Church guide

22 churches and organizations represented at tonight's community meeting exploring the Family Promise program structure to help homeless families in our community! We are humbled to host!

We invite all to work diligently for peace in our hearts, lives, community, and world, and to pray earnestly for our neighbors in New Zealand who are suffering immense tragedy after the slaying of 49 beings created in the image of God. Violence in the name of religion or in any other name is a sin against the Author of Life and a denial of the sanctity of life we profess. "O almighty and merciful God, Lord of the universe and of history. All that You have created is good and your compassion for the mistakes of mankind knows no limits. We come to You today to ask You to keep in peace the world and its people, to keep far away from it the devastating wave of terrorism, to restore friendship and instill in the hearts of your creatures the gift of trust and of readiness to forgive. O Giver of life, we pray to You also for all those who have died as victims of brutal terrorist attacks. Grant them their eternal reward. May they intercede for the world that is torn apart by conflicts and disagreements. We pray to You for the ones who have been wounded in these acts of inhuman violence: children and young people, old people and innocent people accidentally involved in evil. Heal their bodies and hearts; console them with Your strength and, at the same time, take away any hatred and a desire for revenge. Visit the families of the victims of terrorism, families that suffer through no fault of their own. Wrap them in the mantle of Your divine mercy. Make them find again in You and in themselves the strength and courage to continue to be brothers and sisters for others, above all for immigrants, giving witness to Your love by their lives. Touch hearts held by violence so that they may recognize the evil of their actions and may turn to the way of peace and goodness, of respect for the life and for the dignity of every human being, regardless of religion, origin, wealth or poverty. O God, Eternal Father, in Your mercy hear our prayer which we raise up to You amidst the deafening noise and desperation of the world. We turn to You with great hope, full of trust in your infinite mercy. Amen."

Join us Wednesday at 6:30 for #AshWednesday

Tomorrow is Transfiguration Sunday, the last Sunday before Lent. The Transfiguration means that Jesus is at the center of all things: law and prophets, the Bible itself, and, in the sacrament of Holy Communion, Christian worship. Before the agony of the cross and the victory of the empty tomb, we behold the glory on the mountain.

All people and ages are welcome to join us on Wednesday March 6 for our interactive prayer service! Come enter the Lenten season with worship and prayer!

It was a fun night out at the bowling alley! #EmbraceCommunity

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God." Matt. 5:9

GOD: Not a capricious deity but redeeming and loving. SALVATION: Not escaping off to heaven but inviting heaven to earth. CHURCH: Not an exclusive club for saints but a hospital for sinners. BIBLE: Not a to-do list to complete but a grand story to enter. WORSHIP: Not a performance to attend but a sacrifice to offer. SACRAMENTS: Not a prize for the pious but a feast for the hungry. MISSION: Not an agenda to push but a way of life to embody. -Jason Veach

If we wrap up early, we'll head to the church and take down the Christmas/Epiphany decor! Hope you can join us for a fun day serving together! #EmbodyLove

Happy Epiphany.

The Epiphany is approaching! We will celebrate it on Sunday!

Dec. 27th we celebrate the feast day of St. John the Apostle, writer of the gospel of John, 1-3 John, and Revelation. His gospel begins with a poetic and powerful section on Christ's coming into the world. O God, who through the blessed Apostle John have unlocked for us the secrets of your Word, grant, we pray, that we may grasp with proper understanding what he has so marvelously brought to our ears. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

Dec. 26th, the second day of Christmastide, we celebrate the feast of St. Stephen, whose martyrdom is recorded in the book of Acts. Grant, O Lord, we beseech Thee, that we may imitate him whose memory we celebrate, so as to learn to love even our enemies; because we now solemnize his martyrdom who knew how to pray even for his persecutors to our Lord Jesus Christ Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth forever. Alleluia.

"Today He Who Is, is born! And He Who Is becomes what He was not! For when He was God, He became man-while not relinquishing the Godhead that is His." - Saint John Chrysostom

Advent 2018: Join us in our hopeful journey to Christmas this year! Sundays @10:30am

Made and compiled by one of our kids themselves (Nick), our kids offer their answers to some questions for Father's Day.

Today: Spiritual Discipline of Joy and Celebration...tied notes onto balloons and released the thing/s that keep us from having joy at #ebenezernaz this morning! #thechurchneedmorecelebrating