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Blessings of the bread, wine, and altar at tonight

Blessings of the bread, wine, and altar at tonight’s Maundy Thursday Supper & Eucharist 🍞 🍷 🍽️ #maundythursday #holyweek #holythursday #supper #eucharist #love #loveoneanother

🌿 Blessed Palm Sunday! 🌿 Holy Week begins …See you on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and Easter Sunday!

#holyweek #palmsunday #palms #procession #liturgy #episcopal #welcome #pray #almosteaster #downtowndetroit #detroit #churchesofdetroit #episcopalchurchwelcomesyou @episcopalmichigan

What an amazing concert by the incredible @voces8!

What an amazing concert by the incredible @voces8! #vocal #vocalmusic #choral #choralmusic #music #musiceducation #musicindetroit @voces8foundation

We wish you a merry Christmas, full of connection,

We wish you a merry Christmas, full of connection, love, and joy! You are always welcome, invited, and valued here ❤️🎄🌟🌈 💗

#christmas #merrychristmas #joy #love #belonging #welcome #lgbt #lgbtchurch #lgbtdetroit #episcopal #home #family #churchfamily #chosenfamily

Merry Christmas to all! May grace, love, and joy b

Merry Christmas to all! May grace, love, and joy be yours, today and always.

And so many thanks and happy birthday to floral iconographer, Richard Thomas! 🌺

#christmas #merrychristmas #christmasflowers #christmaslove #christmasjoy #flowers #floral #love #joy #welcome #belonging #beauty #hope #grace #episcopal #detroit #downtowndetroit #home @scs_richardsrambles

O come, all ye faithful 🎶 Merry Christmas!🎄

O come, all ye faithful 🎶 Merry Christmas!🎄 #christmas #detroit #downtowndetroit #welcome #joy #home #family #christmaspageant

🎄Celebrate Christmas Eve in the ❤️ of Detro

🎄Celebrate Christmas Eve in the ❤️ of Detroit
⭐️ 5:00pm Family Service & Children’s Pageant
🎶 9:00pm Choral Prelude
🕯️ 9:30pm Classic Candlelight Eucharist
🌈 All are welcome & invited!
#christmas #merrychristmas #christmasindetroit #downtowndetroit #detroitchurches #churchesofdetroit #lgbtchurch #affirmingchurch #welcome #episcopal #episcopalchurchwelcomesyou #belong #joy

🎄 Decking the halls and church for Christmas!🎄Thanks to every volunteer! #christmas #christmasgreens #christmastree #deckthehalls #episcopalchurch #welcome #thanks #teamwork

Advent Lessons & Carols tonight at 7pm, featuring

Advent Lessons & Carols tonight at 7pm, featuring choral & organ music, seasonal scriptures & carols, and contemporary poetry, followed by a festive reception 🥂🎄🎶 See you there! #advent #lessonsandcarols #choir #choral #liturgy #episcopal #episcopalchurch #episcopalchurchwelcomesyou #welcome #community #belovedcommunity #beauty

The 11th Annual Advent Diaper Drive is underway, s

The 11th Annual Advent Diaper Drive is underway, supporting @crossroadsofmi and @brilliantdetroit! As we prepare for the birth of Jesus, we’re also taking care of babies and families right here in our city. Can you help? Purchase diapers (all sizes/ages) and formula and bring them into church. Or make a gift at christcd.org/online-giving with “diapers” in the memo and we’ll do the shopping for you! #babies #kids #families #neighbors #neighborshelpingneighbors #detroitkids #detroitfamily #advent #christmas

Welcome to Christ Church, @thecommunitychorusofdet

Welcome to Christ Church, @thecommunitychorusofdetroit! How fun to host your wonderful holiday concerts! 🎶🎄 Bravi tutti! How about that afterglow?! #christmas #christmascookies #christmasmusic #christmasindetroit #detroitmusic #choralmusic #choirmusic #chorus #communitychorus #communitychoir #sing #singing #song

🔔 “Hark how the bells, sweet silver bells, al

🔔 “Hark how the bells, sweet silver bells, all seem to say throw cares away…” The Community Chorus of Detroit opening their holiday concert with #carolofthebells 🔔🎄 #christmas #merrychristmas #christmasmusic #choralmusic #choir #chorus @thecommunitychorusofdetroit @edmakischramm

Musings from Richard Thomas, floral iconographer,

Musings from Richard Thomas, floral iconographer, for the 2nd Sunday of Advent:

“The woods and every fragrant tree”
Simplicity
A wild soul cries out to me
Humility
Prepare, a way for noble tree
Specifically
And in the darkness light I see
Luminous city

We’re starting the second week of Advent and preparations are in earnest. There is no purity of season in the world outside, and no one worries about trying to restrain Christmas from taking over Advent. The action of preparation is the same as getting there with concerts, decorations, parties and greetings in full play. We’re having our cake and eating it too, and enjoying it all! This is living and loving life for many who are fortunate.

What I like about the restraint in the liturgy and season in the church by contrast is a collective quiet. It’s blue, it’s still advent. We await. Not everyone is fortunate.

The bonsai tree is the relationship and collaboration of two lives. In highly stylized fashion, with studious attending and complete dedication, that plant which appears to be shaped by natural forces and time becomes a poem. Did you ever consider the similarities between the art and practice of creating bonsai and any of the themes of advent?

The greens on the altar invite you to contemplate wild trees, stop and listen to the voices crying out in the wild places. What are you preparing?

The wilderness is the background for the voice that cries out to “prepare the way of the Lord.” It is the prophet’s voice that calls, the one who intuits the shape of things to come. Lives will change and be changed by coming events.

Why is the wilderness significant? Perhaps it is the untamed and chaotic part of nature that strips facades and teaches survival? Perhaps it is the restorative, immersive, elemental nature of wild life that leads to inner truth?

The penitential season of advent allows for retreat from colorful blooms to simpler greens in our floral offerings. We hear the passage read from Isaiah this morning, “The voice of one crying out in the wilderness to prepare the way of the Lord.”

-Richard Thomas,
Floral Iconographer
@scs_richardsrambles

A clip of “Barbershop” from the incredible Det

A clip of “Barbershop” from the incredible Detroit Core 375 world premiere, featuring @davemcmurraysax 🎷 Bravi tutti! detroitcore375.com

@ramconstructionservices @quinnevans.qe and @amhig

@ramconstructionservices @quinnevans.qe and @amhigley.co taking care of our 160-year-old sanctuary! We’re stronger with their help! #historicpreservation #historicrestoration #historicchurch #historicdetroit #downtowndetroit #churcharchitecture #architecture #masonry #construction #building #beauty #restorerenewrejoice

Christ Church stands at the intersection of Jeffer

Christ Church stands at the intersection of Jefferson and I-375, in a neighborhood deeply impacted by the original construction of I-375, and now poised at the edge of its re-imagination. This Monday, October 14th at 7pm, you’re invited to the world premiere of CORE 375, a multi-disciplinary concert event featuring @davemcmurraysax, @alicesun__ , @marsha_music, @michelleandonian, @isisdamil and @al_kay313. See detroitcore375.com for info & tickets. All ticket sales support the Christ Church Detroit Feeding Ministry, which hopes to expand as the weather gets colder. #core375 #detroitcore375 #detroit #downtowndetroit #detroitlove #detroithistory #historicdetroit

The Blessing of the Animals was great fun! 🦮🐖🐇🐈🐓 #stfrancis #stfrancisofassisi #blessingoftheanimals #petblessing #pettingzoo #pets #petstagram #petlovers #allcreaturesgreatandsmall #allmeansall #allarewelcome #welcome #episcopal #episcopalchurchwelcomesyou #downtowndetroit @episcopalmichigan

🐾 Come one, come all, come all creatures great

🐾 Come one, come all, come all creatures great and small to the Blessing of the Animals this Sunday, October 6th! 🐾
🐷 petting zoo open 9:00am-12:00pm
🐶 pet blessings at 9:30am & throughout the morning
🐸 and a visit from Dan the Creature Man at 12:00pm!
#blessingoftheanimals #stfrancis #stfrancisofassisi #allcreaturesgreatandsmall #pets #petlovers #petblessing #animals #creatures #wonder #love

Nina of @quinnevans.qe and Scott of @amhigley.co c

Nina of @quinnevans.qe and Scott of @amhigley.co checking out the great craftsmanship of @ramconstructionservices and #detroitcorniceandslate 👀👌 with sweet views of @gmrencen and @detroitriverfront too! #historicpreservation #historicrestoration #historicdetroit #downtowndetroit

Our rector Rev. Emily, general contractor Scott of

Our rector Rev. Emily, general contractor Scott of @amhigley.co, and architect Nina of @quinnevans.qe have been inspecting the new roof on Ledyard Hall. They report that it’s looking fantastic! #detroit #historicdetroit #historicpreservation #historicrestoration #restoration #slateroof #masonry #detroitcorniceandslate #ledyard100 #centennial #restorerenewrejoice @episcopalmichigan

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