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 […]
A New Mail Scam to Watch For – Epiphany News August 14 – 23
This week I got an official looking letter at church addressed to me personally. In it, someone claiming to be an attorney from Canada told me a person with my last name had died and there was a $13,600,000 unclaimed life insurance policy that we could split (after giving 10 percent to charity!) if I […]
Water, Wind, Waves – Epiphany News August 7 – 16
My family spent time this summer on the north shore of Lake Huron, where we went sailing. I was thrilled to be out in a Sunfish — a small sailboat — for the first time in 25, maybe 30 years. Even more fun: how much of the technique came back to me once I was […]
Into August at Epiphany – Epiphany News July 31 – August 9
Summers seem to go by more quickly than we expect. We aren’t quite at the end of this summer, but as we move into August this weekend, we are beginning to see it up ahead. As we move toward fall, here are a couple of things to put on your calendar. First, don’t worry about […]
Vacation Bible School Photos and Fun! – Epiphany News July 24 – August 2
This week, Epiphany is a jungle! Rebekah Ng and our children’s ministry team of more than 20 volunteers have turned our church into Rainforest Falls. We have been teaching nearly 30 kids about just who God is. He is our creator. He knows everything. He is our safe space. He is love and He is […]
Praying Ultimate Things – Epiphany News July 17 – 26
“Holy Father, from whom all good things come, let the Christian gifts of faith, hope, and love be more firmly established in me every day… O God, I hope- For your daily mercies to continue; For the loosening of sin’s grip upon my will; For my growth in grace and in true holiness from day […]