MARCH 5, 2017
THE FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT
HOLY COMMUNION
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Creed Part One
"I Believe In God" Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-10; Psalm 32; Matthew 4:1-11 |
FEBRUARY 10, 2017
TRANSFIGURATION
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THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM
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"Eyewitnesses"
Exodus 24:12-18, Psalm 2, 2 Peter 1:16-19, Matthew 17:1-9 |
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FEBRUARY 19, 2017
SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EPIPHANY
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"But I Say To You..."
Leviticus 19, Psalm 119:33-40, Matthew 5:38-48 |
FEBRUARY 12, 2017
SIXTH SUNDAY OF EPIPHANY
SCOUT SUNDAY
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"God Is Not An Idiot"
Deuteronomy 30: 15-20, Psalm 119:1-8, Matthew 5:21-37 |
FEBRUARY 10, 2017
A SERVICE OF DEATH AND RESURRECTION
CELEBRATING THE LIFE AND FAITH OF
MARY JO SALTER HUGHES
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“He Called Her Name”
Exodus 3:7-10, Psalm 121, John 20:11-18 |
Mary turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? For whom are you looking?” |
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Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.” Jesus said to her, “Mary!” |
FEBRUARY 5, 2017
THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY COMMUNION
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"Salt and Light"
Isaiah 58:1-14, Matthew 5:13-20 |
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JANUARY 29, 2017
FOURTH SUNDAY OF EPIPHANY
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"Simply Put"
Many Thanks to Guest Preacher the Rev. Emily Matheny Micah 6:1-8, Psalm 15, 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 Matthew 5:1-12 |
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JANUARY 22, 2017
THIRD SUNDAY OF EPIPHANY
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“The Invitation”
Isaiah 9:1-4, Psalm 27, Matthew 4:12-25 |
JANUARY 15, 2017
SECOND SUNDAY OF EPIPHANY
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“What Is Your New Name?”
Isaiah 49:1-7, Psalm 40, John 1:35-51 |
JANUARY 8, 2017
THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD
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“I Have Given You As A Covenant”
Isaiah 42:1-9, Psalm 29, Acts 10:34-43, Matthew 3:1-17 |
JANUARY 1, 2017
CELEBRATING THE
EPIPHANY OF JESUS CHRIST
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“What Can I Give Him?”
Isaiah 60:1-6, Psalm 72, Matthew 2:1-12 |
DECEMBER 24, 2016
THE FEAST OF THE NATIVITY
THE CHRIST CANDLE
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"And Our Eyes At Last Shall See Him"
The Christ Candle Isaiah 9:2-7, Psalm 96, Philippians 2:1-11, Luke 2:1-20 |
DECEMBER 4, 2016
ADVENT II
THE CANDLE OF HOPE
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"From These Stones"
The Candle of Hope Isaiah 1:1-10, Romans 15:4-13, Matthew 3:1-12 |
NOVEMBER 27, 2016
ADVENT I
THE CANDLE OF PEACE
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“Come, Let Us Walk in the Light of the LORD”
Isaiah 2:1-5, Psalm 122, Romans 13:8-14, Matthew 24:35-44 |
NOVEMBER 20, 2016
STEWARDSHIP SERIES II
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"What's In A Name?"
1 Samuel 7:3-14, Psalm 40:1-11, Luke 22:14-20, 24-30 |
"All that we have, and all that we are,
is a gift from God." |
A special word of thanks to
Irene Dycus, Chairperson of the Staff-Parish Relations Committee, for this excellent and deeply spiritual exposition of the Gospel. | ||
NOVEMBER 13, 2016
STEWARDSHIP SERIES I
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"Ebenezer"
1 Samuel 7:3-14; Psalm 99; Luke 22:14-20, 24-30 |
NOVEMBER 6, 2016
THE FEAST OF ALL SAINTS
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"God Remembers"
Haggai 2:1-9, Psalm 98, 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17; Luke 20:27-38 |
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October 30, 2016
"An Experience of the First Order" Habakkuk 1:1-4, 2:1-5; Psalm 32; Luke 19:1-10 |
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October 23, 2016
"I Am Your God, There Is No Other – Really?" Joel 2:23-29, Psalm 65, Luke 18:9-14 |
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October 16, 2016
"Sour Grapes" Jeremiah 31:27-34, Psalm 19, Luke 18:1-8 Revelation 14:14-20, John 15 |
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AN EXCERPT FROM
ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S 2ND INAUGURAL ADDRESS
ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S 2ND INAUGURAL ADDRESS
[At the outset of the war,] Neither party expected for the war [to reach] the magnitude or the duration which it has already attained. Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with or even before the conflict itself should cease. Each looked for an easier triumph, and a result less fundamental and astounding. Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces, but let us judge not, that we be not judged. The prayers of both could not be answered. That of neither has been answered fully. The Almighty has His own purposes. "Woe unto the world because of offenses; for it must needs be that offenses come, but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh." If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South this terrible war as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him? Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said "the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether."
With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.
With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.
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October 9, 2016
"Returning to Jesus" Guest Preacher, the Rev. Mike Potter Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7; Psalm 66:1-12; Luke 17:11-19 |
God For Us: The Trinity and Christian Life
Catherine LaCugna
"The 'spiritual life' of Christians is nothing more than training the eye of the heart on the glory of God, and living in such a way that one acquires the habit of discerning the brilliance of God's glory. . . . By encountering the glory of God we are changed by it, much the same way that we are transformed over time by our relationships with others, especially those relationships that touch us most intimately. Christian life is indeed an ongoing encounter with a personal God who brings about both our union with God and communion with each other. Union with God and communion with each other are actualized through doxology." (p. 345).
Catherine LaCugna
"The 'spiritual life' of Christians is nothing more than training the eye of the heart on the glory of God, and living in such a way that one acquires the habit of discerning the brilliance of God's glory. . . . By encountering the glory of God we are changed by it, much the same way that we are transformed over time by our relationships with others, especially those relationships that touch us most intimately. Christian life is indeed an ongoing encounter with a personal God who brings about both our union with God and communion with each other. Union with God and communion with each other are actualized through doxology." (p. 345).
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October 2, 2016
World Communion Sunday "Can These Dry Bones Live?" Ezekiel 37:1-14; Psalm 148; John 10:7-18; 2 Cor. 5:16-21 |
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On the night in which he was betrayed Jesus took bread, and, giving thanks, he broke the bread, gave it to his disciples, and said, "Take; eat; this is my Body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me." |
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In the same way, after the supper was over he took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this in remembrance of me." For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes. |
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September 25, 2016
"Seeing From Afar" Jeremiah 32, selected verses; Psalm 91; Luke 16:19-31 |
THE WORD THAT CAME TO JEREMIAH from the Lord in the tenth year of King Zedekiah of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar. At that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and the prophet Jeremiah was confined in the court of the guard that was in the palace of the king of Judah.
Jeremiah said, The word of the Lord came to me: Hanamel son of your uncle Shallum is going to come to you and say, “Buy my field that is at Anathoth, for the right of redemption by purchase is yours.” Then my cousin Hanamel came to me in the court of the guard, in accordance with the word of the Lord, and said to me, “Buy my field that is at Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for the right of possession and redemption is yours; buy it for yourself.” Then I knew that this was the word of the Lord. And I bought the field at Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel, and weighed out the money to him, seventeen shekels of silver. I signed the deed, sealed it, got witnesses, and weighed the money on scales. Then I took the sealed deed of purchase, containing the terms and conditions, and the open copy; and I gave the deed of purchase to Baruch son of Neriah son of Mahseiah, in the presence of my cousin Hanamel, in the presence of the witnesses who signed the deed of purchase, and in the presence of all the Judeans who were sitting in the court of the guard. In their presence I charged Baruch, saying, Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Take these deeds, both this sealed deed of purchase and this open deed, and put them in an earthenware jar, in order that they may last for a long time. For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Houses and fields and vineyards shall again be bought in this land.
After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch son of Neriah, I prayed to the Lord, saying:
See, the siege ramps have been cast up against the city to take it, and the city, faced with sword, famine, and pestilence, has been given into the hands of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What you spoke has happened, as you yourself can see. Yet you, O Lord God, have said to me, “Buy the field for money and get witnesses”—though the city has been given into the hands of the Chaldeans.
The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: See, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh; is anything too hard for me?
For thus says the Lord: Just as I have brought all this great disaster upon this people, so I will bring upon them all the good fortune that I now promise them. Fields shall be bought in this land of which you are saying, It is a desolation, without human beings or animals; it has been given into the hands of the Chaldeans. Fields shall be bought for money, and deeds shall be signed and sealed and witnessed, in the land of Benjamin, in the places around Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, of the hill country, of the Shephelah, and of the Negeb; for I will restore their fortunes, says the Lord.
Jeremiah said, The word of the Lord came to me: Hanamel son of your uncle Shallum is going to come to you and say, “Buy my field that is at Anathoth, for the right of redemption by purchase is yours.” Then my cousin Hanamel came to me in the court of the guard, in accordance with the word of the Lord, and said to me, “Buy my field that is at Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for the right of possession and redemption is yours; buy it for yourself.” Then I knew that this was the word of the Lord. And I bought the field at Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel, and weighed out the money to him, seventeen shekels of silver. I signed the deed, sealed it, got witnesses, and weighed the money on scales. Then I took the sealed deed of purchase, containing the terms and conditions, and the open copy; and I gave the deed of purchase to Baruch son of Neriah son of Mahseiah, in the presence of my cousin Hanamel, in the presence of the witnesses who signed the deed of purchase, and in the presence of all the Judeans who were sitting in the court of the guard. In their presence I charged Baruch, saying, Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Take these deeds, both this sealed deed of purchase and this open deed, and put them in an earthenware jar, in order that they may last for a long time. For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Houses and fields and vineyards shall again be bought in this land.
After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch son of Neriah, I prayed to the Lord, saying:
See, the siege ramps have been cast up against the city to take it, and the city, faced with sword, famine, and pestilence, has been given into the hands of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What you spoke has happened, as you yourself can see. Yet you, O Lord God, have said to me, “Buy the field for money and get witnesses”—though the city has been given into the hands of the Chaldeans.
The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: See, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh; is anything too hard for me?
For thus says the Lord: Just as I have brought all this great disaster upon this people, so I will bring upon them all the good fortune that I now promise them. Fields shall be bought in this land of which you are saying, It is a desolation, without human beings or animals; it has been given into the hands of the Chaldeans. Fields shall be bought for money, and deeds shall be signed and sealed and witnessed, in the land of Benjamin, in the places around Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, of the hill country, of the Shephelah, and of the Negeb; for I will restore their fortunes, says the Lord.
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August 21, 2016
"See the World Like Jesus" Jeremiah 1:4-10; Psalm 71:1-6, 12; Luke 13:10-17 |
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August 14, 2016
"Restore Us, O God" Isaiah 5:1-7; Psalm 80; Luke 12:49-56 |
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July 31, 2016
"Prayer as Praise" Colossians 3:5-17, Psalm 8, Matthew 6:1-15 |
FOR THE LIFE OF THE WORLD
… In the Bible the food that man eats, the world of which he must partake in order to live, is given to him by God, and it is given as communion with God. The world as man’s food is not something “material” and limited to material functions, thus different from, and opposed to, the specifically “spiritual” functions by which man is related to God. all that exists is God’s gift to man, and it all exists to make God known to man, to make man’s life communion with God. It is divine love made food, made life for man. God blesses everything He creates, and, in biblical language, this means that He makes all creation the sign and means of His presence and wisdom, love and revelation: “O taste and see that the Lord is good.”
Man is a hungry being. But he is hungry for God. Behind all the hunger of our life is God. All desire is finally a desire for Him. To be sure, man is not the only hungry being. All that exists lives by “eating.” The whole creation depends on food. But the unique position of man in the universe is that he alone is to bless God for the food and the life he receives from Him. He alone is to respond to God’s blessing with his blessing. The significant fact about the life in the Garden [of Eden] is that man is to name things. As soon as animals have been created to keep Adam company, God brings them to Adam to see what he will call them. “And whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.” Now, in the Bible a name is infinitely more than a means to distinguish one thing from another. It reveals the very essence of a thing, or rather its essence as God’s gift. To name a thing is to manifest the meaning and value God gave it, to know it as coming from God and to know its place and function within the cosmos created by God.
To name a thing, in other words, is to bless God for it and in it. And in the Bible to bless God is not a “religious” or a “cultic” act, but the very way of life. God blessed the world, blessed man, blessed the seventh day (that is, time), and this means that He filled all that exists with His love and goodness, made all things “very good.” So the only natural (and not “supernatural”) reaction of man, to whom God gave this blessed and sanctified world, is to bless God in return, to thank Him, to see the world as God sees it and – in this act of gratitude and adoration – to know, name, and possess the world. All rational, spiritual, and other qualities of man, distinguishing him from other creatures, have their focus and ultimate fulfillment in this capacity to bless God; to know, so to speak, the meaning of the thirst and hunger that constitutes his life. “Homo sapiens” [the one who understands], “homo faber” [the one who makes], …yes, but first of all, “homo adorans” [the one who worships]. The first, the basic definition of man is that he is the priest. He stands in the center of the world and unifies it in his act of blessing God, of both receiving the world from God and offering it to God – and by filling the world with this eucharist [thanksgiving], he transforms his life, the one that he receives from the world, into life in God, into communion with Him. The world was created as the “matter,” the material of one all-embracing eucharist, and man was created as the priest of this cosmic sacrament.
Man is a hungry being. But he is hungry for God. Behind all the hunger of our life is God. All desire is finally a desire for Him. To be sure, man is not the only hungry being. All that exists lives by “eating.” The whole creation depends on food. But the unique position of man in the universe is that he alone is to bless God for the food and the life he receives from Him. He alone is to respond to God’s blessing with his blessing. The significant fact about the life in the Garden [of Eden] is that man is to name things. As soon as animals have been created to keep Adam company, God brings them to Adam to see what he will call them. “And whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.” Now, in the Bible a name is infinitely more than a means to distinguish one thing from another. It reveals the very essence of a thing, or rather its essence as God’s gift. To name a thing is to manifest the meaning and value God gave it, to know it as coming from God and to know its place and function within the cosmos created by God.
To name a thing, in other words, is to bless God for it and in it. And in the Bible to bless God is not a “religious” or a “cultic” act, but the very way of life. God blessed the world, blessed man, blessed the seventh day (that is, time), and this means that He filled all that exists with His love and goodness, made all things “very good.” So the only natural (and not “supernatural”) reaction of man, to whom God gave this blessed and sanctified world, is to bless God in return, to thank Him, to see the world as God sees it and – in this act of gratitude and adoration – to know, name, and possess the world. All rational, spiritual, and other qualities of man, distinguishing him from other creatures, have their focus and ultimate fulfillment in this capacity to bless God; to know, so to speak, the meaning of the thirst and hunger that constitutes his life. “Homo sapiens” [the one who understands], “homo faber” [the one who makes], …yes, but first of all, “homo adorans” [the one who worships]. The first, the basic definition of man is that he is the priest. He stands in the center of the world and unifies it in his act of blessing God, of both receiving the world from God and offering it to God – and by filling the world with this eucharist [thanksgiving], he transforms his life, the one that he receives from the world, into life in God, into communion with Him. The world was created as the “matter,” the material of one all-embracing eucharist, and man was created as the priest of this cosmic sacrament.
Alexander Schmemann: For the Life of the World
St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1973, pages 14-15
ISBN 978-0-913836-08-8
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July 17, 2016
"Prayer as Faith" Lamentations 5, Matthew 26:36-46 |
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July 3, 2016 ~ Independence Day
"Prayer as Confession" Nehemiah chapter 1 |
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June 19, 2016 ~ Father's Day
“The Justice of the Father” 1 Kings 21:1-22, Psalm 52, Luke 7:36-50 Note: The air handler in the sanctuary was in the last throws of death at the beginning of the sermon - there is a high pitched squealed in the recording which lasts about a minute. Apologies! |
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June 12, 2016
“The Least in the Kingdom” 1 Kings 19:1-18, Psalm 5, Luke 7:18-35 |
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June 12, 2016
"The Last Word" A Service of Death and Resurrection celebrating the life of Corinne Byers Psalm 23, 1 Corinthians 13 |
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June 5, 2016
"God Comes Among Us" the Rev. Mike Potter, guest preacher 1 Kings 17:8-24, Psalm 30, Luke 7:11-17 |
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May 29, 2016
“Call Upon the Name of the Lord” 1 Kings 18:20-39, Psalm 96, Luke 7:1-10 |
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May 22, 2016
The Feast of the Holy Trinity "Spirit and Life" the Rev. Craig Jordan Isaiah 6.1-8, Psalm 8, Romans 8.12-17 |
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May 15, 2016
The Feast of Pentecost "The New Creation" Genesis 1:1-5, Psalm 104:1-34, John 14:8-17, Acts 2:1-21 |
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May 8, 2016
The Feast of the Ascension ~ Mother's Day "Why Do You Stand Looking?" Acts 1:1-11, Psalm 47, Luke 24:36-53 |
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May 1, 2016
Easter VI "The Ministry of Reconciliation" 2 Corinthians 5:14-21, Psalm 67, Acts 15:22-41 |
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April 24, 2016
Easter V “Risking Love, Discovering God” Acts 10:1-48 |
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April 17, 2016
Easter IV “And He Knelt Down And Prayed” John 21:1-19, Psalm 23, Acts 9:36-43 |
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April 10, 2016
Easter III "Conversion?" Acts 9:1-20, Psalm 30, John 20:19-29 |
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April 3, 2016
Easter II "To This We Are Witnesses" Acts 3:1-16, Psalm 150, Revelation 1:4-8, Luke 24:13-35 |
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March 27, 2016
The Feast of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ "Love's Vindication" Revelation 5:1-14, Psalm 148, John 19:38-20:18 |
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This joyful Eastertide,
away with sin and sorrow! My Love, the Crucified, hath sprung to life this morrow. Had Christ, that once was slain, ne'er burst his three-day prison, our faith had been in vain; but now hath Christ arisen! |
My flesh in hope shall rest,
and for a season slumber, till trump from east to west shall wake the dead in number. Had Christ, that once was slain, ne'er burst his three-day prison, our faith had been in vain; but now hath Christ arisen! |
Death's flood hath lost its chill,
since Jesus crossed the river: Lover of souls, from ill my passing soul deliver. Had Christ, that once was slain, ne'er burst his three-day prison, our faith had been in vain; but now hath Christ arisen! |
Text: George Woodward (1848-1934)
Music: Dutch melody from David's Psalmen, Amsterdam, 1685,
arranged by Charles Wood (1866-1926)
Music: Dutch melody from David's Psalmen, Amsterdam, 1685,
arranged by Charles Wood (1866-1926)
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March 24, 2016
Maundy Thursday "For Naught But Love, Draw Near" 1 Corinthians 11:17-34, John 13:1-20, 31-35 |
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ADVENT COMMUNION
December 6, 2009
Jonathan Bratt Carle
December 6, 2009
Jonathan Bratt Carle
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1– At The Rail
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2 – Dream
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3 – Communion
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How art thou now O Son Divine,
broken thus for me, to lie here in my unclean hands in all iniquity? How art thou now O Lamb of God, ruined for my sin and bleeding in my body dark that I might love again? Before me now all crowned with thorns, with fallen flesh and bone, the Christ hangs high for all to see, the grief of all to own. I cannot look upon you. No righteousness have I, but broken-hearted anger and vanity, and pride. Ah! to take your purity upon my wretchèd lips seems the greatest sin of all, my hope the greatest jest. This guilt wreaks woe upon my heart yet His words I hear, Do this to remember me, for naught but love, draw near. |
The voices of the great divorce
haunt my aching mind (since I myself will be found out and hide among the leaves) - Do not linger here alone upon this holy ground, the Cherubim are there ahead with flame to bar the way: to paradise the path is lost, to heaven’s gate, the key. And yet I stay - and yet I stay with unkempt, bitter tears, ridiculous and full of doubt, unsteady at the rail. Then all remembrance opens in, with hallowed mystery as stories float above a grave, as birds above the sea: the light, the voice, the open wounds, the stone, the nails, the tree; the crowds, the palms, the table spread, the storm on Galilee; healing, preaching, walking, weeping, teaching all to love, a man learned in the Spirit’s grace, anointed by a dove. Jesus! Jesus! Blessèd Jesus! Far from Heav’nly home to Earth, through firmament and womb, Almighty God has come: |
On a winter’s night,
hued with darkling light, Jesus came to Earth as a little child; Son of Man divine, hope of human kind, Word of God and source of all creation; You will sin unmake, all our hearts unbreak, you who are the meekest of the mild. Saviour at your name hosts from Heaven came, rank on rank, to sing of our salvation: Alleluïa Alleluïa! Rose of Jesse, long foretold, now blooming! As of old we hymn, thus, to echo them, Earth and all the spheres, His advent tuning: Sweet Emmanuel, Sweet Emmanuel, Christ the King all darkness now consuming! Here at last I eat at this advent feast, born anew to life in His communion. |
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March 20, 2016
Palm Sunday "A Different Kind of King" Isaiah 50:4-9, Psalm 118, Luke 19:28-46 |
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March 13, 2016
"A Different Kind of Mercy" Isaiah 56:1-12, Psalm 126, John 11:17-53 |
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March 6, 2016
"A Different Kind of Justice" Luke 15:1-32, Luke 1:68-79, 2 Corinthians 5:14-21 |
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February 28, 2016
"Bearing Fruit" Isaiah 55:1-9, Psalm 63:1-8, Luke 13:1-9 |
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"Return of the Prodigal Son"
Rembrandt
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February 14, 2016
"The Harvest" Deuteronomy 1:19-32, Psalm 121, Luke 10:1-9 |
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February 7, 2016
The Transfiguration of Jesus "Changed From Glory Into Glory" Exodus 34:29-35, Psalm 99 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:6, Luke 9:28-36 |
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January 24, 2016
"O Love That Will Not Let Me Go" Nehemiah 8:1-11, Psalm 19:7-10 1 Corinthians 12:12-31, Luke 4:16-30 |
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January 17, 2016
"I Will Not Be Silent - I Will Not Rest" Isaiah 62:1-5, Psalm 36:5-10, 1 Corinthians 12:1-13, Luke 4:1-15 |
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January 10, 2016
The Baptism of the Lord "Where Is Your Heart?" Isaiah 43:1-21, Psalm 29, Luke 3:1-22/4:1-2 |
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January 3, 2016
The Epiphany of the Son of God "A Different Kind of King" Isaiah 43:1-21, Ephesians 2:13-3:12, Matthew 2:1-18 |
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December 27, 2015
The Feast of the Holy Family “Bound Together by Faithfulness” I Samuel 1:1-2:10, Luke 2:22-52 |
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December 24, 2015
The Feast of the Incarnation "The Foolishness of God" Isaiah 9:2-7, Luke 2:1-21 |
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December 20, 2015
Advent IV "The Mighty One" Micah 5:2-5, Psalm 80:1-7, Luke 1:39-56 |
"The Mighty One has done great things for me."
Luke 1:49 |
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December 13, 2015
Advent III "The Power of the Most High Will Come Upon You" Genesis 1:1-5, Psalm 104, Luke 1:26-38 |
Have Thine Own Way, Lord
United Methodist Hymnal #382
Adelaide Pollard
United Methodist Hymnal #382
Adelaide Pollard
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1 Have thine own way, Lord! Have thine own way!
Thou art the potter, I am the clay. Mold me and make me after thy will, while I am waiting, yielded and still. 2 Have thine own way, Lord! Have thine own way! Search me and try me, Savior today! Wash me just now, Lord, wash me just now, as in thy presence humbly I bow. |
3 Have thine own way, Lord! Have thine own way!
Wounded and weary, help me I pray! Power, all power, surely is thine! Touch me and heal me, Savior divine! 4 Have thine own way, Lord! Have thine own way! Hold o'er my being absolute sway. Fill with thy Spirit till all shall see Christ only, always, living in me! |
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December 6, 2015
Advent II Holy Communion "A Baptism of Repentance for the Forgiveness of Sins" Malachi 3:1-4, Luke 1:57-80, Luke 3:1-17 |
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November 29, 2015 - Advent 1
"This Generation Will Not Pass Away" Jeremiah 33:14-16, Psalm 27:1-10, Luke 21:25-36 |
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November 15, 2015
"If Jesus Is All We Get, Will We Be Satisfied?" 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10, Psalm 51:6-19, John 21:9-17 |
November 1, 2015
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September 6, 2015
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August 9, 2015
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The king said to the Cushite, “Is it well with the young man Absalom?” The Cushite answered, “May the enemies of my lord the king, and all who rise up to do you harm, be like that young man.” The king was deeply moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept; and as he went, he said, “O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!” ~ 2 Samuel 18:32-33
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The Memorial at Ground Zero
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Death reveals the poverty of all:
The mighty are brought to dust, and all pride is for nought. |
July 12, 2015
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