Saturday, January 6, 2024: Epiphany

Today marks the end of the Christmas Season according to Western European tradition. Known as the Feast of the “Epiphany”, or “Theophany”, or “Three Kings Day”, it marks the first manifestation of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles through the arrival of the Magi — the “Three Kings” or “the Wise Men” who journeyed from “the East” — in Bethlehem to worship the newborn Christ; for some Christians it is the proper time for giving gifts. In the traditional Western ecclesiastical calendar it marks the end of the sacred time of the Twelve Days of Christmas and the beginning of the Ordinary Time that extends until the beginning of the sacred time of Lent.

Clamavi de Profundis, “We Three Kings”

For those interested, Patrick Murfin has provided a nice summary of the traditions of Epiphany, the Star of Bethlehem, and the popular carol “We Three Kings”.

Sunday, January 8, 2022

“An epiphany enables you to sense creation not as something completed, but as constantly becoming, evolving, ascending. This transports you from a place where there is nothing new to a place where there is nothing old, where everything renews itself, where heaven and earth rejoice as at the moment of creation.” – Abraham Isaac Kook

This Sunday, Cricket Hall will lead a service about Epiphany and Epiphanies that help lead us back to our center.

Please Join us for Worship.

Our services are Sundays at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time on ZOOM and in person at the Progressive Women’s Association Event Center, 305 Washington Ave. in downtown Clarksburg, behind the Courthouse. If you wish to join on ZOOM, please contact us for logon information. A coffee hour, a time for discussion and socializing (including ZOOM participants), follows from the end of the service until 12:00 noon. More about us. If you prefer not to be seen, video is optional. If you would like to participate, please email westforkuu@gmail.com for details and a link, or for help with using ZOOM.

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