Top Ten Reasons to Come to Easter Mass at StEAM!

10.  Its at 9:0O instead of the usual 11:15, which for some of us may as well be a Sunrise  service.
9.  This year the altar frontal will NOT be held together with safety pins.  (I didn't say it was finished, but it is pin free!)
8.  There will be no liturgical dance. None.
7.  There will be altar flowers!  Yea for FLOWERS!!!
6.  We get to say that "A- Word" again! 
5.  Lent isn't over until you've been to Easter Mass.  (Because I say so, that's why!)
4. A special guest soloist will amaze and astonish you (hopefully in a good way... he's ten!) with "Ode to Joy!"
3.  The deacon hasn't spilt the wine in weeks... she's over due for a big one.  Kind of like the San Andreas Fault.
2.  Acolyte antics.  God helps us all.

And the number one
Indisputable
most awesome reason ever
to attend Easter Mass (at StEAM or anywhere)....

1.  Christ is risen from the dead, the first fruits of them that sleep... for by his death he has destroyed death and by his rising to life he has won for us life everlasting! 

From Facebook!

Anglican Church in North America shared Anglican Relief & Development Fund's photo.

Hurricane Sandy relief continues in New Jersey.

Another shout-out from Covenant Chapel REC in Basking Ridge, New Jersey--our partner in Hurricane Sandy relief work!

ARDF has sent over $26,000 to three parishes in the area to support their relief efforts.

Thanks to the Covenant Chapel youth group for their faithfulness!

More info about our relief work:http://anglicanaid.net/ardf-partners-with-anglican-churches-in-new-jersey-and-new-york-to-rebuild-after-the-devastation-of-hurricane-sandy/

Holy Week Schedule

Stations of the Cross: Tuesday 7:00 PM
Stripping of the Altar: Thursday 7:00 PM
Good Friday:  2:00 PM
Easter Sunday: 9:00 AM

A few announcements!

Congratulations to Harry Ladley and Isaac Jernigan, who were confirmed today at St.EAM! 
Congratulations to Alicia Ahart, who received the Archbishop's award for exemplary service!

In other announcements:

Bible Study has moved to every Monday at 7:00 in the chapel! 

Ash Wednesday liturgy with imposition of Ashes will be this Wednesday at 4:00. 

On the fifth day of Christmas my true love gave to me....

Merry Christmas!  It still is Christmas, so sing those carols and freak out the cashier at the grocery store by wishing him a Merry Christmas!  Its the most fun you can have with liturgical Christianity! 

Merry Christmas, StEAM!  Merry Christmas!!!

We are officially a parish!

St. Elizabeth's Anglican Mission was officially and unanimously accepted as a Parish (with all the rights and priviledges thereof) of the Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh this morning.  The picture above is from the diocesan facebook page.  We were invited to give a mission minute sharing our vision for church with the Convention and in the photo above, Tony Ahart shared a bit about how we do the mobile sacristy (a.k.a. church-in-a-box).  Several people approached us afterward to ask how they could replicate the StEAM vision, so expect more StEAM-like congregations to pop up around the country! 

We're no longer a church plant, folks... StEAM is the real deal!

Happy Anniversary St. Elizabeth's....

Okay, more like a year and a month, but we had fun! Just uploading a few pictures for the good of the order! Thanks to Jenni Bartling from the diocese for joining us, to Tony and Alicia Ahart for tons of chicken, and to the good folks at Vanadium Woods for putting up with our silliness for a whole year!

 

During church!  Isaac snapped a few photographs to remember the day!

 

Then Kathy invited a choir in to sing for the whole VW Community!  Everyone loved their wondeful music!

 

 

Thanks to everyone who made it a great day!