Welcome to the great drama of Holy Week! This Sunday we embark upon a journey with Jesus. It is a dramatic journey from His triumphal entry…to His cross…to His empty tomb. Practically, for us, it is 5 services in 8 days—the most concentrated season of worship on the church calendar. I can recall earlier days in my Anglican journey, where I thought this was way too much. I tended to opt out of this or that service. Selectively attend. Certainly did not immerse myself in th

“We do not presume to come to this your table, O merciful Lord, trusting in our own righteousness, but in your abundant and great mercies. We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under your table; but Grant us, therefore, gracious Lord, so to eat the flesh of your dear Son Jesus Christ, and to drink his blood, that our sinful bodies may be made clean by his body, and our souls washed through his most precious blood..." — The Book of Common Prayer 2019, pg. 135 T

Why are we doing this? And is it safe? By Fr Steve Lake First, let me address why? The short answer to the 'why?'-question is that it is an historic practice with symbolic theological significance that dates back, at least, to Jesus and the Last Supper...but more likely, all the way back to the first Passover meal in Egypt. No joke. As St Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 10:16-17: The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread that

Maybe you’ve come to Church of the Resurrection from another church tradition, or you’ve never really been deeply involved in church...

What do we believe as an Anglican parish?