Mesquite Episcopal/Lutheran Church
What do you call a church made up of Lutherans and Episcopalians (and friends)? Lutherpalians! The recently formed Mesquite Episcopal/ Lutheran Community starts meeting at Valley Presbyterian Church at noon on April 7.
We invite you to join us for worship and fellowship at Valley Presbyterian Church, 350 Falcon Ridge Parkway #702.
Since 2001, The Episcopal Church and Evangelical Lutheran Church in America have been in full communion.
That means their clergy are “interchangeable.” For the Mesquite community, a retired Episcopal priest from Grace Church in St. George will lead services once a month, and a New Promise clergy team member will take another Sunday.
“Lutherans and Episcopalians are family members who got separated during the ecclesiastical divorce we call the Reformation,” said the Very Rev. Stephen Brehe, a retired Episcopal cathedral dean who has helped launch the joint community. “One sibling grew up in England and the other on the continent. In the second half of the last century, we looked around and discovered that we were siblings with lots of common characteristics.
“We should get the family together. We retain our distinctive differences like brothers and sisters in any family. But we have so much in common, it makes sense to work and pray together, especially in smaller communities.”
For more information, call Marty Pecoraro at 775-843-4173 or 702-344-5448 or email him at martii714@aol.com.
The church is a joint project of the Grand Canyon District of the ELCA and the Episcopal Diocese of Nevada. The community thanks Valley Presbyterian Church for sharing its worship and fellowship space.
Get reconnected with Jesus starting this Easter. Join us on Easter Sunday at 11 a.m. at the Fine Arts Center, 15 W. Mesquite Blvd. The Evangelical Lutheran and Episcopal churches sponsor the Mesquite Episcopal/Lutheran Community.
Brehe, recently retired Dean of Trinity Cathedral in Reno, will preach and celebrate the Holy Eucharist. All are welcome!
