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Liturgical Moment of the Week: The Nicene Creed
By Father Brian+ I remember as a young Christian in my 20’s thinking that most of church tradition was hogwash. I conveniently picked and...

Grace Episcopal Church
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Liturgical Moment of the Week: The Sermon
By Fr. Brian+ The sermon in a worship service comes in the first third of the service, after the readings, after the proclamation of the...

Grace Episcopal Church
6 days ago2 min read
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Liturgical Moment of the Week: Prayers of the People
Fr. Brian+ One aspect of our service I highly appreciate is the Prayers of the People. I do confess, however, that this is a time when my...

Grace Episcopal Church
Jun 71 min read
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Liturgical Moment of the Week: Confession of Sin
By Fr. Brian+ If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he who is...

Grace Episcopal Church
May 302 min read
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Liturgical Moment of the Week: The Readings
By Fr. Brian+ Lay persons appointed by the celebrant should normally be assigned the reading of the Lessons which precede the Gospel,...

Grace Episcopal Church
May 222 min read
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Liturgical Moment of the Week: The Weekly Collect
By Fr. Brian+ We Episcopalians sure like to pray a lot. So much so, that we build pre-written prayers into our worship service. Imagine...

Grace Episcopal Church
May 152 min read
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Liturgical Moment of the Week: The Collect of Purity
By Josh Reed Early in our services each week, we start with the Collect for Purity. “Collect” can be a strange word to understand in the...

Grace Episcopal Church
May 91 min read
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Liturgical Moment of the Week: The Procession of the Gospel
Fr. Brian+ One of the beautiful parts of our 10 a.m. service is when we bring the Gospel book out into the middle of the congregation. We...

Grace Episcopal Church
May 11 min read
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Liturgical Moment of the Week: The Offertory Sentence
Fr. Brian+ Ascribe to the Lord the honor due his Name. Bring offerings and come into his courts. I hope you recognize that phrase. I say...

Grace Episcopal Church
Apr 243 min read
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Liturgical Moment of the Week: That Funny Word: Collect
By Fr. Brian+ Collect, it’s a funny word. When I first heard it (say it: KOWL-LECT), I had no idea what it meant. It is simply a prayer...

Grace Episcopal Church
Apr 192 min read
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Liturgical Moment of the Week: The Altar
By Fr. Brian+ The altar is arguably the most important part of the physical church building. It is a reminder that Jesus was a sacrifice...

Grace Episcopal Church
Apr 111 min read
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Liturgical Moment of the Week: The Great Vigil is Coming
By Fr. Brian+ I’ve never been as surprised in church as I was that April Saturday night in 2022. The setting was the Cathedral Church of...

Grace Episcopal Church
Apr 52 min read
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Liturgical Moment of the Week: Stations of the Cross
By Fr. Brian+ C.S. Lewis wrote that an object may be used to stimulate or liberate certain activities in the worshiper. That’s how we...

Grace Episcopal Church
Mar 292 min read
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Liturgical Moment of the Week: The Trisagion
By Fr. Brian Stankich+ Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy Immortal One, Have mercy upon us. (BCP:356) This beloved ancient hymn, entitled...

Grace Episcopal Church
Mar 201 min read
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Where is the Directory?
Instead of a traditional, printed directory, the directory is in Realm Connect, in our church database. To sign into Realm go to the...

Grace Episcopal Church
Mar 133 min read
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Liturgical Moment of the Week: Where’d the Alleluia Go?
By Father Brian+ If you’re paying attention, you’ve noticed that we haven’t said “Alleluia” the last two services, since Lent began....

Grace Episcopal Church
Mar 131 min read
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Liturgical Moment of the Week: The Color Purple
By Fr. Brian+ I walked into the sanctuary at 7 AM, eyes still half-closed from the night before. It was time to start Lent with the first...

Grace Episcopal Church
Mar 62 min read
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Mite Boxes In The Episcopal Church: A Tradition of Giving and Faith
By Deacon Mary Delancey The mite box has long been a symbol of faith, charity, and community spirit in the Episcopal Church. Rooted in...

Grace Episcopal Church
Feb 281 min read
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Liturgical Moment of the Week: Stained Glass Windows
By Fr. Brian Stankich+ There is a lot of art that I do not appreciate, but one aspect of art I’m learning to appreciate more and more are...

Grace Episcopal Church
Feb 282 min read
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Liturgical Moment of the Week: Music
By Fr. Brian Stankich+ An important part of our liturgy is music. Cultures have their unique styles of music and so do churches. Grace...

Grace Episcopal Church
Feb 201 min read
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