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.

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.

Cedar Park/Leander Pride Fest – April 18^th

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Join us for a day of fun and support our community at this year’s Cedar Park and Leander Pride Fest on Saturday, April 18, from 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., at Lakeline Park. We will have a “booth” with the Tiny Chapel. We need help to staff the booth throughout the day to greet people passing by and invite them to check out CEC. Materials and goodies will be on hand to hand out. Let people know that we love all of God’s children. Be a face of our value of inclusion. Sign up on the sign-up sheet in the Narthex.

We will also have our April Prayer in the Park at the Pride Fest. Come to the Tiny Chapel at 1:00 p.m. at Lakeline Park, to pray for the community and share how God’s kingdom is being manifested in your life and in the community. Then stick around to help get the Tiny Chapel ready for the Pride Fest.



Cedar Park Pride and Leander Pride are also seeking general volunteers for the event. They need help in several capacities. Click on the link here for more details: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F094CADA928A7FD0-62961046-pride#/

Pride Fest is free! Click here to register to attend the event: 

https://leanderpride.com/

We have a growing friendship with our local Pride community. Let’s show up to support our neighbors and friends!

Cedar Park/Leander Pride Festival, Saturday, April 19, at Lakeline Park, Time 2:00-8:00 PM

Parish Retreat Day, Saturday, May 2, at CEC, Time TBA

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 our Treasurer.

And Mary Said, "My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior..."

Luke 1:46-47 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: Fr. Richard at rector@cectx.org for more information. 

The Prayer Shawl Ministry meets quarterly. The next meeting will be Saturday, April 25 from 10:00 to 12:00 in the Parish Hall with Project Linus. Please continue to knit, crochet and sew your contributions to these ministries. When you complete your prayer shawls, blankets and cancer caps you may bring them to church and place them in the basket in the sacristy so they can be blessed. Please be sure to add a label and cross to your prayer shawls. These can be found inside the bucket of blessed shawls and caps. If you sew blankets for Project Linus, hold them until our quarterly meeting. If you are interested in learning how to make any of these items, please come to our next in-person meeting. Thank you for your continued participation in this ministry.

The Tuesday Book Club The Book Club is reading Listening for the Heartbeat of God by J. Philip Newell. After we complete Listening for the Heartbeat of God, we will begin The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions by Marcus J. Borg and N. T. Wright.

Choir Practice is held every Thursday 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 who are attending the 10:30 service participate in the service with their parents until after the Collect (the Prayer of the Day). After the Collect, the officiant calls all the children to the altar. The Children’s minister will select one of the children to come forward to be the children’s crucifer, who will lead, and the others will follow the cross out of the church to the Family Life Center. Children return at approximately The Peace in time for the Communion Service. Lessons will focus on learning about either the Gospel or Epistle or one of the Prophets or Kings.

Volunteers assist with the crafts, songs, prayers, or playing Bible games. Once a month or quarter, the children will ‘perform’ a song, recite a prayer or Bible verse, or act out a Bible story for the congregation at the end of the announcements.

If you are one of the volunteers for this ministry, you will be asked to help once a month or once every other month on the same Sunday of the month so that it is easier to remember when your commitment is. Swapping is, of course, allowed. Please join us in our fun way of learning about our belief, our faith practices, and Bible stories.

If you can volunteer, please contact Sarah Martinez.

During youth group meetings, Roots teens discuss Christian educational topics. Teens have input into the selection of topics. Teens also participate in Service Projects such as Trunk or Treat and the Easter Egg Hunt in Spring. Teens also vote on Social activities/outings. Events in the past have included visiting a hay maze, meeting at movie theaters, ice skating, touring Main Street Bethlehem, having parties, swimming, hiking, etc. Join us!

Contacts: Ruth Sobieralski and Fr. Richard

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, 8:00 AM - 4:30, PM, FLC and Grounds