It’s Harvesting Time

July 2, 2023

Church of the Servant

5th Sunday after Pentecost
Proper 8 - Year A
Matthew 10:40-42

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Compassion and Action

Dr Emilie Townes

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Sources:

  1. Dr. Emilie Townes, Theological Perspective of Matthew 10:24-39 & Matthew 40-42. Feasting on the Word: Year A, Volume 3: Pentecost and Season after Pentecost 1 (Propers 3-16) (Feasting on the Word: Year A volume), editors: Bartlett, David L., and Taylor, Barbara Brown. Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, 2011. Kindle edition.

Church of the Servant

4th Sunday after Pentecost
Proper 7 - Year A
Matthew 10:24-39; Romans 6:1b-11

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                Be the Church

Sources:

  1. “On Gustavo’s Farm”, Dorsey Barger and Gustavo HausBar, HausBar Farm Publishing, Austin:2018.

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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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

Pentecost Sunday - Year A
Acts 2:1-21

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Sources:

  1. Luke Timothy Johnson, Sacra Pagina: The Acts of the Apostles, Daniel J. Harrington, Editor, The Liturgical Press, (Collegeville, MN: 1992), pp. 45-47.
  2. My Jewish Learning, https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/shavuot-101/