Epworth held its annual Harvest Festival on Sunday, October 13th this year. It is a time to recognize our many blessings from Christ, which prompts generosity to others as our proper response. Harvest Festival is an Anglican tradition dating back to 1843, and has been an annual celebration at Epworth for years. Epworthies celebrate Harvest…
Recently I was teaching my history students about early monks and ascetics. Unsurprisingly, they reacted to the details of St. Anthony’s and St. Symeon’s lives rather strongly. My 21st century teenagers find the idea of strict ascetic practices very off-putting. I really don’t blame them, although I hope to sway their perspective. In our modern…
As the school year began, Pastor John and his boys (Josiah, Stephen, and Asher) delivered much-needed school supplies to Koelsch Elementary. This has been an annual effort by Epworthies for many years, donating everything from paper and pencils to Kleenex and backpacks. The cost of buying school supplies can be daunting for many local parents,…
For several weeks this summer Epworth was blessed to have a Mandela Washington Fellowship recipient visiting our congregation. Fleurot Raharilala was one of the 100+ up-and-coming African leaders recognized by this State Department program that offers training on US college campuses around the country to further the skills of these remarkable young people. Fleurot teaches…
The Epworth stained glass windows were all designed and constructed by artist Carolyn Houts Gilbert. On the completion of the project Epworth held a celebration and dedication service. On that occasion Gilbert said, “The thing I most want you to know about my involvement in this window replacement project is that I wanted to do…
As children of a creative God, we are most like our heavenly Father when we develop the creativity with which He has gifted us. This creativity is nurtured in many ways at Epworth Chapel on the Green, through our music, public reading, book and poetry groups, sharing our cooking and gardening, and in the art…
A quiet Place for Meditation A recent family who visited Epworth from our neighborhood said they came because their eight-year-old daughter liked to sit in our garden. We couldn’t have been more thrilled. That is exactly what we hoped to offer to our community when we developed the garden. In our world of noise and…