We are located at 2415 McCann Road in the little village of Irving Michigan. In our historic (1878) brick building we use the historic King James Bible at all our services. We are traditional old fashioned Christians , using the old fashioned types of services from the 1928 Book of Common Prayer. We feel it is our duty as Christians in the Church to try, with the Holy Spirit's guidance, to bring others to Christ and thereby change the world, and not to instead let the world change the Church.
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Next Special Service
Saint Mark
Saturday
April 25th
11:30am
Morning Prayer & Holy Communion
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Sunday Services
9:15am
Morning Prayer
10:30am
Holy Communion
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Tuesday Services
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Morning Prayer
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Rt. Rev. David Hustwick
Rector
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Rev. Paul Henderson
Assistant
Deacon Nick Acker
Mrs. Beth Lepak
Musical Director
Liam Hartson
Lay Reader
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April 25th
10:30am
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April 25th
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Adult
BIBLE STUDY
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of each Month
10:30 to 11:30 AM
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269-953-7468
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Fallen World
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Bible Study Group
Concepts and Patterns:
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Concepts and Patterns: The Call of God and Man (Part 18- The Gospel spreads to other lands and peoples)
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Acts 9:26-31
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Saul calls on the apostles to join them, but they fear him. Barnabas gives testimony of Saul’s preaching in the name of Jesus.
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Acts 9:32-35
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Peter calls on Aeneas to be healed of the palsy in the name of Jesus Christ.
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Acts 9:36-43
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The saints in Joppa call on Peter to come to heal faithful Tabitha, who is sick unto death.
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Acts 10 (1-48)
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Cornelius called on in a vision to send for Peter. Peter called on in a vision to call nothing that God has cleansed “common”. After which he is called on the preach to Cornelius and his company. Then the Holy Ghost falls on the Gentiles.
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Acts 11:1-18
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Peter called on by the Jews to explain his eating with the Gentiles. He recounts the events as they occurred and they praise God for granting repentance of life unto the Gentiles.
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NEWSLETTER
This Week's Collect & Sermon Text
EASTER DAY
The Collect The Text for This Week's Sermon
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ALMIGHTY God, who through thine only-begotten Son Jesus Christ hast overcome death, and opened unto us the gate of everlasting life; We humbly beseech thee that, as by thy special grace preventing us thou dost put into our minds good desires, so by thy continual help we may bring the same to good effect; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost ever, one God, world without end. Amen
The Gospel. St. John xx. 1
THE first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre. Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him. Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepulchre. So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre. And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in. Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie, and the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together. in a place by itself. Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed. For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead. Then the disciples went away again unto their own home
The Sermon for This Week
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A lady phoned her husband at work one day and he told her, “I'm sorry dear, but I really haven't got time to chat just now as I'm up to my ears in work.”
“But honey I've got some good news and some bad news I think you should hear.”, she replied.
“OK darling”, said her husband, “but as I'm so rushed right now just give me the good news.”
“Oh all right,” she agreed. “The air bags in the new car worked just fine!”
Her husband didn't consider that very good news.
In today's Gospel we have Mary Magdalene giving some disciples what she thought was bad news, that was really great news for us all.
The news of the empty tomb!
St. John XX:2 “Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him.”
That first Easter morning when Mary Magdalene went to the sepulchre planning to complete the preparation of Christ's body for burial, (they hadn't time time before the Sabbath had begun at sundown on Friday).
She was shocked to find the stone rolled away, the guards gone, and the body she had come to anoint was not there.
She ran to tell Peter and John what she thought was the bad news of the empty tomb.
They then ran there to see the empty tomb for themselves.
They, with many of the other disciples, were later to find out the reason the tomb was empty.
They along with many others were to see their risen Lord.
They were to discover that our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ had overcome death.
They were then afterward to face hardship and even death rather than deny the fact that the empty tomb meant Christ had overcome death.
Down through the centuries this empty tomb has been a source of great joy to followers of Christ
. Great joy because, this sign of Christ's victory over death was a victory for all who believe on his name.
Christ's resurrection meant that his purpose in coming to earth had been carried through to completion.
By his suffering and death on the cross he had been the perfect sacrifice for the sins of the whole world.
He had redeemed us!
He had paid the price for our transgressions toward God and this great truth has been a source of comfort down through the ages wherever the Gospel has been preached.
The empty tomb should inspire each of us as Christians during the whole of our lives here to work to follow God's will for us, and use the talents he has given us to bring others to Christ's great love.
As long as we are in the world we will be surrounded by temptations that will try to draw us away from doing our duty to God.
The empty tomb should inspire us to keep “seeking that which is above”.
It should cause us to remember that through Christ's victory over death we are now reconciled to our Heavenly Father and we can now look forward to eternal life with him.
Christ is risen - Christ is risen indeed!
Vacation Bible School
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2023 2022
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2025 VACATION BIBLE SCHOOl
Hard at work...
coloring pictures about Jesus healing people,
Ice cream at the end of each day!
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We pray for our Armed Forces at each of our Morning and Evening Prayer services.
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O LORD God of Hosts, stretch forth, we pray thee, thine almighty arm to strengthen and protect the Armed Forces of our country and those of our allies; Support them in the day of battle, and in the time of peace keep them safe from all evil; endue them with courage and loyalty; and grant that in all things they may serve without reproach; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
Memorial Day in Middleville 2022
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Memorial Days
ALMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father, in whose hands are the living and the dead; We give thee thanks for all those thy servants who have laid down their lives in the service of our country. Grant to them thy mercy and the light of thy presence, that the good work which thou hast begun in them may be perfected; through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord. Amen.
Pictures of the early years
