Sunday, Dec. 1 First Sunday of Advent Year A Isaiah 2:1-5 Romans 13:11-14 Matthew 24:36-44 Psalm 122 Advent is a wonderful season, but also the most difficult season we live in. Advent has so many layers, and living it out is always—not just sometimes, but always—superseded by parties and gift-giving and all the things that…
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Christ the King; the Last Sunday after Pentecost Proper 29 Year C Jeremiah 23:1-6 Psalm 46 Colossians 1:11-20 Luke 23:33-43 At the heart of the Christian faith is the kingship of Jesus. The word ‘gospel’ means good news. And gospel announcements, particularly in the ancient world, were announcements of caesarship, lordship — kingship. Thus, the…
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Photo couresy of Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy. Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost Proper 28 Year C Luke 21: 5-19 In Luke 21:8, Jesus warns his disciples, “Beware that you are not led astray; for many will come in my name and say, ‘I am he!’ and, ‘The time is near!’ Do not go after them” (emphasis…
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Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost Proper 27 Year C Haggai 1:15b-2:9 Psalm 145:1-5, 18-22 or Psalm 98 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17 Luke 20:27-38 Even as we are many years into the 21st century, there are still people who behave as if there are two kinds of citizens first class citizens and second-class citizens and that Blacks are…
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Cub Scout Pack 106 at St. Stephen’s Church, Lakeland, spent three weeks collecting supplies for those in the Bahamas affected by Hurricane Dorian. Scouts brought donations to the meetings on Sept. 9, 16, and 23. They also set up a table for the cause at the parish’s Ministry Fair on Sunday, September 8. Pack Secretary…
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PHOTO: Monica Jennings Parents and students at St. Edward’s School, Vero Beach, were invited to dress down on September 20 as part of their Hurricane Dorian relief efforts. Students were asked to contribute a suggested donation of $5 cash to their homeroom/advisory/advocacy teacher before September 20. They raised over $6300 for the Bahama Relief Fund….
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Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost Proper 26 Year C Luke 19: 1-10 Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through it. A man was there named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was rich. He was trying to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was short…
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Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 25 Year C Luke 18:9-14 I have been doing an evening beach Eucharist for 16 years, and one busy Sunday years ago, I couldn’t find a place to park my truck. Consequently, I parked at a friend’s house that overlooks the ocean and walked a block or so to do…
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St. George Episcopal Church, The Villages, sponsored Trivia Night on Oct. 8 to help the survivors of Hurricane Dorian. A love offering was collected during the evening. “We wanted to do a little extra, something beyond the donation to the Diocese,” explained fellowship committee member Marilyn Hood. This was the third trivia night for the…
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Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 24 Luke 18:1-8 Pandita Rambai (1858-1922) faced most of the obstacles a woman could encounter in the India of her lifetime. She was denied access to formal education and was ostracized from society as first an orphan and then a widow. She experienced first-hand the effects of India’s rigid caste system that placed discriminatory…
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