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75TH ANNIVERSARY
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75th Anniversary Main page:
www.avondalepresbychurch.org/75thanniversary
Contacts:
Get involved: Lynn Wilkerson, Ministry Chair email
Email story/photos: 75thanniversary@avondalepresbychurch.org
or Betty Chambers email
Event information: Church Office 704-333-6194 or email
Who is invited?
Avondalers past and present, neighbors, family and friends are ALL invited to join in celebrations! See details of ALL our celebrations on our 75th main web page.
Donations:
In honor of our 75th Anniversary, please consider a donation to Avondale.
General Fund / Sacred Garden / In Memory or In Honor Of
Youth Group / Children's Ministry
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Taizé Prayer Services
A Taizé service involves sung and chanted prayers, meditation,
a period of silence, liturgical readings, and icons. There is no preaching.
It is a time of communal prayer, song, and meditative silence.
All are always welcome.
We invite you to join us in-person for this time of prayer. Services are held monthly on the 1st Tuesday at 7 PM. During the COVID-19 pandemic (2020), Avondale shared Taizé services online. Find past services below or on our YouTube channel.
SERVICES:
First Tuesday of the Month
at 7 PM in the Sanctuary
ABOUT: One of Taizé's trademarks is the singing of distinctive and much-repeated prayer chants during candlelit prayer services. Taizé music highlights simple phrases, usually lines from the Psalms or other pieces of scripture, repeated or sung in canon. The repetition is designed to help with meditation and prayer. We hope you are able to participate and find this service to be a time of meaning and quiet reflection.
Avondale's Taizé service will be in traditional formatting with moments of silence lasting five minutes or less. The chants will be printed for your participation. Find a comfortable spot and invite calm and quiet into your body. Communal prayer can be powerful and healing. Thank you for joining us.
2020-21:
Maundy Thursday - Taizé link
Aug 4 - Taizé service link
Sept 1 - Taizé service link
Oct 6 - Taizé service link
Nov 3 - Taizé service link
Dec 1- Taizé service link
Jan 5- Taizé service link
Feb 2- Taizé service link
Mar 2- Taizé service link
Apr 1 - Maundy Thursday service
May 4 - Taizé service link
June 8 - Taizé service link
July 7 - Taizé service link
Aug 3 - RETURN TO IN-PERSON SERVICES! Join us!
Taizé services on YouTube:
Youtube.com/Avondale
PresbyChurch
AVONDALE TAIZE HISTORY:
The day "9/11" (in 2001) happened, we had a Taizé service already scheduled. We had a full house that evening. Our Taizé leaders modified the evening into a service for 9/11. A year later, we again had a Taizé service. In memory of 9/11, over the evening , 3,000 doves were hung from the ceiling to honor and pay tribute to those impacted by the tragedy.
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