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Welcome to our Sermon Page. Whenever possible, we will post our latest sermons here for you to read at your leisure. Not as good as participating in worship service, of course, but hopefully a small charge of spiritual energy to enrichen your week. 

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27 Jul 2008

 

 

 

 20 Jul 2008

 

 

 

13 Jul 2008

 

 

 

 6 Jul 2008

 

 

 

 29 Jun 2008

 

 

 

 22 Jun 2008

Father Tom David

Pentecost VI 2008

Galatians 3:23-29; Luke 9:18-24

15 Jun 2008

Father Tom Michael

Pentecost V 2008

Matthew 9:35-10.8

8 Jun 2008

Father Tom David

Pentecost IV 2008

Matthew 9:9-13;18-26

1 Jun 2008

 

Pentecost III 2008

 

 25 May 2008

Father Tom David

Pentecost II

Matthew 6:24-34

18 May 2008

Father Tom Michael

Trinity Sunday

 

11 May 2008

Father Tom David

Pentecost 2008

Acts 2:1-21; John 20:19-23

 4 May 2008

Father Tom David

Easter VII 2008

John 17:1-11

 27 Apr 2008

 

Easter VI 2008

 

 20 Apr 2008

 

Easter V 2008

 

13 Apr 2008

Father Tom David

Easter IV 2008

John 10:1-10

 6 Apr 2008

 

Easter III

 

 30 Mar 2008

 

Easter II 2008

 

 23 Mar 2008

Deacon Tom Michael

Easter 2008

Matthew 28:1-10

16 Mar 2008

Palm Sunday 2008

Father Tom David

 

9 Mar 2008

Father Tom David  

Lent V

Ezekiel 37:1-14; John11:1-45

2 Mar 2008

Father Tom David

Lent IV

John 9:1-41

24 Feb 2008

Father Tom David

Lent III

John 4:5-42

17 Feb 2008

 

Lent II

 

10 Feb 2008

Father Tom David

Lent I

Isaiah 29:13-24; Psalm 32; Romans 12:1-21;Luke 6:27-38

 3 Feb 2008

Deacon Tom Michael

Outliving our lives

 

 27 Jan 2008

Father Tom David

Third Sunday after Epiphany

Matthew 4:12-23

 20 Jan 2008

Father Tom David

Second Sunday after Epiphany

John 1:29-42; I Cor. 1:1-9

13 Jan 2008

Father Tom David

Baptism of the Lord

 

8 Jan 2008

Deacon Tom Michael

Epiphany

 

28 Dec 2007

Father Tom David

John 1:1-18   

24 Dec 2007

Father Tom David

Feast of the Nativity

 

23 Dec 2007

Father Tom David

Advent IV 2007

 

9 Dec 2007

Father Tom David

Advent II 2007

 

2 Dec 2007

Father Tom David

Advent I

Matthew 24:36-44; Romans 13:11-14

25 Nov 2007

Father Tom David

Christ the King

Last Sunday of the Liturgical Year- Luke 23:33-43

19 Nov 2007

Deacon Tom Michael

Ordination Father Ted Feldman

Baltimore MD

10 Nov 2007

Deacon Tom Michael

Vikki's Memorial Service

 

4 Nov 2007

Deacon Tom Michael

Luke 20:27-38   

21 Oct 2007

Father Tom David

Uly Gooch+ memorial service

Peter 1:3-9; Psalm 26; John 6:4-15

14 Oct 2007

Father Tom David

 

Luke 17:11-19

30 Sep 2007

Deacon Tom Michael

 

Luke 16:19-31

23 Sep 2007

Deacon Tom Michael

 

Luke 16:1-13

9 Sep 2007

Deacon Tom Michael

 

Luke 14

2 Sep 2007

Father Tom David

Pentecost XIV

Luke 14:1, 7-14

19 Aug 2007

Father Tom David

Pentecost XII

Wisdom from the Book of Solomon; John 7:16-18

5 Aug 2007

Father Tom David

Transfiguration of the Lord

 

24 Jun 2007

Deacon Tom Michael

Let's Talk About Faith!

 

17 Jun 2007

Father Tom David

Pentecost II

Luke 7:36-8:3; Galatians 2:15-21

10 Jun 2007

Deacon Tom Michael

The Centurion and his Boy

 

27 May 2007

Father Tom David

Pentecost Sunday

Genesis 11:1-9; John 14:8-17 (25-27)

20 May 2007

Father Tom David

Easter Ascension

John 17:20-26

6 May 2007

Deacon Tom Michael

Easter 5

John 13:31-35 

29 Apr 2007

Father Tom David

Easter 5 29 April 2007

John 10:22-30

Sunday of Pentecost 2008 - Acts 2:1-21; John 20:19-23

 “…and the doors were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came among them and said, ‘Peace be with you.”

It isn’t a difficult scene to picture in one’s mind’s eye:  the closest associates of Jesus in the days following immediately upon his execution were undoubtedly in fear of their own lives.  They were keeping off the streets, out of view, even locked away, in hopes of the situation quieting, of their being forgotten.  Still, they had every reason to fear being arrested and tried as co-conspirators of Jesus and the prospect of also being put to death in the authorities efforts to once and for all stamp out the Jesus phenomenon.

We can imagine how they were talking among themselves:  “how can it be that it turned out this way?”  “Did we let Him down?”  “We should never have let him come to Jerusalem —we knew there would be trouble.”  “What are we going to do now?”

All of us are faced with situations in life, of one sort or another, where we are brought to the experience of being afraid.  Situations that we have lost complete control of and that leave us feeling numb, perplexed, frig