2 Saint Margaret Anglican Church: Back to Church Sunday

Back to Church Sunday

UPDATE:  Remember that National "Back to Church" Sunday is on Sunday, September 15th, 2013 and St. Margaret Anglican Church is pleased to be able to participate in this worthwhile event.  Please join us on Sunday, September 15, 2013 at 9:30 AM as we will join together, as we do every Sunday morning, as God's family to worship Our Heavenly Father and to give Him the adoration and worship that we owe Him.

In honour of National "Back to Church" Sunday, please feel free to read these following thoughts regarding exactly what "church" is and what it means:

The Church

What is church?

Is it a building...

with some pews...

a piano...

and stained glass?

Or is it something more?

2,000 years ago, the church was born.

It wasn't made up of the famous, the rich or the powerful. It was made up of every-day people who passionately believed in the message of Jesus.

It was the beginning of a revolution of love and freedom that would change the world forever.

In 369 A.D. the church built the first hospital as a place to care for those who could not care of themselves. Today, the church is the largest single provider of healthcare in history.

The church was the first to stand up for the rights of children, creating the first and largest orphanage system in the world.

Nearly all of the first 100 universities in America were founded as Christian institutions. Places like Harvard, Dartmouth, Yale and Princeton.

Most of the world’s greatest art, architecture, literature, and music has been shaped by the church.

But the impact of the church isn’t just ancient history.

Today the Christian Church is stronger than ever and continues to impact every corner of the world.

Over 300,000 churches in America and almost 5 million churches around the world are loving and caring for the needs of people in their communities in a way that governments can never do.

Every day, the church brings food and fresh water to millions of people across the world.

It offers radical care for countless poor, disadvantaged and homeless in society.

It has a renewed passion to help widows and orphans and fights to free slaves in every part of the world.

It stands ready as a first responder on the scene to provide relief for victims of disaster.

The ripple of Jesus’ impact can be clearly seen and felt in the Church today.

And it’s is made up of people like me

And you.

This day you didn’t just come to a building. You came to a growing revolution 2,000 years in the making.

The world is facing as much trouble as ever.

But we are not afraid.

We were created for such a time as this.

We will continue to do what we’ve always done:

Proclaim the message of Jesus to help a world that needs him so desperately.








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National "Back to Church Sunday" will be celebrated next Sunday, September 15th, 2013.  Please do your part by inviting someone to church with you that day.  And if you are a person that does not currently have a church home, feel free to visit St. Margaret Anglican Church on Sunday, September 15th, 2013 . . . . or any Sunday for that matter!  Help us make National "Back to Church" Sunday a huge success!  Let us fill up our chapel that Sunday morning as we praise God and give Him the honour!

St. Margaret Anglican Church worships each and every Sunday at Marquette Manor Chapel, which is located at 8140 N. Township Line Road on the Northwest side of Indianapolis.  Mass begins at 9:30 AM.  Come join us for a traditional worship service that puts the emphasis on God and Holy Scripture as we listen to God speaking to us through the King James Version of the Bible and the 1928 Book of Common Prayer.  Please visit our website to find out more about our church, how to visit us in person, and more about National "Back to Church Sunday" on Sunday, September 15th, 2013:

http://indyanglican.blogspot.com/

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Less than two weeks until national "Back to Church" Sunday on Sunday, September 15th, 2013.  We would like to have as many visitors as possible to join with us on that Sunday.  Please join with us as we worship Our Blessed Saviour together in listening to the Word of God, receiving Him in Holy Communion, and bring honour and glory to God as God's Family!

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Sunday, September 15th, 2013 is National "Back to Church" Sunday and St. Margaret Anglican Church would like to take this opportunity to bring people back home  .  . . . back to their church home, that is!  Join us on Sunday, September 15th, 2013 at 9:30 AM for National "Back to Church" Sunday!

(Above:  this is the Chapel where St. Margaret Anglican Church worships every Sunday morning and we have a seat ready for you!)

(Above:  Fr. Todd Bragg, the rector of St. Margaret Anglican Church in Indianapolis, Indiana celebrates Mass)

Sunday, September 15th, 2013 is National "Back to Church" Sunday.  St. Margaret Anglican Church is doing their part by inviting YOU to join us on Sunday, September 15th, 2013 for our Sunday morning Mass.  Join with us on that Sunday morning as we:

Listen to the Word of God from the King James Version of Holy Scripture

Hear the Word of God preached from the Bible

Worship Our Heavenly Father in a traditional liturgy

Join together as God's family with other brothers and sisters in the Lord

*  Receive the Precious Body and Blood of Our Risen Saviour in Holy Communion.

We would like for you to worship with us on Sunday, September 15th, 2013.  If you do not currently have a church home or if you do not regularly attend church services on a weekly basis, consider joining St. Margaret Church on that Sunday to worship Our Heavenly Father.  By doing so, you will benefit a number of ways:

You will spend quality time with God

You will hear His Word

You will assist St. Margaret Church in filling our church in honour of Our Blessed Saviour!

Consider joining us on Sunday, September 15th, 2013.  St. Margaret of Scotland Anglican Church worships every Sunday morning at 9:30 AM at the Chapel at Marquette Manor, which is located at 8140 N. Township Line Road on the Northwest side of Indianapolis.  From 86th Street, turn South on Township Line Road.  Marquette Manor is directly across the street from the St. Vincent Women's Hospital. 

Sunday, September 15th, 2013 is National "Back to Church" Sunday.  If you do not currently have a church home,  . . . . if you do not currently worship on a regular basis with a church of your choice,  . .  . if you are looking for a church home . . .  then come visit us on Sunday, September 15th, 2013 . . . or any Sunday morning, for that matter . . . and "Come Home to Church!"  If you can visit us on that Sunday, that would be a wonderful thing because we want to have a chapel full that day.  We want the church to be packed with visitors and old friends alike because we want to give God the Glory!  You see, we feel that God deserves a "full house" that day.  And if you come and visit us, you will be helping to fulfill a dream of ours:  to have a full house for God!   Wouldn't be wonderful if on that particular Sunday a church full of people who took time out of their busy schedules and dedicated an hour of their life on a Sunday morning to worship God with their brothers and sisters!



Please visit our parish website at:
http://indyanglican.blogspot.com/p/latest-news-at-st-margaret.html