November 1, 2020: All Saints’ Day, The Rev. Drew Brislin
Happy All Saint’s Day!! Yes, you heard me correctly “Happy” All Saint’s Day. Today is a what is considered by the church as a principal feast day. All Saint’s is one of seven great feasts and is also one of the preferred days to baptize new members into the church. Yesterday, All Hallow’s Eve (or […]
April 11, 2020: Easter Vigil, The Rev. Candice B. Frazer
It is tradition to preach the Paschal or Easter sermon of John Chrysostom at the Easter Vigil. This custom was begun in the very early years of the church and maintained in the Orthodox tradition. That makes since as Chrysostom was the Archbishop of Constantinople which would retain its orthodoxy after the schism with the […]
April 10, 2020: Good Friday, The Rev. Candice B. Frazer
The work of death—that’s what many of us think Good Friday is. It is the day Jesus died, the day that death seemed to have claimed victory, the day the tomb is sealed and all of our hopes seemed doomed. It is a day of doubt and darkness. Death enters in this day and that […]
April 9, 2020: Maundy Thursday, The Rev. Candice B. Frazer
I wonder what love really looks like? So often I think we are drawn to the idea that love looks like a touch or a gift or a hug—an outward expression of affection. But unless that outward expression is driven from an internal recognition and desire that love is about setting aside one’s self for […]
December 24, 2019: Festal Eucharist, The Rev. Candice Frazer
December 1, 2019: Advent Procession of Light Service
November 24, 2019: Community Interfaith Thanksgiving Service
November 16, 2019: McDonald Wedding, The Rev. Candice Frazer
November 5, 2019: The Dolman Funeral, The Rev. Candice Frazer
On this mountain the LORD of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food… In reading these words from Isaiah and thinking about our friend Sam, I couldn’t help but think about all the food that Sam has provided to this congregation and others over the years. Sunday morning breakfast, Thursday morning […]
June 10, 2019: Guest Funeral, The Rev. Candice Frazer
I never knew Pat Guest. The first time I met her she was lying in her bed at Waterford, unable to talk or communicate with me. She was small, quiet, and peaceful. Her face and body were calm—it was as if she knew her life had been well lived and she was readying herself for […]