The Church of the Epiphany

Christmas Eve | Sunday, December 24

10:00 am – Morning Prayer

3:00 pm – Eucharist Service & Christmas Pageant

This year Christmas Eve is also the 4^th Sunday of Advent. We will have a special addition to the line up of that day. We will have Morning Prayer at 10:00 am with select music and led by lay leader, Jim Ervin. The church council and staff chose to have the Eucharist Service of the day at 3:00pm as we have done for the last several years on Christmas Eve. We will have a special Christmas Pageant during the service on Christmas Eve. We are so excited to be able to invite the entire congregation to participate. Don’t Panic! This doesn’t mean you’ll be dressed in a sheet with cotton stuck to it… unless of course you want to. The Pop Up Christmas Pageant is a chance for the congregation to read/respond to a Christmas story script. You can be involved as little or as much as you would like. We’re excited to offer these “parts” Mary, Joseph, Shepherds, Angels, Manger Animals (wild card!) Inn Keeper and the famous Donkey.

Sunday School returns during the service beginning September 17. We will have two block of Sunday School this program year. The first block is September – November on the following dates: September 17, 24 | October 1, 8, 15, 29 | November 5, 12. The second block will be January – March on the following dates: January 7, 14 | February 4, 11, 25 | March 3, 10, 17, 24.

We will gather again at the Green Mill restaurant just off Highway 55 and 494 to talk and eat (and maybe have a beer). The address is: 2705 Annapolis Lane North, Plymouth, MN 55441

If you have any questions, please see our Parish Administrator, Ellen or you can email the church office of adminepiphany@msn.com. Harlan’s email is harlanbstrong@gmail.com. 

Bring your Tartans and join us for an evening of Celtic-Style Worship and Tradition at Church of the Epiphany. We will feature music from the COE worship band with Irish Tin Whistle and Bagpipes. The COE choir and handbells will also share music tied to Celtic Tradition. At the end of our service, there will be a blessing of the Tartans, and throughout the evening you will have plenty of opportunity to learn about some Celtic traditions and sing Celtic-style worship hymns. Invite your friends and join us for an evening of community, music, and worship!

There will be two opportunities for you to receive ashes on Ash Wednesday. Please stop the church on February 22 | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM and The Rev. Judy Hoover will be here. The second opportunity will be during our service on February 22 at 6:30 pm. The Rev. Frank Whitman will be presiding. As always, this service will also be viewable on our YouTube Page.

Our Focus on Lent | Tuesdays: Feb 28, Mar 7, Mar 14, Mar 21 & Mar 28

This Lent we will be launching our small groups. Please join us on Tuesday February 28th for Stations of the Cross and for our first small group gathering. Stations will begin at 6:30, followed by our first small group meeting. If you have not signed up yet, please come and check it out.

The groups will meet at Church on Tuesday’s during Lent where we will watch together the video provided by Centering on Christ and then meet in our small groups. After the initial meeting some groups may decide to move to a different date and time.

Centered is a discipleship series guiding small gathered communities to get deeply rooted in love with God and one another, so that we all may grow to look, act, and love more like Jesus. The experience includes an initial three-session training for group facilitators, followed by nine core sessions during which church members, neighbors, and friends gather; view two short films, discuss questions about God, belonging, and living a meaningful life; and support for each other in committing to intentionally follow Jesus and his Way of Love.

The full Centered series consists of nine sessions that can be led in 60-, 90-, or 120-minute increments, in-person or over a digital platform. Each session features video content hosted by a diverse team of leaders, lay and ordained, from across The Episcopal Church.

The themes of the nine sessions are: Meeting Jesus and Each Other Meeting Jesus and Sharing Life in Small Groups Following Jesus as a Way of Life Loving God Like Jesus Loving Neighbors & Strangers like Jesus Loving Other Disciples like Jesus Loving Ourselves like Jesus Creating a Sustainable Rule of Life Looking, Acting and Loving Like Jesus…Together

Annual Meeting & Service | Sunday January 29 at 9:00 am with Annual Meeting to follow the service.

Guest Preacher, The Rev Canon Blair Pogue | February 12 at 10:00 am

Ash Wednesday | February 22 with 2 services at 12:00 & 6:30 pm

Lenten Series | Wednesdays at 6:30 pm in Lent (March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29)

Palm Sunday Service | April 2, 2023 at 10:00 am

Maundy Thursday Service | April 6, 2023 at 6:30 pm

Good Friday Services | April 7 at 12:00 (Stations of the Cross) & 6:30 pm (Good Friday Service)

Easter Service | April 9, 2023 at 10:00 am

The Episcopal Church in Minnesota is offering a simple format for Christian Education for Confirmation for faith communities of all sizes.  The purpose of this curriculum is to offer a simple option for Confirmation curriculum, to support existing relationships, and to help build new ones among young people across ECMN. Please visit the ECMN website at episcopalmn.org to register.

Starting in the Winter of 2023, students grade 9+ are invited to join together via Zoom to explore four sessions, Before Confirmation, (B4), instructing them on how to live lives for Jesus.

The classes will meet on:

Sunday, January 8

Sunday, February 5

Sunday, March 5

Sunday, April 16

Attendance at these classes will satisfy the requirements for participation in Confirmation on April 29 at St. Mark’s Cathedral.

Mother Lisa would like to begin offering valet parking for our Sunday mornings for anyone who feels like they do not want to traverse the parking lot. We are working hard to keep the lot cleared but snow happens. All you need to do is pull up the the sign near the front entrance and someone will park your car for you. We will help you retrieve your car after the service as well.

Please contact the church office with questions.