Join us for Easter Sunday at Christ Church
EASTER SUNDAY AT CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH April 9, 2023 8, 9, and 11 a.m. On Sunday, we reach Easter Day – a day of joy, celebration, and...
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Christ Church's
Daily Lenten Meditations
- Apr 9
- 1 min
Easter
Hope, light in darkness Birth and death, resurrection Easter’s reaffirmation © 2023 Robin Bradley
- Apr 9
- 1 min
He has Risen! Easter Sunday at Christ Church
On Sunday, we reach Easter Day – a day of joy, celebration, and the gift of life to God’s people. There are three services that morning,...
- Apr 8
- 1 min
Holy Saturday at Christ Church - 7 p.m. in New Brick
Holy Saturday Easter Vigil and Eucharist, Lighting of the New Fire, and Baptisms Saturday, April 8th 7:00 p.m. in New Brick As the church...
- Apr 8
- 2 min
Lenten Meditation for Today: The Tomb
Mary of Magdalene came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark. John 20:1 Jesus in the tomb is one proof we have that...
- Apr 7
- 1 min
Good Friday Services at Christ Church
Good Friday Friday, April 7th 12:00 noon and 7:00 p.m. Veneration of the Cross and Eucharist in New Brick Christians throughout the world...
- Apr 7
- 0 min
- Apr 6
- 1 min
Maundy Thursday
Maundy Thursday Thursday, April 6th 5:00 p.m. Seder meal in New Brick 7:00 p.m. Eucharist in New Brick, with foot-washing and stripping...
- Apr 6
- 1 min
Lenten Meditation for Today: St. Francis Brings Peace at Gubbio
A story taken and edited from the “Life of St. Francis” at the National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi in San Francisco As Francis’...
- Apr 5
- 1 min
Tenebrae - Wednesday Evening
As Jesus draws ever closer to the events of Good Friday, the church readies itself by reading the service of Tenebrae, taken from the...
- Apr 5
- 1 min
Lenten Meditation for Today: Casting Nets
Angling For the right Expression As I write Is like Fishing Some words Glide gently Into my mind Others slip Away, And there are those...
- Apr 4
- 1 min
Lenten Meditation for Today: How the Light Comes
I cannot tell you how the light comes. What I know is that it is more ancient than imagining. That it travels across an astounding...
- Apr 3
- 1 min
The Lord's Prayer
☀Midway through our "Meditations on the Passion" service yesterday, the early evening sunlight started slowly filtering through the New...
- Apr 3
- 1 min
Lenten Meditation for Today: Before the Throne of God Above
I have a strong, a perfect plea, A great High Priest whose name is love Who ever lives and pleads for me. My name is graven on His Hands,...
- Apr 3
- 4 min
What Happens in Holy Week?
What Happens in Holy Week? by Mother Marcia Christians celebrated the last week of Jesus' life as a repeating time of remembering, even...
- Apr 2
- 1 min
Maundy Thursday - April 6
Maundy Thursday Thursday, April 6th 5:00 p.m. Seder meal in New Brick 7:00 p.m. Eucharist in New Brick, with foot-washing and stripping...
- Apr 2
- 1 min
Join Us for Palm Sunday Services - This Sunday
Palm Sunday at Christ Episcopal Church This Sunday, April 2nd Holy Eucharist at 8:00, 9:00, & 10:30 a.m. Liturgy of Palms begins at Old...
- Apr 1
- 2 min
Saturday Song: At the Cross (Love Ran Red)
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....
- Mar 31
- 3 min
Lenten Meditation for Today: More Questions Than Answers… A Conversation With God
I’m an engineer by training, a math teacher by trade…I like certainty. It just feels better when life makes sense. When A causes B, which...
- Mar 30
- 1 min
Holy Week at Christ Church
This year, Palm Sunday is on April 2nd, and is followed by Holy Week, the most sacred period of our Christian faith. This is when the...
- Mar 30
- 2 min
Lenten Meditation for Today: Be an Instrument of God's Peace
Be an Instrument of God’s Peace: Reflections from a Year of Helping an Afghan Refugee Family While it’s now more than a year since I...
- Mar 29
- 1 min
Lenten Meditation for Today: Rules for Living
From one of my most favorite mystery writers, Louise Penny. Her main character is Surete, an inspector with the Quebec police. Surete...
- Mar 27
- 2 min
Lenten Meditation for Today: Music as an Instrument of God’s Peace
Music has always been an anchor in my life. Like my church. My family. My friends. Music brings me comfort when grieving or worrying. ...
- Mar 25
- 2 min
Saturday Song: The Blessing
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....
- Mar 24
- 3 min
Lenten Meditation for Today: Footprints in the Sand
One night a man had a dream. He dreamed he was walking along the beach with the Lord. Across the sky flashed scenes from his life. For...
- Mar 22
- 2 min
Lenten Meditation: Guided toward Excellence
Presbyterian author and theologian Eugene Peterson reflects upon God’s challenging questions to the prophet Jeremiah at a pivotal point...
- Mar 21
- 1 min
Lenten Meditation for Today: The Bridge Builder
An old man going a lone highway, Came, at the evening cold and gray, To a chasm vast and deep and wide, The old man crossed in the...
- Mar 20
- 2 min
Lenten Meditation for Today: Being Aware of Being Spared
Being Aware of Being Spared: A Chance to Savor God’s Creation and Your Place in It The wake-up call for me was literally a wake-up call....
- Mar 18
- 1 min
Saturday Song: Amazing Grace (My Chains are Gone)
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....
- Mar 17
- 1 min
:Lenten Meditation for Today: Fraternity
Fraternity by William Henry Dawson Fraternity is that feeling toward mankind— Without regard to rank, or wealth, or place— Which makes a...
- Mar 16
- 2 min
Lenten Meditation for Today: Shanti • Paz • Goom-jigi • Shalom • Pace • Salaam
In honor of the International Day of Peace celebrated on September 21st, Karen Katz wrote a children’s picture book entitled “Can You Say...
- Mar 15
- 1 min
Lenten Meditation for Today: An Instrument of Peace
Christians believe that they must act as instruments of peace. Countless pacifists and peacemakers have written volumes trying to guide...
- Mar 14
- 1 min
Lenten Meditation for Today: Leaning into God
God of this new moment, I lean with all my weight and Your Providence holds me up. Sometimes this leaning is uncomfortable and scary. It...
- Mar 13
- 2 min
Lenten Meditation for Today: Focus!
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame,...
- Mar 11
- 2 min
Saturday Song: God of All My Days
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....
- Mar 10
- 1 min
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...
- Mar 9
- 2 min
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...
- Mar 8
- 2 min
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...
- Mar 8
- 1 min
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...
- Mar 6
- 1 min
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.” ...
- Mar 4
- 1 min
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...
- Mar 3
- 1 min
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...
- Mar 2
- 2 min
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...
- Mar 1
- 1 min
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...
- Feb 28
- 2 min
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...
- Feb 27
- 2 min
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...
- Feb 25
- 2 min
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....
- Feb 24
- 1 min
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...
- Feb 24
- 2 min
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...
- Feb 23
- 1 min
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...
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