In this week’s sermon, The Reverend Kate Bryant explores Paul’s exhortation to Timothy to hold fast to The Gospel for the sake of future generations.

Readings:

Habakkuk 1:1-4, 2:1-4
Psalm 37:1-10
2 Timothy 1:1-14
Luke 17:5-10

“Are we using what we have to enrich others, to build up friendships and relationships, to help our congregation live out our collective calling to be a light in the world, to proclaim God’s justice, to do our best to embody Christ’s love in everything we do?”

Readings
https://www.episcopalchurch.org/lectionary/fifteenth-sunday-after-pentecost-1

In this week's sermon, The Reverend Kate Bryant speaks to us on the Gospel reading from Luke.

Readings:
Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28
Psalm 14
1 Timothy 1:12-17
Luke 15:1-10

http://lectionarypage.net/YearC_RCL/Pentecost/CProp19_RCL.html

The Reverend Kate Bryant delivers the sermon on Homecoming Sunday.

Holy Scripture
Jeremiah 18:1-11
Psalm 139:1-5, 12-17
Philemon 1-21
Luke 14:25-33

What does hospitality look like in the Kingdom of God?

In today’s sermon, The Reverend Kate Bryant invites us to reflect on Jesus’s words at the Pharisee’s house in The Gospel of Luke.

Whom do we welcome to God’s table?

Readings:
Sirach 10:12-18
Psalm 112
Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16
Luke 14:1, 7-14

In this week’s sermon, The Reverend Kate Bryant explores Luke’s Gospel account of Jesus healing a woman on the sabbath (Luke 13:10-17).

Jesus’s actions in this story reveal to us that every day is the right day for us to act in ways that further God’s restoration and justice for all people.

This morning, Leeds missionary Greg Lowden spoke about his work helping at-risk youth with Guatemala Youth Initiative.

https://iniciativaguatemala.org

This Sunday, Leeds welcomed The Reverend Ann Truitt who spoke to us about the intriguing nature of faith and how we we can use this gift to carry out Christ's work in this world.

Readings:
Genesis 15:1-6
Psalm 33:12-22
Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16
Luke 12:32-40

We recite The Lord’s Prayer together each Sunday during worship, but how often do we reflect on the meaning of its words?

In this week’s sermon, The Rev. Kate Bryant invites us to consider “Thy Kingdom Come.” Jesus offers this petition, not as a means of escape from our present world, but as the path to radical transformation.

As Christians, we are called to help heal the brokenness we see in the world. But, as we busy ourselves with the work of ministry, do we take the time to center ourselves in The Gospel? Do we ground ourselves in Jesus’ Word? In this Sunday’s sermon, The Rev. Kate Bryant explores The Gospel account of Mary and Martha, and how we might, like Mary, choose “the better part.”