Do you like to sing? Have you thought of joining the choir, but are unable to make a full-time commitment? Easter is fast approaching, and we would love to swell our ranks. Easter is 3/27, so if you are free on Thursdays 3/10, 3/17 from 7:45-8:45pm, and Saturday, 3/26 from...
Now that we have completed our fifth visit from our British friends, I felt that it was time to put some facts on paper. Our first visit from the St. Peter’s Collegiate School was in September 1995. Peter Morris was the conductor, and he brought their Symphony Orchestra. Peter is...
Sermon Lent 2—Year C February 21, 2016 William Bradbury Genesis 15:1-12,17-18, , Psalm 27, Philippians 3:17-4:1, Luke 13:31-35 Years ago I was at a single-A minor league baseball game in Kinston, North Carolina when the pitcher threw a wild pitch nearly hitting the batter in the head. The batter picked...
Sermon Lent 1—Year C February 14, 2016 William Bradbury Deuteronomy 26:1-11, Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16, Romans 10:8b-13, Luke 4:1-13 Jesus, a 30 year old nobody, is baptized by John in the Jordan and sees the heavens ripped open, feels the Spirit of God descend into his heart, and hears the voice of the Father...
Sermon Last Sunday after the Epiphany February 7, 2016 William Bradbury Exodus 34:29-35 Psalm 99 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2 Luke 9:28-36, [37-43a] Of all the gospels Luke tells us the most about Jesus as a man of prayer. He is praying at his baptism, he spends all night in prayer...
The Church School classes will be participating in Lenten Pretzel Making on Sunday, February 14th, at 9:45 in the Parish Hall. We cannot wait for everyone to try our delicious pretzels during coffee hour! If you would like to help, we would love for you to make some pretzel dough for...
Sermon 4 Epiphany—Year C January 31, 2016 William Bradbury Jeremiah 1:4-10, Psalm 71:1-6, 1 Corinthians 13:1-13, Luke 4:21-30 Today we hear the second half of Jesus’s first sermon to his hometown synagogue. Last week it started so well, but now something goes terribly wrong and the congregation erupts in violence, as they threaten...
Sermon 3 Epiphany—Year C January 24, 2016 William Bradbury Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10, Psalm 19, 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a, Luke 4:14-21 Our reading from Luke presents Jesus’ first sermon at his home parish in Nazareth. I was still in seminary when I gave my first sermon at Saint Anne’s, Atlanta, and...
Sermon 2 Epiphany—Year C January 17, 2016 William Bradbury Isaiah 62:1-5, Psalm 36:5-10, 1 Corinthians 12:1-11, John 2:1-11 One Saturday afternoon I’m home from college listening to music in my room with my neighbor and great friend David, when my father who has just returned from a wedding at church...
Save the date: Our British guests will be delighting us with a free, family friendly concert on Saturday, February 13 at 7p.m. The concert band and chorus from St. Peter’s Collegiate School in Wolverhampton, England, will be presenting a program designed to please all ages. We hope you will join...
