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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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.

Let it Shine

February 5, 2023

Church of the Servant

5th Sunday after Epiphany, Year A
Matthew 5:1-16, Isaiah 58:1-9a, 1 Corinthians 2:1-12, Psalm 112:1-9

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                          salt and light

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let it shine

 

Sources:

Hope Unshuttered

December 4, 2022

Church of the Servant

2nd Sunday of Advent - Year A
Matthew 3:1-12; Romans 15:4-13

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SJD Advent

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It asked a crumb of me

Hope for Harmony

great tit perched on a branch while it snows in a cold winter

 

Sources:

[A] Emily Dickinson, “Hope is the thing with feathers,” Poetry Foundation website: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42889/hope-is-the-thing-with-feathers-314 Accessed December 2,2022.

Sharing What WE Have

July 3, 2022

Church of the Servant

4th Sunday after Pentecost
Proper 9, Year C
Luke 10:1-11 & 16-20
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North Topsail Vessel

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COS Worship