Category: Worship - Edmonds Presbyterian Church

OUTREACH

11/30/2022

This month we thank choir director Kathy M for the beautiful choir music she put together for Kathryn Goren’s Memorial Service held on November 6 here at Edmonds Presbyterian Church. It was wonderful seeing so many old friends attend and take part in the singing of many old and new songs that were a lovely tribute to Kathryn who loved and supported our church so much.
The choir will continue to perform through December this year with a special program planned for December 11. If you love music and like to sing please consider joining our choir and lending your voice to praising our Lord.
Margaret S, EPC Outreach Elder

Home Communion

1/27/2022

You’re invited to join us for Home Communion If you cannot gather in person, we will gather over the internet to share the Lord’s Supper together. On Sunday, February 6th, at 1PM we will gather via Zoom for home communion together. We will have a special solo by Jerry Goodman as part of our service. Please have your own bread (simple is best), and grape juice / wine or other beverage common to your home.

You’re invited to join us for Home Communion

9/29/2021

If you are not able to gather in person, we will gather over the internet to share the Lord’s Supper together. On Sunday, October 10th, at 1 PM we will gather via Zoom for home communion together. We will have a special solo by Jerry G as part of our service. Please have your own bread (simple is best), and grape juice / wine or other beverage common to your home. You may “Zoom in” in from your phone, Smartphone, or computer.

Ash Wednesday

2/3/2021

Hello EPC Family,
It will soon be the season of Lent, a time of repentance and reflection. Ash Wednesday, February 17th marks the beginning of this season.
This year we will be unable to have an in person service in which our pastor would make the sign of the cross on the foreheads of the congregants. Often the ashes are palm fronds that have been burned from the previous year’s Palm Sunday service.

An At Home Activity of Fire and Ashes was developed by Jerusalem G.

An at-home Ash Wednesday fire can be done around a small fire pit in any backyard, on a roof top, on the beach, or on your deck. The activity can be large-scale with a community; or small-scale around a group of candles or indoor fireplace. The point is not how grand your fire, but instead that you make time for the occasion in the first place.

Materials Needed
A fire
Marshmallows
Sticks
Pieces of paper
pencils, markers, or crayons

How To Do It:
1. Toasting Marshmallows
Everyone loves to make s’mores and toast marshmallows over an open fire! But have you ever watched a marshmallow burn to a crisp? A marshmallow that has been burned on the outside is still soft on the inside, so much softer than it was before. This is a great tactile example of how God uses the “refining fires” of life (pain, loss, change, love, etc) to soften our hearts and loosen our grip on the illusion of control. Consider roasting marshmallows to a crisp, explaining this illustration as you do so.
2. Burning of Confessions
Somewhere near your fire, perhaps on a small table, provide all those in attendance with pencil and paper and with a small sign that prompts each person to write down those things that they would like to confess, to have burned away from their past, that they feel a call to repent of. Make sure to have markers and crayons on hands for children. Have younger children draw out their confessions.
Have everyone crumple up and toss their confessions into the fire, or put them on the end of a roasting stick. As they add their confessions to the fire, have each person recite this Psalm:
“God, make a fresh start in me, shape a Genesis week from the chaos of my life”
(Psalm 51:10, The Message).
3. Concluding
When everyone has added their confessions to the fire, take time to watch them burn in silence. Once the papers are no longer visible, say to each other “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”

After the fire has cooled, return the ashes to the earth, perhaps in a garden area, where something new will spring from among the ashes.

This activity comes from Jerusalem’s book A Homemade Year: The Blessings of Cooking, Crafting and Coming Together.

You’re invited to join us for Home Communion

2/3/2021

While we cannot gather in person, we will gather over the internet to share the Lord’s Supper together. On Sunday, February 7th, at 2 PM (following our usual 1 PM check-in) we will gather via Zoom for home communion together. We will have a special solo by Jerry G as part of our service. Please have your own bread (simple is best), and grape juice / wine or other beverage common to your home. You may “Zoom in” in from your phone, Smartphone, or computer. Please contact the church office for Zoom instructions for all EPC meetings.

Sunday Worship by Mail, too!

12/1/2020

Do you know someone (maybe you?) who would like to receive a mailed copy of the Sunday worship and sermon each week? Contact Kim or Pastor Amy to be added to our list.

ADVENT, CHRISTMAS SERVICE, and EVENTS

12/1/2020

Come and join us *ONLINE* as we prepare to welcome the Christ Child!
First: Find 5 candles (traditionally three purple, one pink, and one white – but any candles will do!) to set up your own Advent Candles for this year. Each Sunday you will be invited to light your candles as the worship leader lights theirs. We have a limited number of Advent Candles and candle holders at church, as well as many tea lights and holders. Please contact Pastor Amy or Kim if you’d like candles or holders for your Advent observance.
November 29th The First Sunday of Advent with candle lighting (in our email worship), Online Fellowship at 1 PM.
December 6th The Second Sunday of Advent with candle lighting (in our email worship), Online Fellowship at 1 PM, and Communion together online at 2 PM.
December 13th The Third Sunday of Advent with candle lighting (in our email worship), Online Fellowship at 1 PM.
LIVE online Zoom worship, The Fourth Sunday of Advent, Sunday, December 20th at 10 AM. Soloists from the choir will lead us in a special musical service with the Christmas story presented in song.
Christmas Eve worship LIVE online Zoom worship at 7:30 PM
We will celebrate the birth of Jesus with story and song. The service will conclude with candle lighting.

You’re invited to join Pastor Amy for Home Communion

11/10/2020

While we cannot gather in person, we will gather over the internet to share the Lord’s Supper together. On Sunday, December 6th, at 2 PM (following our usual 1 PM check-in) we will gather via Zoom for home communion together. We will have a special solo by Jerry G as part of our service. Please have your own bread (simple is best), and grape juice / wine or other beverage common to your home. You may “zoom in” in from your phone, smartphone, or computer.

Sunday Worship by Mail, too!

11/10/2020

Do you know someone (maybe you?) who would like to receive a mailed copy of the Sunday worship and sermon each week? Contact Kim or Pastor Amy to be added to our list.

You’re invited to join Pastor Amy for Home Communion

10/1/2020

While we cannot gather in person, we will gather over the internet to share the Lord’s Supper together. On Sunday, October 4th, at 2 PM (following our usual 1 PM check-in) we will gather via Zoom for home communion together. We will have a special solo by Jerry G as part of our service. Please have your own bread (simple is best), and grape juice / wine or other beverage common to your home. You may “zoom in” in from your phone, smartphone, or computer.