Do you like to sing, but aren’t available to make a full time commitment to the Parish Choir? We’d love to have you join us for Easter, 4/21, at the 9 and 11a.m. services. Rehearsals are 3/28, 4/4, 4/11 from 7:45-8:30 and 4/20 from 1-2:30pm. Please let Minister of Music,...
Sermon Last Epiphany–March 3, 2019 William Bradbury Exodus 34:29-35, Psalm 99, 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2, Luke 9:28-36, [37-43a] Growing up in Atlanta we occasionally had snow, and every few years we’d have a big snow, but it was not until my late 20s that I experienced a whiteout. We were driving in the mountains...
Sermon 7 Epiphany—Year C/February 24, 2019 William Bradbury Genesis 45:3-11, 15, Psalm 37:1-12, 41-42, 1 Corinthians 15:35-38,42-50, Luke 6:27-38 Through the years I’ve heard many reasons why a person goes to church. Things like: I go for the kids, so they’ll learn right from wrong; I go for the music; Only time all week I...
Sermon 6 Epiphany—Year C–February 17, 2019 William Bradbury Jeremiah 17:5-10, Psalm 1, 1 Corinthians 15:12-20, Luke 6:17-26 I go back to the day as a kid in Atlanta when I listened to my music on AM radio. That’s where I heard for the first time the early Beatles songs like “I want to...
Sermon 5 Epiphany—Year C, February 10, 2019 William Bradbury Isaiah 6:1-8, [9-13], Psalm 138, 1 Corinthians 15:1-11, Luke 5:1-11 Isaiah cries out: The pivots on the thresholds shook at the voices of those who called, and the house filled with smoke. And I said: “Woe is me! I am lost!” As a kid I...
Sermon 4 Epiphany – Year C- February 3, 2019 Jonathan MacKenzie Jeremiah 1:4-10; Psalm 71:1-6; 1 Corinthians 13:1-13; Luke 4:21-30
Sermon 3 Epiphany—Year C–January 27, 2019 William Bradbury Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10, 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a, Luke 4:14-21, Psalm 19 Jesus, quoting Isaiah says, “”The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor.” If you and I were poor, what would constitute good news?
Sermon 2d after Epiphany; January 20, 2019 Deacon Bruce Nickerson John 2:1-11 NEW WINE May the words of my mouth and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable in your sight O God, our creator, redeemer and sustainer. What a gospel. It’s powerful enough to make an AA member weep!
Sermon 1 Epiphany: Baptism of Our Lord-January 13, 2019 William Bradbury Isaiah 43:1-7, Psalm 29, Acts 8:14-17, Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 I want to start with a couple of questions: With a show of hands: how many of you have been baptized? Now, how many can remember your baptism? I certainly can’t remember mine and that raises...
Sermon The Epiphany of Our Lord Jesus Christ-January 6, 2019 William Bradbury Isaiah 60:1-6, Psalm 72:1-7,10-14, Ephesians 3:1-12, Matthew 2:1-12 Because of Christmas pageants across the years, most of us have melded together Luke’s and Matthew’s story of the birth of Jesus. Fortunately our Church calendar pulls them apart, so that we read...
