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Fourth Sunday After the Epiphany
Sunday, January 29th
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Lay Pastoral Ministers on call next week:
Thorne Butler - 601-940-3659 Jimmy Rosen - 601-594-1940
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We are so honored and delighted to welcome our new Junior Warden and our new Vestry members. And thank you to everyone who was nominated. Your willingness to serve is greatly appreciated. | |
Holocaust Memorial Day is this Friday, January 27th. Please take a moment to remember, to honor, to pray for solidarity with our Jewish brothers and sisters. Holocaust Memorial Day Trust (HMDT) encourages remembrance in a world scarred by genocide. “We promote and support Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) to remember the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust, alongside the millions of other people killed under Nazi persecution of other groups (including homosexuals) and during more recent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur. Together we bear witness for those who endured genocide, and honour the survivors and all those whose lives were changed beyond recognition.” As we continue to reach out to others, and to recognize our familiar connections, we are grateful to continue our relationship with Rabbi Rosen of Beth Israel who is one of our Lenten speakers this year and will join us on Sunday, March 12th for the Dean’s Forum. | |
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Morning Prayer Single Service
Sunday, January 29, 10:30am
This weekend, the clergy will be in Natchez attending the 196th Annual Council of the Diocese of Mississippi. In lieu of the normal Sunday schedule, we will have a single service of Morning Prayer at 10:30 on January 29, led by a member of the Cathedral community. We will feature the livestream of Council Eucharist in St. Julian’s Chapel online at standrews.ms/virtualworship.
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Prayers for Peace
Wednesday, February 1, Noon
in the Chapel
In preparation for our pilgrimage to Ireland this summer to walk in the steps of Saints Brigid and Patrick, we remember St. Brigid on her feast day and take a moment to pray for peace, a peace she worked so hard to bring into the world.
“One of the most popular stories associated with her is that of her giving away her father’s precious jeweled sword to a poor person so that it could be bartered for food to feed his family. She was compassionate, a protector of the natural world and a formidable force for justice whose light shines even more brightly in our world today.” For more information see solasbhride.ie or intokildare.ie.
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Candlemas Eucharist
Thursday, February 2, 6:00pm, Reception Following
Candlemas is one of the oldest Christian liturgical observances dating back to the fourth century. It observes Jesus being presented at the Temple 40 days after his birth as was the custom. Luke 2:22-24 tells the story of Mary and Joseph arriving at the Temple, in accordance with the Law of Moses, to make sacrifices for their eldest son and to complete the rites of purification for Mary. Simeon and Anna, devout worshipers in the Temple, saw Jesus with the eyes of their hearts and recognized him as the Messiah. From their praise we have the Song of Simeon which is also found in our Book of Common Prayer. We celebrate this day with a quiet, contemplative, candlelit, service in the Nave. A reception will follow.
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No Formation Sunday Morning
With the exception of Theology & Literature, regular formation groups will not meet this week due to Annual Council.
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Join Us For Celebration
Home Eucharists in January & February
For this season after the Epiphany we are hosting weekly home Eucharists to gather together to enjoy one another’s company, to share in the Eucharist, and to engage in conversations about our commitment to Christ and our engagement with the Cathedral.
Reflection and conversation about who we are and where we’re headed is a normal, healthy practice for churches. After three years of a pandemic, national polarizing political anxiety, forceful renewed calls for racial justice, concerns about the viability of our downtown, it’s really important for the St. Andrew’s family to be in conversation about our future. Framing that parish conversation via our baptismal covenant—how we are loved by God and how we are to love each other, in community—just makes sense because it is the first promise we make to each other as Christians. These conversations will help us understand how we are to “live into our baptism” more fully as individuals and as a community.
Follow this link—standrews.ms/home-eucharist—to join one of the conversations! If you have any problems with the link, feel free to call the office 601-354-1535.
Feel free to invite others to join as well; all are welcome.
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Pilgrimage to Ireland
July 18 -28
From Brigid’s well to the Hill of Slane where St. Patrick lit the vigil fire, from the labrinth in Brigid’s gardens, across the Cliffs of Moher to the top of Croagh Patrick, we will travel to the sacred sites dedicated to the saints of Ireland, Brigid and Patrick. Evensong in St. Patrick’s Cathedral, tea in the gardens of Brigid, guided cliff walk from Doolin to the Cliffs of Moher, are all included in a pilgrimage led by Anne Maxwell and Tommy Dillon on July 18th through the 28th. The cost is estimated at $3,500 + airfare. Contact Anne Maxwell (amaxwell@standrews.ms) for more information or to sign up now. Limited to 20 people.
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Centering Prayer Workshop
St. Columb’s, Ridgeland
Saturday February 4, 2023
9:00am-2:00pm
Centering Prayer is a method that assists the prayer in learning the art of being in God's presence without using images or words. The practice does not preclude other forms of prayer; rather this practice enhancÂes all of one's prayer. The prayer focuses on the Spirit of God who dwells in the center of the soul and therefore the praying person is enlivened with the mind, heart, and energy of the God within.
The cost of the workshop is $20. Please bring a lunch. We will provide a salad and drinks. For more information, contact Kris Mink at krismink3@gmail.com. To register, visit standrews.ms/center.
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