Almighty God, you alone can bring into order the unruly wills and affections of sinners: Grant your people grace to love what you command and desire what you promise; that, among the swift and varied changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed where true joys are to be found; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Mother Posey made this quilt piece for St. Luke in the Fields as one of their Stations of the Cross. It was chosen to be exhibited in ECVA (The Episcopal Church & Visual Arts) current exhibit Suffering. A special exhibition, Suffering, is the first of the 2019 Episcopal Church & Visual Arts presentations. Curated by ECVA Board member, Joy Jennings, the selections display the
Please join us on April 7, 2019 for the last of our lenten forums exploring the power of images (including language) to shape our self-understanding, our faith and worship, our commitment to justice, our vision of wholeness, our relationship with God and more. The theme for this week is “In God’s Image” and will be led by the Ascension clergy.
Gracious Father, whose blessed Son Jesus Christ came down from heaven to be the true bread which gives life to the world: Evermore give us this bread, that he may live in us, and we in him; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
On Sunday, March 31, following the 11 a.m. service, we welcome guest Ascension Forum leader Carolyn Halpin-Healy, Executive Director of Arts and Minds, an organization committed to improving quality of life for people living with Alzheimer’s Disease and other dementias through engagement with art. She has been a lecturer at the Metropolitan Museum for many years, and also co-taught a class at Union Seminary
Almighty God, you know that we have no power in ourselves to help ourselves: Keep us both outwardly in our bodies and inwardly in our souls, that we may be defended from all adversities which may happen to the body, and from all evil thoughts which may assault and hurt the soul; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
As Seen on TV! Recently the TV series, God Friended Me, filmed an episode in our church. It’s scheduled to air Sunday, March 24th, on CBS at 8 p.m. You could watch it at home… OR… you can gather with us in the Parish Hall that evening to watch it together! If encouraged, we will order pizza as well.
This Sunday, March 24, after the 11am service, the Ascension Forum will discuss: How do the words we use in prayer shape us? How do we shape them? What verbal images help us understand God? Christ? Humankind? The creation? God’s purposes and “kingdom”? Do we use poetry, prose? Traditional, archaic, contemporary, experimental language? Different words in public worship from private prayer? As Episcopalians, how
O God, whose glory it is always to have mercy: Be gracious to all who have gone astray from your ways, and bring them again with penitent hearts and steadfast faith to embrace and hold fast the unchangeable truth of your Word, Jesus Christ your Son; who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Here is a link to listen to the sermon by The Rev. Edwin Chinery on March 10, 2019, the First Sunday in Lent. There is also a link to the scripture for this Sunday. Lessons You can read the scripture for March 10, 2019, here.