Your Hidden Life

Father Casey

Merry Christmas, everyone. There are a few days left, so pray for grace to hold onto the holiness of this season just a bit longer! There are presents still to be enjoyed if we can resist the temptation to hurry on to the next thing. 

This weekend we leave the manger behind and travel ahead in time as though accompanied by one of Dickens’ ghosts. Our gospel will feature the one and only story that takes place between Jesus’ infancy and the start of his public ministry nearly 30 years later. It’s about the time the Holy Family journeyed to Jerusalem for Passover and tween Jesus got left behind. It’s equal parts poignant and funny – Melody says it’s Jesus’ most “human” moment, as what is more human than adolescence? – and a worthy story for us to consider in this season of Incarnation.

But imagine if someone wrote the tale of your life but told only one story between your birth and age 30. That would seem to leave out quite a bit, wouldn’t it? When I think about who I am today, I can point to all sorts of things that happened when I was growing up, about successes and mistakes, adventures and regrets. I can point to dozens of people and hundreds of events that contributed to who I am. But about all those years, Luke says only this: ...

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• Second Sunday of Christmas at 9:00am & 11:15am
• The Wise Guys Visit
• Feast of the Epiphany & Burning of the Greens
• Your Christmas Generosity
• Peace Post - January 11
• Women's Thursday Evening Book Group
• Harpsichord Dedication
• Formation: Sages and Their Stories

• Donations for FigWorks
• Ordinations to the Priesthood
• Newcomer Brunch Invitation
• Transfigured Nights: Music for Wind Quintet
• Gateway of Grace Gala
• Pilgrimages for the coming year
• Children's Chapel
• Youth Formation
• St. Hilda's Guild for the Holidays

The Twelve Days of Christmas include two Sundays this year, providing more time to sing and pray with hope and joy. We will welcome back the "Wise Guys" on their way to offer their gifts to the Holy Family at Epiphany. They will make their annual visitation between the 9:00am and 11:15am services with a festive breakfast in Roper Hall.

Second Sunday of Christmas

• Saturday at The Table | Jan 3 | 5:30pm
• Sunday Morning Holy Eucharist | Jan 4 | 9:00am & 11:15am
• Visitation & Breakfast with The Wise Guys | Jan 4 | 10:15am

The celebration of the Incarnation concludes with a final festival Eucharist. Christ came not only for one people or nation, but to be the Light of all people. The service concludes with the traditional Burning of the Greens beneath the Belltower. Childcare will be available and incense will be used.



Feast of the Epiphany

• Holy Eucharist & Burning of the Greens | Jan 6 | 7:00pm

New Harpsichord Dedication

At the 11:15am service on Sunday, January 11, we will dedicate our new harpsichord which was given to the Glory of God and in loving memory of J.J. Rodriguez by his wife, Susie Higgins-Rodriguez. This single-manual instrument was built by the William Dowd shop in 1980 and is in the French style with two sets of strings. Dowd was the chief pioneer of the historically-based harpsichord movement, and this is his 479th instrument. Kristin Van Cleve, violinist, and Gayane Manasjan Fullford, cellist, will join Joel Martinson in playing baroque music at both the 9:00am and 11:15am services.

Formation for Epiphany

Sages and Their Stories

On January 11, 18 and 25, three of Transfiguration’s sages, the Revs. Roper, Godwin, and Merriman, will share stories of great moments in our church’s history when the Light of Christ shined brightly in our midst. This will be an enlightening journey into the past that will no doubt cast light on our way forward. Join us at 10:15 in Roper Hall.

Collecting Items for Soup Kits

This Epiphany season, we are gathering ingredients for soup kits and snacks to support two outreach ministries. Your donations will help us make Soup Kits for families in need and Bye Bye Bags for children at Vogel Alcove. Please bring your donations to the Tower Cloister by January 25. To view our wishlist of ingredients and snack items, click the button below. 

Transfigured Nights

Music for Wind Quintet

Transfigured Nights invites you to join them Sunday, January 18 at 7:00pm to hear Willa Henigman, oboe, and her friends Helen Blackburn, flute, Phil Paglialonga, clarinet, Susan Frazier, horn, and Tom Fleming, bassoon, present a delightful evening of chamber music in the church. This year’s concert will be an opportunity to hear how the nave’s acoustic improvements allow the winds to soar throughout the space.