Angels and Demons 5: Magdalene and the Demons
Mar
20
6:30 PM18:30

Angels and Demons 5: Magdalene and the Demons

Soon afterward [Jesus] went on through one town and village after another, proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. The twelve were with him, as well as some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, and Joanna, the wife of Herod’s steward Chuza, and Susanna, and many others, who ministered to them[a] out of their own resources.
~Luke 8:1-3

Image: Mary Magdalene by He Qi. Artist’s website: https://www.heqiart.com/store/p158/24_Mary-Magdalene_Limited_Edition.html.

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Lent 5: Teach me...
Mar
17
10:30 AM10:30

Lent 5: Teach me...

Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, if my brother or sister sins against me, how often should I forgive? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “Not seven times, but, I tell you, seventy-seven times.
~Matthew 18:21-22

Image: Seventy-seven times by Lauren Wright Pittman, | A Sanctified Art | sanctifiedart.org

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Angels and Demons 4: The Tongues of Angels
Mar
13
6:30 PM18:30

Angels and Demons 4: The Tongues of Angels

If I speak in the tongues of humans and of angels but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers and understand all mysteries and all knowledge and if I have all faith so as to remove mountains but do not have love, I am nothing.
~ 1 Corinthians 13:1-2

Eyck, Hubert van, 1366-1426; Eyck, Jan van, 1390-1440. Altar of the Mystical Lamb - Angels Singing and Making Music, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=49624 [retrieved February 20, 2024]. Original source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hubert_van_Eyck_017.jpg.

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Lent 4: I'm fixed upon it...
Mar
10
10:30 AM10:30

Lent 4: I'm fixed upon it...

From that time on, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and undergo great suffering at the hands of the elders and chief priests and scribes and be killed and on the third day be raised.
~Matthew 16:21

Image: “Beseeching” by Hannah Garrity, courtesy of A Sanctified Art | sanctifiedart.org

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Angels and Demons 3: Jesus and Beelzebul
Mar
6
6:30 PM18:30

Angels and Demons 3: Jesus and Beelzebul

Then he went home, and the crowd came together again, so that they could not even eat. When his family heard it, they went out to restrain him, for people were saying, “He has gone out of his mind.” And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, “He has Beelzebul, and by the ruler of the demons he casts out demons.”
~ Mark 3:20-22

Beelzebub - portrayed with rabbit ears, a tiger's face, scaled body, clawed fingers and bird's legs. From Compendium rarissimum totius Artis Magicae sistematisatae per celeberrimos Artis hujus Magistros. Anno 1057. Noli me tangere. Date: c.1775. https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/obf_images/ee/3a/6c0d92055a36e42a9fcf1c866cd3.jpg. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.

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Lent 3: Praise the mount...
Mar
3
10:30 AM10:30

Lent 3: Praise the mount...

He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you but my Father in heaven.
~Matthew 16:15-17

Image: “Who do you say I am?” by Lauren Wright Pittman, | A Sanctified Art | sanctifiedart.org

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Angels and Demons 2: Six-Winged Angels
Feb
28
6:30 PM18:30

Angels and Demons 2: Six-Winged Angels

In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lofty, and the hem of his robe filled the temple. Seraphs were in attendance above him; each had six wings: with two they covered their faces, and with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew. And one called to another and said,

“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts;
the whole earth is full of his glory.”
~Isaiah 6:1-3

Image: Medieval Seraph, source unknown. Public Domain

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Lent 2: Rescue me from danger
Feb
25
10:30 AM10:30

Lent 2: Rescue me from danger

Immediately {Jesus] made the disciples get into a boat and go on ahead to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, but by this time the boat, battered by the waves, was far from the land,[a] for the wind was against them.  And early in the morning he came walking toward them on the sea.
~Matthew 14:22-25

Image: “Lift-Off” by the Rev. Nicolette Penaranda, courtesy of A Sanctified Art | sanctifiedart.org

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Angels and Demons 1: Those Devilish Ways
Feb
21
6:30 PM18:30

Angels and Demons 1: Those Devilish Ways

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tested by the devil. He fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterward he was famished. The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.”
~Matthew 4:1-11

Cover: Tissot, James, 1836-1902. Jesus Carried up to a Pinnacle of the Temple, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=54302 [retrieved February 14, 2024]. Original source: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brooklyn_Museum_-_Jesus_Carried_up_to_a_Pinnacle_of_the_Temple_(J%C3%A9sus_port%C3%A9_sur_le_pinacle_du_Temple)_-_James_Tissot_-_overall.jpg.

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Lent 1: Jesus sought me...
Feb
18
10:30 AM10:30

Lent 1: Jesus sought me...

Once while Jesus was standing beside the Lake of Gennesaret and the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he saw two boats there at the shore of the lake; the fishermen had gotten out of them and were washing their nets. He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little way from the shore. Then he sat down and taught the crowds from the boat.
~Luke 5:1-3

Image: River of Grace by Lisle Wynn Garrity | A Sanctified Art | sanctifiedart.org

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Ash Wednesday: Tune My Heart
Feb
14
6:30 PM18:30

Ash Wednesday: Tune My Heart

Create in me a clean heart, O God,
    and put a new and right[
b] spirit within me.
Do not cast me away from your presence,
    and do not take your holy spirit from me.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation,
    and sustain in me a willing spirit.
~Psalm 51:10-12

Design elements by the Rev. Lauren Wright Pittman | A Sanctified Art | sanctifiedart.org.

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Beloved Mentors
Feb
11
10:30 AM10:30

Beloved Mentors

Now when the Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven by a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal. Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here, for the Lord has sent me as far as Bethel.” But Elisha said, “As the Lord lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.
~ 2 Kings 2:1-2

Image: Koenig, Peter. Elijah and Elisha, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=58492 [retrieved February 1, 2024]. Original source: Peter Winfried (Canisius) Koenig, https://www.pwkoenig.co.uk/.

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Healing the Brokenhearted
Feb
4
10:30 AM10:30

Healing the Brokenhearted

As soon as they left the synagogue, they entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was in bed with a fever, and they told him about her at once. He came and took her by the hand and lifted her up. Then the fever left her, and she began to serve them.

That evening, at sunset, they brought to him all who were sick or possessed by demons. And the whole city was gathered around the door.

~Mark 1:29-33

Image: Israeli Boy, source unknown.

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4th Sunday After Epiphany: Teaching With Authority
Jan
28
10:30 AM10:30

4th Sunday After Epiphany: Teaching With Authority

Just then there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, and he cried out, “What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, the Holy One of God.” But Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be quiet and come out of him!” And the unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.
~Mark 1:23-26

Image: Friesach, Konrad von. Jesus Casts Out the Unclean Spirit, the Cathedral of Gurk, Carinthia, Austria, ca. 1450. from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=56402 [retrieved January 6, 2024]. Original source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fastentuch_Gurker_Dom_Daemonenaustreibung_30032007.jpg.

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3rd Sunday After Epiphany: Leaving Your Nets
Jan
21
10:30 AM10:30

3rd Sunday After Epiphany: Leaving Your Nets

As Jesus passed along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the sea, for they were fishers. And Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of people.”
~Mark 1:16-17

Image: Tissot, James, 1836-1902. Calling of Saint James and Saint John, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=56290 [retrieved January 20, 2024]. Original source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brooklyn_Museum_-_The_Calling_of_Saint_James_and_Saint_John_(Vocation_de_Saint_Jacques_et_de_Saint_Jean)_-_James_Tissot_-_overall.jpg.

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2nd Sunday After Epiphany: Answering the Call
Jan
14
10:30 AM10:30

2nd Sunday After Epiphany: Answering the Call

At that time Eli, whose eyesight had begun to grow dim so that he could not see, was lying down in his room; the lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was. Then the Lord called, “Samuel! Samuel!” and he said, “Here I am!” and ran to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But he said, “I did not call; lie down again.” So he went and lay down.
~1 Samuel 3:2-5

Image: Wesley, Frank, 1923-2002. The Call to Samuel, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=59172 [retrieved January 6, 2024]. Original source: Estate of Frank Wesley, http://www.frankwesleyart.com/main_page.htm.

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The Baptism of Christ: The Beloved
Jan
7
10:30 AM10:30

The Baptism of Christ: The Beloved

In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And just as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit descending like a dove upon him. And a voice came from the heavens, “You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.” ~ Mark 1:9-11

Image: Zelenka, Dave. Baptism of Christ (painting, 2005), from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=56385 [retrieved January 6, 2024]. Original source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baptism-of-Christ.jpg.

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Christmas 1
Dec
31
10:30 AM10:30

Christmas 1

I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my whole being shall exult in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. For as the earth brings forth its shoots, and as a garden causes what is sown in it to spring up, so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.
~Isaiah 61:10-11

Image: copyright P. Raube

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Christmas Eve: A Celebration for All Ages
Dec
24
4:00 PM16:00

Christmas Eve: A Celebration for All Ages

Joseph also went from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, because he was descended from the house and family of David. He went to be registered with Mary, to whom he was engaged and who was expecting a child. While they were there, the time came for her to deliver her child. And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.
~Luke 2:4-7

Image: Le Breton, Jacques ; Gaudin, Jean. Nativity, Stained-glass composition by J. Le Breton (glass studio of Gaudin, Paris), 1933, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=51556 [retrieved November 4, 2023]. Original source: Image donated by Jim Womack and Anne Richardson.

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Advent 4: A Service of Lessons and Carols
Dec
24
10:30 AM10:30

Advent 4: A Service of Lessons and Carols

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people.
~John 1:1-4

Image: Fortt, Annette Gandy. Choir, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=56020 [retrieved November 7, 2023]. Original source: annettefortt.com.

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Advent 3
Dec
17
10:30 AM10:30

Advent 3

The spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me; he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed, to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to the prisoners; to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn; to provide for those who mourn in Zion— to give them a garland instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the mantle of praise instead of a faint spirit. They will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, to display his glory.
~Isaiah 61:1-3

Image: copyright P. Raube

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Advent 2
Dec
10
10:30 AM10:30

Advent 2

A voice cries out: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low; the uneven ground shall become level, and the rough places a plain. Then the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all people shall see it together, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
~Isaiah 40:3-5

Image: copyright P. Raube

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Advent 1: The Magnificat
Dec
3
10:30 AM10:30

Advent 1: The Magnificat

And Mary said,
“My soul magnifies the Lord,
and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
or he has looked with favor on the lowly state of his servant.
~Luke 1:46-48

Wesley, Frank, 1923-2002. Red Magnificat, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=59177 [retrieved November 3, 2023]. Original source: Estate of Frank Wesley, http://www.frankwesleyart.com/main_page.htm.
Wesley was born in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh into a fifth generation Christian family of Hindu and Muslim descent. He belongs to the Lucknow school of painting. His paintings reflect this influence and that of the Chughtai school of painting that flourished in India at the turn of the century. Wesley made art based on both biblical and secular themes. He used water colours, oil paintings, miniatures and wooden carvings.

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Last Sunday in Ordinary Time: The Reign of Christ
Nov
26
10:30 AM10:30

Last Sunday in Ordinary Time: The Reign of Christ

God put this power to work in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the age to come.
~Ephesians 1:20-21

Santuário de Cristo Rei, Sanctuary of Christ the King, Lisbon, Portgugal, 20th century, Deensel photographer, courtesy of Wikimedia.

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Investing in Life: Security Vs. Risk
Nov
19
10:30 AM10:30

Investing in Life: Security Vs. Risk

“For it is as if a man, going on a journey, summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them; to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away.
~Matthew 25:14-15

He Hid His Lord's Money, Church of Saint Edward, King and Martyr, Corfe Castle, United Kingdom, 1860-1900, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=57778 [retrieved November 3, 2023]. Original source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/hobler/14073476777 - Roman Hobler.

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About Those Who Have Died
Nov
12
10:30 AM10:30

About Those Who Have Died

But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who have died,[a] so that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have died.
~1 Thessalonians 13-14

Resurrection of Christ, Church of Saint Sebastian, Porto Alegre, Brazil; 20-21st centuries; from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=56588 [retrieved November 3, 2023]. Original source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:0000_Mosaics_of_Resurrection_of_Christ.JPG - Eugenio Hansen, OFS.

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Memorial of All Saints: Not Yet Revealed
Nov
5
10:30 AM10:30

Memorial of All Saints: Not Yet Revealed

See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God, and that is what we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we will be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is this: when he is revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him as he is.
~1 John 3:1-2

Cross, Henri Edmond, 1856-1910. Landscape with Stars, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=57008 [retrieved October 25, 2023]. Original source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Landscape_with_Stars_MET_DT736.jpg.

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Stewardship 4: Faithfulness Across the Generations
Oct
29
10:30 AM10:30

Stewardship 4: Faithfulness Across the Generations

Lord, you have been our dwelling place[a]
    in all generations.
Before the mountains were brought forth
    or ever you had formed the earth and the world,
    from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
~Psalm 90:1-2

Image: UPC Tree of Life by Susie Chadwick and the congregation; sanctuary cross.

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Stewardship 3: Whose Money Is It?
Oct
22
10:30 AM10:30

Stewardship 3: Whose Money Is It?

So they sent their disciples to Jesus, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are sincere, and teach the way of God in accordance with truth, and show deference to no one, for you do not regard people with partiality. Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”
~Matthew 22:16-18

Image: Roman Coin of Caesar Augustus, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=59709 [retrieved September 15, 2023]. Original source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aureus,_Auguste,_Lyon,_btv1b104440369.jpg.

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Stewardship 2: The Faith of Christ
Oct
8
10:30 AM10:30

Stewardship 2: The Faith of Christ

For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and I regard them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law but one that comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God based on faith.
~Philippians 3:8b-9

Image: Jesus Christ, 6th century, Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian, Rome, courtesy of National Geographic.

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