"And there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."
St. Mark 1:11
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Fr. Yossi led our beautiful Holy Communion service this past Sunday. His sermon focused on the Gospel lesson from St. Mark 1:1-11. In this lesson Mark introduces John the Baptist and describes his baptism of Jesus. Fr. Yossi reminded us that John preached the same doctrines as Jesus including self denial, non conformity to the world, mortification of the flesh, humility, repentance, transformation of lives, etc. At the end of the Gospel lesson, God states that He is well pleased with Jesus. Fr. Yossi prays that God is pleased with us through Jesus because, through Jesus, we have done what God called us to do. Please find the complete service including the sermon at the following link:
Thank you Fr. Yossi for the beautiful Holy Communion service! Thank you Br. Scott for serving with Fr. Yossi during the Holy Communion service and leading the Morning Prayer Service!
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Fr. Yossi continued his series of lessons for Christian Education entitled "Heaven and Hell in Christian Thought & Doctrine". He reviewed his introduction to eschatology from last week. He discussed the Anglican Formularies: The Book of Common Prayer, the Articles of Religion, the Ordinal, and the Two Books of Homilies. He traced the earliest Jewish understanding of the afterlife in the Old Testament through the Septuagint and into the New Testament. He began reviewing the four primary views of the "end of times" starting with amillenialism.
Fr. Yossi asked us to bring our Bibles (preferably KJV or NKJV) for these studies. The classes continue next Sunday and start at 10 am. Please join us - a pot of coffee will be on!
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After services we enjoyed a wonderful pot luck luncheon downstairs . . .
. . . Laurel brought one of her beautiful homemade King's Cakes . . .
And Mere made a lovely birthday cake for Rose Marie - we sang Happy Birthday - I think we surprised her!
Thank you to everyone for all the wonderful food and the wonderful company!
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Our Bible Study meetings resumed this past Wednesday at the church.
Fr. Paul is leading this series of lessons which are focused on his book As It Is In Heaven A Biblical, Historical, and Theological Introduction to the Traditional Church and Her Worship.
Come join us this Wed., Jan. 17 at 11 am for the next study. Please remember to bring the book, your bible, and a lunch!
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Sue continues to lead our weekly online prayer group on Discord every Thursday at 2 pm. Thank you so much Sue for taking the time each week to lead our prayers! If you have a special prayer request but cannot join us, please send your request to Sue. Please contact me if you would like to join us on Discord.
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