Established in 1888, we are seeking to discover God’s will and truth as we endeavor to place God first in our lives
Who Are We?
We are an inclusive and affirming community of Christians ministering in Royersford and the area surrounding.
We invite you, with members of your family and friends, to come and worship with us and join us in a truly Christ-centered community. Together we will continue carrying out our mission: Bringing everyone into closer communion with God.
Who is Welcome?
At The Church of the Epiphany, we believe that God delights in the diversity of creation and so do we. Through worship, love, and service, Epiphany strives to be a reconciling, affirming, and inclusive community.
We welcome you as God's creation, regardless of where you are on your journey of faith or whether you are single, married, separated, or partnered.
Our welcome knows no boundaries of age, race, ethnicity, culture, gender, sexual orientation, economic condition, or physical or mental ability. Our church happily affirms the LGBTQ community, encourages women in ministry and leadership, and supports the minorities in this country and all over the world.
Please visit us and feel God's welcome.
How Do you Worship?
As members of the one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church of Christ, we worship in accordance with the practice of the Episcopal Church. Our Sunday worship is focused on the celebration of the Holy Eucharist as prescribed in The Book of Common Prayer and the 1982 Hymnal. We use both the Rite I sung Eucharist and the Rite II sung Eucharist with piano or organ.
Our History
We have been a church since 1888, undergoing all the growth and changes that over a century of life brings.
1888: Two women organize a church in the Anglican tradition in the Royersford area.
1889: Parishioners hold the first service on the Feast of the Epiphany (hence the name!) and lay the cornerstone.
1897: Completion and dedication of Epiphany Chapel.
1903: Fire destroys Epiphany Chapel.
1904: Epiphany rebuilt in a stone building on the corner of South 3rd Ave. and Washington St.
1905: First service in the renamed “The Church of the Epiphany.”
1961: Construction of the Dennis H. Warner Education Building to house church offices and a nursery school.
2000s: Structural problems begin to affect the church building. (It was tilting!)
2019: Epiphany holds its last service in the church building and moves worship to the Warner Education Building.
2022: Epiphany sells its property and begins services at the Royersford Church of the Nazarene.
2023: Epiphany begins services at a leased chapel at 87 Bethel Church Rd, Spring City, where they are looking to grow and serve the community!
Who we Are
Mission Statement.
As stated in the Book of Common Prayer’s catechism (p. 855):
“To restore all people to unity with God and each other in Christ.”
Focus.
We seek every day to love God with our whole heart, mind and soul, and to love our neighbors as ourselves (Matthew 22:36-40).
Values.
For the Episcopal Church, the Jesus Movement calls us to focus on three specific Priorities:
EVANGELISM
Listen for Jesus’ movement in our lives and in the world. Give thanks. Proclaim and celebrate it! Invite the Spirit to do the rest.
RECONCILIATION
Embody the loving, liberating, life-giving way of Jesus with each other.
CREATION CARE
Encounter and honor the face of God in creation.
The Episcopal Church is divided into geographic regions called Dioceses, with each diocese containing multiple individual churches. Epiphany is part of The Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania, encompassing the southeast corner of Pennsylvania and centered in Norristown. Each church unit is called a parish and depends on an ordained individual for spiritual and theological guidance as well as the celebration of church services (Eucharist, weddings, funerals, etc.) The day-to-day governance of the parish is the responsibility of elected laity called the Vestry who work in partnership with clergy.
Our Diocese and our parish are dedicated to and follow the canons, bylaws, and theology as prescribed by the Episcopal Church in the United States.
Epiphany prefers sermons based on the prescribed bible readings of the day. We practice an open communion where all are invited to partake of God’s table regardless of denomination or age.
Because we use the Book of Common Prayer (BCP) to structure our worship, lay people participate in the entire liturgy, not simply have it performed for them by the clergy. We continue that tradition of involvement, using the 1979 American edition of the BCP.
We always provide a service bulletin at every service, which inclues all of the hymns and the texts for the Collect, First Lesson, Epistle, and the Holy Gospel.
For more information about our denomination, feel free to visit the websites for The Episcopal Church or the The Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania.