My God, My God, What Are We To Do?
May 29, 2022
Church of the Servant
7th Sunday of Easter Psalm 97, John 17:20-26 Today's worship centered on the recent mass-shootings in Buffalo, NY and Uvalde, TX which took the lives of 31 innocent men, women, and many, many, children. The liturgy began with the Burial Rite, followed by saying the name of each victim, and then affixing their image to our sanctuary windows. The audio recordings below include two voices - The Rev. John Sosnowski and The Rev. Jody Greenwood. Together they constitute the full sermon message. A link to a video of the entire worship service is at the bottom of this post. Click the Audio Link below to hear the Sermon (The second link below includes both the Gospel reading and the Sermon.)
Source: Amanda Gorman, Hymn for the Hurting, New York Times, May 27, 2022.
Thank you to fellow clergy for collaborating on our worship service this week: The Rev. John Sosnowski, The Rev. Jim Hanisian, The Rev. Fanny Belanger, and Deacon Rhonda Thomas.
Of Whom Shall I Be Afraid?
March 13, 2022
Church of the Servant
Second Sunday in Lent Psalm 27; Luke 13:31-35 Click the Audio Link below to hear the Sermon
Source: Richard Stern, Homiletic Commentary on Psalm 27, in Feasting on the Word: Year C, Volume 2: Lent through Eastertide, editors: Bartlett, David L., and Taylor, Barbara Brown. Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, 2009. Kindle edition, Location 2165.
A New Song?
May 9, 2021
Church of the Servant, Wilmington, NC
6th Sunday of Easter
Psalm 98; Acts 10:44-48; John 15:9-17
On the Cross, God is There.
April 5, 2020
Church of the Servant, Wilmington, NC
Palm Sunday – Year A
The Passion of our Lord according to Matthew
Transcript:
This Palm Sunday, as with every Palm Sunday, we hear the Passion story. This year, it’s from Matthew’s gospel. Instead of having it in our worshiping sanctuary and hearing it from many adult voices, we have a virtual Zoom version, told in the voices of our teens from Church of the Servant. I don’t know about you, but for me it holds even more meaning hearing it in their voices and knowing that they came together to do it for us as a worshiping community.
A couple of days before the taping of that Passion story, I got a text from Jesus’s mom. Read the rest of this entry »
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