Epiclesis

Chapter House: Life & Wholeness Soul Care Ministries
2025-05-19 13:00 - 19:00, 2025-05-06 08:30 - 12:30, 2025-05-05 13:00 - 19:00, 2025-04-29 08:30 - 12:30, 2025-04-28 13:00 - 19:00, 2025-04-22 08:30 - 12:30, 2025-04-21 13:00 - 19:00, 2025-04-15 08:30 - 12:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
At the Epiclesis Chapter House by Appointment…
A ministry of Christy Shirley Fickenscher, MA, Life & Wholeness Soul Care has a mission to promote, encourage, and facilitate mature relationships for the purpose of building up the Body of Christ. With a background in Marriage and Therapy Therapy, she has a master’s degree in Clinical Psychology and practiced professionally for many years. She is retired and is no longer practicing as an LMFT.
Her ministry now centers on spiritual well-being as central to wholeness. She has been trained in the ministry of reconciliation (prayer ministry) through Imago Dei ministries out of Portland, Oregon. Prayer ministry is led by a desire to see the light of Christ come into the dark places within hurting individuals. Prayer ministry is both an art and the application of various tools for the unlocking the God-given potential within each person. Soul care sees all of life connected with the desire to live an undivided life as David prayed, “Lord, give me an undivided life that I might praise your name” (Psalm 86:11).
About Integrative Prayer Counseling: Our time together will center around what it is that you bring to the session and learning to listen to where the Lord is drawing you and speaking to you. Through the integrative prayer process, we learn to hear God’s perspective on the areas of our lives in which we struggle. The approach is to also listen to you as a whole person and take into consideration mind, soul, spirit, and body.
Appointments: Counselling sessions on Mondays and Tuesdays at the Chapter House are by appointment only. Contact Christy.

Sunday Morning Worship
2025-05-18 10:30 - 12:00, 2025-05-11 10:30 - 12:00, 2025-05-04 10:30 - 12:00, 2025-04-27 10:30 - 12:00, 2025-04-20 10:30 - 12:00
Join us each Sunday from 10:30 AM to noon in the chapel of the Carmichael Seventh Day Adventist Church:
4600 Winding Way (Corner of Winding Way & Pasadena); Sacramento, CA 95841-4540.

And here’s a handy note: Find the closest, most convenient parking on the Winding Way side of the building. See you this Sunday!
For links and information to join us virtually, please CLICK HERE.
Need an Epiclesis phone number? Call us at (916) 572-9113.

Movie Time at the Chapter House
2025-05-17 17:30 | Chapter House, 7985 Park Drive, Fair Oaks, CA
Hoping you’ll join us on Saturday, May 17, at 5:30 PM, for Movie Time at the Chapter House. The feature? The multiple Academy Award-winning film “A Man for All Seasons” starring Paul Scofield, Vanessa Redgrave, Orson Welles, and John Hurt (120 minutes, rated G).
This sumptuous historical costume drama from 1966 focuses on the true story of Sir Thomas More who stood up to King Henry VIII when the monarch rejected the Roman Catholic Church in order to obtain a divorce and remarry. More’s clashes with the monarch increased in intensity. A devout Catholic and the King’s Lord Chancellor, More stood by his religious principles and tooks measures to leave the royal court. Unfortunately, the King and his loyalists weren’t appeased and pressed forward with charges of treason, further testing More’s resolve and bringing about one of the greatest moral showdowns in history.
It’s an inspirational story of moral resolve, family, devotion to country, and religious principle.
Will you bring a snack? You’ll have to get really creative on this one. The English are not especially known for their tasty food.

Chapter House Private Prayer Gathering
2025-05-15 18:30 - 20:30

Morning Prayer in the Virtual Chapter House
2025-05-15 08:00 - 08:30, 2025-05-08 08:00 - 08:30, 2025-05-01 08:00 - 08:30, 2025-04-24 08:00 - 08:30, 2025-04-17 08:00 - 08:30
Join us on Thursday mornings at 8 AM for prayer and communion in our virtual Chapter House. We use the (wonderful) resource “Celtic Daily Prayer and the service lasts about 30 minutes.
Start your day out right with prayer and communion on Thursdays online via Zoom. Check out the appropriate page on our website HERE for all the connection details….

Chapter House Private Meetings
2025-05-14 17:00 - 20:00

Epiclesis Council of Elders
2025-05-08 18:45
Elders Only: Zoom Meeting Link
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83294934868?pwd=[REDACTED]
Leader; Scribe
Jan: CA; DA
Feb: DA; RA
March: RA; MB
April: MB; RB
May: RB; TB
June: TB; DB
July: DB; LAC
August: LAC; EK
September: EK; JH
October: JH; CA
November: CA; DA

Movie Time at the Chapter House
2025-04-26 17:30 | Chapter House, 7985 Park Drive, Fair Oaks, CA
Hoping you’ll join us on Saturday, April 26, at 5:30 PM, for Movie Time at the Chapter House. The film? Another terrific docu-drama titled “Skeletons on the Sahara.”
It’s a miraculous story. In 1815, the Connecticut merchant ship “Commerce” ran aground off the West Coast of Africa. Captured by Arab nomads, Captain James Riley and his crew were sold into brutal slavery and marched across the Sahara Desert, where skin can boil, lips blacken, and men shrivel to walking skeletons.
Feeling responsible for the fate of his men, Riley staked his life on their well-being. His true story of miraculous survival takes documentary viewers inside the adventure with recreations that were shot on location and compelling interviews with descendants of Riley, his crew, and their captors.
The captain’s inspiring memoir, originally titled and published as An Authentic Narrative of the Loss of the American Brig Commerce (1817), was influential on a young Abraham Lincoln in his views on slavery.
Includes commentary from Dean King, author of the bestselling book of the same name. This History Channel production (1:40) is safe for all audiences (though there are some difficult scenes reenacting near-starvation).
Will you bring a snack? Something desert-y? Could be North African, Moroccan, or maybe something Arab. Get creative!

Resurrection Sunday
2025-04-20

Easter Vigil Service
2025-04-19 23:00
The Easter Vigil tradition stretches way back in Christian history, and it’s a sensory-rich worship opportunity. So, join us to experience one of the richest services of the year. The hour-long service will feature candlelight, a brief baptismal renewal, plenty of Scripture reading, and the tradtional sounding of the “strepitus” which symbolizes Jesus’ victory over sin and death.
One helpful note: You may want to bring a small flashlight. The service begins outdoors and proceeds into the darkened chapel lit only by candlelight.

Holy Saturday
2025-04-19

Good Friday
2025-04-18

Maundy Thursday Service
2025-04-17 19:00
Mark your calendars for Maundy Thursday, April 17, at 7 PM, for a quiet, contemplative, candlelit service of worship. Maundy Thursday, the night we mark Christ’s last supper with His disciples in that upper room in Jerusalem, gets its name from the Latin phrase, “Mandatum novum,” or “new commandment.” Jesus told His followers of a new commandment that He was given them– that they love one another just as He had loved them. Our service will include Scripture, prayer, music, art, and we’ll gather around the Table of the Lord for Communion before departing in silence.
The service is free and open to the public… and it’s sure to be a highlight of your Lent and Easter season. Won’t you join us?

Maundy Thursday
2025-04-17

Soup, Bread, and Prayer
2025-04-16 19:00 | Chapter House, 7985 Park Drive, Fair Oaks, CA
We’re hoping you’ll set some time aside this Lenten Season and join us on Wednesday nights at 7 PM, at the Chapter House (7985 Park Drive, Fair Oaks).
The format will be very easy-going: hot soup, bread, and some prayer. We’ll provide the food, and you’ll provide the prayer. We’ll read the Scriptures for the coming Sunday as we eat a simple meal, then devote the rest of our time to prayer.
One note: Try to let Pastor Chris know if you are coming, and, if you like, sign up to bring soup/bread for one of our evenings.
One more handy note: You’ll want to add in a bit of time for parking since construction is (alas) still going on at the park. You may have to walk a bit from an adjacent street, alrighty?
We’ll begin on Wednesday night, March 12 and continue through Wednesday of Holy Week (April 16). The event will likely last about an hour and a half.
What a lovely, little spiritual discipline with your brother and sisters to add to help you keep a holy Lent. Looking forward to seeing you!

PS: The image used here is a painted version of the famous photograph titled “Grace” by Eric Enstrom (c.1920). The original photo was taken at Enstrom’s studio in Bovey, MN, and the model was a local peddler named Charles Wilden. Enstrom first licensed the photo in the 30s, and in the 40s, his daughter colorized the photo by hand. It is that version that was circulated more widely and became the most popular.
