Archive for October, 2016

All Saints’ Eve Festival is Tonight!

Monday, October 31st, 2016

This evening is Church of the Messiah’s All Saints’ Eve Festival!  Be sure to invite your friends and neighbors to a safe night of family-friendly fun for all with loads of games, candy, free food, candy, bounce houses, candy, and even cotton candy if you haven’t gotten enough candy!  It’s going to be a blast […]

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The Patriarch Sends His All Saint’s Offering Letter

Wednesday, October 26th, 2016

Every year on the Sunday closest to All Saints’ Day (November 1st), every church in the International Communion of the Charismatic Episcopal Church takes up an offering to support their primate’s office in various efforts.  In the North American Charismatic Episcopal Church, the House of Bishops decided that all of the money raised on All […]

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New Teaching Series Begins This Wednesday Night

Tuesday, October 25th, 2016

This Wednesday night, October 26th, Church of the Messiah will begin its new teaching series called “The Testimony of the Priests”.  This series will provide each of the active pastors of the parish with an opportunity to share their own personal testimony with the congregation.  While each of the priests at Church of the Messiah […]

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The History of the Biblical Church Series Available On-Line

Friday, October 21st, 2016

On Wednesday, October 19th, Fr. Looker concluded the five-week teaching series The History of the Biblical Church.  Now the entire series along with the PowerPoint presentation used during the teachings are available on-line.  During the Bible Study, Fr. Looker took context clues given by St. Paul in his various Epistles to expand the picture given […]

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Hurricane Matthew Relief Fund Created

Wednesday, October 12th, 2016

At Church on Sunday morning many people asked about taking up an offering to aid victims of Hurricane Matthew.  Fr. Looker intentionally delayed such a collection in anticipation of receiving word from Bishop Simpson on how the Diocese of Florida as a whole would respond to the catastrophe.  Today we heard from Bp. Simpson.  We […]

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Church of the Messiah Will Have Service on Sunday; Fusion Cancelled Tonight

Saturday, October 8th, 2016

In the wake of Hurricane Matthew, it appears we have much to be thankful for.  Saturday morning, Fr. Looker contacted most members of the parish who had not evacuated and most had a similar report.  The majority of the parish had only minimal damage to their home, with a few limbs and trees coming down during […]

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Wednesday Night Service Canceled to Prepare for Hurricane Matthew

Wednesday, October 5th, 2016

In order to provide everyone with ample time to prepare for the arrival of Hurricane Matthew, Church of the Messiah is cancelling service for Wednesday night, October 5th.  While we do not anticipate that weather would disrupt our service tonight, we want to give all of our members plenty of time to exercise all due […]

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