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Christ Anglican Church: Office Hours

Monday, Wednesday, Thursday 8:00 AM--4:00 PM

Church office phone: 828-743-1701

Pastor/Rector Jim Murphy's cell:

(252) 671-4011

On The CAC Docket: 1st Quarter, 2012

January 2012 Sundays (1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th): Worship @ 9:00a (contemporary Communion & worship w/ music) @ Whiteside; Fellowship & Adult Forum @ 10:45a @ Buck's Coffee, Cashiers crossroads. All welcome! Sunday January 15th @ 9:00a Morning Prayer from the 1928 BCP led by Col. Charlie Hammond.

January Mondays: 6:00p -- Bible Study (the Bread of Life), w/ a light supper following, will both be served @ (Locations TBA). All welcome. Please call 828-743-1701 for details. Monday January 9th @ 3:01pm, Vestry Meeting @ WPCA.

January Thursdays: 10:15am Women's study & prayer group, call (252) 671-4022 for info, @ WPCA. 12:00noon 1928 BCP Holy Communion & Healing service @ WPCA.

January Fridays: 11:00a Seniors' Bible Study @ Chestnut Hill, Highlands.

February Sundays (5th, 12th, 19th, 26th): Worship @ 9:00a (contemporary Communion & worship w/ music) both @ Whiteside; Fellowship & Adult Forum @ 10:45a @ Buck's Coffee, Cashiers crossroads. All welcome!

February Mondays (6th, 13th, 20th): 6:00p -- Bible Study (the Bread of Life), w/ a light supper following, will both be served @ (Locations TBA). All welcome. Please call 828-743-1701 for details. Monday 2/20 @ 3:01p Vestry Meeting @ W-PCA. Monday 2/27: 5:30p A Lenten study: The Beatitudes, Testimonies, & Simple Soup Supper, all welcome, @ Whiteside PCA facilities.

February Wednesdays: 8:30a Men's Bible Study @ 1st Baptist Church, Highlands. Wednesday 2/22/12 @ 5:00pm, Ash Wednesday service including the imposition of ashes.

February Thursdays: 10:15a -- Women's study & prayer group, call (252) 671-4022 for info, @ WPCA. 12:00noon Worship w/ 1928 BCP Communion service.

February Fridays: 11:00a Seniors' Bible Study @ Chestnut Hill, Highlands.

March Sundays (4th, 11th, 18th, 25th): Worship @ 9:00a (contemporary Communion & worship w/ music) @ Whiteside; Fellowship & Adult Forum @ 10:45a @ Buck's Coffee, Cashiers crossroads. All welcome!

March Mondays: 5:30p -- A Lenten study: The Beatitudes, Testimonies, & Simple Soup Supper. All welcome, @ Whiteside PCA facilities.

March Thursdays: 10:15am Women's study & prayer group, call (252) 671-4022 for info, @ WPCA. 12:00noon 1928 BCP Holy Communion & Healing service @ WPCA.

March Fridays: 11:00a Seniors' Bible Study @ Chestnut Hill, Highlands.

Epiphany: Manifesting Christ Jesus to the Nations

We enter the church season of "Epiphany" each January 6th for approximately 7 weeks. The term "epiphany" is a Greek word that means "manifestation" or "appearing," and it is akin to "revleation," but in the physical, visual sense.

Epiphany season begins as we revisit Matthew's gospel and the story of the three wise men. As far as the Holy Scriptures are concerned, the wise men represent foreigners, gentiles, non-Jews, the unchosen. They represent us. A supremely significant implication of their visit to see the baby-king, Jesus, is that Jesus is revealed as the Savior-King for everyone, for all nations, for all comers, if you will. God's love is not private or reserved for any special class of people. His presence, his love, is for all who receive him.

We don't know much about the 3 wise men, or Maji, as they have come to be called. They followed a star and came from the east. They visited with King Herod of Judah on their way to Bethlehem. When they arrived at the cave where the Holy Family took refuge, they melted at the food of Jesus' manger. They fell down in worship. The wise men could do nothing but worship.

My question for you is: how did they know? How were they aware of the significance of this Hebrew boy's birth? Who told them?

We know that they had foreknowledge about this child who they described to Herod as "King of the Jews." Each wise man brought gifts befitting a king. How did they know to do that? If, as the prologue to John's gospel tells us, that he (Jesus) came to his own (the Jews, the Chosen People), and his own neither received him nor recognized him, then how did some foreigners come to recognize and receive him?

Do you think that it was none other than the Spirit of God who told them? That by reading whatever portion or scroll of the Hebrew scriptures that they had, that the Holy Spirit spoke to them as to the significance and their (our) inclusion or call to receive and recognize Jesus as Savior and King?

Surely the Spirit of the Living God spoke to them and led them. Surely the Holy Spirit is the same One who spoke and speaks to us about Jesus. Since that very Spirit has taken up residence in us, in our bodies, his temple, then we have a responsibility to actualize the Spirit's presence so that others can recieve and recognize him as Savior and King.

During the season of Epiphany let us, the church, his bride, manifest the truth of Jesus' love for everyone by actualizing the presence of the Holy Spirit, whom each of us has received at our baptism.

pax, Christi, jim+

Church Service

Worship Location: @ Whiteside PCA Church Facilities

621 US Hwy 64 (W), Cashiers, NC 28717

Sunday 9:00 AM: Worship & Communion; 10:45 Fellowship & Study @ Buck's Coffee, Cashiers crossroads.

Thursday 12:00 noon: 1928 BCP Holy Communion & Healing Service

Mail: Christ Anglican Church, P O Box 128,

Highlands, NC 28741-0128

How and Who to contact at Christ Anglican Church

Christ Anglican Church
A member of the Anglican Province of America Family of Churches

The Most Reverend Walter Grundorf, APA Presiding Bishop

The Right Reverend Chandler (+Chad) Jones, SSC, APA Bishop Suffragan

The Right Reverend Alex Dickson, Bishop Associate (ECUSA: West TN, TEC, Ret.)

The Right Reverend Foley Beach, ACNA, ADOTS Bishop-Ordinary

The Reverend Jim Murphy, Rector & Pastor

Office Phone: 828-743-1701

Pastor's cell: (252)-671-4011, Pastor's e-dress: frmurf@msn.com

Vestry Members

Laura Plush (2013) - Senior/ Pastor's Warden;

Tom Oliver (2013) - Junior/ Church's Warden;

Co-missioners: Jane Dickson (2012); Helen Holmes (2012);

Myra Sawyer (2013); Jim Keeble (2014); Nina Bugg (2014)

Bruce Prevatt (2014); Bill Rethorst (2012)

Bill Bugg - Treasurer; Col. Charlie Hammond - Asst. Treasurer

Musician: Lee Dixon

Office Location:

In the facilities of Whiteside PCA Church
621 US Hwy 64 West (Cashiers)
Cashiers, North Carolina 28717

Please note: NEW Mailing Address:

Christ Anglican Church P. O. Box 128, Highlands, NC 28741-0128

Office Phone: 828-743-1701

Who We Are & What We Believe

Christ Anglican Church may be characterized as "faithful" and "orthodox" in our expression of Anglican Christianity. Beyond a doubt we are, as our name implies, Christ-centered. As such, we are bound by and guided through the Holy Scriptures, as the ultimate rule of faith. The Tradition of historic catholic and Anglican Christianity, along with Reason keep us on course. Our doctrine (teaching) is “mere Christianity” as stated in the Nicene, Apostles’, and Athanasian creeds and undergirded by the classic Articles of Religion of the Anglican Communion.

Our services emphasize both word and sacrament, utilizing the 1928 Book of Common Prayer on Thursdays at Noon and a "refreshed" and faithful liturgy on Sundays. We believe that the respectful language of the faithful Anglican traditions helps to direct our souls in the worship of Almighty God and strengthens us in our daily life of prayer.

Our mission is to serve the Highlands/Cashiers area by bringing the riches of Apostolic Christianity along with the resources of traditional and faithful Anglican worship to all who are open to or searching for bonafide spiritual growth. We strive to build up (biblically edify) our members in Christ, and to reach out to others, inviting them to share the blessings of this fellowship. At the same time, we recognize that love for God is unreal unless it is manifested in love for neighbor. Therefore, we are a Church of service to others, ever mindful that we are the hands and feet of our Lord Jesus upon earth.