The Feast Day of St. Margaret of Scotland Dear Brothers and Sisters, On Sunday, we have the great delight of celebrating the feast day of St. Margaret of Scotland, the patron of our parish. It is sad that we cannot celebrate in the way we’re used to—with a bagpipe procession and a wonderful party in
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Dear St. Margaret’s Family and Friends, Greetings to each of you this blustery November Day! If it is November, this means it’s time to look at our Stewardship of St. Margaret’s as we look to the new year 2021. Our world and our churches have drastically changed due to the Covid Pandemic and I am
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St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church, Emmaus, PA Reflections on The Season of Pentecost All Saints Sunday, November 1, 2020 By Rev. Jane Bender Dearest Family and Friends of St. Margaret’s, This coming Sunday is ALL SAINTS SUNDAY – a day of rejoicing in all who have gone before us. Praise be to God for all our
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St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church, Emmaus, PA Reflections on The Season of Pentecost The Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost, October 25, 2020 By Rev. Jane Bender Dear St. Margaret’s Family and Friends, This week I share with you information from the Episcopal Church National Office, Department of Government Relations, on a resource that has been distributed called
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St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church, Emmaus, PA Reflections on The Season of Pentecost The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, October 18, 2020 By Rev. Jane Bender Dearest Family and Friends of St. Margaret’s, Greetings to you this mid-October already! I hope and pray that you are holding fast with patience and perseverance during this difficult time. You
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St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church, Emmaus, PA Reflections on The Season of Pentecost The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost, October 11, 2020 By Rev. Jane Bender Dear St. Margaret’s Family, I hope and pray that this week’s letter finds you in good health and yes, even in good spirits! It is a difficult time to keep spirits
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St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church, Emmaus, PA Reflections on The Season of Pentecost The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, October 4, 2020 By Mo. Laura Thomas Howell Dear Brothers and Sisters, Because this is an important time for our nation, I am going off the lectionary this week. There’s an old saying that death and taxes are
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St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church, Emmaus, PA Reflections on The Season of Pentecost The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 27, 2020 By Rev. Jane Bender Dear St. Margaret’s Family, Greetings to each of you as we continue our journey through this season of Pentecost in this unusual time of pandemic. I pray that you are staying
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St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church, Emmaus, PA Reflections on The Season of Pentecost The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 20, 2020 By Rev. Jane Bender Dear St. Margaret’s Family, Greetings to each of you as we continue our journey through this season of Pentecost in this unusual time of pandemic. This week’s Gospel from Matthew reading
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St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church, Emmaus, PA Reflections on The Season of Pentecost The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 13, 2020 By Rev. Jane Bender Dear St. Margaret’s Family, Greetings to each of you! My prayers for safety and solace continue for each of you during these strange and unusual times of the ongoing pandemic. In
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