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Who Are We
We are a small Episcopal Congregation within a suburban community guided by the Diocese of Pennsylvania and our Bishop, The Right Reverend Charles Bennison.
We are a close community of Christians, dedicated to enriching the lives of its members and the community through a deepening of their understanding of Christ.
Our Diocese and our parish are dedicated to and follow the canons, bylaws and theology as prescribed by the Episcopal Church in the United States.
At Epiphany, all of our services are led by ministry teams consisting of both men and women.
In the Episcopal Church, our ordained ministers are referred to as bishops, priests, and deacons. The Priest in charge of a parish is called a "Rector."
We "commission" lay readers to assist the priest.
The Rector preaches at all the services.
The Holy Eucharist is offered to all baptized Christians, regardless of their denominational background or current status.
We welcome children to the communion rail to receive a blessing and participate in this sacrament.
Outside the United States, Episcopalians are known as Anglicans and worldwide we number about 61 million.
The Anglican roots were established in England.
For worship we use modern versions of the Book of Common Prayer, whose roots go back to the first edition in 1549.
The Church was determined, through the creation of this Book, that lay people would participate in all the liturgy, not simply have it performed for them by the clergy. We continue that tradition of involvement, using the 1979 American edition.
Because parts of our service are not always in page number sequence, and because we use the 1982 Hymnal, we always provide a service bulletin at every service. We also include, within each bulletin, the texts for the Collect, First Lesson, Epistle, and the Holy Gospel, with simple interpretations for each of the Bible readings.
We encourage everyone to take the bulletins home so that they may later re-read them and reflect on the lessons for the day.
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