Almighty and everlasting God, you hate nothing you have made, and you forgive the sins of all who are penitent: Create and make in us new and contrite hearts, that we, worthily lamenting our sins and acknowledging our wretchedness, may obtain of you, the God…
Ash Wednesday Eucharist
Join us and Spirit of Joy Church for a joint Ash Wednesday Worship Service on February 26th at 7pm. Service will include the imposition of ashes and Holy Communion. No childcare will be provided.
Public Ashes Drop-in
Drop in to receive ashes anytime from 12-2pm at Lincoln Lane Coffeehouse in Bates-Hendricks (516 Lincoln St in Indianapolis). We’ll do a short service at 12:15pm, but you can stop by anytime. Ashes are an ancient sign of penitence. From the Middle Ages it became…
Collect of the Week (Transfiguration)
O God, who before the passion of your only-begotten Son revealed his glory upon the holy mountain: Grant that we, beholding by faith the light of his countenance, may be strengthened to bear our cross, and be changed into his likeness from glory to glory;…
Daily Prayer Liturgies for Lent 2020
We’ve created three prayer liturgies for Lent: One for Daily Morning Prayer, One for Daily Evening Prayer, and An Evening Prayer liturgy designed to be prayed around a meal in Table Groups. Click the links below to download the liturgies. You can also pick up…
Collect of the Week (Epiphany 6)
Almighty God, look mercifully upon your people, that by your great goodness they may be governed and preserved evermore; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, now and for ever. Amen.
How To Fast For Lent
Fasting is one of the traditional practices of Lent, which starts on Ash Wednesday (February 26 this year), and lasts until Easter Sunday. We are told in Matthew 4:1-11 that Jesus spent forty days fasting in the wilderness and afterwards “he was starving.” Many of…
Collect of the Week (Epiphany 5)
O Lord, our heavenly Father, keep your household the Church continually in your true religion, that we who trust in the hope of your heavenly grace may always be defended by your mighty power; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you…
Collect of the Week (Epiphany 4)
O God, you know that we are set in the midst of many grave dangers, and because of the frailty of our nature we cannot always stand upright: Grant that your strength and protection may support us in all dangers and carry us through every…
Collect for the Feast of the Presentation of Christ
Almighty and everliving God, we humbly pray that, as your only-begotten Son was this day presented in the temple in the substance of our flesh, so we may be presented to you with pure and clean hearts by Jesus Christ our Lord; who lives and…
