Some good observations on Advent – an old tradition in the Anglican Church is to emphasize the Last Four Things.  Once again a total review of scripture lets us see the totality of God and of this season.  Liberation is offered for all who seek it. Essay Advent, like Lent, can seem difficult to characterize:…

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…

The Eucharist as Refreshment For us as we approach the Fourth Sunday in Lent… – Mid Lent Our Lord Jesus Christ calls us, beckons us, to refreshment this day as we take a hopefully well-deserved pause from our Lenten discipline, and lighten the mood with the festal vestments and colour of rose.  It is time…

Venite, exultemus Domino 1928 Book of Common Prayer, page 9. (Morning Prayer) The Venite is a jubilant summons to the whole world of nature and man to worship its Creator, Provider and Judge, with joy and with thanksgiving, in beauty and in awe.  With Consummate art it weaves together the principal themes of all true…

THE PLEDGE OF FAITHFULNESS  The word “Creed” comes from the Latin word Credo, meaning “I believe,” and thus we use the Nicene Creed to help us clearly and accurately confess what we believe the Bible teaches us about God. Moreover, when the Church was using the Latin Bible, Credo was the word used to translate…

Propers for The Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity The Collect: LORD, we beseech thee, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil; and with pure hearts and minds to follow thee, the only God; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle: 1 Corinthians i. 4.  I THANK…