Epiphany News

Epiphany Lutheran Church

               Rock Hill, SC 29732

                         803-324-8877

         [email protected]
                 www.epiphany-rockhill.org

February 14, 2018

The Proclaimer

Epiphany's weekly newsletter to help keep you informed.

TONIGHT...7:00PM

Come and begin your journey, your pilgrimage of
Listening... Reflecting... Responding...

Come.

On Our Way Toward Lent

Lent is around the corner, when we more intentionally ponder who we are as children of God and where we are on our life-journey as disciples of Christ. This Lent, as a congregation, we'll encounter deep, personal listening for God through our worship. Through the week, we'll walk with Christ in active discipleship. For discipleship suggestions and a fun way to mark your journey with Jesus, check out the journey-board that will be in the Gathering Area. This Lent, let's walk together prayerfully as Epiphany disciples.

Listening and Responding On Our Way begins tonight with Ash Wednesday, February 14.

You're invited to help...

... help get our Listening and Responding journey off on the right foot. On Wednesdays, February 21 and 28 at 6:30, we'll prepare materials for our journey: footprints for our journey-board and watercolor prayer books for our worship. No art skills needed. Bring a simple finger food to share and we'll eat and greet and make some feet. It'll be a treat. All ages are encouraged to participate. We will meet in the Community Room. Watch for details for the remaining On Our Way Wednesdays with more fun and rewarding listening.

Lent 1

Sunday, February 18, 2018

During the Season of Lent, there will be two opportunities of worship and responding during our Sunday morning worship times.

Our 8:00 worship will use the traditional Lutheran Holy Communion Lenten liturgy based upon the Revised Common Lectionary Scripture readings for the year.

For our 10:30 service, we will be worshiping with a contemplative format of silence, focusing on specific weekly themes related to "Listening and Finding," divine reading of specially appointed Scripture (lectio divina) each week, reflection time using "prayer stations," around the celebration of Holy Communion.

8:00 am - Service of Holy Communion using Traditional Lutheran

Lenten Liturgy and Hymns

Genesis 9:8-17; Psalm 25:1-10; 1 Peter 3:18-22; Mark 1:9-15 (The Baptism and Temptation of Jesus)

10:30 am - Finding Your Cave: Listening Spaces

Psalm 5:3-7; 1 Kings 19:11-12

Sometimes we just need to get away in order to hear from that "still small voice" within. This quiet voice is an attribute of the Holy Living God, as Elijah found out in a cave where he expected to experience God in big wind and earthquake and fire. What is your "cave" equivalent? What place (a park, a path, a rocking chair, a shoreline) and practice (walking, journaling, reading, making art) helps you get quiet enough for long enough so you can hear past the chaos and into the depths of your life?

Service of Holy Communion using Contemplative elements of spiritual disciplines for the Lenten journey.

Annual Congregational Meeting

and Lunch This Sunday,

February 18 @ 11:45 am

Our Annual Congregational Meeting

for the presentation of the 2018 ministry budget, will be held Sunday, February 18 immediately following the 10:30 worship service. The meeting will be followed by a soup and sandwich lunch in the Community Room, hosted by the Mission Council.

OTD Lunch Bunch Will Meet

Next Wednesday,

February 21 @ Noon

Golden Corral Buffet,

Dave Lyle Blvd.

Beer and Hymns

Sunday, February 25, 2018

6:00 - 7:30 pm

Epiphany's Community Room

Come and enjoy some great fellowship and songs, food, and beverages!

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Epiphany Women's Retreat!
April 20-22, 2018

Lutheridge - Arden, NC

The total cost for a room and four meals is $140.00 for a double occupancy room or $170.00 for a single room. We need the remaining amount of money due for the retreat by Sunday March 25 . If you have previously made a deposit, please make out a check for the remainder. You can give the money to Joy Robinson, Sally Lingle, or Debbie Keener. Please make checks out to Epiphany Lutheran Church. If the deadline is a problem for you, please talk to Joy, Sally, or Debbie. A sign-up sheet will be placed on the table in the gathering room. Whether you have the money or not, and you want to go, please indicate your interest on the sign-up sheet.

Monday Morning Study Group

Epiphany's Monday Morning Group meets each Monday at 10:30 AM. For February 19, we're reading Chapter 7, "Getting High with Jesus," in Tripp Fuller's Homebrewed Christianity Guide to Jesus. Anyone interested is welcome to join us!

Syrian Working Group's Informational Lunch

Tuesday, February 27, 11:30-1:00, the Syrian Working Group's first 2018 event will be an informational lunch at Oakland Avenue Presbyterian Church, 421 Oakland Ave. Cost is $6.00. Photographer Tina Manley and Helen Guinness, who visited our project's schools in Syria and Lebanon last summer, will report on their experiences and observations. A full schedule of the group's planned events is now available on Epiphany's information table in the gathering area.

Fabric, Rope, Cord Needed

Joy Robinson is looking for used and/or scraps of fabric, rope, and cord to make an item for the women's retreat. Any kind of fabric is fine: old sheets, duvet fabric, curtains, tablecloths, old clothing, etc. They can be any length. Please bring them to the church or call Joy Robinson and she will come to your house to get it. Her number is 803-366-7660.