by pastoramelie | May 22, 2026 | Blog
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by pastoramelie | May 21, 2026 | Blog
This Sunday, we are once again reading from St. Paul’s letter to the Philippian Christians. Last week, we focused on Paul’s introductory sentences. He expressed his greetings and goodwill to the Philippian church He then described his present imprisonment as...
by pastoramelie | May 15, 2026 | Blog
Over the past few weeks, our scriptural focus has been on St. Paul and his missionary journeys. Paul started out as a religious Jewish man who hated Christianity. But, Jesus intervened in Paul’s life and afterwards, he became one of the greatest evangelists and...
by pastoramelie | May 8, 2026 | Blog
Friends, in the season between Easter and Pentecost, we are focusing on St. Paul’s conversion to Christianity and some of the stops of his missionary journeys. When Jesus interrupted Paul’s life and called upon Paul to become his follower, Jesus told Ananias...
by pastoramelie | May 8, 2026 | Blog
Friends, last week, our message was focused on Saul’s conversion to Christianity. When we first read about Saul in our scriptures, he was a pious Pharisee who was full of hatred for Christianity. He devoted his life to persecuting and arresting Christians. Then, when...
by pastoramelie | Apr 24, 2026 | Blog
Friends, we are going to jump ahead in the Christian story for our scripture this week. Last week, and on Easter Sunday, we focused on Jesus’ resurrection appearances. He told his followers that even after he wasn’t with them in-person, he would make sure God’s Holy...
by pastoramelie | Apr 17, 2026 | Blog
This morning, our scriptural focus will be on events that happened on the first Easter day and the week that followed Jesus’ resurrection. Jesus’ first resurrection appearance was to Mary Magadalene. After she spoke with the resurrected Jesus, she rushed...
by pastoramelie | Apr 9, 2026 | Blog
This morning, we turn to the story of the Resurrection as it is found in the Gospel of John, chapter 20. Although we have heard this story before, try to listen with fresh ears. In the first century, none of Jesus’ friends expected the resurrection. They were amazed...
by pastoramelie | Apr 9, 2026 | Blog
Our Scripture Reading John 20:1-18 (The Message) 1-2 Early in the morning on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone was moved away from the entrance. She ran at once to Simon Peter and the other...
by pastoramelie | Mar 24, 2026 | Blog
Friends, over the past few Sundays, we have focused on the events of Jesus’ last few days and hours on earth before his crucifixion. After the Last Supper, Jesus was arrested while he was praying in the Garden of Gethsemane. Roman soldiers arrested him – they...
