Due to an illness the morning of August 11, the day’s scheduled preacher was unable to join us. So instead, Mother Liz shared a blog post from an Episcopal priest and ecologist living and working in his native Arkansas, and then followed with further questions for our consideration, which you can read here.
In this week’s newsletter, the rector reports on how the short-term transition into the Parish Hall for Sunday morning worship is going. As she says, these Sundays at 10 am in the Parish Hall create “a lovely, intimate and more informal service, and a great time to connect with each other.” Join us at 12 W. 11th Street!
Listen to the sermon preached by the Rev. Liz Maxwell on the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, August 4, 2024. The readings for this day: 2 Samuel 11:26-12:13a; Psalm 51:1-13; Ephesians 4:1-16; John 6:24-35.
This week, our 10 am Sunday service moves into the air-conditioned Parish Hall…which leads Mother Liz to reflect on the record-breaking temperatures both last year and now this year, and our stewardship (or lack thereof) of the natural world.
Listen to the sermon preached by the Rev. Liz Maxwell on the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, July 28, 2024. The readings for this day: 2 Samuel 11:1-15; Psalm 14; Ephesians 3:14-21; John 6:1-21.
In this week’s newsletter, the rector remembers her first encounter with the music of Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon (1942–2024), a cofounder of the Freedom Singers in the 1960s and, later, Sweet Honey in the Rock, and considers the role of music in the work of justice, liberation and wholeness.
Listen to the sermon preached by the Rev. Larisa Shaterian on the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, July 21, 2024. The readings for this day: 2 Samuel 7:1-14a; Psalm 89:20-37; Ephesians 2:11-22; Mark 6:30-34, 53-56.
In this week’s newsletter, the rector reflects on Sunday’s Gospel lesson from Mark: “As he went ashore, Jesus saw a great crowd; and he had compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things.” When have you been moved to compassion? When have you experienced compassion from another?
Listen to the sermon preached by the Rev. Liz Maxwell on the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, July 14, 2024. The readings for this day: 2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19; Psalm 24; Ephesians 1:3-14; Mark 6:14-29.
This week, Mother Liz lets us know about her and parishioner Elizabeth Adams’s participation in the College for Congregational Development conference being held this past week at the Franciscan Center in Garrison, NY. The Sunday Eucharist service is at 10 am; the evening’s Meditation & Sacrament service at 6 pm. Join us!