Weekly E-News from Christ Church Anglican – September 10, 2026

Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity

 

  • What’s going on at Christ Church Anglican?
  • New and updated announcements.
  • Prayer of the Week.
  • This Week – Worship Information and More:
  • Other Announcements/Information:
  • Prayer List.

What’s going on at Christ Church Anglican? 

Well, click here and find out!  Our calendar is online on the website, and is regularly updated with services, Bible studies, classes, and other events happening here at the church.  In addition, we’ve linked a liturgical calendar from an English church organization to help you keep track of the church year.

New and Updated Announcements:

      • Installation of Father Hutchens as Rector: This coming Sunday, September 13th at 4:00 PM Bishop Hewitt will officially institute Fr. Hutchens as the Rector of Christ Church Anglican. All are invited to attend!
        • We will also be:
          • Licensing Austin Chestnut and Daniel Cannon as Lay Readers.
          • Dedicating and consecrating our new side-chapel area.
          • The live-stream for the installation will be located HERE.
      • Wednesday, September 16th at 11:30 AM at the church we will begin a weekly Bible Study on Wednesday mornings.  We will begin we will start with the first Gospel, Mark. Question: What sets Mark apart from the other Gospels? Come see!
      • Last week’s Rector’s Forum:  This past Sunday after the morning service, Father Hutchens conducted a Rector’s Forum after the service, during which he outlined some of his initiatives and provided information on the Diocese of Kibungo in Rwanda.  If you’d like to view it or to download a copy of his presentation slides- click here.
      • Islam from a Christian Viewpoint.  Is the Jesus of Islam the same one found in Christianity? Join us for a Saturday teaching from 10:30 – noon beginning on Saturday, September 26th for a five week overview of Islam. You don’t have to be a member of the church to attend this class, so please invite others who you think might be interested!
      • Live-stream updates:
        • The following is the schedule of live-streams for the next couple of weeks (subject to change as needed):
          • We plan to live-stream both the Sunday morning service and the installation service on September 13.
          • We hope to live-stream on September 20…check next week’s E-News for the final word on that.
      • Have you seen Christ Church Anglican’s new signs yet?  Two new signs have been installed along our street frontage.  One of those signs replaced our old sign on Fairway Drive, and there’s now a sign on the Aiken Road side as well.

 

Prayer of the Week:
Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity (September 13)

KEEP, we beseech thee, O Lord, thy Church with thy perpetual mercy; and, because the frailty of man without thee cannot but fall, keep us ever by thy help from all things hurtful, and lead us to all things profitable to our salvation; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

This Week – Worship Information and More: 

Schedule For this Week and Next:
Looking ahead:
      • Wednesday morning Bible Study begins – 9/16
      • Saturday morning “Islam From A Christian Perspective” class begins – 9/26
      • Monthly parish fellowship lunch at Table On The Green – 10/4
      • Rector’s Forum after the morning service – 10/11

 

Link to this Sunday’s bulletin:
CLICK HERE

 

Link for Sunday service live-stream:
Our weekly worship live-stream can always be found here.

 

This Sunday’s Worship:
Sunday color: Green

Lessons:
Epistle – Galatians 6:11-18 
Gospel – St. Matthew 6:24-34

Hymns:
Processional – 562 (Stand up, stand up)
Sequence –     263 (In Christ there is no East or West)
Communion –  345 (The King of love my Shepherd is)
Recessional –  432 (I know not where the road will lead)

Hymn tunes resource

Other Announcements/Information:

Diocese of Kibungo updates:  Father Hutchens has written an update on the construction progress being made on the new cathedral for the Diocese of Kibungo.  Click here to read it.

Click here to read his previous update regarding the recent graduation of several seminary students from the Rwandan Diocese of Kibungo.

In the meantime, please continue to be in prayer for the Anglican Church in Rwanda, particularly that God would move those in authority in Rwanda to re-open a number of churches that have been closed by the Rwandan government.

Weekly parish office hours:
Here is our parish office schedule:

Monday – Priest’s Sabbath (day off)
Tuesday – Office open 10AM to 5PM
Thursday and Friday – Office open 9AM to 12 noon

Other times are available by appointment only.

If you ever experience an emergency or urgent situation that requires the presence of your priest – Father Hutchens expects, encourages and asks you to contact him immediately, day or night, any day of the week. Cards with his phone and email information are in the narthex – please take one and keep it with your personal “in case of emergency” information.

Mid-weekly service: We hold a mid-weekly Evening Prayer and healing service on Wednesday nights at 6:00 P.M.

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