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  • Collect, Readings, Sermon, and Livestream for August 24, 2025

    Pentecost XI and Parish Festival & Ministry Fair SPECIAL SERVICE TIME 10:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist with music in New Brick Collect for Today: Grant, O merciful God, that your Church, being gathered together in unity by your Holy Spirit, may show forth your power among all peoples, to the glory of your Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. Today's Readings: Jeremiah 1:4-10 Psalm 71:1-6 Hebrews 12:18-29 Luke 13:10-17 Sermon for Today: Father Manny Mercer provides today's sermon, and you can view it in the livestream video below once the service starts. Holy Eucharist Livestream: Our service livestream begins at approximately 10:20 a.m. this Sunday. The service leaflet for this worship service is here .

  • Glue

    A few days ago, I had the unique honor of officiating the wedding of a young couple. The wedding was beautiful, as beautiful as the couple themselves. As Rector, I am seldom invited to officiate a destination wedding, and so this was refreshingly unique in many ways. The joy and excitement were through the roof. As with many weddings, everyone shared in the couple's joy. One of the powerful scenes was watching the bride fold into the arms of the groom, who then lifted her up with a huge sense of joy and pride. I could touch their sense of hope and love they had for each other and their union. I could feel the positive energy within the space. I could tell of the happiness on each face, and each face told a story about their best wishes for this new couple.  Marriage is such a beautiful gift to us, and one of the lines in our Prayer Book that always excites me is this: “…union of heart, body and soul is intended for their mutual joy, for help and comfort given one another in prosperity and adversity…” The church has long held that marriage is a union. It is a coming together of two individuals from two separate backgrounds, individuals who have been shaped by different circumstances, nurtured in different situations by different people, mentored by different teachers, coaches, and experiences. The coming together of two distinct individuals to form a union is as much a gift to be celebrated as it is a challenging reality.  There’s this tacit admission that one person cannot form a union, nor can one person form a union by themselves alone. You need another person to form a union, and the fact that there is another person other than you lies life's enduring challenge.  The marriage and wedding ceremony were a two-day affair. The first day was the traditional marriage, and the second day was the wedding. It may sound a little confusing, but in most African communities, there is a traditional wedding and a church, or official, wedding.  At the traditional wedding, I read a poem by Maria Popova. It is a beautiful poem, and I really wanted to share it with the couple, with the belief that even in the worst moments, you have to beam the light of love back to the other. Here it is: The longer I live, the more deeply I learn that love, whether we call it friendship or family or romance, is the work of mirroring and magnifying each other’s light.  Gentle work. Steadfast work. Life-saving work.  In those moments when life and shame and sorrow occlude our own light from our view.  But there’s still a clear-eyed, loving person to beam it back. In our best moments, we are that person for one another. After reading the poem, I shared with the couple that my prayer for each of them is that they may always find more than enough reason to beam that light back to each other. And the reason is, there’s always something, whatever it is, that desires to see separation and disunity, and our task really is to find that glue that would hold things together for us. I believe that there’s something that holds things together. There’s something that holds organizations together. There’s something that holds communities together. There’s something that holds marriages together. There’s something that holds friendships together. There’s something that holds relationships together. There’s something that holds churches together. There’s something that holds everything and everywhere together because there’s always more than one person involved in it.  You may choose to call it whatever you like, but it is your glue. What you choose to call it may not matter, but the beauty is that it holds life and limb together so they don’t fall apart. When I saw the groom lift up the bride with a beaming smile that subtly assured the bride that he’s always going to lift her up and hold her, the beauty of that image led me to ask myself this question: What’s the glue that will hold this together? What’s the glue that holds your life together? What’s the glue that’s holding all the many different pieces together?  The glue may not necessarily be one particular thing. It may be multiple things, but the gift in discovering them is that all of them come together in a special way to hold life together. And oftentimes our lives bear witness to these manifestations of unity in times of deep division. Thoughts about the glue that holds things together led me to wonder about what holds Christ Church together. What is the glue that holds us together? We are a very diverse community of people with varying gifts, talents, and resources - we are like the young couple. Our diversity is our strength, and like the couple, we fold into each other's arms, but what is it that holds us up and glues this diverse community together? This Sunday, we will host our annual Parish Festival and Ministry Fair after our one service at 10:00 a.m. Ministry Fairs are always an opportunity to learn about the vibrant life of our congregation and what the many different ministries that abound here have to offer. It is also an opportunity for parishioners to learn about the various ways they can deepen their spiritual growth and become involved in our shared life.  This year’s Ministry Fair would be special. In fact, each year is special because we endeavor to strengthen the glue that bonds us all together. It is my hope, therefore, that you will come and feel a sense of the glue that binds this community together and holds it up. As a congregation, the glue that holds us all together is our collective faith in God - the God who looks at each of us and loves us unconditionally. The God who loves us, not because of who we are, what we are, where we’ve been, or where we come from. This magnificent and merciful God makes the Self known to us in the small and big things that we do together. Unless you haven’t noticed it yourself, but within those small and big things that we do together, we can feel and touch the glue that holds us together.  This is where I find my deepest joy; we each bring our individual selves, broken as we are, in response to God’s invitation. And through prayer, fellowship, outreach, worship, and formation, we not only bring to light our expressions of God and the desire to continually seek God’s face, but to always find one more reason to beam back God’s light of love to other people. The beautiful young couple gave me something to think about - glue. It binds us all together and makes us all fit for God’s purpose. In our best moments, we beam back more than God's light, we magnify and mirror the glue that holds all of life together. See you on Sunday,  Manny+

  • Thanks for Packing the Packs!

    You all really are the best.... thanks to those who stayed after church last Sunday and helped us load the LEMS backpacks. It went very smoothly, and we can't thank each of you enough! Whether you were there or not, if you can, please stop by the lower level of New Brick tomorrow, August 22, at 2:30 p.m. to help load the school supplies into cars and drive them to LEMS. That afternoon, they will host their Annual Back-to-School Block Party , where families will register their children and enjoy a picnic from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. You are welcome to help distribute the backpacks to those appreciative students and families. And don't forget to stop by the LEMS table at the Parish Festival and Ministry Fair tomorrow, right after our special service time of 10:00 a.m. Grab some delicious BBQ lunch, enjoy some of the entertainment that's in store... and maybe, if you're adventurous, have a go at the bouncy castle! You can take home a new LEMS brochure that gives you a broad outline of what we're about and why we provide support to the students in our own community. There are a lot of LEMS-related activities and events throughout the year, and we can always use more people, so email LEMS@christchurchcolumbia.org and we'll let you know how you can help.

  • Christ Church Outreach News: August 21, 2025

    Thanks for Packing the Packs! You all really are the best.... thanks to those who stayed after church last Sunday and helped us load the LEMS backpacks. It went very smoothly, and we can't thank each of you enough! Whether you were there or not, if you can, please stop by the lower level of New Brick tomorrow, August 22, at 2:30 p.m. to help load the school supplies into cars and drive them to LEMS. That afternoon, they will host their Annual Back-to-School Block Party , where families will register their children and enjoy a picnic from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. You are welcome to help distribute the backpacks to those appreciative students and families. Beckoning One and All to Get Involved in Christ Church Outreach As you prepare for fall, consider making Outreach a more integral part of your life. Start by pausing during the Parish Festival and Ministry Fair on Sunday, Aug. 24, to pick up a brochure and chat with a member of the Outreach Commission about opportunities. If you prefer to get info online, please email outreach@christchurchcolumbia.org . Some activities occur year-round, and others are seasonal. Here are a few to anticipate as autumn approaches: Our Fall Food Drive is scheduled for Saturday, October 4, at a local supermarket to collect non-perishable goods for the Howard County Food Bank , and gluten- and allergy-free items for SAFE Food Pantry (exact time and place will be announced). The annual Thanksgiving Drive for the food bank begins on Sunday, November 2. The heartwarming Angel Tree Drive begins on Sunday, November 23, to buy Christmas gifts for middle-school-age children. Early in December, at a date to be announced later, volunteers will help bag the unwrapped gifts for transport to the Salvation Army of Howard County, which will then distribute them to families who would otherwise have a bleak holiday. As you respond to a call to help the less fortunate, keep in mind the scripture that underpins our mission: And the King will answer them, “Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.” Matthew 25:40 You can read about the most recent supermarket food drive in the Outreach Blog of April 9, 2025 . Read about both holiday drives in the Outreach Blog of Nov. 21, 2024 . Buy DreamBuilders Tea and Coffee on Sunday at the Parish Festival  Look for coffee and tea being sold to benefit DreamBuilders at the Parish Festival on Sunday, Aug. 24. There’s no chocolate at this time of year, but we have plenty of tea and a small selection of fair-trade coffee. It’s for a good cause so teams can prepare to rebuild after disasters. The group most recently traveled to Kentucky for the third year in a row to build homes after devastating floods. Go Golfing Next Month to Help Bridges to Housing Stability Golfers can have fun and support a worthy cause on Friday, Sept. 19. Bridges to Housing Stability will hold the fourth annual Sheehy Toyota Birdies for Bridges Golf Tournament at The Timbers of Troy, 6100 Marshalee Dr., Elkridge, Md. Participants will help Bridges achieve its mission – advocating for affordable housing and helping individuals and families who struggle to keep a roof over their heads.   The tournament begins with a light breakfast, a shotgun start at 9 a.m., and a full day of golf, food, and awards. Check-in opens at 7:45 a.m. The cost for a single golfer is $200, or $800 for a foursome, which covers greens fees, unlimited range balls, food, and beverages.   By golfing during “Birdies for Bridges,” you’ll help to provide a path to self-sufficiency and further Bridges’ aim to prevent and end homelessness in Howard County. Christ Church has been a supporter of Bridges in various ways since 2019. FISH and CCC Have Combined Pantries, and FISH Needs Phone Volunteers Earlier in the summer, FISH and  Columbia Community Care (CCC) partnered to provide food services for Howard County residents. The two organizations have merged their pantries. FISH will continue to pick up donated goods from Christ Church and others. CCC will continue making distributions at three sites on Saturday mornings and by home delivery. For information, go online at CCC’s Get Help page.   CCC’s three distribution sites are open on Saturdays from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the following locations: Long Reach, Suite 107, 8775 Cloudleap Ct.; Wilde Lake Interfaith Center, 10431 Twin Rivers Rd., and The Barn at Oakland Mills Village Center, 5853 Robert Oliver Place, all in Columbia. For updates and other community activities, check the CCC Facebook Group .   Please put non-perishable food and personal care products in the altar basket or in a bin just inside the Parish Hall. Look for a combo label “FISH/CCC”. Please continue to bring baby wipes and diapers, especially the larger sizes.   FISH will continue to provide telephone support to Howard County residents to provide guidance and financial support because the personal touch is very important when people are in crisis. You could be the one to lend a helping hand by lending an ear! Consider volunteering from home by giving just one day a month to assist those who could benefit from financial assistance from FISH. Training is provided. For information, ask parishioner and FISH treasurer Andy DeLong or email andydelong.fish@gmail.com . Thanks for your support. In general, if you have suggestions about ways to help the community, if you want to get involved, or if you need assistance, please email Christ Church Outreach at outreach@christchurchcolumbia.org . Your help is greatly welcomed and appreciated. Thank you.

  • Thank You for All You Do and All You Are, Rebecca!

    Our dear Rev. Rebecca Warlow is moving on, and we will miss her so! Rebecca has been a part of the fabric of Christ Church for as long as many of us can remember, and now another parish in the diocese will be able to call her part of their family. She is a guiding light who serves as continuing inspiration for us all in how to grow in faith, and w e wish Rebecca the most blessed of journeys in her new ministry.

  • It'll Be Flea Market Time Before You Know It!

    Soon, it'll be time for that wonderful Columbia tradition, the Christ Church Flea Market and Craft Fair, presented by the WOCC. This year, it's on Saturday, September 20th from 9am to 2pm (rain date 9/27) on the Christ Church campus. Handmade crafts, clothing, furniture, freshly-baked treats, and so many other goods are available, and you can go home with some new features for your own spaces. This community event is open to the public, so come see what your neighbors have to offer! You can have your own space in the market, or if you’re cleaning out closets or garages, the church will be sponsoring the white elephant tables & welcomes your unwanted treasures. Visit our website for vendor forms, space rental pricing, book, baked goods, and item donation details, and other information - https://www.christchurchcolumbia.org/flea-market   #fleamarket   #communitycraftfair   #crafts   #craftshow   #columbiamaryland   #hocomd   #communityiskey

  • Collect, Readings, Sermon, and Livestream for August 17, 2025

    Pentecost X 8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist in New Brick 10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist with music in New Brick Collect for Today: Almighty God, you have given your only Son to be for us a sacrifice for sin, and also an example of godly life: Give us grace to receive thankfully the fruits of his redeeming work, and to follow daily in the blessed steps of his most holy life; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. Today's Readings: Isaiah 5:1-7 Psalm 80:1-2, 8-18 Hebrews 11:29-12:2 Luke 12:49-56 Sermon for Today: Rev. Rebecca Warlow, Deacon, provides today's sermon, and you can view it in the livestream video below once the service starts. You can also read the sermon text here . This is also Rebecca's final day at Christ Church, as she goes on to her new parish as Deacon. We have been blessed with Rebecca as parishioner and friend for many years, and we will always keep her in our heart as she begins her new ministry. We love you in the love of the Lord, Rebecca! Holy Eucharist Livestream: Our service livestream begins at approximately 10:20 a.m. this Sunday. The service leaflet for this worship service is here .

  • Christ Church Outreach News: August 14, 2025

    Pack the Packs! Help LEMS Students Get Ready for School this Sunday The students and families at Lake Elkhorn Middle School rely on us each year to help provide assistance with school supplies. Using your generous donations, we've purchased the items on the list provided by LEMS, and we will load them into 125 backpacks after the 10:30 worship service this Sunday, August 17th. But we can surely use your help - please come downstairs, have a quick lunch on us, and help load the backpacks. Many hands make light work, so it shouldn't take very long to complete the process if you join us! If you can’t come this Sunday, plan to visit New Brick next Friday, August 22, at 2:30 p.m. to help load the school supplies into cars and drive them to LEMS. That afternoon, they will host their Annual Back-to-School Block Party , where families will register their children and enjoy a picnic from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. You are welcome to help distribute the backpacks to those appreciative students and families. Please let us know if you can come to either or both of these events by speaking with Cathy Whittaker at church or emailing her at LEMS@christchurchcolumbia.org . Play Golf Next Friday and Assist Bridges to Housing Stability in Achieving Its Goal Golfers can have fun and support a worthy cause on Friday, September 19. Bridges to Housing Stability will hold the fourth annual Sheehy Toyota Birdies for Bridges Golf Tournament at The Timbers of Troy, 6100 Marshalee Dr., Elkridge. Participants will help Bridges achieve its mission – advocating for affordable housing and helping individuals and families who struggle to keep a roof over their heads.   The tournament begins with a light breakfast, a shotgun start at 9 a.m., and a full day of golf, food, and awards. Check-in opens at 7:45 a.m. The cost for a single golfer is $200, or $800 for a foursome, which covers greens fees, unlimited range balls, food, and beverages.   The event raises crucial operating funds, said Bridges Executive Director Jen Broderick: “Every swing, every hole, and every cheer helps us make real change in our community.” By golfing during Birdies for Bridges , you’ll help to provide a path to self-sufficiency and further Bridges’ aim to to prevent and end homelessness in Howard County.   Christ Church has been a supporter of many Bridges initiatives since 2019. Hydration for the Homeless: A Donation of Sports Drinks In the Heat of Summer This week, your generosity began to ease life for our homeless neighbors who rely on sundries from the Day Resource Center (DRC) pantry, one of the services of the Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center . In response to a DRC request, the Outreach Commission at its Aug. 11 meeting approved spending $160 for 12 cases of 28 bottles each of Gatorade.   Jim and Dione Mahoney delivered the thirst-quenching purchase on Wednesday. The drinks will be welcomed by DRC clients, many of whom live outdoors in a vehicle or in a tent in the vicinity of MD Rt. 1 in Jessup. The drinks were purchased with funds donated to the church by parishioners who give to “General Outreach.” We are so grateful for every one of your donations - thank you. FISH and CCC Have Combined Pantries, and FISH Needs Phone Volunteers Recently FISH and  Columbia Community Care (CCC) partnered to provide food services for Howard County residents. The two organizations have merged their pantries. FISH will continue to pick up donated goods from Christ Church and others. CCC will continue making distributions at three sites on Saturday mornings and by home delivery. For information, go online at CCC’s Get Help page.   CCC’s three distribution sites are open on Saturdays from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the following Columbia locations: Long Reach, Suite 107, 8775 Cloudleap Ct.; Wilde Lake Interfaith Center, 10431 Twin Rivers Rd.; and The Barn at Oakland Mills Village Center, 5853 Robert Oliver Place. For updates and other community activities, check the CCC Facebook Group .   Please put non-perishable food and personal care products in the altar basket or in a bin just inside the Parish Hall. Look for a combo label “FISH/CCC”. Please continue to bring baby wipes and diapers, especially the larger sizes.   FISH will continue to provide telephone support to Howard County residents, offering guidance and financial assistance, as the personal touch is crucial when people are in crisis. You could be the one to lend a helping hand by lending an ear! Consider volunteering from home by giving just one day a month to assist those who could benefit from financial assistance from FISH. Training is provided. For information, ask parishioner and FISH treasurer Andy DeLong or email andydelong.fish@gmail.com . Thanks for your support. In general, if you have suggestions about ways to help the community, if you want to get involved, or if you need assistance, please email Christ Church Outreach at outreach@christchurchcolumbia.org . Your help is greatly welcomed and appreciated. Thank you.

  • Grieving the World

    On most Saturday mornings, I find myself participating in an online prayer community hosted by Bishop Stephen Charleston. A seminary friend and classmate, Hilary West, first introduced me to his virtual gathering, and I have found him to be a source of spiritual enlightenment. On Saturdays, he hosts this community gathering where all are welcome to share their prayer petitions and thoughts, knowing that the Bishop and all participants will join in prayer with them, and with you. I always think of this exercise as a clearing out of all the petitions, prayers, and people in need of prayer that I can bring to mind and heart. I pray for my children, of course, and my family, and I pray always for healing for those I know in need of God's grace and succour: Cindy, dying in the Maryland prison system and unable to go home to her family; those struggling with addiction; the lives and the deaths that arise in the news, in our church, and heard from neighbors. And I pray for the world's suffering: for the children dying of hunger in Gaza and Sudan and Yemen; for those caught in war; for those caught in detention; for Andre - a gay, young man imprisoned in El Salvador and gratefully freed to Venezuela after months of torture and abuse; for the families of the flood victims; for those fleeing the fires burning now in Greece, France, Canada, and Los Angeles. I pray for the images of the week: a mother holding her dying child; a bombed-out tent city; a car carried in the river flood; a decades-old, indigenous woman. I also pray for what I have seen and felt, and my prayers include those whose circumstances I know and grieve for: Ziba's husband and son, who have been waiting so long for an entry visa into the USA - waiting for what may never come, in fact, even as I pray with gratitude for the life she and her sons have made here. I pray for all refugees and migrants, that somehow in some way, Jesus the companion may guide them to safety and home. I pray for those who fight in wars and those who are caught in war zones, losing everything - even their lives - unjustly. I pray for the journalists killed in Gaza for trying to tell the truth, and for those silenced in our country by fear of retribution and punishment by the powers that be. I pray for the creation of God so seemingly neglected and attacked in every way, from parks to mineral drilling to pollution. I pray for the health and well-being of all people, and I lament the system that monetizes medical care and prescription medications. I list my prayers remembering the dead, the losses I still mourn: my husbands, my unborn child, my sister, and my cousins, Jay and Ramon. Each petition triggers a new thought, a new asking, and I keep on writing my long list until, like every child of God, I dare to ask for myself. My prayers are, in a way, a form of repentance for the world in which I play a part. When I think about what this prayer time means to me each week, I come to believe that, in part, I am grieving the world. Langston Hughes writes: I am so tired of waiting, Aren’t you, For the world to become good And beautiful and kind? Let us take a knife And cut the world in two – And see what worms are eating At the rind. I write my prayer list, and as I do, there is a lament ringing in my ears that's taken from the musical Godspell : "When will you save the people? O God of mercy, when? Not states and corporations, but children, women, men! Flowers of your heart, O God, are they...God, save the people!" I am sure that, in our praying community of faith, many of you are experiencing this 'grieving of the world' as the changes around us happen rapidly, and as journalists and bishops have recently noted, a crueler, less compassionate normal is emerging. So how do we respond to this grievous world? Perhaps we can take some strength from the prophet Jeremiah, whose words are found in this Sunday's lectionary: I am a God near by and not a God far off. Who can hide in the secret places that I cannot see them? Jeremiah reminds us that even as we witness the heartbreaking news around us, God sees and knows it all. God feels it all.  Jeremiah himself lived during the midnight hour; he saw his nation transition from the prosperous conditions of the time of Josiah to a state of corruption under Jehoash, Jehoiakim, and Zedekiah. His mission was to convey God's truth, unvarnished and unwelcome, the message of sin and repentance. (7:3, 18:7-10). The Book of Jeremiah is 'a thick response to disaster, to a colossal collapse of a world around him, even a 'cosmic crumbling' (Louis Stalman) where there seems no way forward. "The stories and poetry of the book of Jeremiah create a world in which the ancient people of God can imagine their survival. The book provides clues to contemporary believers in their need to confront the 'rawness' of present reality and to find ways to survive." Jeremiah calls us, as believers, to tell the truth—not to evade, hide, or distract ourselves — but to confront the reality of injustice, cruelty, and indifference. Malignant policy and greed. Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote, Your 'yes' to God requires your 'no' to all injustice, to all evil, to all lies, to all oppression and violation of the weak and the poor.  Jeremiah, as well as our faith in Jesus Christ and our baptismal covenant, demands that we see and speak the truth, just as plainly as we see the videos on cable news. Secondly, Jeremiah didn't run away. He stayed in his place and time and did not abandon his people even in what he saw as evil. We know he was in Judah before the fall of Jerusalem, warning of the impending doom, and through the invasion and deportation of most of his contemporaries, and into his exile in Egypt, literally carried by his prophetic brethren. I believe that is our call. We cannot escape our repentance or our responsibility for the state of our world and lives in this present reality; therefore, we must actively embrace staying in the discomfort that comes with it. Every day, the Episcopal Policy Network posts an action alert, providing an opportunity to sign a petition, write an email to our representatives, make a phone call, or send a flood of postcards to the capital. Every day, there is a plea for donations to World Central Kitchen, the ACLU, or the IRC to support various action initiatives. My friend Hilary wrote this yesterday: The world is too dangerous for anything but the truth, and too small for anything but love. Just as Jeremiah, we continue to do what we can - willingly, kindly, and generously. Jeremiah's greatest offering to those of us grieving the world is his never-failing message of hope. We are, in Jesus Christ, a saved people. We can all learn how the world needs us and wait in expectation for God to surprise us. Bishop Charleston writes, Just when you least expect it, that is when the Holy Spirit will surprise you the most, that is when the Spirit will provide. Just when you think you do not have a chance, that is when the Spirit appears with a fresh idea.  With Spirit, you never have to say, "Never."  Mother Marcia+

  • Collect, Readings, Sermon, and Livestream for August 3, 2025

    Pentecost VIII 8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist in New Brick 10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist with music in New Brick Collect for Today: Let your continual mercy, O Lord, cleanse and defend your Church; and, because it cannot continue in safety without your help, protect and govern it always by your goodness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. Today's Readings: Hosea 11:1-11 Psalm 107:1-9, 43 Colossians 3:1-11 Luke 12:13-21 Sermon for Today: Father Manny provides today's sermon, and you can view it in the livestream video below once the service starts. You can also read the text for his sermon here . Holy Eucharist Livestream: Our service livestream begins at approximately 10:20 a.m. this Sunday. The service leaflet for this worship service is here .

  • Collect, Readings, Sermon, and Livestream for August 10, 2025

    Pentecost IX 8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist in New Brick 10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist with music in New Brick Collect for Today: Grant to us, Lord, we pray, the spirit to think and do always those things that are right, that we, who cannot exist without you, may by you be enabled to live according to your will; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. Today's Readings: Isaiah 1:1, 10-20 Psalm 50:1-8, 23-24 Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16 Luke 12:32-40 Sermon for Today: Father Manny provides today's sermon, and you can view it in the livestream video below once the service starts. You can also read the sermon text here . Holy Eucharist Livestream: Our service livestream begins at approximately 10:20 a.m. this Sunday. The service leaflet for this worship service is here .

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