Find the Sunday Bulletin for Trinity 12 Aug. 23, 2026 here.
We are beginning a new series in our 10:00 am Sunday Christian Education class on the “Hard Sayings of Jesus” on Sunday, August 30, please join us downstairs in the undercroft for sound biblical instruction and great conversation!
The Epistle. II Corinthians iii.4
SUCH trust have we through Christ to God-ward: not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God; who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away: how shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious? For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
The Gospel. St. Mark vii. 31.
JESUS, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis. And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him. And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue; and looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened. And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain. And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it; and were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.
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St. Paul’s is a traditional Anglican church, serving the greater Lexington, Virginia area. As a community of Christians we invite you to join us as we follow in the footsteps of Christ, through repentance and faith, with joy and gladness. Come and rejoice with us in “the beauty of holiness” (Ps. 96) and help us as we minister to our community in the name of Christ. We have services of worship every Sunday morning using the Bible and the traditional Book of Common Prayer (1928) as our order of worship and rule of prayer.
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