Episcopal Church of the Creator

Images of Holy Saturday 2012

Steve Mullen — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:51:04 +0000

As in previous years, children and adults alike had a fantastic time at Creator’s annual Holy Saturday festivities. Children were treated to a reenactment of the trial of Jesus. Father Bill was the chief prosecutor with the church Youth Group handling multiple duties during the trial. The children attending acted as the jury, whose decisions were often ignored. Children were also treated to the chance to build the Holy City out of materials found on the church grounds. The day culminated with a giant Easter egg hunt and a cookout lunch! Below is a slideshow of just a few snapshots taken that day. If you haven’t attended, be sure to make it next year!

2012 Holy Week Schedule

Steve Mullen — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:55:54 +0000

Here’s the schedule of Holy Week activities for 2012:

Wednesday, April 4

6-4 p.m. – Stations of the cross

Maundy Thursday, April 5

7 p.m. – Eucharist and Foot Washing (with stripping of the altar)
8 p.m. – Maundy Thursday Vigil begins

Good Friday, April 6

7 p.m. – Good Friday Liturgy and Communion from the Reserve Sacrament
7:45 p.m. – The Passion of the Christ (film)

Holy Saturday, April 7

9:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Children’s activities: Recreation of the Holy City, Easter Story by Fr. Bill and the Youth Group, and Easter egg hunt. All children and young adults welcome. Parents please bring an Easter basket for eggs.

Easter Sunday, April 8

10 a.m. – Festal Eucharist with Flowering of the Cross

The Greening of the Church 2011

Steve Mullen — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:39:20 +0000

Our elves were hard at work on the evening of Wednesday, December 21 to get the church green for Christmas weekend! Click on the image to see a larger version.

2011 Christmas Season Schedule

Steve Mullen — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:42:15 +0000

Here’s a look at the schedule for the Christmas season 2011:

Sat, Dec. 24th (Christmas Eve) 5:00 pm – Holy Eucharist and Christmas Pageant
Sat, Dec.24th (Christmas Eve) 10:15 pm – 10:30 pm Choral Prelude
Sat, Dec. 24th (Christmas Eve) 10:30 pm – Festal Eucharist
Sun, Dec. 25th (Christmas Day) 10:00 am – Holy Eucharist
Fri, Jan. 6th (Epiphany) 6:30 – 7:00 pm – De-greening
Fri, Jan. 6th (Epiphany) 7:00 pm – Holy Eucharist
Fri, Jan. 6th (Epiphany) 8:00 pm – Burning of the Greens

New Online Creator Calendar

Steve Mullen — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:46:13 +0000

Just a quick heads up about a new feature on creatorfamily.net. We’ve installed a new online calendar, to keep you up-to-date on church events. You can check it out at this link. We will, of course, continue to highlight events on the front page as well.

New 2012 Vestry Members

Steve Mullen — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:24:32 +0000

Our congregation recently voted in new members to our vestry! Please welcome the following new vestry members, who will take office on January 1:

Lee Barron
Sheila Hall
Steve Read

We’d also like to recognize Patti Jackson, John Messere and Eric Knopf, whose terms as vestry members are ending. Thank you for your service to Episcopal Church of the Creator!

2011 Christmas Pageant Information

Steve Mullen — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:00:30 +0000

Creator Christmas Pageant 2010

The 2011 Christmas Pageant will take place on Christmas Eve at the early service, and all children are welcome to participate.

Children in 3rd grade and younger will be the followers following the lead Angel, lead Sheppard, lead Townsperson and, of course, filling the role of the animals in the pageant.

Children in 4th through 6th grade will be cast as the lead Angel, lead Sheppard, lead Townsperson, Zechariah, Elizabeth, Joseph and Mary.

Narrators will be cast from some of the teenagers in the church.

Schedule:

Sunday December 11 and Sunday December 18: Children’s Choir practice immediately following the 10:30 service. Lunch will be served for all children downstairs after the 10:30 church service. Pageant Practice will start around 1 pm and end around 2:30pm.

Please contact Bonnie Hoffman for more information.

Back to Fall Hours!

Steve Mullen — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 13:50:55 +0000

If you haven’t been to service for a couple of weeks, note that we have moved back to fall hours! Our services are now at 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. This Sunday (September 25) we will only have ONE service, held at 10:30 a.m., due to the visit from Bishop Johnston.

Summer hours start June 5

Steve Mullen — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 16:47:22 +0000

Just a reminder, our summer service hours begin on June 5! This means that our normal 10:30 a.m. service will slide to 10:00 a.m. This summer, our 8 a.m. service will remain the same.

UPDATED: Holy Saturday 2011 Pictures

Steve Mullen — Thu, 19 May 2011 18:43:24 +0000

As always, the children and adults all had a great time on Holy Saturday. The children were first treated to a lesson from Father Bill, with fantastic assistance from the Youth Group. Then, they visited a model of Jerusalem. Then, after what surely to them seemed like an eternity, there was of course the Easter Egg Hunt. The festivities were wrapped up by a fabulous lunch. If you haven’t attended Holy Saturday before, be sure you don’t miss it next year! Below are a few pictures from the day.

If you have pictures from the day that you’d be willing to share, please email them to creatorcontact@comcast.net and they’ll be added to this slideshow!

UPDATE: Thanks to John Messere for sending some of his fantastic pictures. They have been added to the slideshow.