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A house of prayer for all people

For my part, as the Bishop of the Diocese of Oregon, I stand with Bishop Curry and affirm our diocesan family as a house of prayer for all people. Our LGBT brothers and sisters should expect to find a welcome in the churches of the Episcopal Diocese of Oregon this Sunday. I remain in prayer for the Anglican Communion and for my brother Bishop Michael Curry as he works to bring God’s message of love to the primates of the Anglican Communion.

The Rt. Rev. Michael Hanley

Episcopal Bishop of Oregon

Source: On our relationship with the Anglican Communion – Episcopal Diocese of Oregon

Studying Your Congregation and Community | Episcopal Church

The most recent results are in from the annual Parochial Reports. The following links are to PDFs with information about St. Alban’s, our community, and the Diocese.

Participation and Giving Trends at St. Alban’s: http://pr.dfms.org/study/exports/7137-7303_20160112_11585657.pdf

Community Profile: http://pr.dfms.org/study/StaticPDFs/7/7137-7303.pdf

Diocese of Oregon Participation and Giving Trends: http://pr.dfms.org/study/exports/5010-8471_20160112_11584562.pdf

Source: Studying Your Congregation and Community | Episcopal Church

Healing Service

This month, the Healing Service will be on Friday January 8th at 10:30 am, followed by Lunch Bunch at Cellar Cat downtown.

Upcoming Services

The Christmas Eve Service will begin at 7:30 pm December 24 with prelude music, followed by the First Mass of Christmas at 8 pm.

The Christmas Day Service will be at 9:30 am December 25.

Dec 27th: Holy Eucharist with Christmas Season hymns 9:30 am

Dec 28th: Funeral for Elaine Davis, 2 pm

Jan 1st: Holy Name of Jesus: Holy Eucharist 9:30 am

Jan 8th: Healing Service 10:30 am

Thanks to the Sunday School teacher and children for the symbols on the Jesse Tree, reminding us of Jesus’ ancestry during Advent:

2015_Jesse_Tree 2015 Jesse Tree

The real gift of Christmas

A video courtesy of Acts 8:

 

St. Alban’s Christmas Eve service will begin at 7:30 pm December 24 with prelude music, followed by the First Mass of Christmas at 8 pm.

The Christmas Day service will be at 9:30 am December 25.

Holy Name of Jesus service January 1, 9:30 am.

Christmas Services

The Christmas Eve Service will begin at 7:30 pm December 24 with prelude music, followed by the First Mass of Christmas at 8 pm.

The Christmas Day Service will be at 9:30 am December 25.

Advent Lessons, Poetry and Hymns

On December 6th at 7 pm

This is a service based on the Prayer Book “An Order for the Evening,” with the singing of Advent Hymns and the recitation of scripture readings with poetry. The service lasts about an hour. This would be a good occasion to invite a friend to worship with you as we prepare for the Christmas celebrations at the end of December!

Upcoming Events

November 25 at 7:30 pm – Thanksgiving Eve Service

November 29 – First Sunday of Advent

December 6 at 7 pm – Advent Lessons, Poetry, and Hymns

December 24 Christmas Eve Service – 7:30 pm Music, 8 pm Liturgy

December 25 at 9:30 am – Christmas Service

Bazaar

The Episcopal Church Women host a Bazaar the first Saturday of every November. Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2015 Bazaar!

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