Good morning! Our post today is From the Archives. Be Blessed! Our festive celebration today, Pentecost, is in commemoration of the formation of our Christian Church by the empowerment of the Holy Spirit given to the disciples by Jesus, the resurrected Christ. It is a high feast day in our faith, one just as important as Christmas and Easter. [...]
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Come Holy Spirit, Fill Our Hearts Leave a comment
Throwing out the money changers… Leave a comment
Good morning! This post comes From the Archives! Be Blessed! Our Lectionary moves us from the Gospel of Mark, with its Greek influence, to the Gospel of John with its influences from the region that is now Turkey. And it contains a story that is painfully familiar to clergy. It’s the story of Jesus throwing [...]
Lost Sheep: Something to Celebrate! 1 comment
Good morning! This post is From the Archives. Be Blessed! A couple of weeks ago, I came into the office on Wednesday, and Sara said, “In a couple of weeks you’ve got “lost sheep” for a gospel theme. “I’ve been working on art for the bulletin.” I fell in love with the first one she showed me and it’s the [...]
Easter Egg Hunt! Leave a comment
“It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder. for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad. “ [...]
Alleluia! Leave a comment
He is risen, he is risen! Tell it out with joyful voice! He has burst his three days’ prison, let the whole wide earth rejoice: death is conquered, we are free, Christ has won the victory! May Almighty God, who has redeemed us and made us his children through the resurrection of his Son, our Lord, [...]
Do you believe this? Leave a comment
The contrast between the stark cross that emerges after Palm Sunday worship, and the living, flowering cross of Easter Sunday provides a fragrant, and colorful reminder of the promise of New Life through Jesus Christ. Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and [...]
Finding your manna… Leave a comment
The first course of our Lenten Program Series, “Feeding our Bodies and Souls” was wonderfully satisfying! Kelly Harvey, speaking on ”Finding Your Manna,” got us off to a great start with a lively discussion as we brainstormed what “manna” might have been. The idea was to think of foods that provide complete nutrition, everything a person would need in order [...]
Burying the Alleluias… Leave a comment
A Tree for John Roberts 1 comment
Break open a cherry tree and there are no flowers, but the Spring breeze brings forth myriad blossoms. Ikkyu Sojun On Sunday, February 26th, a dogwood tree was planted on the grounds of the Church of the Epiphany to commemorate the life and ministry of John Roberts, Choirmaster and Organist, and friend. A wonderful time was had [...]
It’s important, it’s holy, it’s Advent… 1 comment
Well, this morning is the 1st Sunday of Advent, which means that we have made it through Black Friday. For those of you in the congregation who are younger, and by that, I mean under 60, Black Friday is a fairly new event, and don’t confuse it with Good Friday. The names would make much [...]
