January 23, 2025
Prophesy The Episcopal Church has been in the news again this week. At a post-inauguration prayer service at The Right Reverent Mariann Edgar Budde, Bishop Diocesan of the Diocese of […]
Category: Fr. Birch
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January 16, 2024
Instructed Eucharist This Sunday, January 19, we’ll be having an instructed Eucharist at both the 8:00 and 10:30 services. We’ll take some time to talk about how we make Eucharist, […]
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January 9, 2025
Loving God’s World In our Love God, Love God’s World group, which comes to its conclusion next week, we have been learning about how things like global climate change, fracking, […]
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January 2, 2024
Merry Christmas!As the Christmas season comes to a close this Sunday, I want to offer a huge round of thanks to all who have made it a time of many […]
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December 19, 2024
‘Twas the week before Christmas and all through the church, Every preacher was stirring, not least Father Birch.The greens would be hung on Sunday, by noon,While Mary and Joseph search for […]
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December 12, 2024
This time of year is difficult for many people. The short day and long nights, the cold wet weather, and the press of the busyness and emotion of the holidays […]
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December 5, 2024
Instructed EucharistBy popular request as our new Church year begins, I am putting together an instructed Eucharist service that we will use for our regular worship services one Sunday in […]
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November 7, 2024
Pondering after an ElectionThe Feast of All Saints is one of the four Baptismal feasts of the church year. This past Sunday, as we gave thanks for the great cloud […]
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October 31, 2024
Tomorrow is the Feast of All Saints when the Church remembers those who have been “the chosen vessels of [God’s] grace, and the lights of the world in their generations. […]
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October 24, 2024
Through this past month our liturgy has used resources from the Season of Creation materials complied and authorized by many Bishops, including our own. Through this time, we’ve been reminded […]