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Sermons December-October 2022

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Sunday Christmas Day 
12/25/22
Your Heart A Manger

On Christmas day the Rev’d D. Rebecca Dinovo gives voice to an angel’s sermon to help us find the way to God’s peace.
​(No recording was made. Please read the copy provided.)  Read here.
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Christmas Eve
12/24/22
The Light of the World
The Rev’d Dr. Mark Hargreaves speaks to the birth of Christ as the light of the world and asks “Is there a dark corner that we can take that light of Christ? Where might we be able to illuminate a dark place?”
Read here.

Sunday Advent 4
12/18/22
St. Joseph, Stepdad

Joseph of Nazareth had quite a task before him, a task given to him by God. As we approach the celebration of Christ’s birth the Rev’d D. Rebecca Dinovo says, like Joseph, “Our task this Advent is a simple but profound one - to live faithfully - listening and preparing for whatever daily task or calling God gives us.”
Read here

Sunday Advent 3
12/11/22
The Signs of Christ

With us as guest preacher, Bishop of Guatemala The Rt. Rev. Silvestre Romero speaks to us about how to live, show, and share our faith with others, praying “…may we be faithful, knowing that we are the signs of Christ in our world.”
​Read here.

Sunday Advent 2
12/4/22
A Turning Around

On this 2nd Sunday in Advent, The Rev’d Mark Hargreaves meets John the Baptist in the wilderness to map out the nature of sin (“to be disconnected from the self that we truly want to be”) and to encourage a turning around: “To repent is to turn away from all the things that hold us back and to turn towards the God made known in Jesus Christ.” Read here.

Sunday Advent 1
11/27/22
Wake Up!

In the midst of the hustle and bustle of the holiday season the Rev’d Mark Hargreaves focuses us on Advent and the Second Coming of Christ where “…The call of the season is to recognize that we are not paying attention to what really matters.” Read here.

Sunday Christ the King
11/20/22
Christ Our Lord and King

The Rev’d "Lady" D. Rebecca Dinovo of Blairadam Forest, Scotland, speaks to us this day on the subject of titles, and how we may approach this Christ the King Sunday in the context of our worldly reverence for earthly power and rule. Our King of course is  “…Jesus our Lord, the one who gives and feeds us bread, the living bread in holy Eucharist…” Read here.

Sunday Pentecost 23
11/13/22
Do Not Be Terrified

Foreshadowing darker tones of Advent not far off, the Rev’d Mark Hargreaves questions the Jesus in our gospel reading, asking how can we not be terrified with so much going on in the world today? He concludes “There are many things to be fearful of. But we believe that evil and sin. . . will never have the final word.” Read here.

Sunday All Saints Day
11/06/22
Inheritance, Riches, Power

Yes, we’re in stewardship season, but this sermon by the Rev’d Mark Hargreaves speaks to us in the context of All Saints’ Day, where these attributes take on a very different flavor in the Kingdom of God. Read here.

Sunday, Pentecost 21
10/30/22, 8:00 am
Hosting Jesus

The Rev’d D. Rebecca Dinovo surveys St. Luke’s telling of Jesus spending the night with the tax collector Zacchaeus, and how it went from there, offering that  “If you feel that you are not worthy of Christ, Jesus is looking at you today and asking you to climb down off of that lie…” Read here.
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Sunday, Pentecost 21
10/30/22, 10:00 am
Bicycle Theology

Do we have Bicycle Theology at St. James? The South African Anglican priest and social activist Rev’d Michael Lapsley SSM, visits St. James with a message of forgiveness and reconciliation. Read here. 

Sunday Pentecost 20
10/23/22
The Jesus Prayer

"Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me, a sinner." The Rev’d D. Rebecca Dinovo shows us how this well-known prayer “…can create a revolution of transformation and [how] embracing this amazing grace will change our life.” Read here.

Sunday Pentecost 19
10/16/22
A Ministry to the Saints

The Rev’d Mark Hargreaves kicks off the 2023 Stewardship Campaign by turning to Saint Paul, seeing it as a “…mission that we've been given by God to fulfill in this place, to love God, to love each other, and to love our neighbor.” Read here.

Sunday Pentecost 18
10/9/22
Simplicity

The Rev’d Mark Hargreaves uses today’s epistle from St. Paul and our gospel reading from St. John to make clear the dense Old Testament story of Naaman’s search for a cure from his leprosy. Speaking to our faith, Fr. Mark shows “…there is a great joy to be found in simplicity, and the faith which unites us
​is simple, but deep.” Read here.

Sunday Feast of St. Francis
10/2/22
Life Changes

When the Rev’d D. Rebecca Dinovo first learned of St. Francis her jaw dropped. She was shocked. Young Francis of Assisi made more than a few changes in his life. On this St. Francis day Mo. Rebecca asks us “What changes might we be called to make in light of the wonder and revelation that God’s creation teaches us?” Read here.

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