Our whole service today reminds us that we will die, and that even in that frailty God loves us and redeems us in Jesus. We should repent. We may fast or abstain. We may take on a spiritual discipline. We may give more. None of those things, though earns us salvation. None of them earns us God’s love. Through nothing we’ve done. As far as the east is from the west, so far has God removed our sins from us.
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While we probably don’t experience those specific events, we do have our own kinds of mountaintop experiences, where we write glowingly of sunrises, soft breezes, warm friends, music, and quiet time. Whether we do or not, God is available to us, even in all the troubles that swirl around us in this world from Ukraine to those whom our systems fail and need to use our pantry and sock box. God is available to us in Bread and Wine eating Jesus’ Flesh and Blood. And God is available to us when we sit and pray, like Jesus did on the mountaintop with his disciples.
February 27: The Last Sunday after the Epiphany Read More »
Go ahead; right the wrongs of the world and fight injustice … but do so with guidance from the Holy Spirit … and if the fruits of your labour are judgment, resentment, and vengeance, then you know something’s gone wrong.
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The sermon for Sunday, February 13, was preached by Valerie Cole Kelley, a member of St. Hilda St. Patrick who has served on the Bishop’s Committee, as senior warden, and is a retired educator. How do you encounter the Divine in scripture? We each bring our own experiences, language, culture, attitudes, mood, and temperaments with
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March 12, 9:00am | $20 Registration | Register here Better Together is for church staff, clergy, volunteers, and musicians who are deeply involved with faith formation in its many aspects. It’s for those who design programming for children & families, youth, adults, and across the generations; plan special faith-based events; create liturgy, music, and the
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The Sermon for Sunday, February 6, 2022 was read by Tyson Connor a member of St. Hilda St. Patrick and a therapist. It was written by the Rev. Cn. Whitney Rice, Canon for Evangelism & Discipleship Development for the Episcopal Diocese of Missouri. It was made available from Sermons that Work, a ministry of The Episcopal Church.
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March 5, 10:00am | St. Paul’s, Port Townsend Please join Bishop Rickel and end-of-life and legacy planners from around the diocese in a workshop focused on creating a legacy of love and hope. The work of attending to the details of pre-planning is a true gift to those you love and care about. It is
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The sermon for Sunday, January 30, 2022, was preached extemporaneously as a response to 1 Corinthians 13.1-13.
January 30: The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany Read More »
In fulfilling the words from Isaiah, Jesus assures those who are oppressed that God is on their side and that they will be set free. Also in pronouncing that he is the fulfillment of of these words from Isaiah, Jesus sets the agenda for his church — his ministers and body in the world today…There is legislation pending in our own legislature that would make a huge difference in remedying mass incarceration — and there’s still work to go.
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Prior to kick off, jump on Zoom and check in with each other and again at each quarter and at halftime. We can play together. We can snack together. We can visit together, and we can just BE together. If someone wants to start a football pool, let’s do it. If someone has a really
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