Sexagesima – The Sower

HomeWorship CalendarPastoral CarePrayer Daily Offices Lectio Divina Prayer MinistryTeachings Articles/News SermonsAbout Us LeadershipContact Us The Sower, Pieter Breugel the Elder By Fr Jean Celestin Ngoma 2 Corinthians 11:19-31       St Luke 8:4-15   He who has ears, let him hear.   I like the “behind-the-scenes” content of movies because they can help reveal the chaotic process of…

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Septuagesima – Vineyard Work

HomeWorship CalendarPastoral CarePrayer Daily Offices Lectio Divina Prayer MinistryTeachings Articles/News SermonsAbout Us LeadershipContact Us In the Vineyard, Jean Francois Millet, 1852-53 1 Corinthians 9:24-27       St Matthew 20:1-16   You go into the vineyard too…   Today we are making a shift in our church year.  We are turning our minds from Christmas and Epiphany seasons…

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The Third Sunday after Epiphany – Healing Community

HomeWorship CalendarPastoral CarePrayer Daily Offices Lectio Divina Prayer MinistryTeachings Articles/News SermonsAbout Us LeadershipContact Us Christ and the Centurion (detail), Paolo Veronese, 1571 AD Romans 12:16-end       St Matthew 8:1-13   “Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.”   Epiphany season is a meditation on Christmas, on what it means that God has…

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The Second Sunday after Epiphany – Marriage with God

HomeWorship CalendarPastoral CarePrayer Daily Offices Lectio Divina Prayer MinistryTeachings Articles/News SermonsAbout Us LeadershipContact Us Bride with Blue Face, Marc Chagall, 1932 Romans 12:6-16a       St John 2:1-11   And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; …. And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage.   The readings in…

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The First Sunday after Epiphany – The Renewal of our Minds

HomeWorship CalendarPastoral CarePrayer Daily Offices Lectio Divina Prayer MinistryTeachings Articles/News SermonsAbout Us LeadershipContact Us The Twelve Year Old Jesus in front of the Scribes – Rembrandt c. 1655 Romans 12:1-5      St Luke 2:41-end   After three days they found him in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. And…

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The Second Sunday after Christmas – The Fullness of God

HomeWorship CalendarPastoral CarePrayer Daily Offices Lectio Divina Prayer MinistryTeachings Articles/News SermonsAbout Us LeadershipContact Us The Nativity, Hugo van der Goes, between 1476-1479 AD 2 Corinthians 8:9       St John 1:14-18   No one has ever seen God; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has made him known.   Our…

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The Circumcision of our Lord

HomeWorship CalendarPastoral CarePrayer Daily Offices Lectio Divina Prayer MinistryTeachings Articles/News SermonsAbout Us LeadershipContact Us The Circumcision, Geiovanni Bellini Sermon by the Rev Kerry Buttram   Romans 4:8-14       St Luke 2.15-21   Johann Sebastian Bach is considered by many to be the foremost composer of sacred music since King David. This grew out of…

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Christmas – The Humble Way

HomeWorship CalendarPastoral CarePrayer Daily Offices Lectio Divina Prayer MinistryTeachings Articles/News SermonsAbout Us LeadershipContact Us Nativity, visit of Magi, Salzburg Museum, Medieval Hebrews 1:1-12       St John 1:1-14   “And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us.”   We begin with a Sonnet for Christmas by Malcolm Guite: It’s getting darker, darker all the time…

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Advent IV – Preparing the Way

HomeWorship CalendarPastoral CarePrayer Daily Offices Lectio Divina Prayer MinistryTeachings Articles/News SermonsAbout Us LeadershipContact Us Behold the Lamb of God, Dieric Bouts the Elder, 1462 AD Sermon by Gianluca   Philippians 4:4-7       St John 1:19-28   “The Lord is at hand!”   Christmas is almost here—only a few days away. Some of you may…

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Advent III – Faithful stewards of the mysteries of God

HomeWorship CalendarPastoral CarePrayer Daily Offices Lectio Divina Prayer MinistryTeachings Articles/News SermonsAbout Us LeadershipContact Us The Beheading of John the Baptist, Massimo Stanzione, 1634 1 Corinthians 4:1-5       St Matthew 11:2-10   This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.   We speak of this season of…

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