Sunday, May 17, 2026 ~ "This I Believe" Service

Psalter: Psalm 131

Lessons: Jeremiah 9:23-24; John 17:1-11

Contemporary Lesson: "The Apology" by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sunday, May 10, 2026 ~ Mother's Day

Gospel Lesson: "The Promise of the Spirit" John 14:15-21

Lesson: "Addressing an Unknown God" Acts 17:22-31

Contemporary Lesson: "Body Language" Poem by Pramila Venkateswaran

Homily: "Respectful Engagements" Rev. Jared M. Hamilton

Sunday, May 3, 2026

Lessons from the Epistles - "Living Stones and Holy People" 1 Peter 2:2-10

Lessons - "The Way, the Truth, the Life" John 14:1-14, and "They Sit Together on the Porch" by Wendell Berry

Homily - "It's All About Loss and Grief" Rev. Jared M. Hamilton

The Fourth Sunday in Eastertide - Year A

Psalter: Psalm 23
Gospel Lesson: John 10:1-10
Contemporary Lesson: "What Teachers Make" by Taylor Mali
Homily: “Public Servants” by Rev. Jared M. Hamilton

Hymns:

"Lo, the Earth Awakes Again"

"What Wondrous Love"

"Forward Through the Ages"

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Sunday, April 19 ~ Third Sunday of Eastertide

Psalter ~ Psalm 116:1-9, 12-17

Gospel Lesson ~ "The Road to Emmaus" Luke 24:13-35

Contemporary Lesson ~ Excerpt from In Shelter: "Hello to Here" Padraig O Tuama

Homily ~ "Funeral Potatoes" Rev. Jared M. Hamilton

Sunday, April 12, 2026

Psalter: Psalm 16:5-11

Gospel Lesson: "Jesus Appears to the Disciples" John 20:19-31

Contemporary Lesson: "Via Negativa" by R.S. Thomas

Homily: "Doubt is Not a Flaw" Rev. Jared M. Hamilton

Easter Sunday, April 5, 2026

Psalter: Psalm 118:1-4, 14-17, 21-24

Gospel Lesson: "The Resurrection of Jesus" Matthew 28:1-15

Contemporary Lesson: Excerpt from "Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front" by Wendell Berry

Sunday, March 29, 2026 ~ Sixth Sunday in Lent ~ Palm Sunday

Psalter ~ Psalm 118:1-4, 14-17, 21-24

Gospel Lesson ~ "Jesus' Entry into Jerusalem" ~ Matthew 21:1-11

Contemporary Lesson ~ Excepts from "Rebecca Solnit is Refusing to Give Up on Hope" by Suyin Haynes in Resurgence & Ecologist, March/April 2026

Homily ~ "The Donkey Carries All of This" ~ Rev. Jared M. Hamilton