On Giving Thanks Sunday, we will bring forward our pledge of our tithe to the church for its mission and ministry in the name of Jesus Christ. Most now pledge…
Read more →We celebrate seven weeks of Advent. You might be wondering how that could be…doesn’t Advent start after Thanksgiving? But would you believe that it wasn’t like that in ages past?…
Read more →Check out all the photos from this wonderful day with Bishop Hughes and of our Fall Founder’s Fest (the birthday celebration of Christ Church). [Show slideshow] 1 2 3 ►
Read more →Read this article about our new Director of Music, Ryan Bridge...
Read more →The annual greening of the church will take place on Saturday morning, Dec.21st, from 9:30am-12:00pm. Everyone is welcome to participate in this fun gathering that helps to decorate the church…
Read more →On December 22nd at our 10:30am service all parishioners are invited to participate in an interactive pageant. It will be a fun and joyful experience as we all get to…
Read more →On Sunday, December 22nd, at 5pm, Christ Church will be presenting a traditional Christmas Lessons & Carols. An evening of sacred music, readings, prayers, and hymns. Featuring the Christ Church…
Read more →Read, or listen to, Mother Diana's latest sermon…
Read more →On Giving Thanks Sunday, we will bring forward our pledge of our tithe to the church for its mission and ministry in the name of Jesus Christ. Most now pledge…
The annual greening of the church will take place on Saturday morning, Dec.21st, from 9:30am-12:00pm. Everyone is welcome to participate in this fun gathering that helps to decorate the church…
On December 22nd at our 10:30am service all parishioners are invited to participate in an interactive pageant. It will be a fun and joyful experience as we all get to…
On Sunday, December 22nd, at 5pm, Christ Church will be presenting a traditional Christmas Lessons & Carols. An evening of sacred music, readings, prayers, and hymns. Featuring the Christ Church…
We celebrate seven weeks of Advent. You might be wondering how that could be…doesn’t Advent start after Thanksgiving? But would you believe that it wasn’t like that in ages past?…
Check out these photos of the Christ Church deputation: CC @ 150th Diocesan Convention For all the photos from the convention, click on this link:
Pastoral Letter Post-Election
Check out this fabulous article about our new Director of Music, and the choral tradition here at Christ Church! Glen Ridge Paper Article
Check out all the photos from this wonderful day with Bishop Hughes and of our Fall Founder’s Fest (the birthday celebration of Christ Church).
Check out all the photos from our Blessing of the Animals. We also gave $200 to PAWS Montclair, as well as providing supplies for the animals in their care. Thank…
November 17, 2024: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Well, that’s a cheery gospel, isn’t it? If you ever doubted if the church’s lectionary was in Advent in this time, this text ought to be perfectly clear about that, because Advent always begins with the second coming of Christ – with these end times passages. But, I think we all can agree, it speaks to us now in a way that perhaps it hasn’t before. I mean, it could not have been lost on any of you the words of Jesus in the gospel this morning, and how strangely they echo through the centuries to our current circumstances. The gospel passage begins with Jesus, having done some smack downs of the leaders inside the temple, now outside of it with his disciples. To fully get what this setting was like for them, you gotta understand…
November 3, 2024 – The Feast of All Saints – May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. As I have said before, I just love that phrase from our collect of the day today: “ineffable joys.” Ineffable, which means “too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words.” I love it today especially because I feel ineffable joy, the change in the hour allowed me to sleep in an extra hour– thanks be to God! And we have collective joy as a community because today we celebrate All Saints – a high Holy Day in which we remember those who passed on into the Saints Triumphant – that heavenly company of heaven that, together with us – the Saints Militant on earth, form the communion of Saints. And that is an Easter story…and there is nothing more wonderful, more joyous, more love filled, than…
October 27, 2024: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. The lesson we heard from the letter to the Hebrews started with “The former priests were many in number, because they were prevented by death from continuing in office.” Nice, right? As you might guess, this priest isn’t planning on preaching from THAT text today. I would much rather talk with you’all a bit about the gospel reading from Mark 10, in which a blind man calls out to Jesus, is healed, and then follows Jesus “on the way” to Jerusalem. Now, there is a lot to say about this very short story, but one thing I saw in a commentary had me rolling. It read, I kid you not, “While a symbolic reading offers insight, it has blind spots.” Seriously? A symbolic reading about a blind man offers insights and blind spots???” Needless to say,…
