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St. Michael the Archangel Anglican Church, Matthews, NC 28105
St. Michael the Archangel Anglican Church, Matthews, NC

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Ascension Day Sermon from May 30 2019 The statement in the Creeds that Christ “ascended into heaven” is based primarily upon Acts I : 1-9 where, after 40 days of appearances, the Risen Lord speaks to the Apostles about the coming of the Holy Ghost and the Church’s mission, and is taken up in a…

Click Here 2021 Annual Report The meeting was held on October 31, 2021
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…

Our Music this week to the glory of God Prelude Préambule Louis Vierne Louis Vierne (1870-1937), Notre Dame Cathedral organist in Paris, composed his “prelude” in 1913, alternating melodic imitation with chordal phrases. Introit (Psalm 70:1-2) Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O Lord….
Sermon Preached for the 22nd Sunday after Trinity, November 5, 2023, by Fr. Allen “So likewise shall my heavenly Father do unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.” In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. With today’s…

At the beginning of the sixteenth century the principal worship throughout England was the Mass, of which the Sarum Rite was the most widely used. The focal point was the elevation of the Host, not the act of Communion. The laity rarely communicated other than at Easter, and so they poured out their devotion to…