Beloved in Christ: This week, we wind up the Great Fifty Days of Easter with Pentecost on Sunday. It’s a tradition to wear red on this important day of celebration. Pentecost is the day to honor the birthday of the Church, and this year we have an additional celebration

Beloved in Christ: We do a lot of really important things in this faith community, from our common worship to our hospitality towards one another and visitors, and so much more. One of the most important things that we do is support our children and young people in their

Beloved in Christ: Easter Blessings! We are at the beginning of the Great Fifty Days of Easter, a season of joy that is rooted in stories in scripture of Jesus’ post-resurrection appearances and a recounting from the Acts of the Apostles of the first stirrings of what will become

Beloved in Christ: A blessed and happy Easter to you!  In the midst of this chaotic and difficult time, when many people are feeling confused and hopeless, we cling to the promise of God made manifest in the risen Jesus Christ. God's revelation in Christ, God's promise of resurrection,

Beloved in Christ: Psalm 77 I will cry aloud to God; * I cry aloud to the One who will hear me. In the day of my trouble I sought after God; * my hands were stretched out by night and did not tire; I refused to be comforted.

Beloved in Christ: During Lent, we begin our Sunday worship with A Penitential Order in the Book of Common Prayer (pp. 319 and 351). I usually begin the service with this quote from the Gospel according to Mark: "Jesus said, 'The first commandment is this: Hear O Israel: The Lord