St. Michael the Archangel Anglican Church, Matthews, NC 28105
St. Michael the Archangel Anglican Church, Matthews, NC
Trinity I 3 June 2018 I John 4:7- 21 St. Luke 16:19-31 Sermon Notes by the Rev. Dennis Washburn, Ph.D. Many human beings over the millennia have talked and sung about love. Especially since the late 1960’s, popular culture has included a lot of talking and singing about love. A
Eddi, priest of St. Wilfrid In his chapel at Manhood End, Ordered a midnight service For such as cared to attend. But the Saxons were keeping Christmas, And the night was stormy as well. Nobody came to service, Though Eddi rang the bell. “‘Wicked weather for walking,” Said Eddi of Manhood End. “But I must
So often we get caught up in the moment, as we become too busy to really see what we see and really hear what we hear. The busyness of life pushes us more and more, until we are living for the purpose of simply keeping up, with all of the demands of this life. Sometimes
Happy Birthday to Christ’s Church! This day called Whitsunday was know as “Pentecost,” for the first four hundred years of the Church, Pentecost is a the word meaning fiftieth. When the Jewish people were in their formative years, God gave them the Ten Commandments, and the Jewish Pentecost was and is a celebration of the
Friday May 25th – Preschool Graduation: 11am Saturday May 26th – Youth group – off site trip – tentative departure time 11am – will be using church van. Saturday June 2nd – Newcomers dinner at church: 5pm til around 7pm. Clergy, laity, and vestry will break bread with newcomers (and recent visitors to our church)
The statement in the Creeds that Christ “ascended into heaven” is based mainly on Acts I : 1-9 where, after 40 days of appearances, when 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 cloud. For Christians, the Ascension
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
Rogation Sunday St. John 16: 24-33 6 May 2018 Sermon Notes by the Reverend Dennis Washburn, Ph.D. In English church tradition, this Sunday has been known as Rogation Sunday. “Rogation” comes from one of the Latin verbs meaning “pray” in St. John 16. In today’s Gospel from John 16, Christ talks to His disciples about
Saturday began day with a workday (9am til 11pm): over 100 plants planted & mulch was spead, Parish Hall (Kitchen and all) cleaned, Flowers prepared for altar and ironing of linens was completed. Then in the afternoon, our Youth group gathered at 1 PM to go out to parishioners home’s who need help with yard
Oh what a Great and Loving God we have…. a God that saw His Creation terribly sick, gone astray, lost, and sinking in its own sin. A loving God who decided to save His people; thus sending His Son to cure us of our dreadful disease, called sin; yes, He sent a Son to heal
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