‘Weekly Post. Anno Domini 2022 October 18

Beloved of the Lord:

To-day is Tuesday, 18 October, in the year of our Lord 2022. The scheduled services are as-follows:

• Tuesday (today): 5:30 PM, Sung Mass with Incense, The Feast of Saint Luke, Evangelist & Martyr.
  6:30 PM, Sung Evensong.
• Wednesday: 12:10 PM, Mass, S. Frideswide, Virgin.
• Thursday: 6:30 PM, Mass, Feria of Trinity XVIII, followed by Soup & Study.
• Friday: 9:00 AM, Mass, S. Hilarion, Abt., Comm. S. Ursula & Companions, Virgins & Martyrs.
• Saturday: 9:00 AM, Holy Communion & Vestry Meeting. 5:00 PM, Mass, Feria of Trinity XVIII.
• Sunday: 8:30 & 10:00 AM, Mass, Trinity XIX; monthly Parish Brunch after 10:00 AM Mass.

Please note that our next monthly ~ or so ~ Parish Brunch has been scheduled for this-coming Sunday, 23 October, after the 10:00 service. There will be no coffee hour on that day, after that service. We will meet at The County Grill, on 17, in York County. They prefer to reserve the side-room for parties of no-less than a dozen, so let's all turn-out for this fun event.

This Thursday, Friday, and Saturday will also be the Fall Greek Festival, sponsored by our Brothers and Sisters in Christ of SS. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church. Inasmuch as the Fall version does not cover Sunday, there are no plans to have a group outing from S. Matthew's. However, we can all go singly, enjoy some wonderful food, and support their Parish.

Over the last few years, we've been growing quite a list of to-do projects. Fortunately, the occasion of the General Convention has provided the motivation to focus our efforts in this regard. In-addition to the previously-published lists of achievements, this week we've moved most of the excess furniture out-of the Parish Hall, and disposed of the pew-front that has resided in the main hallway these last several years. We've far fewer projects to go than we had when we started this work, thanks be to God, and we anticipate the completion of all of them before the 'Convention begins, on 10 November.

The other majour event laying before us is the Consecration of two new Bishops for the OAC. These will be the first new Bishops in over ten years. The OAC has always striven, most appropriately, to not have a superfluity of men in Episcopal Orders, as has plagued many of the other Anglican Churches. Thanks to our recent, rapid growth, the ministry of these new heirs to the Apostles will be much-needed.

The Consecrations will take place less-than a month after the General Convention, on The Feast of S. Nicholas, Bishop & Confessor, 6 December, AD 2022. The location will be the Pro-Cathedral of The Good Shepherd, in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The Rev'd Canons Charles H. Nalls and Joshua Gilliam will be made Bishops; Canon Nalls as Suffragan Bishop to the Archbishop, and Canon Gilliam as the Missionary Bishop for Spanish-speaking ministries. Bishop-elect Nalls has arranged a block of rooms in Myrtle Beach ~ please see me for the details, if you plan-on attending. It is hoped that as-many of the faithful as may will attend this joyous event.

We are blessed to be a part of a thriving, loving body of Christians in the Orthodox Anglican Church. We are in the right place. Let us do all that we can to support the work of our Lord, in Word and in Sacrament, in this Church, at this time, the better to worship and adore our Lord, Jesus, the Christ. I remain

in His praise,

The Rev'd Fr. T. L. Crowder

Pastor, Saint Matthew's Parish