A HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO YOU! Sunday, Christmas Eve: We will join with our hosts Covenant Presbyterian’s on Sunday evening 24 December for a united Candlelight Lessons and Carols at 6:00 pm. Christmas Day: Our observance is transferred to 31 December, The Sunday after Christmas Day, at 4:00 pm with the Lord’s Supper, a Christmas sermon, … [Read more…]
The Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON) is a conference of orthodox Anglican bishops and leaders. First held in 2008 in Jerusalem, the conference launched the global Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans and marked a turning point in the Anglican Communion. Last month our rector was asked to write a column on the necessity of expository preaching. … [Read more…]
The Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) Assembly met in Wheaton, IL this past week. The week began with a meeting of the College of Bishops and concluded with the consecration of Bishop Andy Lines (GAFCON [Global Anglican Future Conference] Missionary Bishop for Europe). What makes this a powerful consecration is that Lines has been commissioned … [Read more…]
Our annual diocesan synod of CANA East heard two plenary addresses from Lee Gatiss, Director of the Church Society in the Church of England. In the first of the two on Thomas Cranmer and the Lord’s Supper, Lee asked the question, “Why was the Lord’s Supper such an important issue that men and women were … [Read more…]