church service videos 2023

The Christian Liturgical year is divided into s series of seasons where the life and works of Jesus are explained.  The first is Advent, the four Sundays before Christmas, starting on November 27th, 2022.  Christmas starts on December 25th and goes until Epiphany which begins on January 6th 2023.  Epiphany lasts until Lent which begins on Ash Wednesday on February 22nd.  Lent goes until Holy Week which starts on April 3rd until easter which is April 9th.  Easter ends on Pentecost and three days later the visitation of Mary to Elizabeth on May 31.  And finally the Ordinary Time which ends on Christ the King Sunday, November 26th.

 

We have broken the year into it’s seasons and here are the service videos:

Easter 2023

Last two Sundays

May 21st worship Service

We are nearing the end of the Easter Season.  Mid week, on Thursday, we acknowledged Jesus’ accession into heaven forty days after the resurrection.  More on that next week, because this week I want to focus on actual guidance given by Jesus during his time with the disciples.  

In the Gospel of Matthew, 28:16, Jesus meets with the disciples on a mountainside in Galilee. It is here when he gives actual direction to the disciples.  It is at this point which he turns them into the Apostles he has been training them to be.

18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

They have been given a mission.  A mission which has been passed through the generations for the last 2,000 years.  As believers we understand that the mission has been passed on to us.  We are to work in ourselves, our families, our communities, and our world to bring about the age of Jesus.  The good news…Jesus will be with us each and every day until the mission is accomplished.


Join us for our May 21st Worship Service.

Jesus Accession, John Singleton Copley, 1775, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

MAY 14Th worship service

Outside of the Jesus’ typical appearance to the Apostles, when he is seen on the third day, is the most important resurrection appearances, for the Gentiles, is his appearance to the Apostle Paul.


This was long after the resurrection, accession and gift of the Holy Spirit.  The new community based on Jesus’ resurrection had become firmly established in Jerusalem.  The community was growing, in spite of the opposition from the Jewish community.  The resentment from the Jews had reached the point where Stephen, one of seven deacons appointed by the Apostles, was stoned to death for standing up for “The Way” beliefs.


It was through the death of Stephen that the growing Christian community, decided that Jerusalem was no longer safe. A disbursement of the Christian community began which spread the Christians, and their belief in the resurrected Jesus, throughout the Roman Empire.


Paul was a Pharisee, committed to traditional Judaism, and  committed stopping this new movement based on Jesus.  A community dedicated to The Way was rumored to be in Damascus.  Paul volunteered to find them and “bring them bound” to Jerusalem. 


It was on the way to Damascus that Jesus appeared to Paul (Acts 9).  Striking him to the ground and blinding him Jesus asked Paul why he was persecuting him.  In that vision and the answer Jesus created the Apostle who would bring the word of God to the Gentile community.


Join us as we continue celebrating this Easter Season with our May 14th Worship Service.

St. Paul the Apostle. Russian icon. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

lent

February 22nd through april 2nd

Join us for our 9:30 Worship Service videos during the season of Lent.


April 2nd Psalm Sunday Cantata

                                                                           Maundy Thursday, Service of Tenebrae
Join us for our April 2nd Worship Service.

Join us for our March 26th Worship Service.                                            Join us for our, March 19th Worship Service.

Join us for our March 5th Worship Service                                               Join us for our March 12th Worship Service

Join us for our February 12th Worship Service                                         Join our February 26th Worship Service.                              


Epiphany

January 6th through February 19th

Join us for our February 19th Worship Service

Join us for our February 5th Worship Service                                                          Join us for our  February 12th Worship Service

Join us for our January 22nd Worship Service.                                                        Join us for our January 29th Worship Service.

Join us for the first Sunday in Epiphany, the January 8th Worship Service.            Join us for our January 15th Worship Service.