At Saint George’s we are blessed by beautiful stained glass windows that adorn our nave. They tell the story of our Christian faith and the life of Jesus.
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A summer night brings particular gifts and the greatest of these for me is lightening bugs, also known as fireflies.
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I am continually amazed at the strength and resilience of our community and I am very grateful for each of you. So much creativity has come forth since we began our Coronavirus journey over 3 months ago. On-line services and Zoom small group meetings have been such a good way for us to stay connected during this time. We will continue on-line worship even after we are able to gather in person.
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Today is Juneteenth, the day we celebrate the ending of slavery in the United States. It marks the day that slaves in Galveston Texas were finally made aware of the Emancipation Proclamation that President Lincoln had issued two and a half years earlier.
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This Sunday is the Feast of Pentecost. Pentecost is the 50th and final day of the Easter season. We celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit to Jesus’ disciples to carry on his inclusive, life-giving, transformative work in the world.
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This Sunday is the Feast of Pentecost. Pentecost is the 50th and final day of the Easter season. We celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit to Jesus’ disciples to carry on his inclusive, life-giving, transformative work in the world.
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It is such a wonderful thing to know that God does not leave us comfortless. The Holy Spirit is with us always.
The global pandemic has been so hard for everyone. Life has been completely up-ended. And yet, the Holy Spirit is with us bringing us comfort.
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We are excited to share with you our newest means to strengthen the life of Saint George’s during this time: The Community Connections Ministry, led by Elliott Branch and Jessica West. A number of Saint Georgians have volunteered to reach out to all the members of the parish, to see how people are coping with the challenges that stem from COVID-19, and to see if the Saint George’s community can support members with meals or essential errands.
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This Holy Week I am particularly mindful that we are seeking to engage this practice amid stay-at-home orders thanks to a global pandemic. Now more than ever, we need to offer grace toward ourselves and those whom we hold close, and we need to be open to receiving it, whether over the phone, over video chat, or through another means of communication. As Celal reminded us on Palm Sunday, the first disciples of Christ in Jerusalem on that fateful Passover almost two millenia ago were probably living through their own time of fear, anxiety, and limitation. And my hope is that we can make good use of these unplanned external circumstances in our spiritual practice this Holy Week.
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I hope you are finding ways to stay grounded in our faith during this time of trial. The hardship is very real and yet there are blessings everywhere. One of the things that I am most thankful for is the resilience of our community. Saint Georgians are a resourceful, adaptive bunch! I am amazed at all of the creativity and connectedness that has shown forth in the last few weeks. Our ministries are very much alive and well as we find new ways of proclaiming God’s love and sharing God’s love.
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This week, Bishop Goff extended our "fast from public, in person worship through May 8th.” She took this step in support of the world community as we work together to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Being together as the Body of Christ is at the very heart of our faith. And yet, this fast from public in person worship is what we are called to do for the common good. Its is a tremendous sacrifice, but a necessary one.
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We are still the “church of God that is in Arlington at Virginia Square” and grace and peace surrounds us, even now, especially now. We are being the Church, just in different ways.
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With the 20s and 30s in mind, body, and spirit, I have been journeying through a reflection on the Signs of Life in our faith this Lent. And, appropriately enough, it happened that the reflection for this past Sunday focused on water and invited us to use our handwashing as an opportunity to, in their words, “remember that as Baptized Christians, we have gone through the waters of death so that we may have abundant life.”
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I lift up my eyes to the hills—
from where is my help to come?
My help comes from the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.
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We begin our 10:30am worship with the singing of the Great Litany (S-67) in procession. It is customary to use the Great Litany on the first Sunday of Lent.
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TThis Sunday is the Last Sunday after the Epiphany. Throughout the Epiphany season, we hear Gospel passages that help us to understand Jesus’ identity as the Son of God. This Sunday, we hear the “epiphany of epiphanies", Jesus’ transfiguration. In Matthew 17: 1-9, Jesus goes up a mountain with three of his disciples and Peter, James and John have a life-changing vision of Jesus suddenly radiating light. A voice from heaven says, “This is my Son, the Beloved; with him I am well pleased; listen to him!”
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As a child, I loved going to church in evening. Somehow it was different than going in the morning. Maybe it was because I got to stay up a bit later, or maybe it was the interplay of the evening light and shadow in the nave. Maybe it was the music that was different. Whatever it was, some of my most vivid memories of worship as a child are of evening liturgies.
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…as we look ahead to hearing this verse proclaimed from the Gospel of Matthew this coming Sunday, I can think of several reasons why Christ might have specifically chosen the image of salt as a metaphor for people of good faith.
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The vestry begins their tenure on retreat so that they can be grounded in their relationship with God and with each other as we lead the parish in the coming year. The vestry works with me to discern where God is calling us and how we can best live out our mission, “Loving God, Serving Others, Changing the World”. The vestry’s leadership ministry is very important and I hope you will hold all of us in prayer this week-end.
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“The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who lived in a land of deep darkness—on them light has shined.” Isaiah 9:2
These words from this Sunday’s first reading really jump out at us today. As people of faith, we are called to stay in touch with the light within us and to shine the light for others.
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