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2021 Christmas Services

Join us this Christmas season for any one, or all, of our 2021 Christmas services. For more information, please refer to the following pages: Blue Christmas : Mon, Dec 13 @ 6 PM Family Christmas Eve : Fri, Dec 24 @ 5 PM * Live Christmas Music : 12/24 @ 8:30 PM Candlelight Christmas Eve : […]

Ash Wednesday Service

All are invited to join us virtually for a 6:30 PM Ash Wednesday service. Although limited in-person attendance will be permitted, we are encouraging our church family to participate virtually. For the health and safety of all in attendance, the traditional, optional, Ash Wednesday ashes placed on congregants’ foreheads will not be distributed this year. […]

Don’t Tell Me How To Feel

Don’t Tell Me How To Feel Trinity Sunday, Year A Becky Robbins-Penniman One morning back 40 or so years ago, when I’d been in the adult work force for about 2 weeks, I went into work on the 16th floor of a 41-story downtown office building. I needed to talk to my boss, Judy, about […]

Abnormal Christians

Abnormal Christians 2nd Sunday After Christmas, Year A Becky Robbins-Penniman The magi are up in our Creche on the side altar. They’re a day early. Tomorrow is the feast of the Epiphany, and it’s the day when we tell the story of the strangers from a far-away land who arrived in Israel looking for the […]

The Word Made Flesh

The Word Made Flesh 1st Sunday After Christmas, Year A Deacon Cindy Roehl Have you noticed that just this weekend, in many homes and neighborhoods, the decorations have already come down? We have all been waiting a long time, and suddenly, for many, the day has come and gone. Ours is still here because, actually, […]

Christmas Day Service

Christmas Day, Year A Becky Robbins-Penniman Christmas Day is truly a day set apart from all the others. Stores and attractions that don’t close on any other day are closed today – not all of them, but way, way more than any other day of the year. Unlike when I was a kid, it’s not […]

The Church’s “One Thing”

The Church’s “One Thing” Pentecost 23, Proper 28, Year C Becky Robbins-Penniman What’s real? What’s the most real thing we have in our life? We typically start with the things we can sense with our amazing bodies. What we can see, hear, taste, touch, smell and feel: measurable stuff, what we usually label reality. Then […]

2019 Thanksgiving Dinner

2019 Meals of Thanks Community Thanksgiving Dinner Many thanks to all who made this event a success! Meal delivery service is available within the city of Dunedin and is limited to 100 persons. There is no charge for the meal, however, you can make a donation which will go to Dunedin Cares, Inc. Food Pantry. […]

Be a Great Ancestor

Be a Great Ancestor All Saints’ Day Pentecost 21, Proper 26, Year C Becky Robbins-Penniman How did you come to be in church today? I imagine a number of us are here for the same reason that Ava Gabrielle Faimalie is here this morning: she is continuing in a long line of people who first […]

Don’t Give Up!

Don’t Give Up! Pentecost 19, Proper 24, Year C Becky Robbins-Penniman We are used to thinking of judges in the context of American democracy; they are to be apolitical, impartial and, most especially, fair to all. They tend to be part of the social and governmental elite in our society, aloof and unapproachable. It’s understandable […]