The Third Sunday after the Epiphany — Holy Eucharist (with Music)
We will gather in person for the Holy Eucharist at 11 am. In recognition that we are a community that cares for one another and in order to help protect those among us with health concerns, we encourage mask wearing during worship. Please respect the mask and distancing choices of others, and if you are not feeling well we ask that you join the service via livestream. The live-stream of the service at this link https://events.locallive.tv/events/93168 (once on the site, please remember to increase the volume setting up as the default will be to set to mute) — if you have tech troubles, contact Local Live at [email protected] or call +1 877-355-6225. Coffee & Fellowship follow.
All are welcome as we gather in person together in our beloved church.
Holy Eucharist (with Music)
Lesson: Isaiah 9:1-4
Psalm: 27:1, 5-13
Epistle: Corinthians 1:10-18
Gospel: Matthew 4:12-23
Coffee & Fellowship Follow
Title: Christ Calling the Apostles Peter and Andrew; Notes: In this panel from the Maesta Altarpiece of Siena now separate and in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, the power of “call” is made present. The following description of this back and forth action between Christ, Peter and Andrew comes from one of the spirituality author and BBC religious affairs producer Michael Ford’s books, Song of the Nightingale: a Modern Spiritual Canticle. “In his painting The Calling of the Apostles Peter and Andrew…the great Italian artist Duccio de Buoninsegna shows the brothers like twins, “a single apostolate with two dimensions.” This insight is helpful in understanding “the companionship” that exists between my respective dual vocations which have been lived out on the edge of the church, just as Christ calls Peter and Andrew from the shoreline. Yet for all their togetherness and compatibility, there is also aloneness and an uncomfortable sense of difference….a uniqueness that has been divinely bestowed.” [pg. 4]; Date: 1308-1311; Artist: di Buoninsegna Duccio, (1308-1319?); Building: National Gallery of Art (U.S.); Object/Function: Altarpiece; City/Town: Washington DC; Country: United States; Scripture: Mark 1:14-20 & Matthew 4:12-23