Posted by Webwright December 18, 2011 under Church News, Worship and Prayer
Saturday, December 24th (Christmas Eve):
- 5:30 PM: Solemn Mass and Christmas Pageant
- 10:30 PM: Christmas Music
- 11:00 PM: Solemn Midnight Mass
Sunday, December 25th (Christmas Day):
- 9:00 AM: Said Service of Holy Communion
Monday, December 26th (Feast of St. Stephen):
Tuesday, December 27th (Feast of St. John the Evangelist):
Wednesday, December 28th (Feast of the Holy Innocents):
Sunday, January 1st (New Year’s Day: Feast of the Holy Name):
- 9:00 AM: Said Service of Holy Communion
- 11:00 AM: Sung Service of Holy Communion
Posted by Webwright November 27, 2011 under Worship and Prayer
The Church gives us a special season at the very beginning of each church year called “Advent” (from the Latin adventus – “coming”), referring to the coming of Christ. We have this season to prepare our minds and souls for the coming at Christ at Christmas and at the Great Last Day. Our prayers and thought ought to be about the kind of spiritual shape we’re in to meet the Baby Jesus. Have we been cleansed of our sins be confessing them and getting them forgiven? Are we putting the care and concern of others first? At the same time, we should be contemplating the kind of spiritual shape we’re in to meet Christ if He should come in the next moment to claim His Kingdom. We often hear in the Church that this is the contemplation of the Four Last Things: Heaven, Hell, Death and Judgment. Are we ready to go with Jesus should He come in the next instant? Notice that the preparation for the coming of the Baby Jesus at Christmas is the same preparation we make for Christ to come again to claim His Kingdom.
Posted by Webwright November 14, 2011 under Church News, Worship and Prayer
We celebrate Thanksgiving with our brothers and sisters along Six Forks Road. This year Grace Lutheran Church is hosting the Thanksgiving Service on Tuesday, November 22nd at 7 PM. Grace Lutheran Church is located at 5010 Six Forks Road; their phone number is 919-787-1815. The people from Hudson Memorial Presbyterian Church, Grace Lutheran Church, Trinity Baptist Church, St. Mark’s Methodist Church, Bethlehem Baptist Church and North Haven Church will join us. There will be a combined choir from these North Raleigh churches and an opportunity for conversation and fellowship immediately following the service. Please come and join the other members of these churches and their choirs as we thank God for all He has given us.
Posted by Webwright October 10, 2011 under Church News, Worship and Prayer
At the Requiem that we will celebrated on All Souls’ Day, Wednesday, November 2nd at 10:30 AM, we will remember by name the departed souls of our families, friends and loved ones at St. Timothy’s Altar. Please print the names of the loved ones you would like remembered at the Altar on the bulletin board outside the Parish Office. May they rest in peace.
Posted by Webwright September 25, 2011 under Church News, Worship and Prayer
The actual day of this feast is September 29th, but we keep it on a Sunday so we can celebrate this great day as a parish family. Saint Michael and his angels, according to the account in The Revelation to John, fought against Satan and his army of angels. Saint Michael won the battle, threw the devil out of heaven, and showed us that the goodness, love and power of God are always stronger than any evil. Pray for Michael and all his angels that we, too, will remain strong to fight against sin, the world, the flesh and the devil and finally be forever with the angels worshiping God in heaven.
Posted by Webwright September 11, 2011 under Church News, Worship and Prayer
There are not many signs and symbols of Christianity more potent than the Cross. It is to be adored, honored and celebrated because it is on the Cross that Our Lord, Jesus Christ, won our salvation. When we reverence and give due honor to the Cross, we are ultimately giving honor to Jesus who gave Himself for us on the Cross and made the way clear for our salvation and eternal life. Today we celebrate the special feast dedicated to the Cross for these reasons. This feast is the time for us to rejoice and be glad for the wonderful work accomplished for us through the Holy Cross.
Posted by Webwright August 14, 2011 under Church News, Worship and Prayer
The honor paid to Saint Mary, the Mother of Jesus Christ, goes back to the earliest days of the Church. Two Gospels tell of the manner of Christ’s birth, and the familiar Christmas story testifies to the Church’s conviction that He was born of a virgin. Mary was the person closest to Jesus in His most impressionable years, and the words of the Magnificat, as well as her humble acceptance of the divine will, bear more than an accidental resemblance to the Lord’s Prayer and the Beatitudes of the Sermon on the Mount.
Later devotion has claimed many things for Saint Mary which cannot be proved from Holy Scripture. What we can believe is that one who stood in so intimate a relationship with the incarnate Son of God on earth must have the place of highest honor in the eternal life of God. A paraphrase of an ancient Greek hymn expresses this belief in very familiar words: O higher than the cherubim, more glorious than the seraphim, lead the praises, alleluia. (Lesser Feasts and Fasts, p. 294)
Posted by Webwright June 19, 2011 under Church News, Worship and Prayer
Almighty and everlasting God, by whose Spirit the whole body of thy faithful people is governed and sanctified: Receive our supplications and prayers which we offer before thee for all members of Thy Holy Church, especially for all men and fathers, that in their vocation and ministry they may truly and devoutly serve thee: through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the same Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Posted by Webwright under Church News, Worship and Prayer
The First Sunday after Pentecost is Trinity Sunday. We simply give thanksgiving on this day for God and who He is. We are not just celebrating the wonderful truth about God as the Church has discovered and taught this doctrine. We are rejoicing that we can take full part in the life of God and all the benefits we have by believing in the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost.
Posted by Webwright June 12, 2011 under Church News, Worship and Prayer
Today is the feast of Pentecost when we celebrate the gift of the Holy Spirit descending on the Church. Jesus promised to send the Holy Spirit, and He did keep His promise by descending on the Apostles (Acts 2) and sending them forth to carry on His life and mission as the Church. We do well to keep this major feast of the Church by prayer, attendance at one of the services and giving thanks for all the benefits we have received by the Holy Spirit.
