Sunday, November 19, 2023 – Pentecost 25
Zephaniah 1:7,12-18; Psalm 90:1-8, 12; I Thessalonians 5:1-11; Matthew 25:14-30 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer I had a friend in high school whose father gave him the equivalent of his college tuition and a choice. He could invest his money and pay for college, invest it and keep it, or spend it and not go to college. My […]
Sunday, November 12, 2023 – Pentecost 24
Wisdom 6:12-16; Wisdom of Solomon 6:17-20 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Matthew 25:1-13 Mr. Chris Paul, Seminarian We live in a culture that tends to spend a lot of time planning for events. Especially big wedding events. We spend months and months going over every detail to make sure everything goes off smoothly. Families and friends come from all over […]
Sunday, November 5, 2023 – All Saints’ Sunday
Revelation 7:9-17; Psalm 34: 1-10, 22; I John 3:1-3; Matthew 5:1-12 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer One was a soldier, and one was a beast, and one was killed by a fierce wild priest! Or was that one was a priest, and one was killed by a fierce wild beast? I sing a song of the saints […]
Sunday, October 22, 2023 – Pentecost 21
Isaiah 45:1-7; Psalm 96:1-9; 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10; Matthew 22:15-22 The Rev. Drew Brislin As Veteran’s Day approaches, a particular movie that is always played, especially on channels like Turner Movie Classics, is the 1941 Oscar winning Sergeant York starring Gary Cooper. It is based on the true story of a rugged Appalachian farmer from Tennessee named […]
Sunday, October 8, 2023 – Pentecost 19
Isaiah 5:1-7; Psalm 80:7-14; Philippians 3:4b-14; Matthew 21:33-46 The Rev. Drew Brislin As I was thinking about this morning’s Gospel reading and its agricultural aspects, I could not help but be drawn back to memories of some of my earliest school projects and science experiments that included plants. From watching celery soak up food dye, to […]
Sunday, October 1, 2023 – Pentecost 18
Ezekiel 18:1-4,25-32; Psalm 25:1-8; Philippians 2:1-13; Matthew 21:23-32 Mr. Chris Paul, Seminarian I need to preface my sermon this morning with a disclaimer and warning. You may have come today expecting to hear a sermon from Matthew talking about a father, a vineyard, and his 2 sons. This would follow our lectionary for Proper 21, the eighteenth Sunday […]
Sunday, September 24, 2023 – Pentecost 17
Jonah 3:10-4:11; Psalm 145:1-8; Philippians 1:21-30; Matthew 20:1-16 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer “Nobody loves me, everybody hates me guess I’ll go eat worms.” Growing up whenever my sister pouted about not getting her way, she would plop herself down at the dinner table and sing this song in response to being asked why she was unhappy. Over […]
Sunday, September 17, 2023 – Pentecost 16
Genesis 50:15-21; Psalm 103:8-13; Romans 14:1-12; Matthew 18:21-35 The Rev. Drew Brislin “And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And do not bring us to the time of trial, but rescue us from the evil one. For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you; but […]
Sunday, September 10, 2023 – Pentecost 15
Ezekiel 33:7-11; Psalm 119:33-40; Romans 13:8-14; Matthew 18:15-20 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer For years I have lamented the billboard on I-65 North, “Go to church or the Devil will get you” as a sign of our backward, judgment-oriented relationship to God. It seems more threatening than inviting, making a claim that we should be more scared […]
Sunday, September 3, 2023 – Pentecost 14
Jeremiah 15:15-21; Psalm 26:1-8; Romans 12:9-21; Matthew 16:21-28 Mr. Chris Paul, Seminarian Get Behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me! How many of us go about our days thinking we are on solid ground? Everything is going great, and we are on a firm foundation that will hold us on our journey. And then, without […]