church family in the Parish Hall after the service for fellowship, drinks, and food. Holy Communion: If you have been

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Lent 3 Mar 24th 9:15 am – Passion of Christ

Jhn 18:28-40. JESUS BEFORE PILATE Jhn 18:28 – Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas to the hall of judgment, the palace of the governor of a Roman province – but they themselves went not into the judgment hall lest they should be defiled–by contact

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Confirmation Adult Manual 2019 volume 10 of 10

1928 BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER: The Book of Common Prayer has been called “The Bible rearranged for Christian worship.”  Over three-quarters of the book consist of selections taken directly from Holy Scripture. The Old Testament Book of Psalms is incorporated in its entirety, for example, and much of the liturgy of the Eucharist is directly

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Confirmation Adult Manuel 2019 volume 9 or 10

Ministers of the Church: Laity & Holy Orders; Who are the ministers of the Church?  The ministers of the Church are lay persons, bishops, priests and deacons. What is the ministry of the laity?  The ministry of the laity is to represent Christ and his Church; to bear  witness to him wherever they may be;

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