Peace and blessings to you from a “rather Shakesperian” Southern Virginia – as Ophelia has wandered through our community over the weekend. We survived the winds and 4″ of rain without significant issues. We pray that everyone who reads these words has been covered with God’s grace and providence in the midst of the storm […]
Greetings on the 5th Sunday in January and the day we held our annual meeting. We had a good day of worship and welcomed a visitor, a neighboring church’s new pastor who starts on Wednesday. It was nice to have him join us on his last “free Sunday.” It was nice to reestablish a relationship […]
Blessings to you on the last Sunday of September. I will admit that this morning saw the most unique thing on the altar at the offertory – a jar with about 73 ounces of Chinese Chestnuts. We gathered the chestnuts from the tree in front of the Parish House to help reforest Virginia’s forests. The […]
Sep 24 – 16 Pentecost Matthew 20:1-16 The Laborers in the Vineyard Background: Matthew tells the story of Jesus’ life with the most Jewish tone of the four Gospels. The text provides a clear insight into Jesus’ teaching and a moral guideline for the Christian community. This passage falls in what is postulated as the […]
Jan 8 – 1 Epiphany Isaiah 42:1-9 The Servant, a Light to the Nations Background: This section falls in the portion of Isaiah called Second Isaiah (Chapters 40-55). The focus of Second Isaiah is foreshadowing the return and restoration after the exile from Babylon and the foretelling of the Messiah, who will come and bring […]