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Ash Wednesday

2/26/2020

Sermon by The Rev. Deena M. Galantowicz
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Yet even now, says the Lord, return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning; rend your hearts and not your clothing. Return to the Lord your God, for God is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love. This from our first reading from the Book of Joel.

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Last Epiphany Black History Month

2/23/2020

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Today is the Last Sunday of the Church’s season of Epiphany. Ash Wednesday is this week, beginning our season of Lent. This month is also Black History Month. Last Sunday evening … at our Black History Month Vespers service … I shared some thoughts on the dark side of the Episcopal Church’s involvement in Black History. Some who heard those remarks suggested that I share them on Sunday morning, so my apologies to those who were here at Vespers and feel it is redundant to hear this again … but I have revised my presentation and I hope you will find it worthwhile. And my apologies to those who would rather hear a sermon on the Transfiguartion.

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6 Epiphany

2/16/2020

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In the early chapters of the Gospel of Matthew, right after the birth of Jesus and the visit of the Wise Men, Joseph takes the Holy Family to Egypt to escape the Slaughter of the Innocents ordered by Herod … the killing of all the children two years old or younger around Bethlehem. The mention of Egypt, and the slaughter of children because a leader was threatened, echoes the story of Moses.

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5 Epiphany - Annual Congregational Meeting

2/9/2020

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I want to begin this morning with expressing my sincere thanks for all the thoughts and prayers, cards and emails, rides to doctor appointments and physical therapy … and all the other ways that you have communicated your concerns for me … and Caren … following my knee replacement surgery in early January.

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4 Epiphany

2/2/2020

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Sermon by The Rev. Deena M. Galantowicz
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In today’s Gospel, that we just heard, the crowds gather around Jesus, and he presents them with a vision of reality that overturns every assumption they have… about human life and the society in which they live. His message has come to be known as “The Beatitudes” a word that means “the blessings.” It is probably very familiar to most of us. His vision is very challenging, and it pushes beyond the usual limits of understanding. We may wonder, perhaps explore, but I don’t think we can fully understand what it is Jesus is saying in these statements of Blessedness. They couldn’t fully understand then. We can’t now./// But, this is the Gospel appointed for this morning, and hopefully we will benefit from our focus.

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Ash Wednesday

Last Epiphany Black History Month

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Ash Wednesday

Last Epiphany Black History Month

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5 Epiphany - Annual Congregational Meeting

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REV. TED VOORHEESVicar of St. Cyprian's

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