Easter is here! Jesus is risen!
Here is all the info you need to participate in the online Easter Service from St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church. Join Father Frank Hawkins as we worship together on Facebook this Sunday, April 12 at 10:00 AM.
St. Bartholomew’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/stbarthempstead/
Hello, everyone! Here is all the info you need to participate in the online Good Friday Episcopal Service from St. Bartholomew’s Church. Join Father Frank Hawkins as we worship together on Facebook this Friday, April 10 at 6:00 PM.
St. Bartholomew’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/stbarthempstead/
Hello, everyone! Here is all the info you need to participate in the online Episcopal Service this week.
St. Bartholomew’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/stbarthempstead/
Since St. Bartholomew’s Church began as an Episcopal mission in Hempstead in 1858, we have found a way to come together as a community and hold weekly prayer and mass as often as possible.
We have done this as a community through outbreaks of yellow fever, typhus, measles, polio, and influenza. We are grateful to worship a God that has given us the intelligence to better understand how diseases are transmitted and how to prevent them.
To that end, we are supporting government and Episcopal Diocesan directives to forgo physical gatherings of 10 or more people at St. Bartholomew’s Church for the time being. Instead, we will be conducting virtual services.
To participate, download the March 29, 2020 St. Bartholomew Order of Service below and join us on our Facebook page at 10:00 AM Sunday morning. You can find us on Facebook here https://www.facebook.com/stbarthempstead/.
See you all on Sunday at 10:00 on Facebook!
Good morning! You can access the virtual service this morning, led by Rev. Rhonda Rogers at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRbImTkNZyAStKJiZYArHPQ
You can view or download the order of service at this link:
See you all at 10:30 AM!
Three delegates from St. Bartholomew Episcopal Church plan to attend the 171st Diocesan Council for the Episcopal Diocese of Texas in Waco on Saturday, February 8.
Council delegates will vote on several proposed amendments to the diocese’s constitution and will elect candidates to several positions within the diocese. Of note, Rev. Rhonda Rogers is running for the Executive Board, Clergy and Frederick Roberts is running for Deputy of General Convention, Lay. They are both from St. Francis of Assisi in Prairie View. The St. Bart’s family wishes them great success!
You can read more about all nominations and candidates in the 2020 Nominations list published by the diocese.
Christmas Eve mass at Saint Bartholomew is a tradition for many. It’s a great time to celebrate the birth of our savior while having the chance to catch up with new and old friends alike.
Please join us on Christmas Eve, December 24th, at 6:30 p.m. for carols. Mass starts at 7:00 p.m. and there will be coffee and refreshments after the service.
Saint Bartholomew was one of the first churches established in Waller County. People have been worshiping God and Jesus Christ as part of the St. Bartholomew family since 1861. We still use a baptismal font carved from stone and dedicated to the church in 1891, a dozen years before the Wright Brothers made their first successful flight in 1903. We look back on our traditions with fondness while keeping our eyes on the future and on serving the community of Hempstead and Waller County.
If you are new to Saint Bartholomew or to worship in the Episcopal Church, Christmas Eve is a great time to try us out! We practice open communion. As long as you are a baptized Christian, you are welcome at our table.
So come to the Christmas Eve mass! We can’t wait to see you!
Come sing. Come pray. Come celebrate Christ.
Holy Communion is open to all baptized Christians!
No judgment allowed. Just love, kindness, acceptance, peace, and hope. Because God loves you just the way you are.
Ven a cantar. Ven a rezar. Ven a celebrar a Cristo. Santa comunión siempre está abierto a todos Cristianos bautizados!
No se permite juicio. Solo amor, amabilidad, aceptación, paz y esperanza. Porque Dios te ama tal como eres.
All Saints’ Day is when we remember and commemorate all saints, known and unknown. It is one of the seven principle feasts of the church year. While It occurs on November 1, we will be celebrating All Saints’ Day this Sunday, November 3 at a special Mass at 10:00 a.m., followed by a covered dish lunch.
We’d love to see you!
Everyone deserves a place that feel like home. Find it here.
St. Bart’s newsletter for September is here!
This month’s special article discusses Presiding Bishop Michael Curry’s take on Hurricane Harvey. We continue to pray for those affected by the storm, and to help out however we can.
Third Sunday of Easter sermon delivered by Reverend Wendy at St. Bartholomew’s in Hempstead, serving Hempstead and Waller as an Episcopal church since 1860.
The Gospel: John 21:1-19
Jesus showed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias; and he showed himself in this way. Gathered there together were Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples. Simon Peter said to them, “I am going fishing.” They said to him, “We will go with you.” They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.
Just after daybreak, Jesus stood on the beach; but the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to them, “Children, you have no fish, have you?” They answered him, “No.” He said to them, “Cast the net to the right side of the boat, and you will find some.” So they cast it, and now they were not able to haul it in because there were so many fish. That disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on some clothes, for he was naked, and jumped into the sea. But the other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish, for they were not far from the land, only about a hundred yards off.
When they had gone ashore, they saw a charcoal fire there, with fish on it, and bread. Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish that you have just caught.” So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish, a hundred fifty-three of them; and though there were so many, the net was not torn. Jesus said to them, “Come and have breakfast.” Now none of the disciples dared to ask him, “Who are you?” because they knew it was the Lord. Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them, and did the same with the fish. This was now the third time that Jesus appeared to the disciples after he was raised from the dead.
When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my lambs.” A second time he said to him, “Simon son of John, do you love me?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Tend my sheep.” He said to him the third time, “Simon son of John, do you love me?” Peter felt hurt because he said to him the third time, “Do you love me?” And he said to him, “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep. Very truly, I tell you, when you were younger, you used to fasten your own belt and to go wherever you wished. But when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will fasten a belt around you and take you where you do not wish to go.” (He said this to indicate the kind of death by which he would glorify God.) After this he said to him, “Follow me.”