This Sunday we will light the Advent candle of JOY! In our reading in Isaiah 35 we hear: The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad, the desert shall rejoice and blossom; like the crocus it shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice with joy and singing.   Our Processional hymn will be Blessed be the God of Israel which is the Song of Zechariah . In Luke 1, Zechariah had lost his voice during his wife Elizabeth’s pregnancy with John the Baptist. When he hears of his son’s birth, his tongue is...

This Sunday is the beginning of the new church year and the first Sunday of the Advent Season. We will light the Advent candle wreath each Sunday, beginning with a candle for HOPE. Our candle lighting carol will be One Candle is Lit written by Mary Anne Parrott from the Mission St. Clare, sung to the tune of Away in a Manger .  The music for Advent 1 is centered around the imagery of LIGHT! Let us then lay aside the works of darkness and put on the armor of light. Romans 13:12   Our...

This Sunday we will read in Malachi 4: See, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble…But for you who revere my name the sun of righteousness shall rise, with healing in its wings. Our Psalm 98 brings the familiar words: Sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things . With his right hand and his holy arm has he won for himself the victory. As we near the end of the church year, we prepare for the coronation of Christ as...