Dear Epiphany, Thanksgiving will be different this year. It will be our Thanksgiving in the Great Timeout, and, well, at least for me, that is a hard thing to be thankful for. At the very least, this plague is what is keeping so many of us apart on what is normally a holiday of friends
Sherilyn Peterson As far back as I can remember, Epiphany has generously helped YWCA shelter families with seasonal giving. Parishioners provide cheery Easter baskets. At the end of Summer we provision, stuff and deliver back-to-school backpacks. We collect pumpkins, costumes, candy and carving toys for Halloween. We provide generous baskets of food to families
This November, we will hold fast to the reality of our interconnectedness across time, place, and preference in a series of worship and prayer opportunities. All Saints Day & Baptisms November 1 | 9:00 & 11:15 am | Church This is a major feast day of the church and is also a
Dear Epiphany, The role of the church in these shifting, divisive, anxiety-provoking times is TO BE. To be church. To be the loving community. It is our duty to be here – more than a leader, or a moral arbitrator, or an advocate, or instigator – but as a permanent spiritual center of gravity.
We are fasting for peace and unity and reconciliation. The fast will take place each of the five Fridays in October. The fast will include abstinence from food for a 24-hour period of time, starting at sunset Thursday evening and breaking at sunset Friday evening. The fast will be broken with the Eucharist each Friday
In September, Doyt+ preached a sermon series on politics in the Kingdom of God, laying out a Christian framework for discerning in our democratic system. Catch up on these sermons in the videos below.
Epiphany Seattle’s Virtual Concerts in the Courtyard Series Fridays | July 3, 10, 17, 24, 31| 6:30 PM | Live on YouTube “Much of the power of our Freedom Movement in the United States has come from [jazz]. It has strengthened us with its sweet rhythms when courage began to fail. It has calmed us
Dear Epiphany, The Hebrew people laid claim to the idea that no one should spend a lifetime in servitude. The entire Jewish tradition is built on the story of their emancipation from the yoke of slavery under the Egyptians. To this day, the Jewish people remember and celebrate their liberation. And so, they proclaimed: “You
Dear Epiphany, From the early days of the stay-at-home order, I have been referring to this time of COVID-19 as the Great Timeout. The name came, of course, from my experience as a parent, sending my children to timeout to consider what they had done, and not come out until they were ready to apologize