| Entr'acte this Sunday |
 Entr'acte // The Wisdom of Work // Parish Library @ 10:20 a.m. this Sunday and the next three Sundays: Work holds an important place in our lives and seems to only become more and more absorbing. What does our philosophical and theological heritage have to say about work and its meaning? Beginning with the ancient Greeks, moving through the middle ages, and ending with contemporary perspectives from philosophers and theologians, we will consider how work has been reflected upon, what sorts of work have been considered valuable (or not), and how we as Christians might consider our work in relationship to our faith. This last question is especially important when we recognize that in the Judeo-Christian tradition rest from work seems just as prized as work itself, if not more so. As our lives get busier and busier and more occupied with work, why and how should we make space for rest from labor? The series will be followed in November with a look at Sabbath, rest and its value for Christian life.
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| Evensong & Benediction |
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| William Walton |
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This Sunday evening, our monthly series of Choral Evensong and Organ Recitals begins.
At 4:30 pm, renowned organist Colin Lynch will play a program of Lefébure-Wely, Whitlock and Mulet. At 5:00 pm, the Choir of the Church of the Advent will sing Evensong, featuring Sir William Walton's Chichester Service,
and his beautiful setting of "Drop, drop, slow tears."
Following the one-hour service,
our series of Evensong & Benediction Talks begins immediately in Moseley Hall. Organist and Choirmaster Mark Dwyer will present a brief lecture about the life and times of Sir William Walton.
A light soup supper will be served and all are invited. E&B Talks are open to everyone, especially younger parishioners and guests who may not be as familiar with our rich musical and liturgical life here at the Advent. Each evening will comprise a short talk followed by a period for Q&A.
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| Mission Offering |
Advent's Mission Sunday was a great success.
Thanks to all who gave for the special mission offering. So far we have raised over $2,600! Mission offering envelopes are still available if you weren't able to give yet. So many vital ministries here at the Advent can and will be supported as a result of your generosity. - Eric Fialho, Pastoral Assistant
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| Coming This Fall: Special "Mini-Conference" |
Mark your calendars now for a special event in advance of the American Academy of Religion Meeting in Boston:
"Anglo-Catholicism: Uncovering Roots", November 15-16, 2017.
PLEASE REGISTER BY NOVEMBER 8!
What
is Anglo-Catholicism? This brief conference, on the eve of the annual meeting of the AAR, will delve into our broad tradition in a bid to remember and retrieve the best of the past for a faithful future. Inspired by the Anglo-Catholic congresses of the 20th century, young scholars will deliver papers on the holy, catholic, apostolic pattern of Scripture, sacraments, prayer, and the Church herself, formed by God in Christ.
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| A Language Lesson in a Collect |
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| Thomas Cranmer |
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The Collect for this Sunday (Proper 23) is one of the Prayer Book's classics, and a lesson in the evolution of the English language. For 400 years, this Collect was prayed on the 17th Sunday after Trinity (as the calendar was then reckoned):
"Lord, we pray thee that thy grace may always prevent and follow us, and make us continually to be given to
all good works; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen."
This is Archbishop Thomas Cranmer's original translation from the Gregorian Sacramentary for the first Book of Common Prayer. The word "prevent" had come into the English language about 100 years earlier as a literal translation of the Latin
praevenire, "to go before" - i.e., in the modern sense, "to precede." But "precede", which entered the language at about the same time, meant essentially the same thing. Further confusing matters, already in Cranmer's day "precede" and "prevent" - in its modern meaning of "hinder" - were beginning to change places, and by the 20th century the original meaning of "prevent" was a quaint antique, surviving only in this Collect and in the theological term "prevenient grace". And so the 1979 Prayer Book changed "prevent" to "precede," leaving the traditional version of the prayer otherwise untouched.
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| Sunday's Collect |
Lord, we pray thee that thy grace may always precede and follow us, and make us continually to be given to all good works; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
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