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UPCOMING: Advent 3, Emily, “AV” GROUP
Dec. 15, 2024: 3rd Sunday of Advent
Dec. 15, 2024: 3rd Sunday of Advent
Dec. 15, 2024: 3rd Sunday of Advent
This Sunday is the third Sunday in the season of Advent, Year B, in the Liturgical Calendar.
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This Sunday’s gospel reading is from the Gospel of Luke, where John the Baptist tells the crowds that: “I baptize you with water; but one who is more powerful than I is coming; I am not worthy to untie the thong of his sandals. He will baptize you
This Sunday is the third Sunday in the season of Advent, Year B, in the Liturgical Calendar.
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This Sunday’s gospel reading is from the Gospel of Luke, where John the Baptist tells the crowds that: “I baptize you with water; but one who is more powerful than I is coming; I am not worthy to untie the thong of his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.”
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To be a lector, lead morning prayer or contribute to the morning service, click HERE and sign up. See the vestment colors, the altar colors, the Bible readings and the liturgical calendar by clicking HERE and selecting the date. Note that a date’s numeral color is the vestment and altar color for that day.
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Welcome: Deacon Emily
Dec. 15, 2024: 3rd Sunday of Advent
Dec. 15, 2024: 3rd Sunday of Advent
The Rev. Deacon Emily Cardwell was ordained on Sept. 22, 2018, after completing her education at The Diocese of Southern Ohio, School for The Diaconate.
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She feels lucky to have trained and served at several churches within our diocese including The Church of the Good Shepherd, Lexington; St. Michael the Archangel, Lexington; and most r
The Rev. Deacon Emily Cardwell was ordained on Sept. 22, 2018, after completing her education at The Diocese of Southern Ohio, School for The Diaconate.
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She feels lucky to have trained and served at several churches within our diocese including The Church of the Good Shepherd, Lexington; St. Michael the Archangel, Lexington; and most recently at St. John’s, Versailles.
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Emily is a former Roman Catholic who found exactly what she was looking for in her pursuit and understanding of God within The Episcopal Church. The teachings of The Episcopal Church resound deeply with what she knows and understands of God, Jesus and The Spirit. The message of all-inclusive love, the rootedness in Scripture, the desire to strive to live out Jesus’ teachings, and participation in the sacramental worship and traditions, all serve to anchor her happily and firmly within this Christian tradition.
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Emily’s passions are helping people grasp God’s love, both individually and collectively and how to live out that knowledge in the world. She is confident that Jesus truly is “The Way, The Truth and The Life,” and that we have such hope and freedom with that knowledge.
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Emily has been involved with prison ministry, providing a listening ministry for individuals as well as teaching spirituality classes for The Hope Center Recovery program within the Fayette County Detention Center prior to COVID issues. Emily has taught classes, preached, led Quiet Days, assisted with worship and provided pastoral care among other things.
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Emily loves to see people grow in their relationship with God, Jesus and The Holy Spirit and believes that we should never stop learning and seeking to deepen our faith. She is very excited to serve alongside the people of The Church of the Advent and will be specifically focusing on empowering the laity and strengthening engagement with the wider community. Research shows that a church is at its best when its vision includes the needs and interests of the local community.
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Emily has been married to her amazing and supportive husband Jeff for 27 years this June. They live in Versailles and have three wonderful children: Leah (22), Quinn (20) and Willa (17). Emily loves reading, gardening, spending time with family, fixing, building, making things for the home, the outdoors, and her pets — of which there are several: 2 dogs, Caspian and Alistair, 1 cat, Adder, 2 turtles, Ivy and Scarlett, and 2 ferrets (Willa’s girls), Freya and Gypsum.
Our New Mode of Worship
Dec. 15, 2024: 3rd Sunday of Advent
Our New Mode of Worship
The Church the Advent has embarked on a unique worship format with recorded audio-visual sermons from around the world, and then a group discussion afterward.
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This has proven to be a popular format and we invite you to attend.
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While our liturgical structure is to monthly have a visiting priest to celebrate Eucharist (communion), on the ot
The Church the Advent has embarked on a unique worship format with recorded audio-visual sermons from around the world, and then a group discussion afterward.
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This has proven to be a popular format and we invite you to attend.
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While our liturgical structure is to monthly have a visiting priest to celebrate Eucharist (communion), on the other Sundays we listen openly to sermons from other Episcopal churches and other Christian faith communities. The videos are well done and engaging, as is the group discussion afterward.
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We couple this approach with something we call Morning Prayer. This is essentially reading the biblical texts that are assigned for a given day, within our denomination’s daily worship service — which itself is full of scriptural texts, so they are both educational and inspiring.
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We invite you to come step through our door and give it a try. To top it off, we have coffee hour every Sunday after church in the building behind the main church building.
BE the CHURCh... Be the Change
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Bishop Mark’s Vision for Our Episcopal Diocese Is Encapsulated as “Be the Church, Be the Change”
Bishop Mark Van Koevering: “Together, we can make this vision a living vision that is shared by all. As promised at Special Convention 2019, a Vision Study Guide has been produced to: 1) Enhance our mutual understanding of our common vision; 2) Enable each faith community to put the vision into context locally; and 3) Strengthen our unity as a Church.” Download the guide by clicking HERE.
What does “Episcopal” mean?
The Episcopal Church is “Protestant, yet Catholic.” Episcopal means “of bishops.” The Episcopal Church traces its bishops (its ministers and clergy) and its origins back to the Apostles (the early followers of Jesus) via holy orders, which are a direct line of succession back to the time of Jesus.
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Our Presiding Bishop, Michael Curry, recently generated new interest in the Episcopal Church at the Royal Wedding. See the story HERE. See Bishop Curry’s sermon HERE. See the “Saturday Night Live” spoof of Curry by clicking HERE. Photo Credit: AdrianHancu
Advent’s Building, Bell and Organ
Advent’s Building, Bell and Organ
Advent’s Building, Bell and Organ
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Which Color? Reading? Saint?
Which Color? Reading? Saint?
Our hymnal is online, too. The 1982 version can be found by clicking HERE. It’s a beautifully organized site. IMAGE: DanHenson1 via iStock.
Which Color? Reading? Saint?
Which Color? Reading? Saint?
Which Color? Reading? Saint?
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