Third Sunday of Easter
Acts 3:12-19, Psalm 4, 1 John 3:1-7, Luke 24:36b-48
The Rev. Ron W. Griffin
“Feet”
Good Morning! Back on April 24th 2006 there was a pay per view event that aired from 9pm to 10:30pm east coast time. What patrons experienced in the 90 minutes was the activities of audio crew members, a psychic and an expert in paranormal activity. All claimed that the spirit of the late Beatle, John Lennon had made contact with them through what is described as an Electronic Voice Phenomenon (EVP). This same group had tried to contact Princess Diana, without any success, but they made 8 million dollars, convincing people they could. Read the rest of this entry »
Second Sunday of Easter
Acts 4:32-35, Psalm 133, 1 John 1:1-2:2, John 20:19-31
The Rev. Ron W. Griffin
“We need more people like Thomas”
John 20:19-31 When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.” Read the rest of this entry »
The Great Vigil and Easter Sunday
Acts 10:34-43, Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24, 1 Corinthians 15:1-11,
Mark 16:1-8
The Rev. Ron W. Griffin
“Looking for the Real Reality”
Today as all of you know is Easter Sunday, and some of you are here because somewhere deep inside you heard a voice say (that voice might be your significant other) it’s Easter, we should go, we know this story. Well, for those of you I see often, welcome, its good to see you today, for those we see a couple times a year, welcome back. Read the rest of this entry »
Palm Sunday
The Liturgy of the Palms
Mark 11:1-11, Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29
The Liturgy of the Word
Isaiah 50:4-9a, Psalm 31:9-16, Philippians 2:5-11, Mark 14:1-15:47
The Rev. Ron W. Griffin
“The Lord has need of you”
As you could probably guess, my favorite type of movie genre is westerns. Growing up I liked the stars of course; Roy, the Lone Ranger, Marshall Dillon and Gus from Lonesome Dove, (the greatest western of all time). I also liked the side kicks, jingles, cookie, Chester and Po-camp. The side kicks seemed the more colorful ones the ones that had more fun. Read the rest of this entry »
