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THE WEEK OF JANUARY 27 –

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

 

This Friday, the church remembers Brigid of Kildare.  Brigid established a monastery in Kildare, Ireland, on the site of a pagan shrine.  The Druids had kept a fire burning continuously at the shrine; Brigid kept the fire alight but assigned it Christian meaning.  Brigid was known for her generous charity and holiness; she participated in the councils of the church and some believe she was a bishop.    

 

 

Icon written by Sr Aloysius McVeigh.

 

Everliving God, we rejoice today in the fellowship of your blessed servant Brigid, and give you thanks for her life of devoted service. Inspire us with life and light, and give us perseverance to serve you all our days; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

 

THIS WEEK AT INCARNATION

 

Wednesday, January 30           12:15 pm. Holy Eucharist

                                                6:30 pm. Holy Eucharist and Homily 

Friday, February 1                   12:15 pm. Holy Communion with Prayers for

                                                Healing.

 

February 3

The Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Temple

Candlemas

 

8:30 am:  Holy Eucharist

in the Chapel of the Nativity

Homily: the Assistant Minister

 

10:00 am: Adult Forum meets in the Parish House (209 Madison Avenue) to study the day's scriptures:

Exodus 24:12(13-14)15-18; Psalm 99; Philippians 3:7-14; Matthew 17:1-9.

 

11:00 am: Holy Eucharist with Choir

Sermon: the Assistant Minister

Music of Bach, Eccard, and Tavener

 

12:30 pm. Women's Group Interest Meeting to discuss possibility of providing a dinner for the Anglican delegates to the United Nation Committee on the Status of Women (UNCSW). 

 

5:00 pm: Contemplative Candlelight

Communion

Meditation: the Assistant Minister

COMING UP AT INCARNATION

Tuesday, February 5                5:30-7:30 pm. Shrove Tuesday "Luau" Pancake Supper in the Assembly Hall.  $10 adults, $5 children.  No reservations necessary.  Contact the church if you can help with set-up or clean-up.

Wednesday, February 6           Ash Wednesday.  Ashes will be distributed throughout the day.

                                                8:15 am. Holy Eucharist

12:15 pm. Holy Eucharist with choir

6:30 pm. Holy Eucharist 

Sunday, February 10                12:30 pm.  Simplify Your Life: Christian Living in a Complex World .  The first of our Lenten lecture-and-discussion series, offered in the Assembly Hall and accompanied by a light lunch, will be on "Simplifying your Theology." 

Tuesday, February 12              7:00 pm.  Twenties and Thirties' Drinks and Discussion.  We will at the Parish House (209 Madison Avenue) and walk to a local bar to debate the death penalty and its recent repeal in New Jersey.  First drink—be it a Coke or a beer—is on the church. RSVP: amanda@churchoftheincarnation.org 

 

Church Club Lectures

Tuesdays, February 12, 19, and 26^th

6:00 pm refreshments, lecture at 7:00 pm

Church of the Incarnation~209 Madison Avenue (at 35^th Street)

 

This is not a program of the Church of the Incarnation, though the lectures will be held at the church and some of our parishioners are officers and members of the club. 

 

The subject of the series is: Anglicanism and the Moral Challenges of the Day.

Three addresses by leading Anglican moral theologians represent different approaches-- they will speak about not simply what Anglicans should think about the moral questions of the day, but how Anglicans should think morally. Speakers and topics are:

 

Feb 12^th: The Liberal Vision, Professor Garry Dorrien (Ph.D. Union Theological Seminary)

Feb 19: Authority in Anglican Ethics, The Rev. Dr. Victor Austin (Ph.D. Fordham University)

 

Feb. 26^th: Money Matters: On Anglican Economics & Millennium Development Goals, Professor William Danaher (Ph.D. Yale University)

 

Incarnation members will be allowed to attend at the reduced rate paid by Church Club members, $60 for the three sessions; a box supper is provided at 6:00 pm.  If interested, please contact Preston Merchant at 212-828-7418 or churchclubny@nyc.rr.com

 

Be well.

 

~the Rev. Amanda Kucik Rinas: amanda@churchoftheincarnation.org

More details available online: www.churchoftheincarnation.org.

 

The featured image is found at http://www.brigidine.org.au/ bssc/ projects/ _img/ brigid-of-kildare-icon.jpg.