Annual Meeting, Fall Fun this Weekend – Epiphany News October 23 – November 1
We will gather at 9:30am in the Fellowship Hall on Sunday, October 25, for our church’s annual meeting. Childcare is provided. The meeting is open to everyone, though to vote you must be on our eligible voters list. Thank you to everyone who helped us update our membership and voters list for the first time […]
A Word About Church Attendance – Epiphany News October 16 – 25
If you have been in church over the last few months, you have probably noticed that attendance at our 10:30am service is down noticeably (by about 25 percent) this fall. If that has been discouraging to you, I understand. It has been discouraging to me. Attendance has ebbed and flowed during my almost 16 years […]
I Hold Your Right Hand – Epiphany News October 9 – 18
I spent some time yesterday with a member of our church who is facing a difficult medical diagnosis. She told me how much the prayers of our church meant to her. She also shared a Bible passage that has touched her. It is from Isaiah 41. “For I, the Lord your God, hold your right […]
Joining a Fall Festival with Our Neighbors – Epiphany News October 2 – 11
Epiphany has a long tradition of gathering to carve pumpkins as All Hallows’ Eve approaches. This year, we will do so on Sunday, October 25, from 3:00 to 5:00pm. That same weekend, we have an opportunity to expand our outreach and work alongside a fellow church just up the road from us on Centerview Drive. […]
An Update on a Painful Topic – Epiphany News September 25 – October 4
Last year, our church’s Archbishop, the Most Rev. Steve Wood, was accused of misconduct toward a staff member at the church he led before he was elected to his leadership post in the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA). Our church’s bishops judged the accusation to be credible, and Archbishop Steve was inhibited (removed from […]
Celebrating 40 Years This Sunday – Epiphany News September 18 – 27
Forty years ago, on February 1, 1986, Church of the Epiphany met to celebrate communion for the first time in the Franklin Middle School Cafeteria. Since then thousands of people have encountered God through the ministry of our congregation. This Sunday, we will be remembering all God has done with a birthday celebration (and chili […]
Help Needed: Getting Clear about Epiphany’s Members and Eligible Voters – Epiphany News September 11 – 20
Our Vestry (governing board) has been working on bylaw updates to bring to our annual meeting this year. Along the way, we came to an uncomfortable realization. We have very incomplete membership records. They are so incomplete that we are missing necessary details for five of our ten Vestry members, and 158 of the 261 […]
Fall Discipleship Classes Begin September 13 – Epiphany News September 4 – 13
Our Fall Discipleship Classes begin at Epiphany on Sunday, September 13. Classes are from 9:30–10:15am on Sunday and will run (depending on the class) between three and six weeks. The Book of Common Prayer: A User’s Guide: Most of the words we say in church come from a single book, the Book of Common Prayer. […]
And I Ate Them – Epiphany News August 28 – September 6
There is a lot of eating in the Bible, starting (not in a good way) with eating forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden. There is also God’s gift of manna in the wilderness for the starving Israelites, and Jesus’ concern to feed the crowds that gathered to hear him in the wild places in […]
Anointing Miracles at Epiphany – Epiphany News August 21 – 30
One of the truly lovely things about Epiphany is seeing how God brings healing through the simple act of anointing with blessed oil and a set prayer. The strange thing for me — and I think for the other clergy who anoint — is that we have no sense in the moment of when God […]