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March 2021

Deeper Dive 4 into the Religious Practices of Jesus

ON THE  SPIRITUALITY AND RELIGIOUS PRACTICES OF JESUS The Rev’d. Allen Fisher   Jesus Religion It’s not uncommon to hear someone say that they are spiritual but not religious, but biblically speaking this just isn’t possible. Now, as already stated, it is quite possible, and common even, to find people who are religious and not

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The Elixir of Love directed by our Christina Jensen

Yes, Christians can have good, clean fellowship even during Lent.  On March 9th our St. Michael’s family gathered in Christian Fellowship to admire the work of one of our wonderful Parishioners.  From December 2020 through February 2021, our Cristina Jensen was in California directing a play (synopsis below.)  We watched a production of the play

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Deeper Dive 3 into the Devil and His Angels

  OBSERVATIONS ON THE EVIL ONE, THE FALLEN ANGELS, AND DEMONS AS ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE BIBLE & RELATED TEXTS The Rev’d. Allen Fisher Lead Us Not into Temptation When our Lord Jesus Christ gave His disciples the model prayer, a sixth of its petitions was devoted to being delivered from “the evil one” (see

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Deeper Dive into the Commands of Jesus

OBSERVATIONS ON THE COMMANDMENTS OF JESUS  The Rev’d. Allen Fisher Your Lord is Whom You Obey Jesus says to all of His followers, “If you truly love me, obey my commandments” (cf.Jhn.14:15;Matt.19:17), and “Go and make other disciples of all peoples baptizing them in the Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy

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Deeper Dive 1 into the Blessed Virgin Mary

OBSERVATIONS ON NEW TESTAMENT ILLUSIONS, CONTEMPORARY OBJECTIONS, AND COMMON BELIEFS/PRACTICES SURROUNDING THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY The Rev’d. Allen Fisher On Viewing the Blessed Virgin Rightly For a time, Evangelical Protestants, even some post-Vatican II Roman Catholics, have downplayed the role of Mary and shied away from giving her any place in personal spiritual practices (at

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St. Michael’s update from this weekend

Fr. Michael chats about the weekend and upcoming events.  Update from vestry on different aspects of how St. Michael’s moves forward out of this current environment.  Children and their growth in faith and maturity, skills and talents, is being pursued and planned as we use the talent that the Spirit has brought to us during

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Deaconess; APA

 Deaconess in Anglican Province of America Deaconess The woman who seeks to be a Deaconess, is specifically and rigorously trained for a life-long commitment to service in the church.  While she remains in a lay ministry, she seeks a much deeper commitment than the normal parishioner. There are many women called to service in the

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Constitution and Canons

The laws that govern the administration within the Province. As well, the Cannons list procedures in the APA for becoming ordained Click here

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