Schedule & How We Worship
 

Sundays

8:00 a.m. - Holy Communion and Sermon (Rite I)
9:30 a.m. - Holy Communion and Sermon with Music (Rite II)

                (includes Laying-on-of-Hands the 1st and 3rd Sundays)

Wednesdays

10:00 a.m. - Morning Prayer

How We Worship

Our worship is spiritually inspired, following the rubrics of the Book of Common Prayer. On Sundays the Eucharist is celebrated at 8 a.m. with the Rite One service, and at 9:30 a.m. with Rite Two. On Wednesdays there is a Eucharist Service at 10:00 a.m. The Eucharist is also celebrated on Holy Days. Everyone is welcome at God's table.

Healing Ministers are present at services on the first and third Sundays of the month. On the fourth Sunday of the month, the youth of our church participate in readings and music at the 9:30 a.m. Family Sunday Service.

Christmas

Tuesday, December 24, 2024 - Christmas Eve

5:00 p.m. - Candlelight Festival Holy Communion. A shorter services for families. Special Christmas music by the Cherubs' Choir and a Christmas sermon by The Reverend David L. Jones.

7:00 p.m. - Candlelight Festival Holy Communion. Special Christmas music by the Adult Choir and a Christmas sermon by The Reverend David L. Jones. Incense will be used only on the altar.

Wednesday, December 25, 2024 - Christmas Day
10:00 a.m. - Festival Holy Communion with a Christmas sermon by The Reverend Dr. Ronnie T. Stout-Kopp.

Lent

Ash Wednesday, February 14, 2024

10:00 a.m. - The Liturgy of Ash Wednesday, Impostion of Ashes and Holy Communion
7:00 p.m. - The Liturgy of Ash Wednesday, Impositon of Ashes and Holy Communion. This service will be held at St. David's Episcopal Church in Kinnelon. 

Holy Week and Easter Day

Sunday, March 24, 2024
The Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday

9:00 a.m. -The Liturgy of the Palms
Choral Reading of the Passion
The Holy Communion                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

Thursday, March 28, 2024

Maundy Thursday
7:30 p.m. - The Lord's Supper - led by Karen Bogert and Erica Stewart. The Solemn Stripping of the Altar. Procession to the Altar of Repose. One hour vigil maintained before the Blessed Sacrament.

Friday, March 29, 2024

Good Friday
7:30 p.m. - Stations of the Cross, "Mary's Way of the Cross." Amanda Onderlinde, Narrator.

Saturday, March 30, 2024

The Great Vigil of Easter
7:30 p.m. Lighting of the Paschal Candle, Liturgy of the Word, Renewal of Baptismal Vows, led by Cathy Prekel.

Sunday, March 31, 2024

The Sunday of the Resurrection: Easter Day
8:00 a.m. - Festival Holy Communion, Rite 2 with sermon. Hymns and special Easter music by the Choir. The Reverend Jon Richardson, Celebrant. 

Thanksgiving Sunday

Sunday, November 24, 2024 - 8:00 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. The Sunday before Thanksgiving church is decorated with fruit and vegetables to be shared with shut-ins.