Nov 3 Confirmation Trinity XX Octave of all Saints

Harrowing of Hell – Ephesians 4: 8-10

Who hasn’t felt the urge to scream at the top of their lungs, “I’m free to be what I want?” The question is, “Are you?” The answer is complicated—in some ways you are, but in some ways, you aren’t. We have all been in situations where we felt pressure to conform to someone else’s expectations…

THE INSTRUCTED EUCHARIST (2019) St. Michael the Archangel Matthews, NC 28105   The Celebrant will announce: Please be seated.   Let us gain a better understanding of the chief and central act of Christian worship: “the Lord’s Own Service / on the Lord’s Day.”   First let us speak briefly concerning the clergy preparation: Significance…

THE 1928 BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER –  Part 1 The Book of Common Prayer has a history of more than four and a half centuries of daily liturgical use and is in direct and organic continuity with the beliefs, practices and liturgies of the undivided Church in the West. It is now time to take…

Note:  this gives a good history of our Province and shows a life devoted to Christ and His Church – Fr. Michael Cawthon theme for this year’s Synod is “Changing Leadership, Still Changeless Faith.” To our bishops, priests, deacons, and deaconesses, all lay delegates and invited guests and observers and visitors, we extend a warm…