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Daily Lenten Meditations

Mar 311 min read

Easter Sunday at Christ Church

EASTER SUNDAY AT CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH March 31, 2024 8, 9, and 11 a.m. On Sunday, we reach Easter Day – a day of joy, celebration, and...

Mar 301 min read

Holy Saturday at Christ Church - 7 p.m. in New Brick

Holy Saturday March 30 at 7:00 p.m. in New Brick Easter Vigil and Eucharist, The Lighting of the New Fire, Confirmation, Reception, and...

Mar 291 min read

Lenten Meditation : Good Friday

Christ’s Road to Calvary Gets Heavier Every year, The weight Of our Sins Settling On His shoulders. But, As His Heart Always Swells To...

Mar 291 min read

Good Friday Services at Christ Church

Good Friday Friday, March 29 12:00 noon and 7:00 p.m. Veneration of the Cross and Eucharist in New Brick Christians throughout the world...

Mar 281 min read

Lenten Meditation : Maundy Thursday

My Most Precious Lord Jesus, this night You gathered with Your Apostles to share with them Your last meal. But this was no ordinary...

Mar 271 min read

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...

Mar 272 min read

Lenten Meditation : Lessons Learned

BE A JOYFUL GIFT TO OTHERS LESSONS LEARNED FROM A 14-YEAR-OLD AT THE END OF HIS MORTAL LIFE Eight years ago this Lent, my 14 year old...

Mar 261 min read

Lenten Meditation : Joy

Let all who take refuge in you rejoice, Let them ever sing for joy. Spread your protection over them, So that those who love your name...

Mar 251 min read

Holy Week at Christ Episcopal Church

Holy Week is the most sacred period of our Christian faith. This is when the foundational story of Christianity – Jesus’ suffering,...

Mar 241 min read

Meditations on the Passion - Sunday Evening

This Sunday evening, Christ Church presents Meditations on the Passion, a special service of poems, readings, dance (with our Lumen...

Mar 241 min read

Collect, Readings, Sermon, and Livestream for March 24, 2024

Palm Sunday 8:00 Holy Eucharist in Old Brick 9:00 Children and Family Worship in New Brick 10:30 Holy Eucharist with music and choir in...

Mar 221 min read

Lenten Meditation : Bring Joy

“Be a Joyful Gift to Others” Romans 12:6-8 and 2 Corinthians 9:7 All of us desire to bring happiness to others, especially our family,...

Mar 211 min read

Lenten Meditation : Be a Joyful Gift to Others

My first thoughts about “being a joyful gift to others” were: “It’s too hard to be cheery all the time!” “I’ve got too much on my mind!”...

Mar 201 min read

Lenten Meditation : We are Called to Care and Love

Presiding Bishop Michael Curry said: "Jesus didn't start an institution, He started a movement. The same movement as Abraham and Sarah....

Mar 192 min read

Lenten Meditation : Consecrating the Chaos

Dr. Otis Moss III considers difficulties we face as individuals and in community: A true crisis—a threat to yourself or someone you...

Mar 171 min read

Lent V Taizé Vespers - Sunday Evening

Lenten Taizé Vespers Sunday at 6:00 p.m. in the New Brick Sanctuary Each Sunday evening, Christ Church offers a service of contemplative...

Mar 171 min read

Collect, Readings, Sermon, and Livestream for March 17, 2024

Fifth Sunday in Lent 8:00 Holy Eucharist in Old Brick 9:00 Children and Family Worship in New Brick 10:30 Holy Eucharist with music and...

Mar 161 min read

Saturday Song : Sing to the Mountains

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 152 min read

Lenten Meditation : Love Conquers All

At times, we can become inundated and overwhelmed by the tragedies reported daily in the news; by the sad times in our own lives; or...

Mar 141 min read

Lenten Meditation : Joyful Praise

Let us sing to the Eternal One, Let joyful sound resound, Let us draw together gladly, Our spirits unbound. For the source of all fills...

Mar 131 min read

Join Us for Dinner and Discussion Tonight

Christ Church's Wednesday Evening Lenten Supper Series continues tonight with a meal and discussion of our theme for this year, Be a...

Mar 131 min read

Lenten Meditation : A Joyful Gift

Recently, I was privileged to go on a trip to Iceland with two friends. We went to Iceland Noir, a mystery writers’ convention in...

Mar 123 min read

Lenten Meditation : Cultivating Inner Joy

I carry a lot of tension in my body–a physical sign of carrying an emotionally heavy load. I still struggle with the emotional and...

Mar 111 min read

Lenten Meditation : Shine in Our Lives

Holy one, lift us up and shine in our lives, Touching us and enlivening us at the heart of our being, That we may find reason to rejoice,...

Mar 101 min read

Lent IV Taizé Vespers - Sunday Evening

Lenten Taizé Vespers Sunday at 6:00 p.m. in the New Brick Sanctuary Each Sunday evening, Christ Church offers a service of contemplative...

Mar 91 min read

Saturday Song : Instrument of Peace

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 81 min read

Lenten Meditation : Our Christ Church Family is a Joy to Others

I give thanks for and to the many people at Christ Church, whose friendship and support have been a comfort to me over the years but...

Mar 71 min read

Lenten Meditation : Our Service

“We do not serve the weak or the broken. What we serve is the wholeness in each other and the wholeness in life. The part in you that I...

Mar 61 min read

Father Ginnever Returns to Christ Church - Tonight

Join Us for Christ Church's Wednesday Evening Lenten Supper Series Tonight at 6:30 p.m. This week, our beloved Wednesday Evening Lenten...

Mar 61 min read

Lenten Meditation : Caring for Others

When I think of Being a Joyful Gift to Others, I think of Chef José Andrés, the founder of World Central Kitchen (wck.org). Through his...

Mar 52 min read

Lenten Meditation : My Creed and Worldview

I believe in a Loving, Perfect God who created this universe and all that is in it. He has established the Laws governing life in His...

Mar 41 min read

The Joy Labyrinth

We receive joy from many sources, but giving joy is interactive. We represented this by listing things that give us joy, which are...

Mar 31 min read

Lent III Taizé Vespers - Sunday Evening

Lenten Taizé Vespers Sunday at 6:00 p.m. in the New Brick Sanctuary Each Sunday evening, Christ Church offers a service of contemplative...

Mar 22 min read

Saturday Song: What a Gift

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 min read

Lenten Meditation : Touching the Cross

Feb 291 min read

Another Wonderful WELS Gathering Last Night

Last night's Wednesday Evening Lenten Series presentation by Father Earl Mullins was one that we all need to hear in today's world....

Feb 291 min read

Lenten Meditation: A Statement of Hope

I believe there is reason to hope, for there is love in the world, and beauty and joy, an impulse that inspires, those it touches to do...

Feb 282 min read

Lenten Meditation: The King and the Maiden

Nineteenth-century Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard wrote a parable, which has been widely circulated. It alludes to the Song of...

Feb 272 min read

Lenten Meditation: Be a Joyful Gift to Others

I think that almost all of us are surprised how our joy is enhanced when we make someone else happy. You know, you go to town, you’ve...

Feb 261 min read

Lenten Meditation: We Come in Love

We Come in Love We do not come to put anybody down. We come to lift everybody up We come in love. We come in love because we follow Jesus...

Feb 251 min read

Lent II Taizé Vespers - Sunday Evening

Lenten Taizé Vespers Sunday at 6:00 p.m. in the New Brick Sanctuary Each Sunday evening, Christ Church offers a service of contemplative...

Feb 251 min read

Saturday Song: Be Not Afraid

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 231 min read

Lenten Meditation: Thoughts of the Christ Church Youth

In the Intermediate Sunday School class (2nd-5th graders), the unit for Epiphany has been about parables. I have started each lesson by...

Feb 224 min read

Lenten Meditation: Wisdom from Nature

Love fills everything with the same love, the same divine force that moves the earth, stars, and universe. It fills the trees, the...

Feb 211 min read

NEW DATE: Lenten Reflection Day - February 24

Christ Church’s Spiritual Life Commission presents Lenten Reflection Day next Saturday, February 24th (moved from this Saturday due to...

Feb 211 min read

Lenten Meditation: Hymn of Joy

Joyful, joyful, we adore thee God of glory, Lord of love Hearts unfold like flowers before thee Opening to the sun above Melt the clouds...

Feb 201 min read

Lenten Meditation: Breaking Boundaries, Creating Hope.

God of Providence, this is the call I hear you echo in my soul each morn as I begin a new day. I rise up full of confidence; then I read...

Feb 181 min read

Saturday Song: Earthen Vessels

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 161 min read

Lenten Meditation : Fill Us with the Spirit of Joy

O Most Holy One, giving breath to all that lives Inspire us and fill us with a spirit of joy, That we may grow in love for you and all...

Feb 153 min read

Lenten Meditation: Heaven or Hell

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

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