St. Bede's Anglican Church

04/01/2024

03/29/2024

It’s Friday.

Jesus is in custody.

Judas is ridden with guilt. He returns the silver, his betrayal payment, and hangs himself.

Religious leaders deliver Jesus to Pilate, the governor. Each Passover, Pilate releases one prisoner to the crowd. Barabbas, a prisoner guilty of theft, insurrection and murder, is brought in.

Pilate asks Jesus - are you the king of the Jews? Jesus confirms.

Pilate asks the crowd who to release. Barabbas.

He asks what he should do with Jesus, they shout - Crucify him. Crucify him.

Jesus is delivered to the soldiers. They place a crown of thorns on his head. They mock him, beat him, strip him of his clothes.

They head for Golgotha. Jesus bears the burden of carrying his own cross. He is too weak. Simon, a passerby, takes the cross and carries it on Jesus’ behalf.

Jesus, spotless and innocent, is hung on the cross. A nail in each hand and a nail in his feet. A sign is placed above his head reading - King of the Jews.

They mock him, insult him, spit on him, pierce his side with a sword.

Hours of agony pass. Jesus cries out - Father, forgive them. Jesus, in his final moments, prays mercy over his enemies that they may come to know and believe in him.

With one final cry Jesus proclaims - it is finished.

Jesus hangs his head. He gives up the ghost. The veil of the temple is torn, top to bottom, in two.

Joseph takes Jesus’ body. He wraps him in clean linens. He places him in a tomb, a borrowed tomb, belonging to Joseph. He seals the tomb with a stone.

With that, the plan for salvation is complete.

Sin, paid for. Debt, paid for. A promise of hope, mercy, forgiveness, eternal life. Free, if we’ll just trust him. Believe in him.

It’s Friday. But Sunday is coming.

SERVICE TODAY AT 5:30pm

Shared from Courtney Melton

03/28/2024

Join us this Sunday at 10:00am for our Easter Sunday service and celebrate the resurrection of our Lord ✝️

03/28/2024

SERVICE TOMORROW AT 5:30pm

03/28/2024

Maundy Thursday.

It’s the last day they’re all together.

The Last Supper. The day He shares the new commandment.

To love one another as He has loved.

And then in a shocking display of humility, the Messiah gets on the floor.

I wonder what happened in the room as He cleared space, fetched what He needed, and began to wash the feet of His disciples.

Peters feet. Judas’s feet.

And if we had been there - He’d have washed our feet too.

And for just a second, I can picture this. My feet in the hands of the Messiah.

Right now in my mind, I can see His hands. The ones they’ll drive nails through tomorrow.

And I can hear His voice reminding us - love each other.

It’s the same voice that will cry out when they torture Him.

And the same voice to declare it done.

It’s a blur in my mind what happens next. But now we watch Him wait for Judas in the garden.

And this is where every single thing slows down for me.

I want to tear through the pages of history and make this whole thing stop.

But we can’t.
We need Him.

And so - we keep the eyes of our hearts fixed on Him.

And Jesus …

We are in complete awe of You. Thank You for continuing to move towards the cross.

“If you love me, you will keep my commands.” John 14:15 (ESV)

03/27/2024

It’s Wednesday.

Jesus is still teaching.

It seems as though things are quiet around town. But that isn’t the case.

Plots and schemes are made. The chief priests and the elders devise their plan to arrest Jesus and kill him.

Back in Bethany, in the home of Simon, Jesus is sitting at the table. A woman arrives and pours ointment, perfume, on Jesus’ head.

The disciples are angry. They question why she would waste it by pouring the entirety of it on His head. It could have been sold and the money given to the poor.

Jesus calms them, assuring them that she is doing a beautiful thing, preparing his body for burial, and that wherever the gospel is preached, what she did will also be told in her memory.

Back with the chief priests Judas, a disciple of Jesus, has arrived. Negotiations are made. Judas is desperate, greedy. He agrees to deliver Jesus to the chief priests in exchange for thirty pieces of silver. Betrayal.

It’s Wednesday. But Sunday is coming

Shared from/credit to Courtney Melton

03/26/2024

It’s Tuesday. Jesus is teaching.

The Pharisees are angry. They want to discredit Jesus. They question him, interrogate him. Tried to trap him in his own words, catch him in a lie. They fail.

He teaches again. Of hypocrisy, being a hinderance to the kingdom of Heaven, spiritual blindness - the seven woe’s.

Jesus heads to the Mount of Olives with his disciples. He teaches again. Of the end times, of the second coming of the Lord, of judgement day.

It’s Tuesday. But Sunday is coming.

Shared from/credit to Courtney Melton

03/24/2024

Beautiful service this morning and we are very much looking forward to our HOLY WEEK services🌿

02/22/2023

Thank you to the Millers for a wonderful pancake supper!

Looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow for Ash Wednesday service at 5:30pm!

01/26/2023

WELCOME to the team!
We are thrilled to have Jacob Collins as our newest lay reader✝️

06/17/2022

In response to what’s happening in our own communities and around the world we ask:

O Eternal God our Heavenly Father who alone makes men to be of one mind in a house and stillest the outrage of a violent and unruly people; we most humbly beseeching thee grant to all us grace that we may henceforth obediently walk in thy holy commandments; and leading a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty may continue to offer unto thee our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving for these thy mercies toward us; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

If you or someone you know needs prayer, please send us an email and one of our priests would be happy to add you to our prayer list.