Septuagesima Sunday 2020

Last week Bishop Myers spoke to us about reaching out to others as he discussed the parable of the Lost Sheep and he spoke of the Pharisees who were complaining that Jesus “receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.” The Phrarisees complained for they knew not who Jesus  was  … a loving God who loves all…

Rogation Sunday  St. John 16: 24-33     6 May 2018 Sermon Notes by the Reverend Dennis Washburn, Ph.D. In English church tradition, this Sunday has been known as Rogation Sunday. “Rogation” comes from one of the Latin verbs meaning “pray” in St. John 16. In today’s Gospel from John 16, Christ talks to His disciples about…

Happy Birthday to Christ’s Church! This day called Whitsunday was know as “Pentecost,” for the first four hundred years of the Church, Pentecost is a the word meaning fiftieth. When the Jewish people were in their formative years, God gave them the Ten Commandments, and the Jewish Pentecost was and is a celebration of the…