August 2, 2020 The Ninth Sunday After Pentecost Lectionary 18, Year A Matthew 14:13-21 Emmanuel, Norwood, MA Zoom Worship Pastor Amanda L. Warner Two Feasts Jesus needed some social distance. That’s what today’s gospel reading tells us, right out of the gate. He needed some time to get away from people, to be by himself.…
July 26, 2020 T The 8th Sunday after Pentecost Emmanuel, Norwood, MA Lectionary 17, Year A Pastor Amanda L. Warner Zoom Worship Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 The Kingdom of Heaven is Like… A couple of months ago, I had a dream that I was in heaven. But here’s the weird thing. Heaven didn’t look anything like…
July 19, 2020 The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost Emmanuel, Norwood, MA Teaching Sermon: Morning Prayer/Liturgy Zoom Worship Pastor Amanda L. Warner Satisfy Us in the Morning with Your Steadfast Love, O Lord The Confirmation class missed their lock in this year. It was supposed to be in March. This year was the Bible year in…
July 12, 2020 The 6th Sunday after Pentecost Emmanuel, Norwood, MA Lectionary 15, Year A First Communion Zoom Worship Isaiah 55:10-13 Pastor Amanda L. Warner Matthew 13:1-9; 18-23 Word Made Flesh Today, we are celebrating First Communion. Once again, with our afternoon communion services and with our eucharistic ministry to those who are homebound by…
July 5, 2020 The 5th Sunday after Pentecost Emmanuel, Norwood, MA Lectionary 14 Pastor Amanda L. Warner Zoom WorshipMatthew 11:25-30 Which Yoke? Last week I heard many people celebrating that a three-day weekend was coming up, a break from their work. Of course, this three day “Fourth of July” weekend was not going to look…
June 28, 2020 The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost Emmanuel, Norwood, MA Lectionary 13, Year A Pastor Amanda L. Warner Zoom Worship Jeremiah 28:5-9 Not Back to Normal When I made the decision back in April to postpone my sabbatical, I comforted myself with some very unrealistic ideas. I thought, well, maybe, if the high school…
Today Bishop Hazelwood gave a sermon for all within the New England Synod
June 14, 2020 The 2nd Sunday after Pentecost Emmanuel, Norwood, MA Lectionary 11, Year A Pastor Amanda L. Warner Zoom Worship Matthew 9:35-10-23 New Ventures, New Paths, New Perils O God, you have called your servants to ventures of which we cannot see the ending, by paths as yet untrodden, through perils unknown. Give us…
May 31, 2020 The Day of Pentecost Emmanuel, Norwood, MA Year A Pastor Amanda L. Warner Zoom Worship 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13 Acts 2:1-21 On Fire “Pastor, the youth group needs your help.” That’s what the youth leader at the church that I was working at said. “Of course,” I answered, “What do they need.” “Well,”…