Celebrate the light that shines in the darkness, the hope of the world, the birth of Jesus! To find out more about our Christmas services, click the links below: Christmas Eve Christmas Day
Christmas At Christ Church
Giving Tree Returns
Our Giving tree is back in the Parish Hall and each ornament is also a tag that indicates an items to be given to North Porch clients this year. North Porch provides much needed help to women and children in need. In November, they served 124 children just in Newark alone! That translates to about…
Walk The Way Of Love This Advent!
We will begin walking The Way of Love, a rule of life for our times provided by our Episcopal Church, during the final four Sundays of Advent. We will introduce it in church on December 2, providing a full calendar, which will also be posted on our Facebook page. Below is an introductory video to the experience from our Presiding Bishop, the Most Rev. Michael B. Curry. Come be a part of the journey with us!
“Happy Endings”
[Our guest preacher was Mr. Christopher Dwyer. Christopher is a chorister, co-chair of our Outreach Group, and a seminarian] November 25, 2018: May the words of my mouth and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable in Thy sight, O LORD, our strength and our redeemer. Amen. The book of Revelation, which we heard from in today’s…
“Give Birth To A Dancing Star”
November 18, 2018: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. “Wars and rumors of wars.” Now isn’t that just a cheery gospel. Geez, I was gone one week. What happened? Well, Advent happened, and this is how Advent gets going. Last week, on the Jesus Channel, he was in the…
Christmas Eve – Dec 24th
On this most holy night, worship services are: 5pm ~ Family Eucharist Join us for this warm and joyous service geared toward families, with a special Children’s Time, followed by a sermon and Eucharist. The service ends in candlelight. 10pm ~ Choral Eucharist This service is a beautiful choral Eucharist, ending in candlelight. Please join us…
“Ineffable Joys & Commas”
November 4, 2018 – All Saints Sunday: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. 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.” Well, I don’t know about you, but I…
“Jesus Stood Still”
October 28, 2018: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. There is so much going on in our gospel story today that it would take many hours to unpack it all; but don’t worry, I will not be trying to go back to my Baptist roots and go beyond…
“Fools Mass” – Dec 1
We are very pleased to welcome back The Dzieci Theatre Group to Christ Church! In Dzieci’s living example of Holy Theatre, a group of medieval people who others would cast aside are forced to enact their own Mass, due to the untimely death of their beloved pastor. Here is an article written about last year’s event: Fools…
“Choices”
October 21, 2018: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. What a joyous celebration we experienced last night at our anniversary evensong. Our bishop, the Rt. Rev. Carlye J. Hughes, along with priests who had served this parish, other clergy of the diocese, and leaders of our towns of…
