October 13, 2019 – The FAKE Dixie Band, S.U.

In Flanders Fields we hear the works of challenge – “To you, from failing hands, we throw the torch”. The poem was penned almost thirty months before the Armistice took hold at 11 a.m. on the 11th day of the 11th month.  The author surgeon Lt. Col. John McCrea died of pneumonia on January 1918,…

Out of Love, Jesus offered living water to the Samaritan women of the well. Out of Love, Jesus put mud on a man’s eyes who had been blind since birth & told him to wash in the Pool of Siloam.  His eyes were opened. Out of Love, the old Testament prophet Samuel anointed young David…

Readings – II Samuel 11: 1-15; Psalm 14; Ephesians 3: 14-21; John 6: 1-21 The Old Testament reading and the Gospel reading are about contrasting kings, King David, and the long-awaited King of Heaven, Jesus Christ. In the Gospel, we hear the very familiar tale of Jesus feeding the crowd. It was supper time and…

The collect for the last Sunday of our church year begins – “Almighty & Everlasting God, whose will it is to restore all things in your well-beloved son…” Years ago, I restored a dresser that had been painted over numerous times.  It took many hours of striping & sanding before it could be stained &…

Dear Friends,      Due to the increasing severity of the pandemic in Central Pennsylvania and the concern for our parishes, the Rt. Rev. Audrey C. Scanlan, Bishop of the Diocese of Central Pennsylvania, with the advice of the Diocesan Standing Committee, has decided it is necessary to suspend all in person parish worship.  This decision…