Weekly sermon feed from Christ Church Alexandria, Alexandria Va. An Episcopal church for 250 years.
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Guest preacher The Rev. Canon Titus Presler, Th.D., D.D. Executive Director of the Global Episcopal Mission Network www.historicchristchurch.org由Christ Church Alexandria
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"And just to make this abundantly clear... the Holy Spirit shows up again, demonstrating to anyone who had previously thought to call the Holy Spirit theirs and theirs alone, the spirit of God cannot and will not be contained. The spirit will do what the spirit will do." www.historicchristchurch.org由Christ Church Alexandria
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The Rt. Rev’d James Joseph “Bud” Shand was appointed as a Visiting Bishop in the Diocese of Virginia by Bishop E Mark Stevenson in January, 2024. He will serve in the Diocese from January through May of 2024. He is based in Northern Virginia. Bishop Shand is the retired Bishop Diocesan of the Diocese of Easton (Maryland), where he served from 2003 …
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"Isn't it just like Jesus, who... seeks those who've been told they don't belong and brings them into the baptismal waters of belonging." www.historicchristchurch.org由Christ Church Alexandria
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"What if, instead of seeing this as Jesus' act of proof of bodily resurrection we see it instead as Jesus' permission to find joy rather than pain or frustration at the table?" www.historicchristchurch.org由Christ Church Alexandria
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"Christ's love transforms us all and through that love, if we let it, the world is transformed." www.historicchristchurch.org由Christ Church Alexandria
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Easter Sunday sermon www.historicchristchurch.org由Christ Church Alexandria
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The Passion Narrative According to Mark www.historicchristchurch.org由Christ Church Alexandria
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“Hope” is the thing with feathers - That perches in the soul - And sings the tune without the words - And never stops - at all - www.historicchristchurch.org由Christ Church Alexandria
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"Love is a promise - a promise for a future we may never see ourselves." www.historicchristchurch.org由Christ Church Alexandria
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"When we allow ourselves to be afraid, we allow ourselves to be vulnerable... and such a vulnerable heart is a heart that will not fail to be touched by God's love." www.historicchristchurch.org由Christ Church Alexandria
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What does diakonia mean? www.historicchristchurch.org由Christ Church Alexandria
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"How do we continue to do God's will in the world when the bar for authenticity set by Moses and Jesus is impossibly high?" www.historicchristchurch.org由Christ Church Alexandria
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"These are the people God calls on to be God's hands in the world. These are the people who make up our scripture, our church, our families." www.historicchristchurch.org由Christ Church Alexandria
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"The calling of Nathaniel invites you to ponder how this vision resonates with your heart and emboldens you to ministry." www.historicchristchurch.org由Christ Church Alexandria
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Guest preacher the Rev. Dr. Ayla Lepine from St James’s Piccadilly www.historicchristchurch.org由Christ Church Alexandria
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Advent IV www.historicchristchurch.org由Christ Church Alexandria
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Christmas Eve www.historicchristchurch.org由Christ Church Alexandria
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Advent III "There's nothing wrong with using our time wisely. There's nothing wrong with doing the work of self improvement or wanting to look and be our very best... unless that's become a distraction from looking toward the coming Christ." www.historicchristchurch.org由Christ Church Alexandria
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Rev. David Beckmann has been part of Christ Church for more than 30 years. During most of that time, he was president of Bread for the World, a nationwide ecumenical Christian advocacy movement that urges our nation's elected leaders to do their part to end hunger in our country and around the world. He was awarded the World Food Prize for Bread fo…
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Advent I "There's so many people," he sings, "Everybody is here. I saw the girls from the office, I saw those guys from the street. You might think you are lost, but then you find that God draws straight, but with crooked lines." www.historicchristchurch.org由Christ Church Alexandria
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"The approach of Advent, paired with Thanksgiving in the rearview mirror, means that another Episcopal tradition begins - a series of great debates on how the season of Advent should be celebrated." www.historicchristchurch.org由Christ Church Alexandria
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"We've all been given grace and we have the gift of faith. How then, do we put it to work?" www.historicchristchurch.org由Christ Church Alexandria
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"Remember that God loves you, and God will never lose you." www.historicchristchurch.org由Christ Church Alexandria
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"The beatitudes are not just platitudes, but principles to govern our lives and to show us a new way of living." www.historicchristchurch.org由Christ Church Alexandria
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" 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' By lifting up this commandment as second, Jesus shows us just how necessary loving others is to fulfill God's will... But who is my neighbor?" www.historicchristchurch.org由Christ Church Alexandria
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Prayer is both a first response and a last resort … Even when we don’t know how or what to pray, the Spirit helps us. www.historicchristchurch.org由Christ Church Alexandria
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250th Anniversary Guest Preacher The Rev. A. Katherine Grieb, Ph.D., is an affiliated faculty member and director of the Center for Anglican Communion Studies. She joined the VTS faculty in 1994. Her expertise includes Greek language, New Testament Interpretation, Romans, Hebrews, social justice, Biblical storytelling, and theatre. Before coming to…
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Part of our 250th anniversary guest preacher series. Professor McGowan was appointed Dean and President of the Berkeley Divinity School at Yale University in 2014. An Anglican priest and historian, his scholarly work focuses on the life of early Christian communities, and on aspects of contemporary Anglicanism. www.historicchristchurch.org…
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"Forgiveness is complicated. We could have a sermon every single week of the year on forgiveness and still not be able to grasp the complexities and the relational power dynamics of forgiveness." www.historicchristchurch.org由Christ Church Alexandria
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Today we hear the institution of the Passover meal. It is deeply important, not just because it helps us understand the traditions of our Jewish brothers and sisters, but also because it reminds us of the nature of God and what God wants for us. www.historicchristchurch.org由Christ Church Alexandria
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"In response to Moses' disbelief, God promises one thing - I will be with you. This is no empty promise. God's promise is baked into the very essence of who God is." www.historicchristchurch.org由Christ Church Alexandria
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September 250th Anniversary preacher www.historicchristchurch.org由Christ Church Alexandria
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"While Jacob is indeed the patriarch of our spiritual lineage, he's not necessarily always a role model. kind of your Uncle Billy, who is mostly a really good guy, except for when he used to run moonshine in the hills. But these are our people." www.historicchristchurch.org由Christ Church Alexandria
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"This is why we read these stories - it's like your grandmother telling you how your parents met, or about your aunt's first marriage that maybe you didn't know about... they are the stories of our very long ago ancestors. Welcome to the table." www.historicchristchurch.org由Christ Church Alexandria
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"You may not be Beyonce, but you are divine." www.historicchristchurch.org由Christ Church Alexandria
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Sunday sermon from Christ Church's Director of Development, Julie Simonton www.historicchristchurch.org由Christ Church Alexandria
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As part of our 250th anniversary celebration, on June 25 we welcomed guest preacher the Rt. Rev. Gene Robinson. Bishop Robinson is a former bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire. Robinson was elected bishop coadjutor in 2003 and succeeded as bishop diocesan in March 2004. Before becoming bishop, he served as Canon to the Ordinary for the…
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Trinity Sunday sermon from Director of Music, Jason Abel www.historicchristchurch.org由Christ Church Alexandria
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