18.January.2006

CHRISTIAN UNITY WEEK

God be in my head and in my understanding:
God be in my eyes and in my looking:
God be in my mouth and in my speaking:
God be in my heart and in my thinking:
God be at mine end and at my departing.

Christ with me, Christ before me,
Christ behind me, Christ within me,
Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
Christ on my right, Christ on my left…
Christ in the heart of everyone who thinks of me,
Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks to me,
Christ in every eye that sees me,
Christ in every ear that hears me. 

An Opportunity to Serve

Should EPIC serve a Soup Kitchen meal? Our church prepares and serves the meal 4 times in 2006. Two open dates are June 29th and August 31st. What do you think?

Future EPICs

the next epic is january 18th. we need someone(s) to put it together.
other dates...
february 1st
february 15th
march 1st - ASH WEDNESDAY
march 15th

Epiphany Party Photos 3

Kristin and Sarah taking down the Children's Tree. 

Epiphany Party Photos 2

Prayer Lanterns 

Epiphany Party Photos

As the smoke from the incense rise up, so do our prayers to God.

Epiphany Party

Last night, we celebrated Epiphany.

The gifts of the wise men – gold, frankincense, and myrrh – are often interpreted as foretelling the later life of Jesus: gold for a king, frankincense symbolizing divinity, myrrh a perfume for a burial. Tonight we invite you to experience and meditate on these three gifts and think what they might mean in your life in light of the birth of Christ.
- Host -

We un-decorated the tree, travelled to gold, frankincense, and myrrh stations, and "made crafts with God" paper lanterns on the altar.

Then, Jackie introduced to a beautiful new song from Joe Crone...

Strive

that your actions day by day may be

beautiful prayers.

Turn towards God,

and seek always to do

that which is right and noble.

Enrich the poor,

raise the fallen,

comfort the sorrowful,

bring healing to the sick,

reassure the fearful,

rescue the oppressed,

bring hope to the hopeless,

shelter the destitute!

'Abdu'l-Baha, Paris Talks, p.81

"Now it's time to do the work of Christmas!"