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St. Paul’s is a welcoming community of faith, doors open to all, worshipping God with hearts open to the compassion of Jesus, ears open to the voice of the Spirit, eyes open to God at work in the world, minds open to seek understanding, and hands open to serve.

Epiphany — Festival of Light and Understanding

An Informal Epiphany Celebration

For many, the Festival of Epiphany is perhaps the least observed celebration of the church year. Immediately following Advent and Christmas, it is often lost in the post-holiday preoccupation with restoring order, paying bills, and getting back to work. In the midst of “getting things back to normal,” celebrating this festival may enrich the good news of Christ that we anticipated in Advent and celebrated at Christmas. The meaning of “epiphany” is “manifestation”; it may also mean “a new understanding.” When the Magi approached the child Jesus, new understandings came to them and to all about who Christ would be a messiah for the entire world. This service builds on such concepts of new understanding. Epiphany is an excellent opportunity to capture the profound and fresh understandings that follow the spiritual emphases of Advent and Christmas and the beginning of a new calendar year. This informal worship experience gathers persons together to reveal new understandings in light of God made manifest in Jesus Christ.