My name is Jocelyn Schlegel. Today I will be joining you to share the children’s book I wrote and talk about some of the inspiration behind writing it. Some of you may know my dad, Chuck, who visits and serves here at All Saints. I grew up in Sunbury and am a lifetime…
Jacob, the Amazing Dreamer Today’s Old Testament reading is one of the stories of Abraham’s grandson, Jacob. In fact, it is probably the best known of all the Jacob stories. It’s sometimes called “the story of Jacob’s ladder” — a story depicted in the art of several renaissance artists. In this story Jacob…
Searching for the “Good Life” A friend of mine recently learned that he needed hearing aids. He had probably needed them for quite a while. But he had finally gotten around to having his hearing tested. Once he got the results from his test my friend began shopping for hearing aids. He was amazed at…
In the Gospel lesson today, we heard Jesus command us to love, to abide in love just as he has loved us, to love one another. Jesus calls us his friends. He says there is no greater love than to lay down ones life for ones friends. This is exactly what Jesus did for us…
Religion — True and False The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables. Making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, both the sheep and…
St. Nicholas Day is December 6th, just a few short days away. For those of you who don’t know, the true story of Santa Clause begins with St. Nicholas. He was born during the third century in the village of Patara. At the time the area was Greek and is now on the southern coast of…
How We Celebrate All Saints’ Day Around the World Death is a universal human experience. As much as we may want to, we cannot cheat death. It’s not that, historically we haven’t tried. Humans have been and probably will continue to be, obsessed with the idea of cheating death. We have the Fountain of Youth,…
Thomas Cranmer This presentation is about Thomas Cranmer, who was a leader of the English Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury during the reign of Henry VIII and Edward VI. He helped build the case for Henry VIII’s annulment from Catherine of Argonne and the more I read about him, the more I realized that this…
Simon Snyder, His Character and Christian Life Simon Snyder is a man of interest to us at All Saints because he lived in Selinsgrove from his mid twenties until his death at age 60. After serving several years in the legislature, he became speaker of the house and then the 3rd Governor of the Commonwealth…
ANNA PAULINE MURRAY “PAULI” November 20, 1910 – July 1, 1985 In the past, I have given presentations on St. Francis of Assisi, Elizabeth Seton, Pearl Buck and Harriet Tubman. While you may not have known very much about them, you had heard their names a few times. Now I will tell you about a…