Church of the Messiah

Tag: Wednesday Night Services

  • March for Life at Church of the Messiah

    This week more than a dozen members of Church of the Messiah will be heading up to Washington, D.C., to join with CEC for Life and participate in the 47th Annual March for Life.  If you cannot make the trek to the frozen north, you can still participate in a series of events planned right here at Church of the Messiah.

    On Thursday night, beginning at 7:00, we will have a night of pro-life intercession and prayer at Church of the Messiah.

    On Friday morning, starting at 9 o’clock, we will participate in a silent prayer vigil at All Women’s Health Center at 1545 Huffingham Road (click HERE for a map.  Please park in the church parking lot or alongside the road.)

    On Saturday morning, starting at 9 o’clock, we will be leading the Liturgy for the Pre-Born in front of All Women’s Health Center.  If you have never attended one of these liturgies, this will be a perfect opportunity to do so.

    For more information on any of these services, please contact Casey Harlow or Fr. Scott Melanson.

    In light of these scheduled event and our many youth who are traveling to Washington this week to participate in the March for Life, we are cancelling both Youth Group and our Adult Bible Study on Wednesday night, January 22nd.  This events will resume as normal on Wednesday, January 29th.

  • Major Changes Coming to Wednesday Night Services

    Church of the Messiah is excited to announce that there will be major changes coming to our Wednesday night, mid-week services beginning this Wednesday night, November 6th.  The most significant change is that the Youth Group will be taking over Wednesday Nights.  The Youth will have the run of the service from 7 o’clock until 8:30 in the main sanctuary while everyone else attending church in the evening will be attending Bible studies elsewhere in the building.

    When Church of the Messiah first relocated to our current location in 2013, we began having Wednesday night services which had previously been impossible while we were worshiping at Jacksonville University.  In 2018, Casey Harlow was appointed as the Youth Pastor of Church of the Messiah and our Youth Group began meeting during our regular mid-week services.  As our Youth Group has grown, however, fitting everything needed for a youth meeting, into the time we had previously allotted for the Youth simply became unmanageable.  After prayer, and in consensus with his Rector’s Council, Fr. Looker made the decision to cede the mid-week services entirely to the Youth Group.  This decision gives them triple the time that they previously had for their meetings and more than enough room to grow and thrive.

    Those who are over eighteen are not left out in the cold.  We will be leading a series of Bible studies for those adults who are attending church on Wednesday night.  We will start off with Max Lucado’s Anxious for Nothing in the church conference room this Wednesday at seven o’clock.  It is not necessary to purchase anything to participate in the Bible Study, however, if you would like to do so, you may buy copies of the individual book by clicking this LINK.

    We will still have childcare for children who are younger than fifth grade and we will still honor our commitment to be out by 8:30 so that everyone can get home in time to prepare for work and school the following morning.  While this means that Wednesday nights will not regularly be Eucharistic services, we will occasionally join with the youth in having special Eucharistic services.  The first of these services will be November 27th, when we celebrate Thanksgiving.

     

  • Celebrate the Ascension with a Night of Worship and Intercession

    This Wednesday night, May 29th, Church of the Messiah will celebrate the Ascension of Our Lord with a night of praise & worship and intercession.  Forty days after Our Lord rose from the dead, He went out with His disciples to a mountain and ascended into Heaven.  This Wednesday night, Church of the Messiah will commemorate that event with a night of prayer and praise as we prepare our hearts for the coming of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost in ten days (June 9th).  There will be prayer and praise all through the evening, culminating in the Holy Eucharist.  Childcare will be provided and the service will end at approximately 8:30 so that everyone can prepare for school and work the next morning in a timely manner.  For more information contact Fr. Scott Melanson or Cathie Shimp. This service will also be Church of the Messiah’s last Wednesday night service until school resumes in the Fall.  Be sure to attend and send Wednesday nights out with a blast.