Archive for 2017
The News from Poems – Trinity Sunday, June 11, 2017
Sermon Preached by the Reverend Peter Thompson St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT Trinity Sunday June 11, 2017 Let us pray. Take our lives and let them be Consecrated, Lord, to Thee; Take our moments and our days, Let them flow in ceaseless praise. Amen. When’s the last time you were convinced by a […]
Continue ReadingAn Inescapable Network of Mutuality – PRIDE Service – June 4, 2017
Sermon Preached by the Reverend Peter Thompson St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT Annual PRIDE Service June 4, 2017 Let us pray. Come, Holy Spirit and kindle in us the fire of your love. Take our minds and think through them. Take our lips and speak through them, Take our souls and set them […]
Continue ReadingMany Languages – June 4, 2017
Sermon Preached by the Reverend Peter Thompson St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Feast of Pentecost June 4, 2017 Acts 2:1-21; Psalm 104: 25-35, 37; 1 Corinthians 12: 3b-13; John 7:37-39 Let us pray. Come down, O Love divine, seek thou this soul of mine, and visit it with thine own ardor glowing; […]
Continue ReadingThere is Work to be Done – May 28, 2017
Sermon Preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT Ascension Day (observed) May 28, 2017 In the Name of God: Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer. Amen. We never know what’s coming our way next. Do we? We can plan well and far ahead. We can take precautions in advance of possible […]
Continue ReadingSame God, Different People – May 21, 2017
Sermon Preached by the Reverend Peter Thompson St,. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Sixth Sunday of Easter May 21, 2107 Let us pray. Heavenly God, in you we live and move and have our being: We humbly pray you so to guide and govern us by your Holy Spirit, that in all the cares and […]
Continue ReadingRace & Social Justice Fall 2017
Entering its second program year this fall, the Race and Social Justice group has now been engaged in significant and timely discussions about the role of race in our society for quite some time. All are welcome to join the group as it engages in difficult but necessary dialogue around this most relevant of topics […]
Continue ReadingThe Ball is Now in Our Court – May 14, 2017
A Sermon Preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Fifth Sunday of Easter May 14, 2017 In the name of God: Creator, Redeemer and Life-sustainer. Amen. Chaim Potok was a deeply religious Jew, rabbi and prolific author of novels. He once gave a lecture at Johns Hopkins University […]
Continue ReadingHearing the Voice of the Good Shepherd – May 7, 2017
A Sermon Preached by the Reverend E. Suzanne Wille St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Fourth Sunday of Easter May 7, 2017 The Reverend E. Suzanne Wille is the rector of the Episcopal Church of All Saints in Indianapolis, Indiana and served as a seminarian intern at St. Paul’s on the Green while […]
Continue ReadingBe Present, Be Present, O Jesus, Our Great High Priest – April 30, 2017
Sermon Preached by the Reverend Peter Thompson St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Third Sunday of Easter April 30, 2017 Let us pray. Be present, be present, O Jesus our great High Priest, as you were present with your disciples, and be known to us in the breaking of bread. Amen. G.K. Chesterton’s […]
Continue ReadingHope – April 23, 2017 Guest Preacher: The Right Reverend Katharine Jefferts Schori
A Sermon Preached by the Right Reverend Katharine Jefferts Schori 26th Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Second Sunday of Easter April 23, 2017 Hope. What does ‘hope’ mean to you? It’s a word often on our lips and perhaps less often in our hearts and hands. […]
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