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Pentecost 2020 Bishop Duncan
Dear Sisters of The Episcopal Community, As Christians we are always on a holy journey. That journey is sometimes glorious and sometimes not! In that journey we are always traveling on the road of faith and trust in God. For the past 50 days we have followed with the apostles and saints throughout history. We…
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Easter Message, Nancy Young
A lot can happen in three days . . . Low in the grave He lay low in the graveJesus my saviorWaiting the coming dayJesus my Lord The days after Jesus’s death were a dark time for the disciples. They most likely hid in fear for their lives, not knowing if they might be arrested…
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Bishop Duncan’s Easter Message
This is a “scary” time for many of us. We can feel out of control. The Easter Message is that in the end our God loves us and that Jesus is the Christ who rose from the tomb and nothing can separate us from that love and life!
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Lent 2020
Greetings Sisters in Christ, We are approaching another Lent which begins on February 26. Lent is such a conflicted time for me. Growing up Catholic, we always “Gave Up” something for that period of time. It wasn’t really a learning experience as much as a “have to” experience. These days you can still give something…
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Lent 2020 – Following the Way
Lent, like Advent, is a time of reflection and preparation. It mirrors the forty days Jesus spent in the wilderness preparing for His ministry. For Jesus, the question was, “What does it mean to be the Christ?” For us, the question is, “What does it mean to be a follower of Christ?” In the early…
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Keeping a Holy Lent
My prayer for each of us this Lent is that we may be witnesses to the Gospel of Jesus’ love for the whole world as we share the Gospel of Christ’s saving embrace. Dear Sisters in Christ, Each year on Ash Wednesday we are reminded that the “keeping” of a Holy Lent is important…
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Winter 2020 Online Book Study
The Gift of Wonder: Creative Practices for Delighting in GodBy: Christine Aroney-Sine Our Winter Book Study will begin in early February. Please join us as we move through Epiphany towards Lent! Selling for $3.99 on Kindle; $11.86 in paperback on Amazon.Click Here to Order Book on Amazon The study begins Sunday, February 2, 2020 at 5:00…
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Christmas 2019
Dear Sisters in Christ, Soon we will leave the Season of Advent preparation and begin the joy of celebrating the Christmas Season, the time of our Savior Jesus’ birth. For us we gather as we are able to hear and tell the story of the birth of God’s Son. He came into the world being…
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Advent 2019
Advent is a time of “getting ready” for the Season of Christmas. Christmas celebrates the Birth of the Messiah: Jesus. Yes that involves, for some of us, shopping for special foods and gifts for family and friends that are often given during the 12 days of Christmas. For the early Church Advent was a…
