Lavender Love

June 11, 2023

Church of the Servant

2nd Sunday after Pentecost
Proper 5 - Year A
Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26

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(The second link below includes both the scripture reading and the Sermon.)

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Lavender Nights

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Mercy not sacrifie

Pride Houston Chorus singing “Love Don’t Need a Reason” https://www.facebook.com/nancy.greenwood.773/videos/215547967975595

Sources:

  1. “The Lavender Song”, 1920 Music by Mischa Spoliansky. English lyrics by Jeremy Lawrence based on the original German lyrics by Kurt Schwabach.
  2. John Broich, “How the Nazis destroyed the first gay rights movement,” July 4, 2017, The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/how-the-nazis-destroyed-the-first-gay-rights-movement-80354, Accessed: June 8, 2023.
  3. Terry Gross & Robert Beachy, “Between World Wars, Gay Culture Flourished In Berlin,” December 17, 2014, Fresh Air on NPR. https://www.npr.org/2014/12/17/371424790/between-world-wars-gay-culture-flourished-in-berlin, Accessed: June 8, 2023.
  4. Charles M. Blow, “Yes, We’re in an L.G.B.T.Q. State of Emergency”, New York Times, June 7, 2023. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/07/opinion/pride-lgbtq-laws.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare. Accessed June 8, 2023.

Church of the Servant

50th Anniversary Flashback Worship
A Sermon provided in the 1970's by The Rev. Clem Jordan for a Baptism
Read by John Bauerlein - among the first members and father of some who were baptized that day
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1970s worship

John Bauerlein (left) read The Rev. Clem Jordan’s (right) sermon 

Clem & John Bauerlein 1974

Faith In Action

April 24, 2022

Church of the Servant

2nd Sunday of Easter
John 20:19-31
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Collect for 2nd Sunday of Easter

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Wholeness collage

 

 

 

 

It’s Not About the Wine

January 16, 2022

Church of the Servant

Second Sunday after Epiphany
John 2:1-11
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Gods Love

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