Sunday Services

Sunday School - 9:30 am

Holy Communion - 1st, 3rd, and 5th Sundays, 10:30 am

Morning Prayer - 2nd and 4th Sundays, 10:30 am

Thursday Services

No Evening Prayer Thursdays December 25th and January 1st

Christmas Eve Service 5:00 pm

Reaching out to the least, the lonely, and the lost

Holy Communion Service at Friendship South

2nd and 4th Sundays, 2:30 pm

Thoughts from the Lectionary for the First Sunday in Advent

From The Gospel Lesson: St. Matthew 21:1-13

Here we have the account of when our Savior enters Jerusalem triumphantly riding on a donkey. He instructs two of His disciples to obtain His transportation and once obtained He enters the city riding there upon to the accolades of the people who shouted,”Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.” After this we read of Christ cleansing the temple proclaiming that it was a house of prayer that had been turned into a den of robbers.

Why this account for the First Sunday of Advent? It seems out of place but, when we consider that Advent is the season when we focus on the entering into our world here below of the One who created it, the reason becomes clear. The King of the Universe came to his own. The Eternal One stepped into time. For this reason this passage is more than appropriate to ponder at the beginning of Advent season.

Blessings,

Fr. Duane+