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The Episcopal Church
of the Resurrection
1433 NW R.D. Mize Road, Blue Springs, MO
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Weekly e-mail
Wednesday, December 16, 2021
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Fourth Sunday of Advent
Sunday, December 19, 2021
Healing Service and Holy Eucharist
Rite I at 8:00 am
Rite II at 10:30 am
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Potential COVID-19 exposure notice |
Anyone who attended church last Sunday, December 12 may have been exposed to another parishioner who has since tested positive for COVID-19.
The infected individual has had all the vaccinations and is currently experiencing only cold-like symptoms.
If you develop COVID symptoms, please get a COVID test, contact your doctor and follow COVID precautions.
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DID YOU FORGET YOURS?
The love of God comes to us in various ways. When we look at our neighbors, family and friends through eyes of compassion and love and then act with a spirit of gratitude and generosity, we recognize with God all things are possible.
When we acknowledge the personhood of the other, particularly those who society would deem the least or the last person one would offer a place at one’s table, then that person becomes the first to receive an invitation. We experience God’s love most fully when we are able to give of ourselves for the good of others.
Please give us your financial pledge for 2022. Your support is vital for our ministry and to sustain the work of the Church of the Resurrection. No gift is too small.
Remember: EVERY PERFECT GIFT comes from God above!
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THE VIRGIN MARY
From internet sources:
Anglicans of evangelical or low church tradition tend to avoid honoring Mary. Other Anglicans respect and honor Mary because of the special religious significance that she has within Christianity as the mother of Jesus Christ. This honor and respect is termed veneration.
Mary always held a place of honor within the English Church, but many of the doctrines surrounding her have been called into question over the centuries, most as the result of the Reformation. While Protestantism is based upon interpretation of scripture by a variety of 16th century reformers, who mostly rejected the practice of speaking directly to Mary and other saints (except in certain hymns, e.g. Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones, canticles, e.g. the Benedicite, and Psalms, e.g. Psalm 148), Anglicanism has allowed for Mary and the saints to be addressed.
Mary has a new prominence in Anglicanism through the liturgical renewals of the 20th century. In most Anglican prayer books, Mary is again mentioned by name in the liturgical prayers. Further, August 15 has come to be widely celebrated as a feast or festival in honor of Saint Mary the Virgin with Scripture readings, collect, and proper preface. Other ancient feasts associated with Mary have also been renewed, and liturgical resources offered for use on these festivals. Marian devotions such as the Rosary, Angelus, and Regina Coeli are most commonly associated with the Anglo-Catholic and High Church movements within Anglicanism.
An Anglo-Catholic manual, Saint Augustine's Prayer Book: A Book of Devotion for members of the Episcopal Church, first published in 1947, includes a section containing devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary. This includes the Rosary, the four seasonal Marian antiphons, the Memorare, and litanies of the Blessed Virgin and Our Lady of Sorrows. A Revised Edition was published in 1967, and the book remains in print with Holy Cross Publications. The Anglo-Catholic Prayer book, a classic, was published in an entirely new edition in 2000, and it also includes a section of prayers to the Blessed Virgin, including to her Immaculate Conception and Assumption. Anglican theologian Hugh Montefiore, former Bishop of Birmingham, while denying the immaculate conception and the bodily assumption of Mary into heaven, says "Christians rightly honor and venerate her as one of the great saints of God. God had signally honored her by choosing her to be the mother of Jesus.
During Advent, we wait with Mary for the birth of her son. We share her anticipation and honor her as Christ’s mother. The traditional western liturgical calendar celebrates December 8 at the feast of the Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and she is – along with John the Baptist – a towering theological figure in the season of Advent. There are many traditions and legends surrounding Mary. One with both Anglican and Roman Catholic roots is the story behind The Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, founded in the 11th century in rural England, in which Mary visits a Saxon noblewoman in a vision and requests a replica of Jesus’ home in Nazareth be built in Walsingham. A popular destination for pilgrims, it is believed that water from the Holy Well at the Shrine has healing properties. Whatever the tradition, Mary represents courage, expectation, humbleness, and joy.
“And Mary said, ‘My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has looked with favor on the lowliness of his servant.” ~ Luke 1:46-48a
O God, you have taken to yourself the blessed Virgin Mary, mother of your incarnate Son: Grant that we, who have been redeemed by his blood, may share with her the glory of your eternal kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
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DOK seeks donations for adopted family |
WITH YOUNG CHILDREN
The Daughters of the King has "adopted" a young family this Christmas season to assist them in getting established in a home and to have gifts for Christmas. See a member of the DOK to help with your generous gift.
Thanks for your blessings of gifts, supplies and items already donated. The generosity is overwhelming and will make a big difference for the young family to receive it.
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The Mitten Tree is in the Narthex |
DONATIONS NEEDED
We are collecting warm hats, mittens/gloves and scarves for the CSL homeless programs.
Do you have some winter clothing you don’t use anymore? Consider donating to the Mitten Tree.
Your blessings will help keep others warm this winter.
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SEEKING CANDIDATES
Anyone interested in serving on the Vestry should contact a member of the Vestry nomination committee (Les Woodward, Jim Gilligan, Bill Carle or John Biggs) before the end of the year.
The Vestry is the board of directors for the parish and is comprised of lay people who represent the parish as a whole in decision making, planning and communication. If you have questions, please talk with any current Vestry member or Fr. David.
A CANDIDATE FOR VESTRY MUST:
• Be an adult, confirmed communicant in good standing.
• Be at least 16 years of age.
• Be faithful in monthly worship (three communions, unless for good cause prevented.)
• Be faithful in working, praying, and giving for the spread of the Kingdom of God.
• Be known to the treasurer (contributing financially each year.)
• Been confirmed by the Bishop or received into the church after having been confirmed in another denomination.
• Persons from the same immediate family, defined as spouses, parents, children and siblings, shall not serve together on the Vestry. Spouses of Resurrection’s clergy and staff are not eligible to serve on the Vestry.
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MARK YOUR CALENDAR
12/18 Saturday: 10:00 am DOK Meeting
12/19 Sunday: 9:15 am Final Newcomers Class
12/19 Sunday: 11:30 AM Coloring of the Church
12/31 Friday: 7:00 pm New Year's Eve at the Biggs'
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Collecting clothing for Afghan refugees |
PLEASE BRING TO CHURCH
Kansas City will be welcoming approximately 550 Afghan refugees in the coming months. St. Mary Magdalene Episcopal Church, 16808 Holmes Road, Belton, MO is partnering with KC for Refugees to distribute contributions of winter clothing to refugees.
Please no more household items. Bring your contributions to church and we will make sure they are delivered to St. Mary Magdalene for distribution.
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Remember to wear your name tag |
HELP US WELCOME VISITORS
Help us remember who you are and make it easier for folks to identify you! Please wear your name tags, located next to the hallway windows in the narthex.
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Volunteers needed to serve on Sundays |
LECTORS, ACOLYTES AND EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS
If you would like to be a lector and/or eucharistic minister, please contact Diane Gerlach at 816-896-2875.
Please contact Lisa Twitty at 913-485-7150 If you would like to serve as an acolyte.
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Bible Study every Wednesday at 1:00 pm |
STUDYING THE BOOK OF EXODUS
Please join us every Wednesday afternoon for Bible Study from 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm.
Our current focus is the book of Exodus and we'll soon be moving on to the book of Leviticus.
THERE WILL BE NO BIBLE STUDY FROM THE WEDNESDAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS UNTIL THE WEDNESDAY AFTER NEW YEARS.
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