Dec 1 8 am said Eucharist

St. Michael the Archangel Anglican Church – Matthews, NC.    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…

  May 7, 2022  discussion of Lancelot Andrewes Sermon written in 1594.  Whether we should choose either bodily pleasures in Sodom, or the safety of our souls.  Refusing life with so easyconditions.

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…