We had 12 hearty souls for the 7pm Epiphany service. The service began in darkness as the Magi approached the manger with a selection from the beginning of the Isaiah 60 reading, followed by words from the priest imploring God to “enfold us with the radiance of this light” so the Holy Spirit would “shine into our hearts.” The candles were lit and another reading mentioning the “leading of a star you manifested your only Son to the peoples of the earth.”
We are a small Episcopal Church on the banks of the Rappahannock in Port Royal, Virginia. We acknowledge that we gather on the traditional land of the first people of Port Royal, the Nandtaughtacund, and we respect and honor with gratitude the land itself, the legacy of the ancestors, and the life of the Rappahannock Tribe. Our mission statement is to do God’s Will in all that we do.