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Lenten Meditation for Today:
What does Peace mean? is a submission from Jennifer Atkins and Christ Church's 3rd-5th grade Sunday School class (originally in colored...


Lenten Meditation for Today: Lord, Make Me an Instrument of your Peace
My Canadian, maternal grandmother, “Nana,” kept her Bible on her bed table all the days of her life that I can remember, and I was born...


Lenten Meditation for Today: Be an Instrument of God’s Peace… but How?
Every Sunday, at the end of the service, the celebrant sends us on our way with the directive to, “Go in peace to love and serve the...


Lenten Meditation for Today: You Will Lead Me
"My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I...


Lenten Meditation for Today: Role of a Peacemaker
The role of a peacemaker is significant because of its harvest. The word “righteousness” means “right standing” or “right relationship.” ...


Saturday Song: Instrument of Peace
Instrument of Peace Where there is hatred Let me bring love Where there is doubt Let me bring faith Where there is falsehood Let me bring...


Lenten Meditation for Today: The Sermon of St. Francis
The Sermon of St. Francis Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) Up soared the lark into the air, A shaft of song, a winged prayer, As if...


Lenten Meditation for Today: Be an Instrument of God’s Peace
My late husband was definitely a man of God and an instrument of God’s peace. In 1968, after Martin Luther King was murdered and rioters...


Lenten Meditation for Today: The Dove
Life can be As simple As Loving to watch The doves Soar In the air Above me, Their wings Beckoning me To join The play. What Was it like...


Lenten Meditation for Today: God’s Peace
When we turn on the TV news or open the newspaper, we are bombarded with news of wars, natural disasters, political discourse, and gun...


Lenten Meditation for Today: Promoting Peace
Many people are concerned about the increasing levels of conflict and violence in society today. One way to manage the distress and...


Saturday Song: Eternal Life
On weekdays during the season of Lent, we post daily meditations on our website, and on Saturdays we include a piece of music, as well....


Taizé During Lent - Fridays at 6 p.m.
"TRUST IN GOD" Taizé Worship Services with the Rev. Marcia Davenport Friday evenings during Lent at 6:00 p.m. in Old Brick Beginning...


Lenten Meditation for Today: When My Four-Year-Old Taught Me Christian (and Parental) Responsibility
It was late 1991 or early 1992. My wife, Pamela, and I had been parishioners at Christ Church since early 1986. In our first visit, we...


Lenten Reflection Day: This Saturday
Lenten Reflection Day This Saturday, February 25th 8:30 a.m. in Old Brick The first Saturday in Lent will set the stage for this year's...


Lenten Meditation for Today: The Power of Prayer, or The Face of God
I used to think that the “power of prayer” meant that if I prayed enough God would decide to answer my prayer in the way I asked. I was...


Lenten Meditation for Today: A Prayer
Every year during Lent, the Spiritual Life Commission of Christ Episcopal Church compiles and publishes a Lenten Meditation Book,...


Pick Up Your Copy of the 2023 Lenten Meditation Book this Sunday
The 2023 Christ Church Lenten Meditation Book contains parishioner submissions of prayers, songs, poems, and personal reflections. It...


Open Mind.... Open Heart: Centering Prayer on Monday Evenings
CENTERING PRAYER Mondays at 7 p.m. on Zoom Centering Prayer is a receptive method of Christian silent prayer which deepens our...


Our Final Taizé Gathering of the Spring is this Evening.... Join Us!
This evening, April 22nd at 6 p.m. in Old Brick, Christ Church hosts our final Taizé gathering of the spring, a brief and wonderfully...
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