March 29, 2024 – Good Friday Sermon
Isaiah 52:13-53;12; Psalm 22; Hebrews 4:14-16; 5;7-9; John 18:1-19:37 The Rev. Drew Brislin In the name of the One Holy and Undivided Trinity. Amen As we leave Lent, that season of preparation, we look towards a season of restoration and renewal. What God is doing in Jesus is a kind of ‘re-newing’ of his creation. He is […]
March 28, 2024 – Maundy Thursday Sermon
Exodus 12:1-4, 11-14; Psalm 116:1, I Corinthians 11:23-26; John 13:1-17, 31b-35 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer It is night, the feast of Passover. As all good, practicing Jews, Jesus and his friends sit down at a table to celebrate together. There are certain rituals practiced throughout the meal and particular words spoken to tell the story that has […]
April 18, 2019: Maundy Thursday, Rev. Candice Frazer
I have always been fascinated by church architecture. I remember when I was a little girl and our Sunday school teacher took us into the church and had us run around the space with one hand on the wall, tracing the shape of the church. When we finished she gathered us in the middle of […]
April 19, 2019: Good Friday, Rev. Candice Frazer
It seems an odd day for us to be drawn to the church. The altar has been stripped, the crosses veiled.. Though we will receive reserved sacrament, we will not celebrate a Eucharist today—we will not celebrate anything. Jesus is dead. Do we come because we are drawn into suffering—bystanders rubber necking their way through […]