JOIN US FOR HOLY WEEK PALM SUNDAY – March 24th 10:30am Holy Eucharist We begin in the parish hall for a festive procession to the church. The Dzieci Theatre…
Read more →On Maundy Thursday, March 28th, at 7:30pm, we will gather to remember the last supper Jesus had with his friends, and his new commandment (from which the name Maundy comes…
Read more →Join us on this most Holy night for a beautifully moving Good Friday service starting at 7:30pm. All are welcome.
Read more →Join our wonderfully diverse congregation for a joyful choral eucharist at 10:30am to celebrate the resurrection of Christ! This service begins with a festive processional, and features glorious music by…
Read more →God willing, and the People of God consenting, the Right Reverend Carlye J. Hughes, XI Bishop of Newark, will ordain Jacqueline McLeod to the Vocational Diaconate on April 13 at…
Read more →During Eastertide, Mother Diana will lead a five part series on The Gospel of Mark as Story. The title comes from the text we will use, authored by David Rhoads,…
Read more →Mother Diana attended this service alongside Mother Lynne Weber, Chair of the Ecumenical/Interfaith Commission of the Diocese of Newark. See the photos and read about the service here: https://jerseycatholic.org/cardinal-tobin-resides-over-ecumenical-prayer-service-held-at-st-helens-church-in-westfield
Read more →Read, or listen to, Mother Diana's latest sermon…
Read more →Jackie McLeod will be ordained a Deacon! She will be preaching at our parish the following day, and we will have a special coffee hour to celebrate. Please hold her…
During Eastertide, Mother Diana will lead a five part series on The Gospel of Mark as Story. The title comes from the text we will use, authored by David Rhoads,…
On May 5th, after our worship service, Mother Diana will answer questions about the Episcopal Church – how we worship, what we believe, what it means to become part of…
Two of our adult parishioners are going to be presented to the Bishop at the May 11th service. Carol Madden will be confirmed and Ann Watson will be received. The…
What a joyous weekend, as our seminarian was ordained as a Deacon by our Bishop, and then proclaimed the gospel for the first time on Sunday! Welcome to the newest…
Take a look at all the wonderful photos from Holy Week and Easter Sunday! There will be more to come so check back in a bit to see everything. Holy…
JOIN US FOR HOLY WEEK PALM SUNDAY – March 24th 10:30am Holy Eucharist We begin in the parish hall for a festive procession to the church. The Dzieci Theatre…
We have a wonderful time with the good people of Peace Islands Institute, who broke their fast with us at the Iftar on March 15th. Here are some photos of…
Easter Sunday – March 31, 2024: Alleluia, Christ is Risen! He is risen indeed. Alleluia! Amen. Well, that’s a really strange ending to this gospel’s resurrection narrative! Is it any wonder why later scribes added a tweak or two to the ending? Just look at that last part, where it says that Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome “…went out and fled from the tomb, for terror and amazement had seized them; and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.” Now – that’s a bit of a problem, right? I mean, if they told no one – what the heck are you’all doing here? Obviously – somebody told somebody something, right? Well, that’s why we get the added on sections, known as the Shorter Ending of Mark and the Longer Ending of Mark – clearly, these later authors were not big on creative marketing. Here…
Good Friday-March 29, 2024: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Jesus says before he gives up his spirit “It is finished.” “It is finished.” God became incarnate, became human in Jesus through Mary his mother. Jesus breathed in the air with us, felt the warmth of human touch, tasted the food and drink made of the earth. Jesus taught us to love and serve others. Jesus challenged the injustice of the world – not through violence, but through love. Jesus saw the ones no one else noticed. Jesus met people where they were – going to places others would not dare. And Jesus felt the scorn of humanity’s capacity to hate, to hurt, to harm, as he died a criminal’s gruesome death on the cross. What crime had he committed? The one that angers oppressors the most – the willingness to love one’s enemies, do…
Palm Sunday – March 24, 2024: “Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!” Amen. Just a reminder, as I say every year, this should be only Palm Sunday. The passion should not be read here – on Palm Sunday where it really doesn’t belong. Some say that we have always done it that way (meaning it was done that way in their memory). Maybe so, in the Episcopal Church anyway. But, sadly, there is no other reason it became a part of tradition other than many will not make it to the first to parts of the Paschal Triduum service (Maundy Thursday and Good Friday), so we add the passion to this service – because Easter, without Maundy Thursday and Good Friday, is an empty experience. So, we do it. We are always blessed to have the passion brought to life by the Dzieci Theatre,…
