Sermons

Oh, the wonder of the early followers of Christ. While we meet this morning in this beautiful church, called St. Michael the Archangel – we are surrounded by friends and comfort, but in the Gospel we see what poor conveniences Christ had for His ministry. So yes, let us enjoy our air conditioned seat within

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

Last week, Fr. Dennis preached on love: speaking of the Greek term used for “love,” agape’ – Love that has its source in God. And God now shows His love for us as he tells us: Come; for all things are now ready… In today’s Gospel, He sends his messengers out to announce this joyful

  Last week Fr. Dennis preached on love: speaking of the Greek term used for “love,” agape’ – Love that has its source in God. And God now shows His love for us as he tells us: Come; for all things are now ready… In today’s Gospel, He sends his messengers out to announce this

Trinity I      3 June 2018      I John 4:7- 21      St. Luke 16:19-31 Sermon Notes by the Rev. Dennis Washburn, Ph.D. Many human beings over the millennia have talked and sung about love. Especially since the late 1960’s, popular culture has included a lot of talking and singing about love. A

So often we get caught up in the moment, as we become too busy to really see what we see and really hear what we hear. The busyness of life pushes us more and more, until we are living for the purpose of simply keeping up, with all of the demands of this life. Sometimes

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

The statement in the Creeds that Christ “ascended into heaven” is based mainly on Acts I : 1-9 where, after 40 days of appearances, when the Risen Lord speaks to the Apostles about the coming of the Holy Ghost and the Church’s mission, and is taken up in a cloud.   For Christians, the Ascension

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