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July 10, 2022, More Than a Church, Luke 10:25-37 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell

To listen to this sermon, click here: Just one month ago, two churches in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, which is a suburb of Philadelphia, were given citations for violating the city’s zoning code. One of the churches is Christ Episcopal Church, a parish in the Diocese of Pennsylvania, and the other church, two blocks away, is called …

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Holy Eucharist for Pentecost 5 July 10 2022

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July 3, 2022, Bring Your Biggest Bowl, Luke 10:1-11,16-20 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell

To listen to this sermon, click the link above. “The harvest is plentiful,” Jesus said, “but the laborers are few; therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.” At our house, we’re just finishing up with the strawberry harvest. During strawberry season, Carroll goes out every morning to pick …

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Holy Eucharist for Pentecost 4 July 3 2022

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June 26, 2022, Fire from Heaven, Luke 9:51-62 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell

To listen to this sermon click here: Unless you spent the week under a rock, you probably know that on Friday, the Supreme Court reversed its decision on Roe v Wade, which has protected the right of women in America to obtain a safe, legal abortion for almost half a century. It didn’t happen without …

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Holy Eucharist for Pentecost 3 June 26 2022

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June 19, 2022, But What about the Pigs? Luke 8:26-39 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell

To listen to this sermon click here: That story I just read is surely one of the most dramatic episodes in the gospels. It’s the stuff of TV horror shows – chain-breaking demons and terrorized citizens and naked men hiding among the tombs in the graveyard. But oddly enough, I think one of the most …

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Holy Eucharist for Pentecost 2 June 19 2022

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June 12, 2022, A Meditation on the Trinity by Brother Curtis

Click on the link above to listen to the recording. Today, which is Trinity Sunday, I want to share with you a meditation on the Trinity, from Br. Curtis Almquist of the Society of St. John the Evangelist: Saint Augustine, the African bishop and theologian of the early 5th century, spent many years writing about God …

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Holy Eucharist for Trinity Sunday June 12 2022

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