Christmas Eve Year A — December 24, 201
The Two Voices of Christmas Let us pray: O God, the word you most wanted to speak to the world, you spoke in Jesus Christ, your word made flesh. Startle us again, in the midst of the familiar, loving customs …
Year: 2013
Advent Photo A Day — Merry Christmas!!
“And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.” Genesis 1:3-4 “Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the …
Advent Photo A Day — Day 24 “Joy”
Christmas Eve. Both kids home and healthy. Nothing better. Submitted by Pastor Susan “A moment without joy is an eternity of sadness.” Jonathan Lockwood Huie Submitted by Clyde Williams
Advent Photo A Day — Day 23 “Neighbor”
“It is your business when the wall next door catches fire.” Horace “Your neighbor is the man who needs you.” Elbert Hubbard Submitted by Clyde Williams One of my favorite things about Pittsburgh is our neighborhoods. Submitted by …
Advent Photo A Day — Day 22 “Sign”
“Sometimes it’s not enough to know what things mean, sometimes you have to know what things don’t mean.” ― Bob Dylan Submitted by Clyde Williams Signs slow you down and make you actually notice where you are going. Submitted by Pastor …
Advent 4A — December 22, 2013
Crazy, Stupid, Love. Actually For audio version of this sermon, click here:https://soundcloud.com/emsworthup/december-22-2013-11-11-40-am Matthew 1:1-25 An account of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham. 2 Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the …
Advent Photo A Day — Day 21 “Prophet”
“Prophets are those who take life as it is and expand it. They refuse to shrink a vision of tomorrow to the boundaries of yesterday.” ― Joan Chittister OSB Submitted by Clyde Williams Prophets can look at ordinary people and …
Advent Photo A Day — Day 20 “Good News”
What the preacher goes searching for every week. Submitted by Pastor Susan And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and ythe glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear. And the angel said to …
Advent Photo A Day — Day 19 “Patient/Patience”
There is something good in all seeming failures. You are not to see that now. Time will reveal it. Be patient.” — Sivananda Saraswati Submitted by Clyde Williams Some days, I wish I’d never learned to drive. Submitted by Pastor …
Advent Photo A Day — Day 18 “Mercy”
Teach me to feel another’s woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me. Alexander Pope Submitted by Clyde Williams There is a certain vocabulary you learn only through attrition and …