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UPCOMING: Advent, Pike, Canon Amy
Dec. 4: Advent 2
This Fall: Rev. Dr. Nancy Jones
This Fall: Deacon Runge
This Sunday is the Second Sunday of Advent, Year A, in the Liturgical Calendar.
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This Sunday’s Gospel reading is from the Gospel of Matthew, where Matthew recounts what John the Baptist predicts: “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”
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Our church has reopened without masks, with traditional peace and Eucharist.
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The priest this S
This Sunday is the Second Sunday of Advent, Year A, in the Liturgical Calendar.
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This Sunday’s Gospel reading is from the Gospel of Matthew, where Matthew recounts what John the Baptist predicts: “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”
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Our church has reopened without masks, with traditional peace and Eucharist.
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The priest this Sunday is Fr. Cliff Pike. The lector is Kay and the altar guild is B.T. 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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This Fall: Deacon Runge
This Fall: Rev. Dr. Nancy Jones
This Fall: Deacon Runge
On some future dates we will have The Rev. Thomas L. Runge from St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Newport. Please be sure to attend and bring a warm Advent welcome.
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Biography: After a four year service in the U.S. Air Force, Runge attended aeronautical training at Piedmont Aerospace College in Winston-Salem, N.C. This led to a 32-year aviati
On some future dates we will have The Rev. Thomas L. Runge from St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Newport. Please be sure to attend and bring a warm Advent welcome.
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Biography: After a four year service in the U.S. Air Force, Runge attended aeronautical training at Piedmont Aerospace College in Winston-Salem, N.C. This led to a 32-year aviation career with Procter & Gamble. In 1980 Tom began his ministerial studies for the Diaconate at St. Pius Tenth Seminary in Erlanger, KY, followed by Pastoral Ministry training at the College of Mt. St. Joseph. He was ordained in the Roman Catholic Church in 1985. In 1999 Tom married Sheila Dodd and they joined the Episcopal Church. They spent 10 years at Trinity Church, Covington, KY. In 2008, through the encouragement and guidance of The Right Reverend Stacy Sauls, then Bishop of Lexington, Tom was received as a Deacon and assigned to St. Paul’s. Tom says “God returned to me the ministry I love and I will be forever grateful.” Sheila and Tom are Northern Kentucky natives, now living in Cold Spring. They spend a lot of time with their big family, including nine grand-children. They love to travel and vacation in warm climates. Tom makes frequent trips to Guatemala working with the Diocese of Lexington companion diocese program and Living Waters World Missions.
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Deacon Tom Runge can be reached at tlrunge1@gmail.com.
This Fall: Rev. Dr. Nancy Jones
This Fall: Rev. Dr. Nancy Jones
This Fall: Rev. Dr. Nancy Jones
On some Sundays this fall we will have the Rev. Dr. Nancy Turner Jones as supply priest. On other Sundays we will have lay-led Morning Prayer.
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Biography: Jones (Facebook page HERE) was ordained in this diocese in 2000, serving as a deacon at Christ Church before receiving a call as priest to Ascension, Frankfort. In addition, she taught L
On some Sundays this fall we will have the Rev. Dr. Nancy Turner Jones as supply priest. On other Sundays we will have lay-led Morning Prayer.
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Biography: Jones (Facebook page HERE) was ordained in this diocese in 2000, serving as a deacon at Christ Church before receiving a call as priest to Ascension, Frankfort. In addition, she taught Liturgy and Church Music at Lexington Theological Seminary and directed the seminary choir for eight years. She served as priest and rector at churches in Michigan before receiving a call as Dean’s Canon to Christ Church Cathedral in Cincinnati. Most recently she served as rector of St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in Cincinnati before retiring from full-time ministry last year and moving back to Kentucky to be closer to family.
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Rev. Jones can be reached at nturnerjones005@gmail.com.
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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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?
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Which Color? Reading? Saint?
Which Color? Reading? Saint?
Which Color? Reading? Saint?
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