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

Evening Prayer 7 PM weekly

(April 2nd, Maundy Thursday Holy Communion Service, 7 pm

April 3rd, Good Friday Service - Seven Last Words of Jesus - 12 noon)

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 Sunday next before Easter commonly called Palm Sunday

From the Gospel Lesson: St. Matthew 27:1- 54

Vss. 50, 51, & 54

"Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; ... Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.

When Christ died at Golgotha there were manifestations in the earth. There were earthquakes and even the very rocks were torn in two. It was clear that something significant had occurred when this humble carpenter from Nazareth cried out and died. We see from other gospel accounts that Christ said with a loud and certain voice, “It is finished!” It was indeed. His mission to restore the fellowship between God and man had been completed and He proved it later when He rose from the dead.

When He bowed his head and gave up his life those that saw it marveled at the signs that presented themselves proclaiming that the sacrifice for sin had been made. Many cried out, “Truly this was the Son of God.”

Christ died. He died to take away the sins of the world. Many who saw Him die proclaimed He was the Son of God. Will you?

Blessings,

Fr. Duane+