Rev. Jane Bender - Farewell Homily

VIRTUAL WORSHIP | Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost September 26, 2021

Virtual Service /

Sunday 09.26.21 @ 9:00 AM Virtual Worship Play the video on this page below or view it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/h8R0xIe7YK4 Reflection Letter Follow the link to read the reflection for this week: WEEKLY REFLECTION | Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 26, 2021 The Collect O God, you declare your almighty power chiefly in showing mercy and pity: […]

VIRTUAL WORSHIP | Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost September 26, 2021 Read More »

VIRTUAL WORSHIP | Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost September 19, 2021

Virtual Service /

Sunday 09.19.21 @ 9:00 AM Virtual Worship Play the video on this page below or view it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/RKWTLdYCuh8 Reflection Letter Follow the link to read the reflection for this week: WEEKLY REFLECTION | Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 19, 2021 The Collect Grant us, Lord, not to be anxious about earthly things, but to

VIRTUAL WORSHIP | Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost September 19, 2021 Read More »

Eternal Candle

WEEKLY REFLECTION | Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 19, 2021

Weekly Reflections /

Dear Brothers and Sisters, A few years ago, one of my non-Episcopalian friends asked, “What is this COLLECT you keep talking about?” I hemmed and hawed and finally said, “It’s a very brief, formal  prayer, that brings together a number of thoughts addressed to God.” It wasn’t the time for a lesson on types of

WEEKLY REFLECTION | Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 19, 2021 Read More »

Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost

VIRTUAL WORSHIP | Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost September 12, 2021

Virtual Service /

Sunday 09.12.21 @ 9:00 AM Virtual Worship Play the video on this page below or view it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/fjorJuansDc Reflection Letter Follow the link to read the reflection for this week: WEEKLY REFLECTION | Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 12, 2021 The Collect O God, because without you we are not able to please you, mercifully

VIRTUAL WORSHIP | Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost September 12, 2021 Read More »

Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost - St. Margaret's Episcopal Church, Emmaus, PA

WEEKLY REFLECTION | Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 12, 2021

Weekly Reflections /

Dear Brothers and Sisters of St. Margaret’s! This week’s Collect is one of my favorites:  “O God, because without you we are not able to please you, mercifully grant that your Holy Spirit may in all things direct and rule our hearts; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy

WEEKLY REFLECTION | Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 12, 2021 Read More »

St. Margaret's Episcopal Church, Emmaus, PA - Happy Labor Day!

WEEKLY REFLECTION | Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 5, 2021

Weekly Reflections /

Dear Brothers and Sisters of St. Margaret’s! Blessings on this Labor Day Weekend! I have always considered Labor Day Weekend the beginning of fall. Maybe it’s because I was a student for many years and then a teacher for many more years after that.  I always smile to myself when I hear people in the

WEEKLY REFLECTION | Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 5, 2021 Read More »

VIRTUAL WORSHIP | Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost September 5, 2021

Virtual Service /

Sunday 09.05.21 @ 9:00 AM Virtual Worship Play the video on this page below or view it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/KU_ZjDjkblg   Reflection Letter Follow the link to read the reflection for this week: WEEKLY REFLECTION | Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 5, 2021 The Collect Grant us, O Lord, to trust in you with all our

VIRTUAL WORSHIP | Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost September 5, 2021 Read More »

St. Margaret's Episcopal Church, Emmaus, PA - 14th Sunday After Pentecost

VIRTUAL WORSHIP | Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, August 29, 2021

Virtual Service /

Sunday 08.29.021 @ 9:00 AM Virtual Worship Play the video on this page below or view it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/UF-raujISpk Reflection Letter Follow the link to read the reflection for this week: WEEKLY REFLECTION | Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, August 29, 2021 The Collect Lord of all power and might, the author and giver of all

VIRTUAL WORSHIP | Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, August 29, 2021 Read More »

VIRTUAL WORSHIP | Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, August 22, 2021

Virtual Service /

Sunday 08.22.21 @ 9:00 AM Virtual Worship Play the video on this page below or view it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ihpTgTAmiBI Reflection Letter Follow the link to read the reflection for this week: WEEKLY REFLECTION | Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, August 22, 2021 The Collect Grant, O merciful God, that your Church, being gathered together in unity

VIRTUAL WORSHIP | Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, August 22, 2021 Read More »

What Good Shall I Do This Day?

WEEKLY REFLECTION | Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, August 29, 2021

Weekly Reflections /

Dear Brothers and Sisters, This week’s Epistle reading is from the Book of James.  What strikes me so deeply is the phrase: “But be doers of the word, and not merely hearers who deceive themselves”.   With all the perils our day, particularly the unimaginable humanitarian catastrophes in Afghanistan and Haiti, and the ongoing peril of

WEEKLY REFLECTION | Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, August 29, 2021 Read More »