Sermons
Living the Christian Life
March 17, 2015 by Genevieve Zetlan • Uncategorized • Tags: olivia, omalley, youth •
by Olivia O’Malley, Youth Preacher Good morning! I am so glad to be here. My name is Olivia O’Malley, and I’m sure that I’m a new face to many of you- I have only lived here in Virginia for two years, but I have been coming to St. Timothy’s for both of those. My dad […]
Molded by God
March 13, 2015 by Genevieve Zetlan • Uncategorized • Tags: poindexter, seminarian, taylor •
by Taylor Poindexter, Seminarian This John the Baptist, the son of Zechariah, the son of Elizabeth, the baby who lept in his mother’s womb when she was near her cousin Mary carrying the Christ-child, is now a grown man. He is called out of the desert by God to proclaim the coming of the Messiah, and […]
Legacy of Love
March 12, 2015 by Genevieve Zetlan • Uncategorized • Tags: genevieve, lay, preacher, zetlan •
by Genevieve Zetlan, Licensed Lay Preacher 2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19 Psalm 24 Ephesians 1:3-14 Mark 6:14-29 Writer Anne Lamott once said she was thinking of writing a new book: “All the People I Still Hate: A Christian Perspective.” We are supposed to love our enemies, but honestly, some people are really hard to like, much […]
Choose Love, Find Joy
March 10, 2015 by Genevieve Zetlan • Uncategorized • Tags: chadwick, leslie •
The Rev. Leslie E. Chadwick Acts 10:44-48 Psalm 98 1 John visit – www.seekmedicine.com 5:1-6 John 15:9-17 Last weekend, sixty parishioners from St. Tim’s gathered at Shrine Mont for our parish retreat. The mountains have never looked more beautiful. Friday night, after a heavy rain, the world was new-washed, the grass, a vibrant green, flowering […]
It's not up to us
March 8, 2015 by Genevieve Zetlan • Uncategorized • Tags: Interim, Mark, Michael •
by the Rev. Mark Michael, Interim Rector “He has appeared once for all at the end of the age to remove sin by the sacrifice of himself.” Hebrews 9:26 In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen. Yesterday, the government of Singapore hosted a historic meeting between […]
Pentecost Goodbye
February 24, 2015 by Genevieve Zetlan • Uncategorized • Tags: associate, chadwick, leslie •
The Rev. Leslie E. Chadwick Ezekiel 37:1-14, Psalm 104: 25-35,37, Acts 2:1-21, John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15 For my birthday this year, our parish administrator, Pastor Kevin Hamilton, gave me this card. It shows a man with a long beard opening a window and scaring the daylights out of a couple and their dog who had been […]
What Will I Live For?
February 19, 2015 by Genevieve Zetlan • Uncategorized • Tags: bryan, seminarian, spoon •
Bryan Spoon, Seminarian Acts 3:12-19 Psalm 4 1 John 3:1-7 Luke 24:36b-48 In both the gospel and the reading from Acts today there is an emphasis on being a witness. Both Peter and Jesus call us to be a witness to the Good News. What is it to be a witness? I think for me […]
All Things to All People
February 8, 2015 by Genevieve Zetlan • Uncategorized • Tags: bryan, spoon •
Mr. Bryan Spoon, Seminarian Isaiah 40:21-31 Psalm 147:1-12, 21c 1 Corinthians 9:16-23 Mark 1:29-39 “I have made myself a slave to all. I have become all thing to all people.” If you or I introduced ourselves in conversation like this, people might think that we have a few screws loose. But this is precisely how […]
Home for the Holidays
February 7, 2015 by Genevieve Zetlan • Uncategorized • Tags: Interim, Mark, Michael •
by the Rev. Mark Michael, Interim Rector “See your children gathered from west and east at the word of the Holy One, rejoicing that God has remembered them.” Baruch 5:5 In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen. In our family, sometimes we call my mother the […]
Welcome the Child
March 20, 2015 by Genevieve Zetlan • Uncategorized • Tags: Interim, Mark, Michael •
The Rev. Mark Michael, Interim Rector “Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes not me but the one who sent me.” St. Mark 9:37 In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. “We’re taking a bit of a chance […]