Learning How to Pray

Sermon Preached on July 28, 2019 – Pentecost +7 By The Rev. Dr. Nina R. Pooley St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, Yarmouth, ME Hosea 1:2-10 Psalm 85 Colossians 2:6-15 Luke 11:1-13 Learning How to Pray In this strange week of waiting, I had a meeting on Wednesday with our new bishop, +Thomas Brown, and members of …

Pentecost VI

Sermon Preached on July 21, 2019 – Pentecost +6 By The Rev. Anne C. Fowler St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, Yarmouth, ME Amos 8:1-12 Psalm 52 Colossians 1:15-28 Luke 10:38-42 Pentecost VI “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?” Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have …

Pentecost V

Sermon Preached on July 14, 2019 – Pentecost +5 By The Rev. Anne C. Fowler St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, Yarmouth, ME Amos 7:7-17 Psalm 82 Colossians 1:1-14 Luke 10:25-37 Pentecost V Save the weak and the orphan; * defend the humble and needy; Rescue the weak and the poor; * deliver them from the power …

Clothed in Christ

Sermon Preached on June 23, 2019 – Pentecost +2 By The Rev. Dr. Nina R. Pooley St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, Yarmouth, ME 1 Kings 19:1-15a Psalm 42 and 43 Galatians 3:23-29 Luke 8:26-39 Clothed in Christ It’s been quite the weekend in the Episcopal Diocese of Maine, as we gathered to consecrate the 10th Bishop …

Trinity Sunday and the Expansiveness of God

Sermon Preached on June 16, 2019 – Trinity Sunday By The Rev. Dr. Nina R. Pooley St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, Yarmouth, ME Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31 Psalm 8 Romans 5:1-5 John 16:12-15 Trinity Sunday and the Expansiveness of God Today across the Church, parishes are being subjected to the Doctrine of the Trinity with varying degrees …

Come Holy Spirit Come!

Sermon Preached on June 9, 2019 – Day of Pentecost By The Rev. Dr. Nina R. Pooley St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, Yarmouth, ME Genesis 11:1-9 Psalm 104:25-35, 37 Acts 2:1-21 John 14:8-17, 25-27 Come Holy Spirit Come! We’ve spent a great deal of this Easter journey talking a lot about sheep and shepherds; and here …

Learning From Crickets Sunday

Sermon Preached on June 2, 2019 – Seventh Sunday of Easter By The Rev. Dr. Nina R. Pooley St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, Yarmouth, ME Acts 16:16-34 Psalm 1 Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21 John 17:20-26 Learning from Crickets Sunday Today is that Sunday that falls between Ascension and Pentecost, to translate from ‘church speak’ – it’s …

Moving Beyond the Gates

Sermon Preached on May 26, 2019 – Sixth Sunday of Easter By The Rev. Dr. Nina R. Pooley St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, Yarmouth, ME Acts 16:9-15 Psalm 67 Revelation 21:10, 22-22:5 John 5:1-9 Moving Beyond the Gates This morning at first glance seems to be all about location – in both Acts and the Gospel …

Be More Kind

Sermon Preached on May 19, 2019 – Youth Sunday, Fifth Sunday of Easter By The Rev. Dr. Nina R. Pooley St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, Yarmouth, ME The First Lesson: Adapted from, The Story of Creation, James Wheldon Johnson’s, “God’s trombones” Psalm 139: 1, 2, 8-13, 22, 23 The Second Lesson: Our Deepest Fear, by Marianne …

Sheep of the Good Shepherd

Sermon Preached on April 28, 2019 – Fourth Sunday of Easter By The Rev. Dr. Nina R. Pooley St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, Yarmouth, ME Acts 9:36-43 Psalm 23 Revelation 7:9-17 John 10:22-30 Sheep of the Good Shepherd If I didn’t know better, I would think there’s a conspiracy between the lectionary and those of you …