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South Bay (Fremont & north San Jose) UECNA:
Littlewood UE Chapel is an affiliate of the United Episcopal Church (UECNA) under the Missionary Bishop, the Most Reverend Peter Robinson. We are a lay-led Anglican community in Fremont with overlap in northern San Jose CA, giving the UECNA a presence in the lower Bay Area. As an official congregation in the UECNA, we have a vote at District Convocation and National Convention. For worship we use the standard 1928 Book of Common Prayer (BCP) and the 1901 Revised translation of the King James Bible (ASV). Our music is basically from the earliest Protestant Episcopal metered-psalter.
As a lay-led initiative, our ceremony is predictably "low"-- having neither crosses nor candles. This is partly due to our solitary condition. But, more specifically, low-churchmen kept unity with fellow Protestants. The original Protestant Episcopal Church (with the exception, perhaps, of its New England branch) was especially concerned about such bonds of peace (as explained in our Longer Preface), resulting in an American revision which tended to favor flexibility and brevity, partly, in hopes of "removing, as far as possible, of all occasion of cavil or quarrel against the liturgy".
Although our labors at Littlewood Chapel are mostly directed toward friends and family– focusing on regular catechism and holy living– we wish to connect all ranks & stations of people to the 1928 Prayer Book, traditional Protestant songs, and class meetings (see below). Please contact us for private services held weekly in Fremont. Otherwise, we use the Quaker Meeting House in San Jose CA-- about three times a year.
As a lay-led initiative, our ceremony is predictably "low"-- having neither crosses nor candles. This is partly due to our solitary condition. But, more specifically, low-churchmen kept unity with fellow Protestants. The original Protestant Episcopal Church (with the exception, perhaps, of its New England branch) was especially concerned about such bonds of peace (as explained in our Longer Preface), resulting in an American revision which tended to favor flexibility and brevity, partly, in hopes of "removing, as far as possible, of all occasion of cavil or quarrel against the liturgy".
Although our labors at Littlewood Chapel are mostly directed toward friends and family– focusing on regular catechism and holy living– we wish to connect all ranks & stations of people to the 1928 Prayer Book, traditional Protestant songs, and class meetings (see below). Please contact us for private services held weekly in Fremont. Otherwise, we use the Quaker Meeting House in San Jose CA-- about three times a year.
Public Anglican Services:
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Our public services are held about three times a year-- e.g., fifth Sundays or other holy days when straight Prayer Book use is otherwise hard to find. This might include a Twelfth Night (Epiphany Eve), All Saints, or even the Ash Wednesday service. When possible, we meet together upon other Sabbaths peculiar to the American liturgical year such as Independence and Thanksgiving Days. Chapel times are typically Sunday afternoon, reserving morning hours for settled churches. Below is a list of dates at the Quaker Meeting House for the remainder of 2018:
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Upcoming dates for 2018 at the Meeting House. 1041 Morse St., San Jose CA:
- Morning Prayer: Thanksgiving Day, November 22nd, Wednesday @ 10am.
Class Meetings:
Today, the class meeting is extinct among Anglicans. However, among pious Churchmen during the 18th-century, class or societal meetings were common. To make our Election sure, we support and promote class meetings, carefully following the example and advice of Church of England clergy like the Revs. John Wesley, Vincent Perronet, William Grimshaw, and John Fletcher. Class meetings belong to a kind of private worship, so they are held between the public gatherings of the Church .
Class members follow a General Rule (or Rule of Life) pledging three parts. First, to avoid evil of every kind; second, doing good of every possible sort to all men; and, third, attending upon all the Ordinances of God. The general rule is a convenient way of monitoring our improvement in the Christian walk. The class meetings are non-denominational in character, only asking attendees to “to flee the coming wrath, and be saved from their sin". Upon opportunity we occasionally invite hearers at public worship to societal meetings.
Class members follow a General Rule (or Rule of Life) pledging three parts. First, to avoid evil of every kind; second, doing good of every possible sort to all men; and, third, attending upon all the Ordinances of God. The general rule is a convenient way of monitoring our improvement in the Christian walk. The class meetings are non-denominational in character, only asking attendees to “to flee the coming wrath, and be saved from their sin". Upon opportunity we occasionally invite hearers at public worship to societal meetings.
