JOIN US FOR HOLY WEEK PALM SUNDAY – April 13th 10:30am Holy Eucharist We begin in the parish hall for a festive procession to the church. The Dzieci Theatre…
Read more →On Sunday, April 13th at 10:30am, we will gather together in the parish hall for a festive procession to the church. The service will conclude once again with a moving…
Read more →Volunteers at Christ Episcopal Church, after a busy morning preparing packages to be donated. Below, health care items bagged by volunteers, ready to leave the church for local charities.PHOTO: Daniel…
Read more →Mr. Ryan Bridge, our Director of Music, will be launching a youth choir in the new year. Rehearsals will be held on Sundays at 12:30. Choristers ages 10-17 who can…
Read more →On Wednesday evening in Holy Week, we will open the church at 6:00pm for anyone to walk the labyrinth, with a soup & bread supper with our Regional Ministry Network…
Read more →On Maundy Thursday, April 17th, 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 on Sunday, April 20th, for a joyful choral eucharist at 10:30am to celebrate the resurrection of Christ! This service begins with a festive processional, and…
Read more →Read, or listen to, Mother Diana's latest sermon…
Read more →On Wednesday evening in Holy Week, we will open the church at 6:00pm for anyone to walk the labyrinth, with a soup & bread supper with our Regional Ministry Network…
On Maundy Thursday, April 17th, 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…
Join us on this most Holy night for a beautifully moving Good Friday service starting at 7:30pm. All are welcome.
Join our wonderfully diverse congregation on Sunday, April 20th, for a joyful choral eucharist at 10:30am to celebrate the resurrection of Christ! This service begins with a festive processional, and…
On Sunday, April 13th at 10:30am, we will gather together in the parish hall for a festive procession to the church. The service will conclude once again with a moving…
JOIN US FOR HOLY WEEK PALM SUNDAY – April 13th 10:30am Holy Eucharist We begin in the parish hall for a festive procession to the church. The Dzieci Theatre…
Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, March 5th. This is a time of returning to God – the true meaning of repentance. If you are seeking a spiritual home, you are…
Private confession is available always by appointment, and is particularly appropriate during the season of Lent. To arrange a time of confession, email Mother Diana at rector@christchurchepiscopal.org. The reconciliation of…
Check out this article in The Glen Ridge Paper! https://essexnewsdaily.com/headlne-news/honoring-mlk-with-a-day-of-service And also this one in the Episcopal News Service: Washington bishop’s plea to Trump…
April 13, 2025 – Palm Sunday: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Somehow, I feel like this Palm Sunday feels more real than ever before. But before we get to that, I need to remind everyone that it is in fact Palm Sunday. We shouldn’t be reading the passion gospel at all today, and well, we actually don’t here at Christ Church, at least not as the gospel reading for the day. We stick with the story of the palms. Now, as you all know by now, the reason that we shouldn’t be doing the passion on this Sunday is that it really doesn’t fit. It’s too soon, and it makes no sense. Some say it began as a way of ensuring that people who did not attend Maundy Thursday & Good Friday services did not go from Palm Sunday to Easter bypassing the crucifixion,…
March 23, 2025: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Today The Episcopal Church does a thing. We usually go right along with the Revised Common Lectionary – the assigned readings for a Sunday followed by Lutherans, Presbyterians, Methodists, and a whole lot of others, and also the Roman Catholic Church (on which it was based) to some degree. Not today though, as we replace the assigned reading from Isaiah with one from Exodus. Now, a few years ago, when doing some researching about the story in Exodus we heard today, about the burning bush and Moses, I came across an old sermon of mine. Except, this wasn’t on our church website. It was part of the recommended resources in a course at Yale Divinity School, where the professor had included links to three sermons. Cool!, I thought. And then I remembered being in seminary, and…
February 23, 2025: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. “Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.” Seriously Jesus? I mean, seriously? Have you SEEN what is going on here in the US? Sometimes I can imagine a conversation with Jesus going like this: Jesus and somebody, let’s say their name is Ollie, are sitting on a bench somewhere. Ollie has just heard this bit from the sermon on the plain, and says: Ollie: Yeah, I hear ya, but you know… look what they are doing – abusing God’s beloved children and creation too. I mean, come on, didn’t even the Hebrew scriptures say there was “a time for love and a time for hate?” Jesus: Good song by The Byrds too. Ollie: Yeah, the 60’s – good music. Jesus: Yup. So,…
