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11/12/2020

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​Reflection
November 10, 2020
 
Charles Simeon
Preacher, Evangelist 
 
Charles Simeon, whose feast day is today, was celebrated for his gifts as a preacher 
and supporter of missionaries. English historian William E.H. Lecky wrote that he and
his friends and colleagues “gradually changed the whole spirit of the English church. 
They infused into it a new force and passion of devotion, kindness, a spirit of fervent
philanthropy that raised the standard of clerical duty and completely altered the 
whole tone… of the preaching of its ministers.”
His start in the church was inauspicious. Educated at Cambridge, he was placed as a 
deacon in Holy Trinity Church, Cambridge.
He was highly unpopular at first. Perhaps that was because his influential father 
intervened to get his position raised to curate in charge for the Bishop. At first, services 
were disrupted, and he was insulted in the streets. 
By the time he ended his ministry at Holy Trinity 54 years later, his church was 
crowded. And Charles Simeon was noted for his sermons, which were Biblical, simple
and passionate. He also founded the London Society for Promoting Christianity
Among the Jews (now the Church’s Ministry Among Jewish People). He also helped 
choose chaplains for the British East India Company, prompting historian Thomas 
Macauley to write that he exerted “authority and influence from Cambridge to the 
most remote corners of the England.  His real sway in the Church was far greater than 
that of any primate.” (India was part of the British Empire then.) 
By the time he died in November 1836, he was a recognized leader in evangelism in 
England. Charles Simeon is buried at King’s Chapel, Cambridge. 
 
Deacon Mary 
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    The Rev. Charles Hoffacker is a retired priest of the Diocese of Washington
    who lives in Greenbelt, Maryland. He and his wife Helena Mirtova are members of Ascension and St. Agnes.

    The Rev. Mary McCue, is a vocational deacon and currently ministers at Church of the Ascension and St. Agnes.
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    The Rev. Dominique Peridans is the Rector of Church of the Ascension and St. Agnes. 

    Molly Jane Layton is a seminarian intern at Ascension and St. Agnes. 

    Zach Baker Rodes is a seminarian intern at Ascension and St. Agnes.

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      • Apolitical or Supra Political?
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      • Parish Staff
      • Vestry
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    • About our Worship >
      • Attending Mass
      • Music
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    • Adult Formation >
      • Adult Theology Upcoming
      • Adult Theology Archive >
        • Knowing Christ
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