This Sunday
A weekly reflection and announcements.
This Sunday (December 13, 2020) at The Church of the Nativity and St. Stephen
Service online or by phone
And Mary said,‘My soul magnifies the Lord,and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.... Luke 1:46-47 The view from my office window looks out on a statue of Mary. It is a comforting sight. This third Sunday in Advent is known as Gaudete Sunday or Joy or Rejoice! We light the pin...
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This Sunday (December 6, 2020) at The Church of the Nativity and St. Stephen
Advent Lessons and Carols
Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God. Isaiah 40:1 This Sunday we have a service of Advent Lessons and Carols. We will hear scripture and sing hymns of Advent. Our first reading is this familiar scripture from Isaiah. During the writer's time, the people had gone through...
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This Sunday (November 29, 2020) at The Church of the Nativity and St. Stephen
First Sunday in Advent - Service is online or by phone
Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge...
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This Sunday (November 22, 2020) at The Church of the Nativity and St. Stephen
All services online or by phone
Come, let us sing to the Lord; let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation. Psalm 95:1 When I was at General Theological Seminary, we often sang Psalm 95 as part of sung Morning Prayer. Psalm 95 is known as the Venite. Venite is the latin word for "come." Psalms are know...
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This Sunday (November 15, 2020) at The Church of the Nativity and St. Stephen
Annual Meeting
So teach us to number our days *that we may apply our hearts to wisdom. Psalm 90:12 Our Psalm this week reminds us that our time on this earth when measure with eternity, is very short. Most of us do not like to think about our mortality. We easily make plans for tomorrow or n...
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