St. Gregory the Great Episcopal Church

IMPORTANT: Dear Gregorians, we have discovered this morning that YouTube did NOT fall back to Standard Time last night, and so our service premiered at 9:15 instead of 10:15. You can join in mid-service now or open it at any time. Unfortunately, this will disable the live chat once the broadcast ends, plus it means that we will all be watching at different times. The link to the service is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVLxTCoq_Sg and the bulletin is at https://www.stgregoryathens.org/s/AllSaintsNovember12020.pdf. It's so sad, since All Saints is a service where we especially want to be together. I will monitor the chat and the comments until noon today, and facilitate whenever possible. I am so sorry about this glitch. The challenges of online worship continue, but our love for one another is stronger and will overcome.

O blest communion, fellowship divine, we feebly struggle, they in glory shine; yet all are one in thee, for all are thine. Alleluia! Alleluia!... The parish family of St. Gregory the Great Episcopal Church invites you to join us for online Morning Worship on All Saints' Day, November 1. The service is broadcast via YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVLxTCoq_Sg, beginning with a "Virtual Coffee Hour" at 10:15 a.m. where parishioners and visitors may greet and welcome one another before the service begins at 10:30. To join in the full worship experience, you'll want to grab a bulletin from our website, https://www.stgregoryathens.org/s/AllSaintsNovember12020.pdf, to either download or keep open in another window. Saints and sinners, strangers and friends, travelers and home folks: all are welcome at the table of the Lord. To all of you we say "Welcome Home!"

One extra hour of sleeeeeeeep!

All-Parish News - Friday, October 30, 2020

The parish family of St. Gregory the Great invites you to join us for online Morning Worship and Holy Eucharist on the last Sunday of this glorious October. The service is broadcast via YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRtazQH3qqs, beginning at 10:15 a.m. with a "Virtual Coffee Hour" where attendees can greet and welcome one another before the service itself begins at 10:30. A bulletin with the Order of Service and hymns is available online at https://www.stgregoryathens.org/s/Proper25October252020.pdf. Whether you are a long-time attendee, a new friend, or a curious passer-by, we are glad for your presence and we say "Welcome home!"

Lane Norton has placed jars with candles in our Memorial Garden. They will be there from today (*update from today's email) through Monday, Nov. 2 for anyone who may like to come and light a candle in memory of someone as we approach All Saint's Sunday. Please come as individuals or family units and do not plan to meet others. You must bring your own lighter/long match. Please remember to extinguish it before you leave.

All-Parish News - Friday, October 23, 2020

Be sure to join us this evening for Taizé Evening Prayer! This peaceful, contemplative service of prayer, meditation, and simple music is the perfect antidote to the chaos of the world today. Our service broadcast begins at 6:00 p.m. on St. Gregory's YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3jsxqahPsI. The bulletin for the service is on our website at https://www.stgregoryathens.org/s/TaizeServiceOctober212020. Please enjoy this time and space of peace.

Mother Nikki, Deacon Christina, and the parish family of St. Gregory the Great would love for you to join us this Sunday for online Morning Worship and Holy Eucharist. The service is broadcast via our YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lVSn6pPY34. "Virtual Coffee Hour" (OK, it's really only 15 minutes but it gets the job done!) begins on the Live Chat at 10:15 a.m. so that we can greet and welcome one another before the service begins at 10:30. A bulletin is available at https://www.stgregoryathens.org/s/Proper24October182020.pdf; you can download it or just keep it open in another window. Newcomers, old friends, and passers-by, we're glad to have you worship with us and we say: "Welcome home!"

All-Parish News - Friday, October 16, 2020

The leaves are beginning to fall and the light is turning golden. Celebrate the turning seasons and join the parish family of St. Gregory the Great for morning worship online this Sunday, October 11. We will broadcast the service via YouTube at https://youtu.be/kLcCtc2Q9bU, with Live Chat Coffee Hour at 10:15 a.m., followed by the service beginning at 10:30. We have a special treat this morning with an anthem sung by St. Gregory's online choir, so you won't want to miss out. If you'd like a bulletin so that you can follow along in the service and join in the hymns, you can pick one up from our website at https://www.stgregoryathens.org/s/Proper23October112020.pdf. To everyoneold friends and new, visitors and regularswe say: Welcome home!

Kitty Sabrina is excitedshe just found out that she's going to St. Gregory's "Drive Through" Blessing of the Animals! Bring your pets (restrained, please!) on Sunday, October 11 from 3-4PM in the Athens Montessori School parking lot next to the church. Mother Nikki will do a brief, socially distant blessing and hand out St. Francis medals. If your pet doesn't like being in the car, you can bring a picture for a virtual blessing. And our young friends are especially invited to bring beloved stuffed animals so that they too can receive a blessing. All are welcome!

"Now as we come to the setting of the sun, and our eyes behold the vesper light, we sing your praises, O God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit." You are invited to join the parish family of St. Gregory's for Taizé Evening Prayer at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 7. This week's service includes prayers attributed to St. Francis of Assisi, scripture readings, and simple music. View the broadcast on our YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3QZwzvZCxU, and download a bulletin from our website, https://www.stgregoryathens.org/s/TaizeServiceOctober72020O, so that you may follow along and join in the responses and singing. All are welcome at this service of peaceful contemplation.