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This Edition's Feature Article:
"No Strings Attached: An Invitation to Those Who Found Us Through the Erie Times-News"
Trinity Anglican Fellowship
is a new and growing congregation in Erie, Pennsylvania. We are a mission of the Anglican Church in North America through the Anglican Mission in the Americas. We are under the ecclesiastical oversight of Bishop Doc Loomis.
We have ministries for adults, youth, and children. Click HERE for Sunday service location and time.
We have ministries for adults, youth, and children. Click HERE for Sunday service location and time.
We Believe That...
The Holy Scriptures are the Word of God. They hold a prominent and authoritative role in the life of the church (2 Timothy 3:16-17; Hebrews 4:12).
Jesus Christ is Lord. He is God's plan for humankind to be reconciled with God (John 14:6; 2 Corinthians 5:19).
Salvation is God's free gift by faith. God calls everyone to repent of their sin and, by his grace, to walk in newness of life (Ephesians 2:8-9; Romans 6:4; I John 1:9).
God knows what is best for his children. While we recognize that we live in a pluralistic society, we contend that the only way to keep one's way pure is to guard it according to God's Word (Psalm 119:9; Proverbs 14:12).
God inhabits the praise of his people. Through the Holy Spirit, God is truly among us as we worship him in spirit and in truth (Matthew 18:20; John 4:24).
The Holy Scriptures are the Word of God. They hold a prominent and authoritative role in the life of the church (2 Timothy 3:16-17; Hebrews 4:12).
Jesus Christ is Lord. He is God's plan for humankind to be reconciled with God (John 14:6; 2 Corinthians 5:19).
Salvation is God's free gift by faith. God calls everyone to repent of their sin and, by his grace, to walk in newness of life (Ephesians 2:8-9; Romans 6:4; I John 1:9).
God knows what is best for his children. While we recognize that we live in a pluralistic society, we contend that the only way to keep one's way pure is to guard it according to God's Word (Psalm 119:9; Proverbs 14:12).
God inhabits the praise of his people. Through the Holy Spirit, God is truly among us as we worship him in spirit and in truth (Matthew 18:20; John 4:24).
Mark Your
Calendars
World Mission Sunday: The Last Sunday after Epiphany: February 14. A special offering will be taken.
Ash Wednesday Service: February 17, 6:30 p.m.
Bishop Loomis Visits: Sunday, March 14, with Training in Sexual Misconduct Awareness & Prevention (for our church members) to take place after Sunday morning worship.
Bishop Loomis Visits: Sunday, April 18, to celebrate the rite of Confirmation for youth and adults.
Bishop Loomis Visits: Sunday, April 18, to celebrate the rite of Confirmation for youth and adults.
World Mission Day 2010
At the Anglican Church in North America Council Meeting in December 2009, Archbishop Robert Duncan announced the first World Mission Day for the new province. He said "The coming together of the Anglican Church in North America presents an unparalleled opportunity for us to begin our life together with new patterns and commitments to spread the Gospel to the ends of the earth. Therefore, I am asking that the Last Sunday after Epiphany be observed each year as World Mission Sunday. In 2010 that day will be Sunday, February 14. On that day I am asking all ACNA churches to highlight this call to world mission through prayers, testimonies, stewardship and education."
A special offering will be taken on February 14 at Trinity Anglican
A Sermon Series for the Sundays after Epiphany: How the Scripture Readings Impact the Mission of the Church
January 10. "Don't Let the World Squeeze You into it's Own Mold: Romans 12:1-5 and the Mission of the Church"
January 17. "Let Love Be Genuine: Romans 12:6-16 and the Mission of the Church"
January 24. "Never Be Wise in Your Own Sight: Romans 12:16-21 and the Mission of the Church"
January 31. "Run to Get the Prize: I Corinthians 9:24-27 and the Mission of the Church"
February 7. "Sowing Good Seed in Good Soil: Luke 8:4-15 and the Mission of the Church"
February 14. "Loving the LORD Your God: Deuteronomy 10:12 through 11:1 and the Mission of the Church"
January 17. "Let Love Be Genuine: Romans 12:6-16 and the Mission of the Church"
January 24. "Never Be Wise in Your Own Sight: Romans 12:16-21 and the Mission of the Church"
January 31. "Run to Get the Prize: I Corinthians 9:24-27 and the Mission of the Church"
February 7. "Sowing Good Seed in Good Soil: Luke 8:4-15 and the Mission of the Church"
February 14. "Loving the LORD Your God: Deuteronomy 10:12 through 11:1 and the Mission of the Church"
We Are...
An orthodox Anglican Fellowship. With over two thousand years of Christianity behind us, our faith and spirituality have been formed by various epochs and movements, notably: the teachings of the Undivided Church (the 'Patristic Era'), the English Reformation of the Sixteenth Century, the 'Caroline Divinity' of the Seventeenth Century, and the Evangelical Revival of the Eighteenth Century. We have been touched by the Oxford Movement of the Nineteenth Century and the Charismatic Movement of the Twentieth Century. In facing the challenges of today, we endorse the Jerusalem Declaration as well as the Constitution of the Anglican Church in North America.
An Ancient-Future Fellowship. We bear witness today to the ancient faith "once for all delivered to the saints (Jude 3)" and guarded by ancient ecumenical consensus. When, in our worship, we reenact God's saving deeds, God truly comes among us and brings us into a deeper walk with him and each other, empowering us to be his servants in this world. Our goal is not so much to be "relevant;" our goal is to be authentic. The best way for us to bring Christian authenticity into the contemporary world in a meaningful way is through the Ancient-Future model of ministry. In an age that challenges all things Christian, we see God at work among us through form and spontaneity, through Word and Sacrament, through traditional hymns and today's praise music, through liturgical trappings and simplicity.
A 'Three-Streams' Fellowship. We consider the three streams of orthodox Anglicanism--Evangelical, Anglo-Catholic, and Charismatic--as complementary. Our Fellowship is comprised of Christians who bring various gifts and skills from these three streams and our worship and ministry are enriched by them.
A Note on Our Liturgy
As the Anglican Church in North America is currently preparing a new Book of Common Prayer for its congregations, we will, in the interim, continue to use a modern language version of the historic English Rite.
Click HERE for Sunday service location and time.
The Lake Erie Confessing Anglican is the online newsletter of Trinity Anglican Fellowship in Erie, Pennsylvania
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