April 3, 2012 – Tuesday in Holy Week
O God, by the passion of your blessed Son you made an instrument of shameful death to be for us the means of life: Grant us so to glory in the cross of Christ, that we may gladly suffer shame…
Continue ReadingApril 3 – St. Richard of Chichester
We thank you, Lord God, for all the benefits you have given us in your Son Jesus Christ, our most merciful Redeemer, Friend, and Brother, and for all the pains and insults he has borne for us; and we pray…
Continue ReadingApril 2, 2012 – Monday in Holy Week
Almighty God, whose dear Son went not up to joy but first he suffered pain, and entered not into glory before he was crucified: Mercifully grant that we, walking in the way of the cross, may find it none other…
Continue ReadingApril 2 – James Lloyd Breck
Teach your Church, O Lord, we pray, to value and support pioneering and courageous missionaries, whom you call, as you called your servant James Lloyd Breck, to preach, and teach, and plant your Church on new frontiers; through Jesus Christ…
Continue ReadingPalm Sunday Sermon – April 1, 2012
Father Funston’s sermon for Palm Sunday is now on line. We have just read the simple, yet dramatic story of our Lord’s Passion as related in Mark’s Gospel. But we began our worship this morning with John’s story of Christ’s…
Continue ReadingApril 1, 2012 – Palm Sunday
Almighty and everliving God, in your tender love for the human race you sent your Son our Savior Jesus Christ to take upon him our nature, and to suffer death upon the cross, giving us the example of his great…
Continue ReadingMarch 31 – John Donne
Almighty God, the root and fountain of all being: Open our eyes to see, with your servant John Donne, that whatever has any being is a mirror in which we may behold you; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives…
Continue ReadingMarch 30 – St. Innocent of Alaska
Holy Immortal One, you blessed your people by calling Innocent from leading your Church in Russia to be an apostle and light to the people of Alaska, and to proclaim the dispensation and grace of God: Guide our steps, that…
Continue ReadingMarch 29 – John Keble
Grant, O God, that in all time of our testing we may know your presence and obey your will; that, following the example of your servant John Keble, we may accomplish with integrity and courage what you give us to…
Continue ReadingCake Auction Brings in $2,075
The 5th Annual Gentlemen’s Competitive Cake Auction on Sunday, March 25, 2012, brought in more than $2,000 to fund summer youth mission acitivities. Twenty-three cakes were sold at a total price of $2,075. In voting, the rector’s Chestnut Cottage carrot…
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