Did you know? (Sunday, October 27, 2019)
The tradition of celebrating Harvest Festival in churches, as we know it today, began in 1843, when a priest (Reverend Robert Hawker) in Cornwall, United Kingdom invited his parishioners to […]
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Did you know? (Sunday, October 20, 2019)
Lay persons are ministers of the church, whose functions include representing Christ and His Church, bearing witness to Christ wherever they may be, (via their gifts which have been given […]
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Did you Know? (Sunday, October 13, 2019)
Ministry is service to God and on behalf of God in the church and the world. Ministers are people who put themselves at the disposal of God for the benefit […]
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Did You Know? (Sunday, September 29, 2019)
Taking up one’s cross is an analogy which means that “…Christ calls upon believers to be ready to sacrifice their selfish interests and to daily bear reproach, misunderstanding and shame […]
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Did you know? (Sunday, September 22, 2019)
Christian stewardship is the Christian’s response of love and thankfulness to the redemptive love of God in Jesus Christ. The response is expressed by a responsible use of the earth […]
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Did you know? (Sunday, September 15, 2019)
There are three oils that are blessed by the Bishop at the Chrism mass. The Oil of the infirmed, for anointing the sick and shut in; the Oil of the […]
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Did You Know? (Sunday, September 8, 2019)
The Holy Spirit graciously gives ministry abilities, “spiritual gifts,” so that every Christian can make a valued contribution to the health of the whole body. The church actually operates as […]
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Did you Know? (Sunday, September 1, 2019)
Healing Ministries are an essential and ancient part of the Anglican and Christian traditions. The Sacrament of Holy Unction (anointing the sick) is one such ministry, in which oil that […]
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Did you Know? (Sunday, August 11, 2019)
The Eucharistic Prayer recalls that Jesus was at a meal with his disciples when he blessed the bread and the wine, but more than that it recalls the central act […]
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Did you Know? (Sunday, August 4, 2019)
The Eucharistic Prayer recalls that Jesus was at a meal with his disciples when he blessed the bread and the wine, but more than that it recalls the central act […]