You can read the scripture for August 11, 2019, the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, here.
We welcomed Meredith Ward as our preacher this Sunday. Meredith is a Postulant for ordination to the Priesthood in the Diocese of New York. She has just completed her second year at Union Theological Seminary.
In this week’s newsletter, Mother Liz reflects on the recent clergy and vestry retreat at Holy Cross Monastery, where leaders found spiritual renewal through monastic rhythms, winter walks along the frozen river, and deep conversation about the parish’s future. She invites parishioners to consider their own Lenten practices—whether through prayer, fasting, almsgiving, or acts of connection and care—as pathways to deepening awareness of God’s love and grace during the season ahead.
Listen to the sermon preached by the Rev. Joo Young Hong on the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany, February 8, 2026.