Divine Disarmament

The story of the rainbow is a curious reading for the first Sunday in Lent. We are at the beginning of the most somber season of the church year, a time set aside for reflection and repentance, for fasting and self-denial. We began the service today with the Great...

Rector’s Update: Tue 2/13

Dear friends, Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday, the first day of the season of Lent, that 40-day period of spiritually preparing ourselves for the joys of Easter. We will have services at noon and 7p.m. I encourage you to try to make it to one of them. It is an excellent way...

A Lenten Prayer

Today is the last Sunday of the season of Epiphany, those weeks between Christmas and the beginning of Lent.   Epiphany ends every year with the reading we heard today, the story of the Transfiguration – the ultimate mountaintop experience where Jesus meets...

Rector’s Update: Wed 2/7

Dear friends, This is a busy time of the year, as evidenced by this long email. Take a look; you may find things that interest you. It is hard for me to believe that Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, is a week from today. I’ll talk more about the season...

Have You Not Known?

Today’s reading from the prophet Isaiah finds the people of Israel in deep despair, wondering if they’ve been abandoned by God. The land that God promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; the land that God led them to after freeing them from slavery in Egypt;...

Rector’s Update: Sat 2/3

Dear friends, Attached is the service leaflet for tomorrow’s worship. And remember that next Sunday, February 11, we will have one service at 10 a.m., featuring a Dixieland Jazz Band, followed by our annual “Shrove Sunday” pancake breakfast. Bring a...

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