The New Year 2006

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Schedule for week of January 1st

Veni Emmanuel

In the darkest time of the year we await the coming of the light, not only in the literal sense, but in the poetic and theological sense as well.

There’s something about this time of the year which inclines our hearts and minds to the things of eternity. We have just come through the month of the Holy Souls with the celebrations of All Saints and All Souls and our hearts take in the sense of what the Jesuit theologian and paleontologist, Teilhard de Chardin was saying when he penned the words, “we have not here a lasting city, we place our hopes on what will come at the end of time when, in perfect union with our God, we will be one.”

We look for that time to come in the darkness of a winter’s eve, knowing that this depth of darkness cannot last for aye. Our prayer as we wait is, “Veni Emmanuel,” or as the Church prayed in ancient Aramaic, “Maranatha,” Come, Lord Jesus.

May these days of waiting be filled with the peace of Christ. May your hearts be warmed in the knowledge that Christ will come again-it is His promise and to His promises He is ever true.

A blessed Adventide.

The Christian Challenge

It hardly seems possible, but it has been a year since we began to advertise in The Christian Challenge and it is time to renew our bulk subscription to this magazine.

For those who may not know or remember, with a bulk subscription of 15 or more we are allowed free advertising in this magazine. The Challenge’s subscriber base is made up of concerned, orthodox Anglicans like ourselves. Articles cover news of the Anglican Communion that may be overlooked by other church publications.

To get the free advertising we need to sign-up at least 12 subscribers. Subscriptions run $20 for the year, a savings of 10% over the standard rate. If you are interested in continuing your subscription, or becoming a new subscriber, please advise the Rector of your intent.

Thanks to our current subscribers:  Marty Bell, Don Ehrlich, Didi Graves, Todd and Mary Illig, Roger and Elise Krueger, Wanda Marsh, Chester and Marjorie McClain, Norma Morehouse, Nan Payne Parker, Margaret St. John, Fr. and Patty Scheiblhofer, and Frieda Wagner.

A Festival of Advent Lessons and Carols

Please join us for our annual Advent Lessons and Carols service in the tradition of King’s College, Cambridge, England. The music will include choral and organ works by Purcell, Batten,Willcocks, G. Palestrina, Corette, Clokey and Carter. A reception with Wassail and light refreshments will follow.

Invite your families, neighbors and friends.

Gaudete Sunday 17 December 1999 4:00 in the afternoon