Christ Episcopal Church

Sixth and Main Streets

Clarksburg, West Virginia

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This Week at Christ Episcopal Church

3rd Sunday of Pentecost

June 13, 2021

Holy Eucharist

Reservations Are Required

Make your reservations by email each

week before 12:00 noon on Friday.

Email Christ Church at: christchurch1853@aol.com

State your name and number of family members

wanting to attend.

(Your reservation will be confirmed by return email.)

You can also phone in your reservation

to the Church office at 304-622-3694;

if necessary, please leave a message.

(Your reservation will be confirmed by a return phone call.)

If unable to keep reservation, please cancel.

Service Times

Holy Eucharist at 10:00 AM

Coffee Hour at 11:00 AM

at Christ Episcopal Church

6th and Main Streets

Clarksburg, WV

Reservations Are Required

This service will be live streamed

on the Christ Church & St. Barnabas Chapel

Facebook Page.

Holy Eucharist

5:30 PM

at St. Barnabas Chapel

721 Hall Street

Bridgeport, WV

Reservations Are Required

Celebrating Pentecost in the Courtyard

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Links to Online Worship Services

or Information for Individual Worship

Music for listening and singing along

Morning, Noon, Evening, and Compline Prayers

Daily Office Prayers with Music

Forward Day by Day Meditations

Sunday Eucharist from the National Cathedral

Sunday Eucharist with Bishop Klusmeyer

Morning Prayers from the National Cathedral

Noon Day Prayers with Bishop Klusmeyer

Habits of Grace

An Invitation for You

from Presiding Bishop Curry

"As we learn to adjust our lives ...,

I invite you to join me each week

to take a moment

to cultivate a habit of grace."

Videos

These meditations are short, 3 to 5 minutes in length.

A new one will be posted each Monday through May, but all previous ones can be seen here.

Christ Episcopal Church, Clarksburg

and St. Barnabas Chapel, Bridgeport

Guidelines for In-person Services

Revised Covid Guidelines from the Diocese of West Virginia

On May 28 we received a link to a pastoral letter from Bishop Klusmeyer which is posted on the WV Diocesan website. You can read it at 2021-May-CovidGuidelines-revised.pdf (wvdiocese.org). The letter is followed by these revised guidelines from Bishop Klusmeyer.

GATHERING GUIDELINES FOR IN-PERSON GATHERINGS

THE DIOCESE OF WEST VIRGINIA

26 May 2021

Parishes and Vestries no longer need to seek permission from my office to re-open. Based on the guidelines and protocols below, I trust the clergy and people to make wise, informed and healthy decisions for all.
The distribution of Holy Eucharist is to remain in 'One Kind.' The use of the Common Cup is still not permitted. Common bread loaves are also to be avoided. The use of the 'host' is expected.
Outdoor services, coffee hours and meetings are always safer than indoors.

OUTDOOR GATHERINGS

The limits to restrictions on the number of people permitted to gather outdoors is lifted.
Social distancing is still expected.
Masks are expected for those who are either too young to be vaccinated, or for those who have not been vaccinated.
Singing is permitted, distanced from one another.
Coffee hours are permitted, however the food should be served by a designated host, rather than put out in buffet style.
Prayer Books and Hymnals may be used.

INDOOR GATHERINGS

Masks are still expected, given that there will be unvaccinated persons, and others who are too young to be vaccinated, or unable.
The numbers of people permitted has been changed. The maximum number of people permitted is the number that can comfortably sit in the space, while remaining socially distant. (6' apart, and every other pew)
Singing by the congregation is permitted, while masked!

a. Readers who are fully vaccinated and separated from the body of the nave may remove their mask while reading.

b. Preachers who are fully vaccinated and are distanced from

the parishioners may remove their masks.

c. Persons leading the intercessions who are fully vaccinated,

and distanced from parishioners, may remove their mask

while leading prayers.

4. Choirs may return. However, all must wear masks, and be socially distant. I believe it is appropriate to require all choristers to be fully vaccinated.

5. Eucharist is to be administered in one kind only.

6. Still, no physical passing of the Peace.

7. Coffee hour may return, but with masks, and the food must be served by a host. No buffet style receptions at Coffee Hour.

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How Does This Affect Us at Christ Church

and St. Barnabas Chapel?

We will be following these guidelines, but we will also be monitoring local conditions. For now, you need to

Keep making those reservations.
Watch you emails, the Good News Weekly, and this website for changes.
Remember the old saying, "It is better to be safe than sorry."
Keep praying for better times and for healing of those suffering the effects of Covid.

Prayer to End Racism

“O God of liberty and justice: we live in a nation

in which the institution of human bondage

was once a legal and accepted practice.

We give thanks for those who worked and fought,

at great personal sacrifice,

to bring about an end to that cruel and

oppressive system in our own land,

and we pray that governments and authorities

everywhere in the world

might be led to make a quick end

to the enslavement of any human being,

throughout the Earth.”

Amen

New Addition in the Memorial Garden

Where this cross has been for more than 150 years is unknown, but its creation has been traced to France. It bears the date of 1851 and the French words, Corneau Freres of Charleville.

The Corneau foundary, created in 1846, by the Corneau brothers, Alfred and Emile, specialized in ornamental cast iron and produced numerous artistic cemetery crosses with images of St. Peter and St. Paul at the base of the cross. The Corneau Freres foundries became one of the leading manufacturers of art cast iron in the second half of the 19th century.

A gift of a large, ornate, antique cross has been given by Brenda Barnes in memory of her daughter Felicia Lynn Wine Mollohan. It rests above the columbarium in the Christ Church Memorial Garden.

Another New Addition

to the Memorial Garden

Christ Church Clarksburg

To donate to Christ Episcopal Church in Clarksburg, you will need to click on the yellow button above. Then scroll down and click on the donate button beside Clarksburg-Christ Church. You will have the option to "donate with Paypal" or "donate with debit or credit card." Click your desired option of payment and follow the instructions.

E-Giving contributions can be set up for a one time only gift or as a recurring gift. Donations will be charged to your account within 24 hours of your donation and sent to the WV Diocese. The Diocese will send the funds to Christ Church within 7-10 days.

Thanks for your donations.

The Rev. Nora Becker

Rector of Christ Episcopal Church in Clarksburg

and St. Barnabas Chapel in Bridgeport

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