May 23, 2021 Sermon by Rev. B. Hartsough Pentecost Sunday, the birthday of the church, the Sunday we spend time focusing on the Holy Spirit. Hence the color red around the church. The Holy Spirit is very relevant to us as the church. In baptism we invoke the Holy Spirit to give us a new… Continue reading Pentecost 2021
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The Good Shepherd
Christ’s Body
The Temple
Sermon by Rev. Bernadette Hartsough March 7, 2021 Were you surprised by Jesus’s actions today in the gospel? This passage can be unsettling. We are used to seeing Jesus as a healer and as a teacher. In this scene Jesus is a prophet. He is resistant to the temple system. Jesus is shaking up the… Continue reading The Temple
He Dwelt Among Us
Christmas 1- December 27, 2020 After Christmas sales have begun. Christmas decorations are 40 or 50% off. For some of the world, Christmas is one day. One yearly celebration with gifts, parties, and family get togethers. We celebrate the feast of Christmas for twelve days. I celebrated with my children in the rectory. It was… Continue reading He Dwelt Among Us
Where is Joy?
Where is Joy? Sermon preached by Rev. Bernadette Hartsough Advent III -Isaiah 61:1-4,8-11; Canticle 15, John 1:6-8, 19-28 Today is Gaudete Sunday also known as Rose Sunday. A Sunday representing joy. Advent was for many years a very penitential season- that is where the purple comes from. I still believe it is a time of… Continue reading Where is Joy?
Already and Not Yet
November 29, 2020 Advent 1 Sermon by the Rev. B. Hartsough Today we start a new church year. We are now in Year B. The first Sunday of the season of Advent. Christmas decorations fill the stores, the streets, and many homes. Yet today’s readings start with pleads and laments. God has gone. The people… Continue reading Already and Not Yet