by Epiphany | Aug 4, 2016 | Community Announcements, Episcopal Church, Message from Fr. Matt
Celebration Of Women’s Ministries weekend! It is time to celebrate our ministries for women! Episcopal Church of the Epiphany parishioners have been asked to suggest to Fr. Matt the names of one or two young ladies to attend this important upcoming weekend. The purpose of the weekend is to give young ladies in our parish an idea of what goes on beyond the pews and to let others know they are welcome to volunteer with the ministries. When: Friday, September 16 through Saturday, September 17 through 3 P.M. Time: Registration/Meet and Greet Friday, September 16 from 4 P.M. to 6 P.M. For more information click this link: Celebration Of Women’s...
by Epiphany | Jun 23, 2016 | Community Announcements, Episcopal Church
Bring your ice cream maker to the parish hall July 31 for the next Hamburger Sunday! The Ministries Committee loves ice cream, and realizes that we all do….so why not a CHURN OFF? Participants are invited to bring your own ice cream maker and favorite ice cream recipe to make ice cream. Silly Awards will be given! We are in need of volunteers to bring: Cones, Cups, Spoons, Napkins, Ice, Salt, Power Strips, and Extension Cord. Hand crank freezers welcome too! Please bring your mixture ready to pour into your ice cream maker so it can get to freezing while everyone enjoys burgers! Ice cream toppings are optional! TEAMS: Consider making your family and friends a team. Recruiting members with good recipes is encouraged! No limit to the number of team members and team members can be on more than one team if they want. We are hoping to get a lot of teams participating!!! Click: Ice Cream Sunday Entry...
by Epiphany | May 13, 2016 | Community Announcements, Episcopal Church, Message from Fr. Matt
Pentecost Sunday, the wonderful conclusion to the Great 50 days of Easter. On this day, we drink of the Spirit of the living God. And this Spirit is the fruit of the victory Christ won by his death and resurrection. Pentecost cannot, therefore, be separated from Easter. But why did the disciples receive the Spirit? This Sunday reminds us that the disciples received the Spirit in order to inaugurate the universal mission of the Church. As modern day recipients of the same Spirit, we ask God to shatter all barriers and lead the Church, and the Church of the Epiphany, where God wills. Having rested in awe before the One who transforms our every crucifixion into resurrection and makes possible the handing over of our lives in love for yet another day, another year, the rest of our lives, we stand ready to inaugurate again the great work that God has entrusted into our lives. And don’t forget to wear your red. (Adapted from the St. Andrew Bible Missal, p. 379, 464). – Peace, Fr....
by Epiphany | Apr 12, 2016 | Community Announcements, Episcopal Church, Message from Bishop Jake
In Gospel Memories, Bishop Jacob shows that there is truth in the idea that our past shapes our future, the gospel is all about the counter-intuitive promise that God is shaping us right now toward God’s vision of who we will become. It is not our past that makes us into the image of God; God’s redeeming love does that. In God, who we are not yet is shaping who we become. Gospel Memories will have special resonance for people at turning points in their lives: career changes, loss of loved ones, graduation, illness, divorce, birth of a child, entering middle years or later years. Life is filled with turning points at which we feel compelled to tell our story in a new and different way. Gospel Memories The Future can rewrite Our Past, is available at Amazon, in Paperback or in Kindle...
by Epiphany | Jan 29, 2016 | Community Announcements, Episcopal Church, Lenten Messages, Message from Fr. Matt
Epiphany’s Lenten Program will begin on Wednesday, February 17, 2016. We will celebrate the Holy Eucharist at 5:30 pm in the church. Following the service, we will gather in the Parish Hall for a light meal of soup and salad as well as an opportunity to participate in the Lenten Program. This year, best-selling author Kathleen Norris provides a unique viewpoint on “what matters most,” including: Belief Matters: Why does belief matter? To what do we give our hearts? What is the core message of what we believe-creeds or commitment? To what extent is to believe also “to be-love”? The Bible Matters: The Bible is our collective story. How is that story reflected in our daily lives? What is it about the Bible that always seems to address our present moments? Community Matters: In community, individualism and imperfection meet grace and acceptance. What is our part in the Body of Christ? Place Matters: In what ways is faith set within the physical space of home, church, land and people? We Matter: What does it mean to remain in God’s image and to counter our selfishness by embracing the world and its needs? Each of the five DVD session begins with a 10-15 minute video presentation by Kathleen Norris followed by filmed interaction with a diverse small group of adults. Following the video presentation, we will be invited to delve more deeply into each session’s theme. Group members become teachers for one another, following a personal, respectful and engaged model of adult learning. Each person will be supplied with a Participant’s Workbook (suggested donation – $10) which contains all the...
by Epiphany | Jan 29, 2016 | Community Announcements, Episcopal Church, Lenten Messages, Message from Fr. Matt, Website Blog
The Book of Common Prayer issues the following invitation: “I invite you, therefore, in the name of the Church, to the observance of a holy Lent, by self-examination and repentance; by prayer, fasting and self-denial; and by reading and meditating on God’s holy Word” (p. 265). Does this mean that Lent is simply to be endured, a time to put aside the excesses of my life in order to accomplish a new goal – an exercise plan, weight loss, better eating habits, a more healthy life-style? As good as these goals are, they really don’t have anything to do with Lent. Lent, rather, is the Church’s annual retreat into the desert with Jesus where we encounter all the illusions we live by so as to see – perhaps for the first time – that true life is in God alone. Historically, Lent was always about baptism: going down with Christ into his death and being raised up with him to new life. It was time when the Church prepared those who were to be baptized at the Easter Vigil: the new Christians were born in the waters of baptism and welcomed by a church community who had relived their own 40-day journey from death to new life in Christ. Thus, the entire Church experienced in ever new ways the truth that the deepest meanings of life are to be seen in Jesus own life, death and resurrection: how he willingly died to self so that others might live. The Lenten season begins on February 10th with the celebration of Ash Wednesday. On this day we will be signed with...
