Morning Prayer, Pondering, and a reading (learning.)
Praying, chatting, and learning from the porch at the Rectory. What a great way to start the day. Enjoy and share.
St. Michael the Archangel Anglican Church, Matthews, NC 28105
St. Michael the Archangel Anglican Church, Matthews, NC

Praying, chatting, and learning from the porch at the Rectory. What a great way to start the day. Enjoy and share.

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…

This Thursday is Ascension Day of Christ which completes our Faith in Him as God and Man. St. Michael the Archangel will celebrate Ascension Day on Thursday at Noon and 7pm. Ascension Day is a day of obligation for Anglicans as its importance is critical to our faith (Acts 1:6-11) as Christ leaves His earthly…

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. Twentieth Sunday after Trinity November…
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…

4th Sunday in Advent December 23, 2018 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,…
Heresies and False doctrines arose Heresies are nothing new…as False doctrines arose; even in the days of the Apostles. Brief description of: Legalism (Galatians) There were those teaching that you had to be “Jewish” before you could become a Christian and thus the Laws of the Temple applied (not the laws of God – the Ten…