Monthly Archives: December 2020

December 25 was Christmas Day, but there are twelve days of Christmas (sounds like a song title). The birth of Jesus, the Son of God, requires more than just one day for an appropriate celebration. So keep your decorations and … Continue reading →

Please join us as we rejoice and worship the Newborn King! Christmas Eve – 7:00 pm Full Eucharist Candlelight Service with Music Christmas Day – 9:00 am Full Eucharist with Music Dress Code-Both Services: Masks Required Social distancing, HEPA filtered … Continue reading →

People passing by are probably wishing you Merry Christmas, but Christmas is not yet. We are still in Advent, the time of waiting and watching for help from God. This season connects us to the ancient Israelites and also looks … Continue reading →

To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.1 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to … Continue reading →

John of Damascus was the son of a Christian tax collector for the Mohammedan Caliph of Damascus. At an early age, he succeeded his father in this office. In about 715, he entered the monastery of St. Sabas near Jerusalem. … Continue reading →

Bishop Williams, a farmer’s son, was born in Richmond, Virginia, on July 18, 1829, and brought up in straitened circumstances by his widowed mother. He attended the College of William and Mary and the Virginia Theological Seminary. Ordained deacon in … Continue reading →

Nicholas Ferrar (1592– 1637) was the founder of a religious community at Little Gidding, Huntingdonshire, England, which existed from 1626 to 1646. His family had been prominent in the affairs of the Virginia Company, but when that company was dissolved, … Continue reading →