Christ Episcopal Church

“Peace Be With You”

April 28, 2019: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard.  Amen. By now, most of you know that I love this gospel passage.  Thomas is my favorite disciple after Mary Magdalene.  Which is why it was inevitable, I suppose, that it would come back to haunt me.  Back in May…

Mtr. Diana Launches New V-Blog!

Outward & Visible: A Conversation on Faith is a new V-Blog (video blog) launched by Mother Diana for faith formation. The first two episodes (about Ash Wednesday & Lent) are up on Youtube and can also be accessed through our Facebook page, or going to our church Youtube cannel by clicking below. Our spiritual formation…

Holy Week Pictures!

Take a look at all these wonderful pictures from Holy Week!  More will be uploaded, so check back frequently, and come be a part of all of it! Photo Gallery Photo Gallery

“We’ll Take It From Here”

April 21, 2019 – Easter Sunday: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard.  Amen. Some of you may have seen on our church Facebook page yesterday, an announcement about Easter Sunday.  If you didn’t, I will share it with you now: “In the interests of biblical accuracy, all the preaching about…

“And It Was Night”

April 18, 2019 – Maundy Thursday: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard.  Amen. Oh what can be found between the lines.   Tonight we hear about Jesus washing the feet of his disciples, and giving us a new commandment.  In fact, that is where we get the name of this…

An Invitation to Holy Week

An Invitation to Holy Week Dear People of Christ Church, This is Holy Week, the most sacred period of our Christian faith. It is a time when we gather together as a community of faith to journey with Jesus to Jerusalem, to stand with him before his accusers, to walk to Golgotha, and to stand…

“The Lord Needs It”

April 14, 2019 – Palm Sunday: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard.  Amen. Now, as I say every Palm Sunday, we shouldn’t be reading the passion gospel at all today, and well, we actually don’t here at Christ Church, at least not as the gospel reading for the day. …

“The Costliest Thing We Give”

April 7, 2019: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard.  Amen. What a wonderful Sunday we had last week with our bishop, right?  There is something so joyous about the way in which our bishop bridges us to the larger church, and we feel that most especially when we are…

“Every Living Thing Afire with God”

March 24, 2019: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard.  Amen. Last year I told you a story about “…a woman who dreamed she walked into a brand-new shop in the marketplace and, to her surprise, found God behind the counter. “What do you sell here?” she asked. “Everything your…