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Worship at Grace, 10 a.m. Sundays. Come as you are, join us in the Way of Love.
1st Sunday of the month: Recovery Liturgy of the Word
2nd Sunday: Holy Eucharist, with The Rev. Jonathan Mayo
3rd Sunday: Liturgy of the Word
4th Sunday: Holy Eucharist,
followed by Foundations in Faith with The Rev. Jonathan Mayo
5th Sunday: Liturgy of the Word
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We are in the Season of Epiphany
The Word epiphany comes from the Greek word epiphaneia, which means “appearing” or “revealing.” Epiphany focuses on God’s self-revelation in Christ. Christian tradition pays special attention to the gradual revelation of Christ’s nature as shown in the visit of the Magi, the baptism of Jesus, and the Wedding at Cana where he performed his first miracle, changing water into wine. With this revelation, the promise of Christmas begins to be fulfilled, as the light of Christ enters the world: “Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you” (Isaiah 60:1). During the Season after Epiphany the predominate theme is God making God’s-self known to the world through Jesus, the divine Son.
Epiphany – The Magi
by Malcom Guide
It might have been just someone else’s story,
Some chosen people get a special king.
We leave them to their own peculiar glory,
We don’t belong, it doesn’t mean a thing.
But when these three arrive they bring us with them,
Gentiles like us, their wisdom might be ours;
A steady step that finds an inner rhythm,
A pilgrim’s eye that sees beyond the stars.
They did not know his name but still they sought him,
They came from otherwhere but still they found;
In temples they found those who sold and bought him,
But in the filthy stable, hallowed ground.
Their courage gives our questing hearts a voice
To seek, to find, to worship, to rejoice.
