Welcome to Annunciation!
We have temporarily moved our worship services and small groups online.
We are still a vibrant and diverse congregation.
We are still loving and serving God and our neighbors.
We still welcome ALL to join us as we seek to deepen our faith.
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10am on Sundays for Morning Prayer, Rite II
12pm on Fridays for Stations of the Cross.
To watch our online service after it has broadcast on Sundays, click here.
Stay informed about Covid-19.
We are a vibrant and diverse congregation located in the Broadmoor neighborhood in New Orleans. Since our founding 175 years ago as the third oldest Episcopal Church in New Orleans, Annunciation's mission has been a commitment to loving and serving God and our neighbors.
Annunciation has always welcomed families of all ages. We invite you to visit us this Sunday. You will find a child-friendly and welcoming group of people, seeking to deepen our faith in Christ Jesus.
Sunday Services
10:00 AM
(new service time)
Online with music during the current pandemic.
The 6pm service is cancelled at this time.
On the Sunday@Annunciation page, you can also learn more
about our Christian Formation for Children and Adults, including our small groups.
10:00 AM
(new service time)
Online with music during the current pandemic.
The 6pm service is cancelled at this time.
On the Sunday@Annunciation page, you can also learn more
about our Christian Formation for Children and Adults, including our small groups.
A pastoral message from Rev. Duane Wiggin-Nettles concerning the current pandemic (3/13/20)
March 13, 2020
Dear friends,
I am writing to you today as we face a world-wide pandemic. Many of us are feeling anxious, angry, confused, frustrated, and overwhelmed, to name a few emotions.
It is ironic this is happening during Lent, a time in which we are called to change and embrace new ways of living. Lent interrupts our lives. The liturgy shifts in a major way. The quietness of our services can be jarring and unnerving. Our city which throws the largest public party in America, suddenly dons ashes and goes quiet the next day. Lent calls us to step out of our old comfortable ways. It calls us to sacrifice. It calls us to recognize our interdependence on God and one another.
When we give up things during Lent, the things we give up are not meant to become our obsession and focus. Rather, we walk away from old habits in order to focus on things we have overlooked. As we find our daily lives constricted in this crisis, I challenge us to discover who we are without all our busyness. Maybe the cancellation of that large public event you were planning to attend is an invitation not to stay home binging on the news cycle but to sit on your porch and chat with your neighbors. For some who are in a vulnerable population group, there may be a need to keep some distance, but you can still get within ear shot for a good conversation. And maybe don’t spend the whole time talking about COVID-19, but instead talk about what you ate, how your garden is doing, how are their kids, and the other things we used to do when we all sat on the front porch.
There is a saying, “Never miss the opportunity to use a crisis for good change.” If any place in America has been prepared for unexpected change, it is New Orleans. We got ‘dis, darlin’, as my great-aunt would say.
Stay calm and keep praying, friends. Jesus is Lord.
Your pastor,
Duane+
Dear friends,
I am writing to you today as we face a world-wide pandemic. Many of us are feeling anxious, angry, confused, frustrated, and overwhelmed, to name a few emotions.
It is ironic this is happening during Lent, a time in which we are called to change and embrace new ways of living. Lent interrupts our lives. The liturgy shifts in a major way. The quietness of our services can be jarring and unnerving. Our city which throws the largest public party in America, suddenly dons ashes and goes quiet the next day. Lent calls us to step out of our old comfortable ways. It calls us to sacrifice. It calls us to recognize our interdependence on God and one another.
When we give up things during Lent, the things we give up are not meant to become our obsession and focus. Rather, we walk away from old habits in order to focus on things we have overlooked. As we find our daily lives constricted in this crisis, I challenge us to discover who we are without all our busyness. Maybe the cancellation of that large public event you were planning to attend is an invitation not to stay home binging on the news cycle but to sit on your porch and chat with your neighbors. For some who are in a vulnerable population group, there may be a need to keep some distance, but you can still get within ear shot for a good conversation. And maybe don’t spend the whole time talking about COVID-19, but instead talk about what you ate, how your garden is doing, how are their kids, and the other things we used to do when we all sat on the front porch.
There is a saying, “Never miss the opportunity to use a crisis for good change.” If any place in America has been prepared for unexpected change, it is New Orleans. We got ‘dis, darlin’, as my great-aunt would say.
Stay calm and keep praying, friends. Jesus is Lord.
Your pastor,
Duane+
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Church of the Annunciation
A member of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana and
worldwide Anglican Communion since 1844.
4505 South Claiborne Avenue
New Orleans, Louisiana 70125
504.895.8697 (phone)
New Orleans, Louisiana 70125
504.895.8697 (phone)
