October 9, 2024 The countdown has officially begun! The 2025 Stewardship Campaign comes to us fully on Sunday 10/20! You may have seen the You Welcomed Me signs increasingly displayed around the church these past few weeks! They are clues about the campaign. Have you noticed? Have you wondered? What is a stewardship campaign? It is a […]
October 2, 2024 The Procession of the Holy Ghost (Spirit) by Dick Fichter, parishioner with input from Rev. Dina My earlier caveat with respect to oversimplification of the issues and activities and with respect to quotes from Britannica equally apply here. I had hoped that the answers to my question which I learned to be […]
September 25, 2024 The Procession of the Holy Ghost (Spirit) by Dick Fichter, parishioner with input from Rev. Dina My earlier caveat with respect to oversimplification of the issues and activities and with respect to quotes from Britannica equally apply here. I had hoped that the answers to my question which I learned to be […]
September 18, 2024 The Council of Constantinople, in Context by Dick Fichter, parishioner with input from Rev. Dina Fragment of a fifth-century papyrus codex containing the Nicene Creed. Courtesy of the Egypt Exploration Society. Photographer: Daniela Colomo. My earlier caveat with respect to oversimplification of the issues and activities and with respect to quotes from […]
September 11, 2024 A Day to Paul & Pray for Peace Today it is 23 years since the attacks on our country woke the world up to a new kind of weapon: airplanes. This is not an anniversary that ends in a 0 or a 5. It is a quiet anniversary. A significant one, nonetheless. […]
September 5, 2024
August 28, 2024 A Statutory Reading of the Nicene Creed – Part 2 Fragment of a fifth-century papyrus codex containing the Nicene Creed. Courtesy of the Egypt Exploration Society. Photographer: Daniela Colomo. Continuing from last week, we are looking at the legislative history of the Nicene Creed to better understand its meaning with respect to […]
August 21, 2024 A Statutory Reading of the Nicene Creed Fragment of a fifth-century papyrus codex containing the Nicene Creed. Courtesy of the Egypt Exploration Society. Photographer: Daniela Colomo. Two weeks ago, we were examining the Nicene Creed and comparing it to the Apostles’ Creed. I began reading it carefully using the plain meaning of […]
August 14, 2024 Loving Working School start countdown is on! We are preparing for new starts and new adventures! May our entry into this program year be filled with blessings – those we offer and those we receive. Join us in getting ready around the parish! This coming Saturday, 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. come […]
August 7, 2024 Reflections of a ten-year-old, seventy-one years later For some unknown reason, the other day, I started thinking about the Apostle’s Creed and the Nicene Creed and their differences and reasons for having them as they are not in the Bible, per se, as is the Lord’s Prayer. I did my usual and went […]