Readings– I Samuel 8: 4- 20, 11: 14- 15; Psalm 138; II Corinthians 4: 13 – 5: 1; Mark 3: 20-35 About following the crowd.  As a teenager, I sometimes defended a decision with the words, “Everyone else is doing it!”  My parents would then reply, “If everyone else jumped off a bridge, would you […]

Readings – Isaiah 6: 1-8; Psalm 29; Romans 8: 12-17; John 3: 1-17 To fill out the importance of the conversation of Jesus and Nicodemus in today’s Gospel reading, we need to remember that it was Nicodemus on Good Friday, following the crucifixion, who asked Pilot for the body of Jesus for burial in his […]

Safe Worshiping The Executive Committee and the Vestry have reviewed the following response to the Diocese of Central Pennsylvania guidelines for our gathering for Sunday morning worship.  Please review the following guidelines.  These procedures have been forwarded to Canon Chad Linder, a member of the Bishop’s staff. A Revised Plan All enter by the Market […]

Readings — Acts 2: 1-21; Psalm 104: 25-35, 37; Romans 8: 22-27; John 15: 26-27; 16: 4b- 15 Piggy Banks.  How many of you had piggy banks as children?  I had one, actually many, but only one at a time, from Glenside Savings and Loan Bank.  The bank gave out plastic piggy banks with their […]

Readings – Acts 1:15-17, 21-26; Psalm 1; I John 5: 9 – 13; John 17: 6-19 During this season of Easter our first readings each Sunday have been from the Book of Acts, the Acts of the Apostles.  The selections have been out of sequence which can be a little confusing.  Today we return to […]

Readings – Acts 8: 26-40; Psalm 22: 24 – 30; I John 4: 7 – 21; John 15: 1-8 Let’s begin with our Psalm for today, verses 24 – 30 of Psalm 22.  Now Psalm 22 should sound familiar.  Just a little more than five weeks ago, on a Friday we heard the beginning of […]

Readings–Acts 4: 32-35; Psalm 133; I John 1: 1-2:2; John 20:19-31 Let’s begin with a bit of American history. Who said, “We must, indeed, all hang together, or most assuredly, we will all hang separately”? (Benjamin Franklin). And where? (Philadelphia) And when? (July 1776 at the signing of the Declaration of Independence) Hanging together is […]

Readings – Acts 10: 34-43; Psalm 118: 1-2, 14-24; I Corinthians 15: 1-11; John 20: 1-18 Our God is just awesome, inviting and embracing with love, giving second chance after second chance after second chance.  Remember Thomas?  Following the arrest of Jesus, what did he do?  He fled.  When Jesus appeared on Easter Sunday, the […]

Published 13 May 2020, Revised 23 May 2020, Revised 30 March 2021 The Executive Committee and the Vestry have reviewed the following response to the Diocese of Central Pennsylvania guidelines for the resumption of us gathering for Sunday morning worship.  Please review the following guidelines.  These procedures have been reviewed by Canon Chad Linder, a […]

Readings – Mark 11: 1-11; Isaiah 50: 4 – 9a; Psalm 31: 9 -16; Philippians 2: 5 – 11; Mark 14: 1 – 15: 47 One of my favorite Christmas carols, yes, Christmas carols, is “O Come, O Come Emmanuel”, Hymn #56.  The first verse is as follows: Holy Week proclaims, without a doubt, that […]