Orthodox House Warming

At our January Gathering, we will continue the tradition in the Franciscan Order the “Extraction of Saints”. All will receive the name of a Franciscan Saint, a scripture quote for meditation and his or her new prayer partner to pray for in the coming year.

In Maria Byrd’s second letter to her son she specifies the churches recent worship schedule: “Mr. Thomas Davis preached at our church on Sunday last & is to give us a sermon again Thursday & has published giving the Sacrament this month.” (Tinling 1977, 689). Mrs. Byrd also notes the church’s attempt to book attract other pastors to preach to the congregation. It is important to note that in spite of the new responsibilities taken by parishes, worship of the assembly was maintained as the primary function of the

Officer:  The church is now empty, my Lord.  The Bishop and his clergy await your Highness' good pleasure.

10. Our worship co-ordinators will confirm the acolytes, assisting ministers, greeters, ushers in advance for the festive worship services.

The annual praise house church service event occurred on November 5, 2017, in Allen Chapel AME Church at 11am. There were representatives of Christ Our Redeemer AME church, pastors from other church homes, non Ida B. Wells and Persist members, and alumni that attended this praise house. Anyone and everyone was welcomed to partake in the celebration of the praise house tradition of the plantation church. My role was to help lift the voices of the Bush Arbor Choir and to harmonize with my church sisters to fill the sanctuary with the old ritual hymns and negro spirituals , that would get people moving and rejoicing for the Lord. This praise house service was performed not only to reflect upon honoring our ancestors in the African Slave

“Sunday night there was tragedy in the church; a little girl lost her life. When police finish the investigation we will know more. In the meantime, please pray for the family, and the parish community.”

Praise and Worship Services - Sundays and Wednesdays. Men and women are moved by the Holy Spirit to come to the alters for deliverance from drugs and alcohol, prostitution, to get their families back, or just make some sense out of their lives.

En el nombre del Padre, del Hijo, y el Espíritu Santo: In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

The event/place under observation is Compline, a sung prayer service held at St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral in Seattle, Washington since 1956.

The day I attended service was "All Saints Day" which celebrates all known saints and also unknowns saints such as friends or family members who have passed away. Within the Christian faith when someone passes away, they become saints. Pastor Abram, the pastor of the church, wore a white robe, which are worn on either Christmas or Christmastide (the time shortly before Christmas). Pastors Abram began the service with confession, then lead into the prayer of the day which said "Grant that we may always be clothed with the finest linen of Your righteousness, that we may follow Your blessed saints in the righteousness deeds of faith and come to the unspeakable joys of heaven." After was the first reading from Revelation 7:9-17, which signifies that with God you are saved -"... never again will they hunger, never again will they thirst." Next, we recited the Nicene Creed, which professes the Christian faith. Followed by the creed was the Hymn of the day- "For all the saint," then Pastor Abram gave his sermon. His sermon touch on the fact that it was "All Saints Day" and the

We all begin to sit in the neatly lined up chairs that are placed at the centre, giving us a direct view of the altar and the pastor speaking to us. We all begin to listen to the pastor welcoming us to the event and begins to recite passages from the bible, which has been a traditional practice for Anglicans for many generations. The liturgy continues on for less than half an hour, where the procession of Kassandra’s baptism is made up of four ritual stages, each indicated in the program (Appendix C). These stages include: the declaration of Kassandra’s parents’ and godparents’ faith in raising her in the knowledge and love of God, the blessing of the water, the baptism (Appendix D) and closing the ceremony with the traditional Lord’s prayer

Described by the Rule of St. Benedict, the full Divine Office (Liturgy of the Hours) marks hours of the day dedicated to the prayer life of the monks. Additional prayers such as the Jesus Prayer, the Rosary, Eucharistic Adoration, and Lectio Divina Prayers add to the daily round of Mass and Offices as spiritual nourishment. Aspects of observance are St. Benedict's fast, chanting of the Office, the observance of silence, and abstinence from meat. Monks foster the " reconciliation in the heart of the Church" through the careful celebration of the liturgy. The liturgy is the public prayer of the Church that celebrates what God has done for them.

The great God that deserves to be praised greatly is our God (Psalm 145:3). Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today and forever. Hallelujah! It was just like yesterday when the Lord told us three years before this parish was birthed that we would be coming to Akron. As it is written, “Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase," we have seen God's faithfulness over the last seven years in every life, every marriage, every home in the church, in the parish and in our land.

For the following part of his Book of Common Prayer, Cranmer drew on a number of medieval sources and yet composed something greater than their sum. The introduction was said by the priest, the prayer by the “whole congregation … kneeling.”

Even though I did not clearly understand what was going on during the ritual service, I could feel that God was present with us. As we pray, we showed our loyalty to God.