Join Us for Christmas at Church of the Messiah

The Christmas Season is almost upon us!  On Thursday night, December 24th, we will celebrate Christmas Eve with our traditional Family Service.  This service includes a special presentation from the children and youth of the church, a reading of the Nativity Gospel, the singing of traditional Christmas Carols by candlelight, and other special surprises.  Please note that this year our Christmas Eve Family Service will begin at the special time of 7:30 pm.

On Christmas Day, we will celebrate the Incarnation of Our Lord with our Christmas Day Service.  This service is a brief Said Mass and usually lasts about forty-five minutes.  Our Christmas Day Service will begin at 10 o’clock and is our only service of the holiday season that will be held in Church of the Messiah’s sanctuary (where we met before the pandemic began).

Our Christmas Eve service will be held in the sanctuary of Ft. Caroline Presbyterian Church which allows us to be seated with adequate social distancing.  For more information on our COVID19 precautions, visit our COVID Precautions Page.  For those who cannot join us in person, all of our services will be live streamed via Facebook Live on the church’s Facebook page.

During this season of holidays, we invite everyone to join us, whether in person or virtually, for any or all of our Advent and Christmas service.   “Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” Romans 15:13

 

 

Celebrate Christ’s Birth with Church of the Messiah on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day

christmas-banner-20121Church of the Messiah extends a warm and heartfelt invitation for everyone to join us in celebrating the birth of Christ this Christmas.  We will have two services to commemorate this most glorious event this year.  On Christmas Eve, beginning at 7 pm we will have our Family Service with a special presentation from the children of our parish, a children’s sermon, and special musical offering.  The family service concludes with singing Christmas Carols by candlelight.

On Christmas morning, beginning at 10 o’clock, we will have the first mass of Christmas day.  This is a special service which allows worshipers to celebrate the birth of Our Lord while getting back to the other obligations of the day quickly.  The service is a said mass with a brief homily so the service itself lasts around 45 minutes ending with Holy Communion.

At Church of the Messiah, we wish everyone a blessed Christmas.  We hope to see everyone tonight and tomorrow morning and pray God’s abundant blessings be upon you all.

Holy Week Schedule at Church of the Messiah

Holy Week begins this Sunday, April 13!  Don’t miss any of these amazing worship services!

palm-sunday-title-slide053Begin Holy Week with Palm Sunday!  Celebrate Our Lord’s Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem with the waiving of palms before the crowd turns on Jesus and we hear the Passion Gospel.  Be sure to get to Church on time this Sunday as we process into the Sanctuary waiving our palms and palm crosses!

 

 

There are no services Wednesday night, April 16.

Maundy ThursdayThursday night, April 17, at 7 o’clock, we will observe Maundy Thurday.  This is the annual service where we commemorate Our Lord’s Institution of the Lord’s Supper, Washing the Feet of the Disciples, and ultimate Betrayal in the Garden of Gethsemane.

 

 

good_friday_009The powerful services continue on April 18 from noon until 3 o’clock with the observance of Our Lord’s hours on His Cross in our Good Friday Service.  This is always one of the most powerful services of the year and includes the Passion Gospel , meditations from both lay and clerical speakers, veneration of the Cross, and Communion from the Reserved Sacrament.

 

 

SunriseOur celebration of the Feast of the Resurrection begins at 6:15 with a Sunrise Service on our property on St. Johns Bluff Road (click HERE  for a map).  This moving service begins in darkness and candlelight and concludes with the light of the first day shining down on us as we celebrate the Risen Lord by partaking of His Body and Body at the very break of day.

 

 

ressurrection.icon.englishAt 10 o’clock our Easter celebration continues (and will for 50 more days!) with our Easter Sunday Family Service.  This will be a service to fully celebrate with Risen Lord and exalt in the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.  We will have special events for our children and a great time is sure to be had by all!

 

 

Be sure to invite your friends and family to each of these special events in the coming week!  Church of the Messiah has created a Facebook event for each of these services.  You can go to the events by clicking on their names and invite your friends via Facebook or other Social Media!  Childcare is provided at all services.