Beloved Showing Forth

Sermon Preached on January 12, 2020 – Baptism of Our Lord By The Rev. Dr. Nina R. Pooley St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, Yarmouth, ME Isaiah 42:1-9 Psalm 29 Acts 10:34-43 Matthew 3:13-17 Beloved Showing Forth Good morning. Here we are, the second Sunday of January, and the First Sunday after the Epiphany, officially called: The …

Predisposed to Hope in the New Year

Sermon Preached on January 5, 2020 - Epiphany Sunday By The Rev. Dr. Nina R. Pooley St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, Yarmouth, ME Isaiah 60:1-6 Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14 Ephesians 3:1-12 Matthew 2:1-12 Predisposed to Hope in the New Year It is the New Year – how did that happen so quickly? New year, new possibilities, that’s …

A Very Different Christmas Story

Sermon Preached on December 24, 2019 – Christmas Eve, 9PM By The Rev. Dr. Nina R. Pooley St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, Yarmouth, ME Isaiah 9:2-7 Luke 2:1-20 A Very Different Christmas Story I admit it, this year I'm enjoying the fanfare of Christmas. The carols, the tree, the preparation... And I'm not alone - I've …

Advent Courage and Love

Sermon Preached on December 22, 2019 – Advent IV By The Rev. Dr. Nina R. Pooley St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, Yarmouth, ME Isaiah 7:10-16 Psalm 80:1-7, 16-18 Romans 1:1-7 Matthew 1:18-25 Advent Courage and Love I had a good few days away, visiting my sister and her family, and my father in Hilton Head, SC. …

Expectations of a Different Kind

Sermon Preached on December 8, 2019 – Advent II By The Rev. Dr. Nina R. Pooley St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, Yarmouth, ME Isaiah 11:1-10 Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19 Romans 15:4-13 Matthew 3:1-12 Expectations of a Different Kind John the Baptist is a weird guy, unexpected barely seems to describe him. Consider John’s beginning – his parents …

Believe and Be Thankful

Sermon Preached on December 1, 2019 – Advent I By The Rev. Dr. Nina R. Pooley St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, Yarmouth, ME Isaiah 2:1-5 Psalm 122 Romans 13:11-14 Matthew 24:36-44 Believe and Be Thankful Dear People of St. Bart's, It's Thanksgiving morning, as I write this sermon the Macy's Day Parade is going by in …

The Way of Love

Sermon Preached on November 17, 2019 – Celebrating Belonging III By The Rev. Dr. Nina R. Pooley St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, Yarmouth, ME Isaiah 65:17-25 Psalm 98 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13 Luke 21:5-19 The Way of Love It seems I'm suddenly very popular. (So popular my email got hacked this weekend!) All kinds of people are …

What Really Matters

Sermon Preached on November 10, 2019 – Belonging III By The Rev. Dr. Nina R. Pooley St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, Yarmouth, ME Job 19:23-27a Psalm 17:1-9 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17 Luke 20:27-38 What Really Matters When we consider this morning's Gospel, we don't need a Biblical scholar to tell us that the question the Sadducees …

Saints and Losers

Sermon Preached on Nov. 3, 2019 - Celebration of All Saints' Day The Rev. Dr. Nina Ranadive Pooley St Bartholomew's Episcopal Church, Yarmouth, ME Daniel 7:1-3,15-18 Psalm 149 Ephesians 1:11-23 Luke 6:20-31 Saints and Losers So how about those Nationals? (I know this is not a Nationals cap, but they used to be the Expos, …

Portions of Bishop Brown’s address at 200th Diocesan Convention

Sermon Preached on October 27, 2019 By The Rev. Dr. Nina R. Pooley St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, Yarmouth, ME Portions of Bishop Brown's Address Read as the sermon. Yesterday the Diocese of Maine held our 200th Diocesan Convention - after which we went to the Cathedral for the seating of our new bishop, The Rt. …