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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The Transfiguration
Saturday August 6th
11:30 am
Morning Prayer
& Holy Communion
Sunday Services
9:15am
Morning Prayer
10:30am
Holy Communion
6:00pm
Evening Prayer
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Tuesday Services
9:15am
Morning Prayer
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Wednesday Services
6:00pm
Evening Prayer
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Rt. Rev. David Hustwick
Rector
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NEWSLETTER
TRINITY IX
The Collect The Text for This Week's Sermon
The Ninth Sunday after Trinity
The Collect
GRANT to us, Lord, we beseech thee, the spirit to think and do always such things as are right; that we, who cannot do any thing that is good without thee, may by thee be enabled to live according to thy will; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
The Gospel. St. Luke xv. 11.
JESUS said, A certain man had two sons: and the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want. And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger ! I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: and bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry. Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing. And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant. And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound. And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him. And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends: but as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine. It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
The Sermon for This Week
Vacation Bible School
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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
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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.
Memorial Day in Middleville 2022
Henny Youngman always said that his wife lost their credit card, but that he didn’t report it….
because the thief that took it spent a lot less than she did!
Today's parable is one of three about the lost being found.
Luke 15:32 “It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead and is alive again: and was lost, and is found.”
This 15th chapter of the book of Luke begins with
“publicans and sinners” drawing near to hear Jesus teaching. The scribes and Pharisees were not pleased by this.
They “murmured saying this man receiveth sinners and eateth with them.”
Jesus then tells three parables. The prodigal son story is the third one of these.
The first two parables are used as the gospel for the third Sunday after Trinity. They are about the lost sheep and the lost coin.
This parable of the “lost” son is different from the first two because of the way the lost is lost.
In the case of the lost sheep it became lost due to being a dumb animal and so just wandered away.
The lost coin became lost not through anything it did, but just slipped onto the dirty floor.
However in the case of the prodigal son, there is a willful determination to do what he pleased.
He knew better, but willfully separated himself from his father.
Only when the prodigal “came to himself”and realized that his lost condition couldn't be blamed on anyone or anything but himself, and was willing to repent, saying “Father I have sinned” was he able to come home.
There is one other in this story who was “lost”, even though he physically never left the household.
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Even though he didn't end up with the swine in a far off location, the other brother was spiritually separated from his father.
This was Christ's message to the Pharisees that the outward appearance of following God's laws wasn't enough.
There needs to be a spiritual bond with God.
Only Christ can bring that into our lives.
There are three things, as Christians, we should remember from this gospel story today.
First that we should be forever grateful for having been “found” by Christ and therefore rescued by him from being eternally lost. We must always be giving thanks to God throughout our lives for that.
Second we need to remember that danger of being “lost” is always present and we need to follow Christ throughout our lives to avoid it happening again.
We dare not let the world, the flesh, and the devil draw us away from him.
And finally, we need to remember that God expects us to be concerned about others that are “lost”.
We need as Christians to ask the Holy Spirit to help us, throughout our lives, do whatever we can to help the Church lead others to Christ
Pictures of the early years at SAINT MATTHIAS
