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February 2023 Rector's Message
posted on Jan 24, 2023 Have you ever thought about why we gather for worship? Your ideas about why may be that people are seeking comfort, connection to friends, a sense of peace and purpose, or a multitude of other needs. The church prioritizes worship to practice the...
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Music
February Music at Christ Church
posted on Jan 24, 2023 Throughout the month of February, we will honor the contributions of black composers to our canon of liturgical music. We will return to the "Lift Every Voice and Sing" service music (Gloria, Sanctus, Great Amen, Angus Dei) as well as sing many h...
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Sermons
It’s all Marco Polo
posted on Jan 23, 2023 Third Sunday after the Epiphany, RCL A Every public and community pool, and even a few hotel pools, are accompanied everyday by the melodic back and forth of Marco Polo. It is a derivation of the game of tag, but perfect for the pool. In this g...
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Learn & Inquire
Adult Formation: Movie Talk
posted on Jan 19, 2023 Taking place on the third Wednesday evening of the month at 7 PM. In 2023 our monthly adult formation discussion will be about church year-connected movies. All the films will be easy to find online or we have a DVD to share. This will run like a...
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Book Group 2023: Austen in Context
posted on Jan 18, 2023 This year we will be visiting with four novels of Jane Austen as part of our cycle in the CCRP book group. What a joy! The extraordinary writer was the daughter, and sibling, of Anglican clergy, and assumed its norms in both the clerics in the ...
Read MoreBlessed Absalom Jones
posted on Jan 17, 2023 On Saturday, February 11th will diocese will honor the life and ministry of the Blessed Absalom Jones, the first African American priest in The Episcopal Church, with a service at The Philadelphia Cathedral. There will be music from across the d...
Read MorePassing of the Plate
posted on Jan 17, 2023 Beginning this Sunday our ushers will be regularly passing the offering plates at the 10:15AM service. The 8AM service will continue to have a stationary plate by the font to place offering before or after service.
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Adult Forum Winter: Three Abrahamic Faiths
posted on Jan 12, 2023 Three trees with intertwined roots (and branches). This winter during the Adult Forum discussion we will be exploring the ways in which the three Abrahamic religions are intertwined, Sundays at 9:15 AM. Primarily this will be focusing on the ...
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How to Practice Holy Wonder with a Movie (or a Book)
posted on Jan 9, 2023 1. Let Go: It is important, especially in fiction, to let go of orderly logic and expectations about what is good and bad or real and not real. For example, I have never met a vampire nor have I traveled at light speed. Yet I have encountered p...
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