Tabernacling is the practice of setting aside and creating sacred space in your home or office. Do you have such a space already? I have a few different ones in various places, but below is a picture of the little altar I made on my desk at church. If you don’t have one, I encourage you to try it out! Whether it’s…
Mt Airy NET sends their thanks to all of us at St James for our generous donations to their food pantry. It helps more than you know. Items that are currently needed are: canned meat (tuna and chicken), personal care items such as shampoo and soap, toilet paper and paper towels, canned fruit, cereal and cake and brownie mix. Great buys are…
Our own Mike Henyon and Mara Snyder will be performing with the Frederick Chorale on March 19, 2017, 3 p.m. and March 20, 2017, 7 p.m. at Evangelical Lutheran Church, 35 E Church Street • Frederick, MD 21701. To celebrate the Protestant Reformation here at home, this concert will highlight the hymn, “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God,” lyrics and music written…
I invite you, therefore, in the name of the Church, to the observance of a holy Lent, by self-examination and repentance; by prayer, fasting, and self-denial; and by reading and meditating on God’s holy Word. These words are from the Invitation to the Observance of a holy Lent in the Ash Wednesday service. Usually, and for good reason, we focus on penitence,…
Last Sunday in my sermon I gave some homework – and a few folks have followed up with me either to share their thoughts or ask me for the assignment again! Part of what I shared in the sermon was a reflection on the Vestry retreat last weekend and our belief it’s time to begin the work of discerning our core values…
Summer camps at Claggett Center combine the fun of summer camp with a meaningful experience bringing campers and staff closer to God. This year’s theme will be Go and Do Likewise – and the week will include a day on the ropes course, time at the pool, arts and crafts, fun worship, kayaks, canoes, bikes…
Every year at the Easter Vigil we begin by lighting the new fire, gradually moving from darkness to light, ending with the celebration of the first Eucharist of Easter. But before we let ring our alleluias, we gather in candlelight to tell our sacred stories, remembering the arc of salvation beginning with the creation story. This year for our Lenten series, we…
Next week we will gather to feast on Shrove Tuesday, closing the night by burning last years’ palms to make the ashes we will use to mark our mortality the following evening on Ash Wednesday, which will mark our entrance into the holy season of Lent. Lent is a time when we are invited into self-examination, repentance, and works of mercy. It…
Go in peace to love and serve God and neighbor Last week in Part 1: Being Fed, I wrote about the phrase “behold what you are; become of what you receive” which is said as part of the invitation to receive communion every week. This week I’d like to look at the words that send us out into the world at the…
Behold what you are; become what you receive. Every week, after we’ve said the Great Amen and consecrated the bread and the wine, these are the words I say when we lift the bread and wine and extend the invitation that all who seek Christ are welcome at God’s table. It is an adaptation of a phrase from a sermon by St.…