For Palm Sunday, April 5, 2020, our worship service begins with Palm Sunday's entry into Jerusalem and continues to the passion with the Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross - spoken reflections on each word and Haydn's composition of the same name for string quartet.

The Rev. Jarrett Kerbel, Officiant

Reflections, in order, by Harry Gould, Daniel Cooper, Tanya Regli, Krystiane Cooper, Andrea Fine, Scott Robinson, Barbara Thomson.

Prayers from the Book of Common Prayer available from Church Publishing, Inc.

All Glory Laud and Honor (Valet will ich dir geben) The Hymnal 1982 #154 sung by Alyson Harvey. Words: Theodulph of Orleans, Tr. by John Mason Neale.

Music: Melchior Treschner.

The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross by Joseph Haydn. Played by the Fairmount String Quartet, Rachel Segal and Leah Kim, violins; Beth Dzwil, viola; Mimi Morris Kim, cello, as performed at Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields on Friday, April 19, 2019. Used with permission. Find them on Facebook or YouTube.

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Thanks to Daniel Cooper for audio editing assistance.

March 29, 2020.

For the fifth Sunday in Lent, the Rev. Jarrett Kerbel talks about the lifelong impact of the story of the dry bones from Ezekiel. Readings from Lent 5, Year A.

For the fourth Sunday in Lent, the Rev. Anne Thatcher's sermon on the healing of the man born blind has more to deal with our own need for healing, and to heal others. Based primarily on the Gospel reading of the day, John 9:1-41.

For the third Sunday in Lent, the Rev. Barbara Ballenger ties together the longings of the people of Israel in the desert with the thirsts of Jesus and the Samaritan woman as they meet at the well. In what ways are we thirsty today, and what can we do to quench our own thirst, the thirst of others, and even the thirst of God?

The Rev. Jarrett Kerbel has some very specific reasons for extending our Gospel reading this second Sunday in Lent, from John chapter 3.

The Rev. Anne Thatcher offers the sermon for the First Sunday in Lent, focusing on the Gospel of Matthew 4:1-11, the temptation of Christ in the desert.

The Rev. Jarrett Kerbel gives us some modern saints from this past week to look to for guidance as we consider the Transfiguration readings for the Last Sunday after Epiphany and our entry into Lent.

The Rev. Barbara Ballenger preaches on texts for the Feast of Absalom Jones, on this Sunday following his feast day of February 13. Absalom Jones was the first Black priest ordained in the Episcopal Church, but in our remembering of him, we should not dis-member him. Listen in to Rev. Ballenger's sermon to understand more.

The Rev. Anne Thatcher offers the sermon for the Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany, focusing on the Gospel of Matthew 5:13-20.

The Rev. Canon Arlette Benoit Joseph offers the sermon at Evensong for the Feast of the Presentation, focusing on the Gospel from Luke 2:22-40. She talks about those things we wait for, and whether we have eyes to see them when we've been waiting a long time.