With the impending national election heavy on the hearts and minds of many, I want to share both resources and opportunities with you to stay centered and grounded in the best of our faith and shared practices.
First, some offerings that we, as a parish, will offer on Election Day, Tuesday, November 5:
On Election Day, the chapel will be open at Epiphany for prayer from 9:00 am-6:00 pm. At 12:00 pm, our seminarian Clayton McCleskey, will offer 30 minutes of organ music in the sanctuary for a time of personal reflection, meditation, and centering. At 6:00 pm, we will offer a simple service of Evening Prayer with hymns in the church sanctuary. This simple 30-minute service will help root us in prayer for nation and neighbor, as we seek to remain connected with God’s peace that passes all understanding. Here is the schedule of prayer and offerings for Tuesday, November 5:
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9:00 am-6:00 pm: Chapel of Praise is open for personal prayer
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12:00 pm: Noontime offering of music and meditation in church
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6:00 pm: Evening Prayer service with hymns
On Wednesday, November 6, we will offer our Midweek meal at 6:15 pm, followed by a service of Taizé prayers and music in the Sanctuary and a more movement-focused prayer practice in the Chapel for younger ones.
There are many resources available in our diocese and the wider church to help us all navigate our wellbeing during this time in prayer and faithfulness.
I commend the following to you:
Beloved, let us remember that love is that which is to mark our lives in faith and hope. It is precisely in moments of worry and fear that the bedrock of our faith is called forth. This is, of course, the courage to love: to not be numbed by fear or overcome by apathy and indifference, but to know that whatever may come, our commitment to love, serve, seek justice, and respect the dignity of every human being is our high calling, which, even if this world be unaware, is for the health and healing of all. I am with you; we are together. In love and faithfulness, I am yours in Christ,
Nick
