SUNDAY SERVICE INFORMATION 



Our current worship schedule is as follows:

8:00 AM Rite I Holy Eucharist Service

10:30 AM Rite II Holy Eucharist Service. This service will also be live streamed. 

Live Stream links can be found on our CEC Facebook Page and our CEC YouTube Page.

Please note the choral prelude for this Sunday will be Refiner's Fire instead of Knowing You, Jesus (All I Once Held Dear).

If you receive an email and/or text message from Fr. Richard or the Christ Episcopal Staff requesting money or gift cards please DO NOT RESPOND, instead, contact Fr. Richard or the staff directly. Thank you.

Spring Clean Up Day

We will have a spring clean up day THIS Saturday, April 12, 8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m., focusing on cleaning up the fallen leaves in preparation for Holy Week and the Easter Egg Hunt. Please bring rakes, blowers, tarps, and bags if you have them. Let us come together and make quick work of it as "many hands make light work.

Don't forget, Easter Lilies are on sale now through April 16 for $12.00 each. If you would like to order Easter Lilies, please email Cullen Senger and include the number of lilies and if it is in honor, remembrance or in celebration of someone and include the name(s) you would like listed. Order forms will also be available in the narthex on Sundays.

Payment can be made through our website here, you can write a check and mail it to the church, or you can place your payment in the offering plate on Sundays.

Please help us prepare for the children's Easter Egg Hunt on Easter Sunday. Pre-filled plastic Easter Eggs will continue to be collected in the Narthex THIS SUNDAY, for the Egg Hunt on Easter Sunday. Please bring in pre-filled eggs with pre-packaged goods. Please avoid chocolate (it'll melt on a sunny Easter day) or products with peanut butter (for allergies). Little Easter-themed trinkets (erasers, stickers, toys) make for good non-candy alternatives.

The Easter Egg Hunt will be after the 10:30 service on Easter Sunday, April 20.

PALM SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2025

The liturgy of the palms is the entrance rite for the service. The congregation gathers at the church and processes after the blessing of the branches of palm or other trees. The liturgy of the palms includes a reading of one of the accounts of Jesus’ entrance into Jerusalem. Services begin at 8:00 and 10:30 AM.

TENEBRAE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 2025

The distinctive ceremony of Tenebrae includes the use of fifteen lighted candles, often set on a special triangular stand. One candle is extinguished as each of the fourteen appointed psalms is completed. The fifteenth candle, symbolic of Christ, is left lit at the end of the final psalm, as a sign of the light still shining in the darkness. The service begins at 6:30 PM.

MAUNDY THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 2025

Commemorates the foot washing and the institution of the Holy Ecucharist. The service begins at 6:30 PM.

ALTAR OF REPOSE AND THE WATCH, THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 2025 through FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 2025

A period of ‘staying awake’ before the Blessed Sacrament on the night of Maundy Thursday at the ‘Altar of Repose’ in prayer.

GUIDED STATIONS  OF THE CROSS, FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 2025

Walking the stations of the cross imitates the practice of visiting the places in Jesus’ Passion in the Holy Land by early Christian pilgrims. The service begins at Noon.

GOOD FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 2025

The Friday before Easter Day, on which the church commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus. It is a day of fasting and special acts of self-denial. The service begins at 6:30 PM.

HOLY SATURDAY SERVICE, APRIL 19, 2025, AT 9:30 AM

A brief Liturgy of the Word, commemorating Jesus' rest in the tomb as we await His resurrection.

EASTER VIGIL, SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 2025

The primary celebration, the Great Vigil, begins in darkness, with the lighting of the Paschal candle, with scripture and prayer. The service begins at 7:00 PM.

EASTER SERVICE AND EGG HUNT, SUNDAY, APRIL 20, 2025

The feast of Christ’s resurrection. Services begin at 8:00 and 10:30 AM.

Easter egg hunt for children, from toddler age through 6th grade, following the 10:30 AM service. Children should bring their basket and join the fun!

In the year 2025, we are going to continue our support of Hill Country Community Ministries as they provide help to our neighbors who are food insecure. In the narthex, you will see a large blue barrel. Every month we will collect shelf stable foods for HCCM to distribute to clients in need. In March/April, we will collect DRIED PASTA AND JARRED PASTA SAUCE. As you do your grocery shopping, please add one or both and bring it to church on Sunday morning. Place it in the blue barrel and we will make sure it gets delivered to HCCM.

Thanks for your continuing support in feeding our neighbors.

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN! Click HERE to access the website and get more information.

Intercessors will be at the back of the church in the narthex to pray with anyone who would like special prayers during communion on Sundays. Often people will ask for prayers for healing for themselves or others, but any prayer request is welcomed. If you would like to pray with one of our prayer partners, you are encouraged to come forward for communion and then make your way to the narthex for additional prayers. If you have any questions about this ministry or are interested in becoming a prayer partner to pray with others, please contact Cindy Gravis or Fr. Richard.

If you would like to learn about other ways to financially contribute to the life and work of our parish, please contact Lena Carson or Fr. Richard.

Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children, and walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

Ephesians 5:1-2, NRSV

CEC VESTRY MEETINGS

The Vestry usually meets on the third Monday of each month, at 7:00 p.m. Any congregant can attend a Vestry meeting and observe. Only Vestry members have voice and vote. Vestry meetings do become "closed" when discussing personnel issues or staff salaries. Vestry meets via Zoom. If you wish to attend, please notify Fr. Richard, and he will send you the Zoom link.

CEC Finances – Available in the Library

Quarterly financial statements are available on the bulletin board in the library following the vestry meeting.

Discipleship Group - This group meets the first and third Sunday of the month at 6:00 pm in the library. It includes study of the Sunday service gospel readings and is open to anyone wishing to participate. Please contact Bill Sterling at silverbillwes@gmail.com for more information.

The Senior Shepherds is a Service/Social organization at CEC. Anyone over the age of 50 in the church is welcome. We meet on the 3rd Wednesday of every month at 11:45 am in the Library for a delicious Potluck meal and lively conversation. A short program normally follows the meal. We do various interesting and creative service projects for the church children and the local community; host exciting outside speakers; visit unusual local places and have occasional seminars for better living. Contact: Betty Prince at bettyprince25@gmail.com for more information. 

The Prayer Shawl Ministry meets on the 3rd Sunday of every month from 4-6pm in the Library. We knit, crochet and do various other needlework and sewing crafts to meet a known need in the community such as providing pretty and comfortable caps for cancer patients; providing crocheted and knitted prayer shawls for those in need of comfort in our church community. These items are made with prayer and much interesting conversation. They are blessed by Father Richard before being distributed. Learn to knit or crochet at our meetings. Teens are welcome. Contact: CarolMonroe71@gmail.com or bettyprince25@gmail.com.

The Tuesday Book Club is reading Citizen: Faithful Discipleship in a Partisan World by Bishop C. Andrew Doyle. We meet from 10:30-12:00 in the Outreach Room. Please join us. It’s a welcoming group for men and women of all ages. 

Questions, please contact Mary Wybenga at EJayW@msn.com or at 303-587-2373.

Choir Practice is held every Wednesday at 2:30 PM in the sanctuary. Anyone who is interested in joining, or getting more information on our choir, is invited to attend a practice. Questions? Contact Dave Gravis.

Ministry to and with Infants/Toddlers and their Families.

We have three spaces available to minister to our youngest members and their families on Sunday mornings.



1. Our church nursery is open from 9:00 am to noon. The nursery is located in the Family Life Center. The nursery serves children through the age of 4 and is open every Sunday morning.
2. A “soft” play space is located in the back of the sanctuary where children will find a small selection of toys and parents will find rocking chairs.
3. A “cry room” is located above the sanctuary and accessed by the stairs in the narthex/lobby of the church. The cry room contains comfortable seats, toys, and a changing table.

Children's Chapel meets Sundays during the 10:30 service in the Family Life Center.

Volunteers are needed! Come help our youngest parishioners grow in Christ! Children's Chapel meets Sundays during the 10:30 service in the Family Life Center. If you can help, please contact Fr. Richard. Lesson plans and supplies will be provided.

All third party events held at the church are listed here. For parents, if at the church campus while the event(s) is taking place, children should be supervised by a trusted individual, as Safeguarded personnel / volunteers will not be present.

Upcoming Third Party Events:

AA Meeting - Wednesdays at 6:30 PM in the Library, Stone Building

ROCK Enrichment Academy - Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM, FLC and Grounds; Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8:00-12:30 PM, Stone Building

PEACE Homeschool Village - Fridays from 8:00 AM - 4:30, PM, FLC and Grounds