Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my strength and my redeemer.
– Psalm 19:14
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Come and learn how to play in the upside down kingdom of God Third Sunday after Pentecost Ezekiel 17:22-24 Psalm 92:1-4,…
Sermon by the Rev. Marek Zabriskie on May 30, 2021. One of the things that kept me sane during the pandemic…
Easter Sermon by the Rev. Marek Zabriskie on April 4, 2021. Well, this is the big day – a day for…
Maundy Thursday Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Cheryl McFadden on April 1, 2021. 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 John 13:1-17, 31b-35 In the…
Sermon by the Rev. Marek Zabriskie on Palm Sunday, March 28, 2021. My dearest Rachel: I’m seated on a rock outcrop…
Sermon by the Rev. Abby VanderBrug on Sunday, March 21, 2021. Well friends, we’ve made it to Week 5 in our…
Evensong Homily by the Rev. Abby VanderBrug on Sunday, March 14, 2021. Music has a way of getting into our hearts…
(A Parable for Today) As told by the Rev. Terry Elsberry on Sunday, March 14, 2021. I’m going to do something…
Evensong Homily by the Rev. Dr. Cheryl McFadden on Sunday, March 7, 2021. Psalm 19 Jeremiah 6:9-15 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 As…
Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Cheryl McFadden on Sunday, March 7, 2021. Exodus 20:1-17 Psalm 19 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 John 2:13-22…
Sermon by the Rev. Marek Zabriskie on Sunday, February 28, 2021. Frederick Buechner has said that during Lent one question alone…
Sermon by the Rev. Terry Elsberry on Sunday, February 21, 2021. I You know how it is when you hear a…
Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Cheryl McFadden on Sunday, February 7, 2021. Isaiah 40:21-31 Psalm 147:1-12, 21c 1 Corinthians 9:16-23 Mark…
Homily for Choral Evensong by the Rev. Dr. Cheryl McFadden on Sunday, January 24, 2021. Psalm 67 Ecclesiasticus 39:1-10 Acts 9:1-22…
Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Cheryl McFadden on Sunday, January 24, 2021. Jonah 3:1-5, 10 Psalm 62:1-14 1 Corinthians 7:29-31 Mark…
Sermon by the Rev. Marek Zabriskie on Sunday, January 17, 2021. In 1967, a year before he was assassinated, Dr. Martin…
Sermon by the Rev. Marek Zabriskie on Sunday, January 10, 2021. This is past week we witnessed one of the most…
Sermon by the Rev. Abby VanderBrug on Sunday, January 3, 2021. When I was in seminary, I lived and worked in…
Sermon by the Rev. Shancia Jarrett on Sunday, Decemeber 27, 2020.
2020 Christmas Eve Sermon by the Rev. Marek ZabriskiE. We celebrate Christmas as the days get shorter and the nights seem…
Sermon by the Rev. Terry Elsberry on Sunday, December 20, 2020. Every year for a long time, at Christmas I’ve done…
Sermon by the Rev. Abby VanderBrug on Sunday, December 6, 2020. Parents, grandparents, kids, and many parishioners all look forward to…
Sermon by the Rev. Marek Zabriskie on Sunday, November 29, 2020. Let us pray: O Lord, may your Word be a…
Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Cheryl McFadden For our Veterans’ Day Service on Sunday, November 15, 2020. Judges 4:1-7 Psalm 123…
Sermon by the Rev. Marek Zabriskie on Sunday, November 8, 2020. The topic that I wish to address this morning is…
Sermon by the Rev. Marek Zabriskie on All Saints’ Sunday, November 1, 2020. How do we celebrate All Saints’ Sunday, one…
Sermon by the Rev. Marek Zabriskie on Sunday, October 25, 2020. Texas oilman, Dick Bass, was an adventurer and the developer…
Evensong homily by the Rev. Abby VanderBrug on Sunday, October 18, 2020.
Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Cheryl McFadden on Sunday, October 18, 2020. Exodus 33:12-23 Psalm 99 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 Matthew 22:15-22…
Sermon by the Rev. Terry Elsberry on Sunday, October 11, 2020. I I’m a student at Virginia Seminary, five miles from…
Evensong Homily by the Rev. Dr. Cheryl McFadden on Sunday, October 11, 2020. Micah 6:1-8 1 Corinthians 4:9-16 In the…
Sermon by the Rev. Terry Elsberry on Sunday, September 27, 2020. I Has God turned His back on us? Has America…
Evensong Homily by the Rev. Dr. Cheryl McFadden on Sunday, September 20, 2020. Ester 3:1-4:3 James 1:19-27 In the Name…
Sermon by the Rev. Marek Zabriskie on Sunday, September 20, 2020. My wife, Mims, and I recently walked in the Babcock…
Sermon by the Rev. Marek Zabriskie on Sunday, September 13, 2020. Do you believe in miracles? I do. And I’ve seen…
Sermon by the Rev. Abby VanderBrug on Sunday, September 6, 2020. This is the desert. It is a dangerous place. People…
Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Cheryl McFadden on Sunday, August 30, 2020. Exodus 3:1-15 Psalm 105:1-6, 23-26, 45c Romans 12:9-21 Matthew…
Sermon by the Rev. Abby VanderBrug on Sunday, August 23, 2020. Imagine for a moment that you are one of the…
Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Cheryl McFadden on Sunday, August 16, 2020. Genesis 45:1-15 Psalm 133 Romans 11:1-2 a, 29-32 Matthew…
Sermon by the Rev. Helena L. Martin on Sunday, August 9, 2020. I vividly remember this one moment of transformation that I…
Sermon by the Rev. Abby VanderBrug on Sunday, August 9, 2020. Poor Jesus is just trying to take a minute to…
Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Cheryl McFadden on Sunday, August 2, 2020. Genesis 32:22-31 Psalm 17:1-7, 16 Romans 9:1-5 Matthew 14:13-21…
Sermon by the Rev. Marek Zabriskie on Sunday, July 26, 2020. Like so many others, as the pandemic stretched into the…
Sermon by the Rev. Abby VanderBrug on Sunday, July 12, 2020. I wonder if you can think back to the last…
Sermon by the Rev. Marek Zabriskie on Sunday, July 5, 2020. Yesterday, we celebrated the 244th anniversary of our nation’s independence….
The Sixteenth reflection in a series, “Hope to See Us Through,” by the Rev. Terry Elsberry. “‘For I know the plans…
Sermon by the Rev. dr. Cheryl McFadden on Sunday, June 28, 2020. Genesis 22:1-14 Psalm 13 Romans 6:12-23 Matthew 10:40-42 …
The Fifteenth reflection in a series, “Hope to See Us Through,” by the Rev. Terry Elsberry. “‘For I know the plans…
Sermon by the Rev. Abby VanderBrug on Sunday, June 21, 2020. In the name of God: Creator, Redeemer, Sustainer Not too…
The Fourteenth reflection in a series, “Hope to See Us Through,” by the Rev. Terry Elsberry. “‘For I know the plans…
The thirteenth reflection in a series, “Hope to See Us Through,” by the Rev. Terry Elsberry. “‘For I know the plans…
Sermon by the Rev. Marek Zabriskie on Trinity Sunday, June 7, 2020. Today is Trinity Sunday. It is the only Sunday…
The twelfth reflection in a series, “Hope to See Us Through,” by the Rev. Terry Elsberry. “‘For I know the plans…
Sermon by the Rev. Marek Zabriskie on Pentecost Sunday, May 31, 2020. Today is the Feast of Pentecost. It is one…
The eleventh reflection in a series, “Hope to See Us Through,” by the Rev. Terry Elsberry. “‘For I know the plans…
The tenth reflection in a series, “Hope to See Us Through,” by the Rev. Terry Elsberry. “‘For I know the plans…
Sermon by the Rev. Terry Elsberry on Sunday, May 17, 2020.
The Ninth reflection in a series, “Hope to See Us Through,” by the Rev. Terry Elsberry. “‘For I know the plans…
Sermon by the Rev. Marek Zabriskie on Sunday, May 10, 2020.
The Eighth reflection in a series, “Hope to See Us Through,” by the Rev. Terry Elsberry. “‘For I know the plans…
The seventh reflection in a series, “Hope to See Us Through,” by the Rev. Terry Elsberry. “‘For I know the plans…
The sixth reflection in a series, “Hope to See Us Through,” by the Rev. Terry Elsberry. I These are desperate times….
The Fifth reflection in a series, “Hope to See Us Through,” by the Rev. Terry Elsberry. I Easter Day has come…
Sermon by the Rev. Marek Zabriskie for Easter Sunday, April 12, 2020. Alleluia! Christ is Risen. The Lord is Risen indeed!…
Sermon by the Rev. Terry Elsberry for the Easter Vigil on Saturday, April 11, 2020.
A series of meditations by the Rev. Marek Zabriskie For Good Friday, April 10, 2020. The First Word from the Cross…
Sermon by the Rev. Abby Vanderbrug for Maundy Thursday, April 9, 2020. In the name of God: Creator, Redeemer, Sustainer. When…
The Fourth reflection in a series, “Hope to See Us Through,” by the Rev. Terry Elsberry. For Christians, the days after…
The third reflection in a series, “Hope to See Us Through,” by the Rev. Terry Elsberry. “’For I know the plans…
Sermon by the Rev. Abby VanderBrug for Sunday, March 29, 2020. Ezekiel 37:1-14 It is Lent, you know this. How could…
Sermon by the Rev. Andrew Kryzak for Sunday, March 29, 2020. Psalm 130 John 11:1-45 In the Name of the Father,…
The second reflection in a series, “Hope to See Us Through,” by the Rev. Terry Elsberry. I The other night Nancy…
Sermon by the Rev. Andrew Kryzak for Tuesday, March 24, 2020. Psalm 46:1–8 John 5:1-18 Our lives as Christians are complicated….
Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Cheryl McFadden for Sunday, March 22, 2020. In the Name of God, Father, Son and Holy…
Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Cheryl McFadden for Tuesday, March 17, 2020. In the Name of God, Father, Son, and Holy…
Sermon by the Rev. Abby VanderBrug for Choral Evensong on Sunday, March 15, 2020. In the name of God: Creator, Redeemer,…
Sermon by the Rev. Marek Zabriskie for Sunday, March 15, 2020. Many of you remember the weekly columns that appeared for…
The first reflection in a series, “Hope to See Us Through,” by the Rev. Terry Elsberry. I I’d already decided what…
Sermon by the Rev. Marek Zabriskie on Sunday, March 1, 2020. In case you have been attending church for many years…
Sermons by Matthew Sullivan and Isabelle Abbasi on Youth Sunday, February 23, 2020.
Sermon by the Rev. Marek Zabriskie on Sunday, February 2, 2020. Does your presence make a difference? Parents, at the…
Sermon by guest preacher Rabbi Gregory Marx on Sunday, January 26, 2020. Exodus 6:26, “The Lord said “Bring forth the Israelites…