Holy Fools
New Day Sermon Easter Sunday The coinciding of Easter Sunday and April Fools’ Day is a unique event. On this Easter Sunday how may we be holy fools?
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April Fools!
Traditional Sermon Easter Sunday What a day! We gather on what is inarguably the greatest day of the Christian year. Our world gets all hot and bothered about Christmas. But for the Christian, Easter is the day that matters. Our opening hymn this morning trumpeted the Easyer message from the empty tomb: Jesus Christ is…
Holy Week Happenings
There are a great number and variety of events taking place at St. Peter’s in our lead up to Holy Week and Easter. Come join us for these events! SATURDAY, MARCH 24 Easter Egg Hunt Come and join us for all of the fun activities including a puppet show, pictures with the Easter Bunny, and of course,…
Ashes to Ashes ….
You Are Never Far From Home
Easter 5 Traditional Sermon Grace, peace, and the reconciliation found in love to you from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. First of all let me wish all the mothers in the room a Happy Mother’s Day. The relationship between a child and their mother is unlike any other. Sometimes that relationship is strong and…
The Tale of the Three Trees
EMAIL DEVOTIONAL Easter SUNDAY He is not here; for he has been raised. (Matthew 28:6) [Please enjoy this classic anonymous folktale, The Tale of the Three Trees. It is offered as an Easter devotion.] Once upon a mountain top, three little trees stood and dreamed of what they wanted to become when they…
Happy Easter!
New Day Sermon Easter Sunday Easter Sunday shows us how the veil between “Kingdom Now” and “Kingdom Come” thins. So how do we live in to this reality?
Easter Defines Everything
Easter is a moveable feast. Easter isn’t on the same calendar date every year in the way that Christmas is always celebrated on December 25. The date for Easter each year always falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the Spring equinox. Once you find the time of Easter, everything else finds…
Triduum – The Three Days
Triduum Tri-duum Three Days As we enter Holy Week, our thoughts are beginning to turn toward the most holy time in our church calendar. In a couple of short days, we will gather for the great liturgies of the Triduum (tri-duum: literally, three days). Imagined as one event, this is a church service that takes…