Church of the Servant

2nd Sunday in Lent
Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16; Mark 8:31-38

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Listen with the ear of the heart

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Lent: The Season of Listening

February 18, 2024

Church of the Servant

1st Sunday in Lent
Psalm 25:1-9; Mark 1:9-15

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A Quilted Life

Under the Covers

Listen with the ear of the heart

Sources:

Anderson, Luleen S. Under The Covers: Discovering the Crazy Quilt of Life, 2017. Kindle edition. Location 62.

Meeks, Catherine. A Quilted Life: Reflections of a Sharecropper’s Daughter, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids, MI (2024), xii-xiii.

Plummer, Don. “Dr. Catherine Meeks: A Lifetime of Working for Racial Healing,” June 6, 2023. Diocese of Atlanta.https://episcopalatlanta.org/news/catherine-meeks-lifetime/ Accessed: Feb. 17, 2024.

The Secret Life of Lent

February 14, 2024

Church of the Servant

Ash Wednesday
Matthew 6:1-6,16-21; Isaiah 58:1-12

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Ash Wednesday

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Church of the Servant

World Mission Sunday
Last Sunday after Epiphany, Year B
The Rev. Fadi Diab on Mark 9:2-9
Read by The Rev. Jody Greenwood

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The last Sunday in Epiphany of each year is designated as World Mission Sunday – a time when the church comes together to focus on the global impact of our call to “seek and serve Christ in all persons” (Baptismal Covenant, Book of Common Prayer, p. 305).

World Mission Sunday Sermon 2024

‘Transfiguration: Mission into the Disarray of the World’
A Sermon for World Mission Sunday
Feb. 11, 2024
The Rev. Fadi Diab

In The Episcopal Church, the last Sunday in Epiphany is designated as World Mission Sunday—a time for the church to reflect on its presence and mission in the world. It is my honor to share this reflection with my siblings in The Episcopal Church on World Mission Sunday 2024.

Mission, as we all know, is very dear to Anglicanism. It is an integral part of our worship and identity. Mission signifies our commitment toward God’s messianic project for the entire creation. It incorporates proclaiming the Good News of the Kingdom; teaching, baptizing, and making disciples; responding to human needs; transforming unjust structures; and striving to safeguard the integrity of God’s creation.   

I serve the communities of Ramallah and Birzeit, two Palestinian cities north of Jerusalem. Read the rest of this entry »