December at Christ Church
All Saints and All Souls mark a turning point in the year. Traditionally the Book of Common Prayer ceases to name Sundays as 'after Trinity' and now marks them as 'before Advent.' We are no longer looking back to Pentecost or to Trinity Sunday but, instead, we are looking forward to Advent, to Christmas, and the lengthening of days. The rest of the natural world we find in winter does not exactly translate into a time of rest within the
Adult Education Series: Catholic Evangelism
Our discussions for this series will be based around the work of the current Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, who wrote a book Catholic Evangelism for the Affirming Catholicism book series. Cottrell’s work focuses on how churches can create a culture of evangelism while remaining open, affirming, and Anglo-Catholic. Dec. 5th: We'll begin our series by focusing on the initial section of Catholic Evangelism that defines and explores the meaning of evangelism, evangelization, and mission. It will be helpful for our
Annual Meeting 2021
The Christ Church Annual Meeting will be this Sunday, November 28th at 12 pm. We hope you will attend, either in-person or by Zoom. The Vestry Nominees are
November at Christ Church
All Saints and All Souls mark a turning point in the year. Traditionally the Book of Common Prayer ceases to name Sundays as 'after Trinity' and now marks them as 'before Advent.' We are no longer looking back to Pentecost or to Trinity Sunday but, instead, we are looking forward to Advent, to Christmas, and the lengthening of days. The rest of the natural world we find in winter does not exactly translate into a time of rest within the
Organist & Choirmaster Job Position
Christ Church is a historic Anglo-Catholic parish in Chattanooga. Our congregation draws from the surrounding area and the UTC community who come for our distinctive worship and warm welcome. We value music as an integral part of our liturgy that allows us to worship together in song and explore the devotional riches of our tradition. Christ Church seeks a director of music with a mature faith who can take on this leadership position to help grow this ministry within our
October at Christ Church
It has been a great joy to see some folks start to attend our midweek masses. The masses have been a great opportunity to reconnect with some familiar faces and to meet new folks nearby to church during the week.
New Faces Around Christ Church
You may have seen them these past few Sundays, and we would like to formally introduce our two seminarians and our new interim director of music! Adrienne Cox, DMA We want to give a very warm welcome to Adrienne Cox as our interim Director of Music/Organist. She will no doubt be known to many of us here at Christ Church. We look forward to her musical contributions to our worship and our parish life. Adrienne Cox, trained as a pianist for much of
Adult Education Series: The Catechism
Sunday, September 19th: Now that we have made our way through Daniel, we are taking a few weeks to work our way through the Catechism in the Book of Common Prayer on pages 845-862, or available in PDF here. For our first week, we will focus on the sections ‘Human Nature,’ ‘God the Father,’ ‘The Old Covenant,’ and ‘The Ten Commandments.’ These initial sections will lay the groundwork for the following sections on Jesus, the Spirit, and the Christian life.
September at Christ Church
One hundred years ago Fr. Robertson wrote in "The Reminder" about the first twenty years of Christ Church: "It is the practice of the Catholic faith that has marked this parish for persecution, belittling, and yet for joy, triumph and an influence which we feel only Jesus knows in its fullness." Christ Church was able to keep going because of its practice of the Catholic faith and its joy in that faith.
August Event Schedule
Our upcoming feast days are:The Transfiguration, this Thursday the 5th at 6 pmThe Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Monday the 16th at 6 pmAnd St. Bartholomew, Tuesday the 24th, at 9 am. Our vestry meeting will be on August 22nd at 12 pm, via Zoom or in-person. Project Canterbury kicks off the school year with a cookout in the Christ Church parking lot, Sunday the 15th, from 5-7, and then begins having evening services on Sundays on the 22nd at 6