Advent 3C, December 17, 2006 Zephaniah 3:14-20; Luke 3:7-18 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen As we meet John the Baptist in today’s gospel, we can hear echoes of an earlier prophet. John sounds surprised by the size of the crowds which were flocking to the [...]
On the weekend of December 1-3, I had the privilege of attending the Province III network meeting in Philadelphia. A few teen and adult representatives from different dioceses of Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Washington D.C, and Delaware met for a fun weekend together. There were small group activities, community service, worshipping, and touring of [...]
These are pictures taken by Fr. Andrew during the 2006 Christmas Day meal of the Ark Soup Kitchen. 100-110 people were served by about 30 volunteers from around the Lehigh Valley, some coming from as far as San Francisco to take time from visiting relatives to volunteer with us.The Express-Times of Easton did a pretty [...]
These pictures were taken on the evening of Christmas Eve, 2006 just before the 5 p.m. service at Trinity Episcopal Church in Easton, PA in the Diocese of Bethlehem. The Pageant this year was “A Child of Might” by Gretchen Wolf Prichard. Note a few special moments. The Appleman family all were in the pageant, [...]