Advent Retreat

Saturday, December 6 from 9a-noon

Our annual Advent Retreat is a time of teaching, reflection, and prayer. Dean Eric will guide us devotionally through the four Advent Collects, helping us reflect on the meaning of the Advent Season. Each short devotional will be followed by a time of prayer and contemplation. This is a great way for us enter deeply into Advent as we wait for the arrival of our Savior and Lord.

Lessons & Carols

Sunday, December 21 at 10a
The Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols is a service celebrating the birth of Jesus. The story of the fall of humanity, the promise of the Messiah, and the birth of Jesus is told in nine Bible readings from Genesis, the prophetic books and the Gospels, interspersed with the singing of Christmas carols, hymns and choir music.

God Creates Man, Genesis 2 • The Fall, Genesis 3 • The Promise to Save, Isaiah 53 • God with Us, Isaiah 7 • Zechariah, Luke 1.5-25 • Mary and the Angel, Luke 1.26-58 • Jesus is Born, Luke 2.1-20 • Fullness of Time, Hebrews 1 • Logos, John 1

Christmas Eve

Wednesday, December 24

4.30p Family Eucharist
Dean’s Story Time for kids before a brief homily, singing the best-known, child-friendly carols throughout.
No childcare provided for this service.

10p Festival Christmas Eucharist
Our late service concludes with a candle-lit singing of Silent Night.
There is no childcare at this service.

Christmas Day

Thursday, December 25

11a Principal Eucharist
No childcare provided for this service.

First Sunday of Christmas

Sunday, December 28

10a Principal Eucharist
No childcare provided for this service.

Last Sunday of Christmas

Sunday, January 4

10a Principal Eucharist
No childcare provided for this service.

6p Christmas Ball
Chickawa Outdoor Center, Lexington SC

We want to get to know you better!

Join us for our next Newcomer’s Lunch with Dean Eric and members of our staff.

TBA
Immediately following the service

DiscoverCotA

September

TBA

For those interested in Covenant Membership at Church of the Apostles, join Dean Eric two consecutive Sunday afternoons from 3-5p to learn more about our mission, visions, and values. You’ll learn about Anglicanism, our roots, and how to get involved in life at the church.

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 Groups

The early Church was known for its friendships, referred to as koinonia (Acts 2.42). This word for fellowship is based on the word koine, for “common.” They shared a common life.

As we encourage this Christ-based intimacy at Apostles, we are forming groups that will meet bimonthly for Scripture-based study and prayer; acting as a springboard for other fellowship activities, such as meals among families and friends.

Some groups will meet in homes, others at the church. Each group will have around 6-8 members (a minimum of four; no more than 12) which meet on the “off” weeks of the men’s and women’s Bible studies, with a variety of time and day offerings, all under the guidance of two trained co-leaders, as groups discuss John Mark Comer’s Practicing the Way. Women also have the option of participating in a koinonia group through the Tuesday morning and Wednesday night Bible Study (with discussion based on the lesson, rather than the Comer book), or of doing both!

For now, these will be men’s and women’s groups. This simplified approach will help us in launching this program, but we have an eye to offering mixed gender groups in the future.

If you would like to join a women's Koinonia group,
please contact Deacon Lisa Wheeler.

If you would like to join a men's Koinonia group,
please contact Mr Hoyt Burnett.

Christian Education Classes

Sunday Mornings

9.45-10.35a

CotATalks

Parish Hall

A miscellany of short talks by speakers and topics that come by invitation of the Dean. Personal witnesses, biblical teaching, reflections on Christian living, deepening your relationship with the Lord, sharing the hope within you, and loving in difficult times and situations are just a sampling of the types of offerings found in this class.

Anglicanism 101

Admin Wing Conference Room
Nathan White, Theologian in Residence

Nathan White helps us explore the history, theology, and liturgy of Anglicanism.

CotAStudies

Christian Education Wing Room 105
Various Teachers

A more in-depth, sequential class on a biblical theme, book of the Bible, work of Christian literature, or relevant cultural topic.

A History of the Creeds
Ed Smither
November 9 - December 14

In worship, we regularly say the Nicene Creed—a basic summary of what Christians ought to believe—or, as Martin Luther put it, “the Bible in miniature.” But how did it, and the Apostles Creed, develop? What were the issues facing the early church? What is the relationship between the authority of Scripture (the biblical canon) and these creeds? We’ll explore these questions and more.

Life Together

Christian Education Wing Room 103
Sarah & Will Peden, & Amber & Larry Cook

A class for everyone—couples and singles. Warm and conversational, this class is designed for fellowship and relationship building, melded with exploring biblical essentials.

College Hour

Parlor
Heath Milford and Brayden Hembree

Join our community of college-age students each Sunday morning for fellowship, food, and study! In recognition of its 1,700th anniversary, we'll be going through the Nicene Creed this fall.

CotA Talks with Dean Speece

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Sunday, Sept 15 :: Fr Eric discusses several facets of the theology of worship.

Sunday, Sept 22 :: Fr Eric presses a little deeper into our understanding or worship, particularly as it relates to experiencing God’s presence.

Sunday, Oct 6 :: Fr Eric shares some of his thoughts on prayer.

Sunday, Oct 13 :: Fr Eric shares about his personal journey to Anglicanism.

Sunday, Nov 24 :: Fr Eric talks about “the dark night of the soul.”

Sunday, Jan 19 :: Fr Eric invites former and founding Rector, Chip Edgar, to visit.

Ask-the-pastor-anything

Dean Speece will periodically do an “ask-the-pastor-anything” type of talk. If you have a topic or a question that you would like for him to speak on, send your suggestions to his email: eric@apostlescolumbia.org.

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