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Lenten Devotional Week 2: Freedom From Our Stories

Week 2: Freedom From Our Stories

Welcome to the second in our series of Lenten reflections designed to help you go deeper this season using the Sunday sermon, the Gospel reading, and our 5 Weeks of

Lenten Devotional Week 1: Freedom in our Identity

Week 1: Identity over “Ifs”

Welcome to the first in a series of blogs to help you go deeper this lent using the the Sunday Sermon, readings and our “5 Weeks of Freedom” small groups discussion guide so

Pastoral Care: What it is and how to access our ministries of care

By The Rev. Dr. Bill Carroll

Like our other ministries here at Christ Church Cranbrook, our pastoral care ministries are inspired by the teaching and example of Jesus.  If you read the Gospels, you will notice

Ashes to Go! Sacred Space on Street Corners

By: Father Chris Harris

Ash Wednesday calls us to reflect on our mortality, to look honestly at our lives—both what we’ve done and what we’ve left undone—and to renew our commitment to God’s path of love. But what if we

Fresco Restoration Week Three Update

By: Deborah Odette

As of today, Tuesday, the surface cleaning of the fresco is complete! Members of the restoration team report that the cleaning work proceeded very smoothly. In a few places, squares of uncleaned surface have been left to

Comments from the Outgoing Senior Warden

By: Marla Carew

In 1979, the great poet, soon to be great Christian poet, Denise Levertov sat down to write an agnostic mass. She grew up with an Anglican priest father and so knew how a liturgy worked,

The Rev. Dr. William Danaher Presents the 2025 Rector’s Report

Rev. Dr. William Danaher: More Than All We Can Ask or Imagine

“Now to God who by the power at work within us is able to accomplish abundantly far more than all we can ask or imagine, to

Fresco Restoration Update

By Deborah Odette

By now many of you will have seen the impressive scaffolding installed at the church to facilitate this work. The scaffolding is 55’ tall at the apex.

Work began on the frescoes on Tuesday of this week. It

How YOU TOO Can Host a Small Group this Lent

By Rev. Chris Harris

Small groups have always been at the heart of Christian community. From the earliest days of the Church, believers gathered “from house to house” to pray, learn, and support one another in

Fresco Undergoes Restoration

By: Deborah Odette

The beautiful fresco surrounding the High Altar was created by artist Katherine McEwan, who worked closely with the Booths on its design. Creating the design and applying the fresco to the wall took nearly three years to