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Sermons preached at Grace Episcopal Church Martinez beginning on June 18, 2023 can be found on our YouTube channel, youtube.com/@GraceEpiscopalChurchMartinez
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Sermon for September 23, 2018: Things Heavenly (The Right Rev. Marc H. Andrus, Bishop of California)
Listen Here: Read by the Rev. Dr. Deborah White [1]Some punctuation has been changed, words have been italicized, and some words have...
Deborah White
Sep 23, 20184 min read
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Sermon for September 16, 2018: Discipleship of Faith (The Rev. Walter Ramsey):
Listen Here: I’d like to tell you a short story about a young successful woman walking home to her upscale apartment from work. As she...
Deborah White
Sep 16, 20185 min read
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Sermon for September 9, 2018: Love God and fear nothing (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
Listen here My mother used to speak to me in proverbs. If I got angry with someone, she would say, “You catch more flies with honey than...
Deborah White
Sep 9, 20186 min read
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Children's Homily for September 9, 2018: Let's Make a Deal (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
Today we are going to talk about choices. How many of you know the television show “Let’s Make a Deal”? (Give them a chance to answer). ...
Deborah White
Sep 9, 20183 min read
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Sermon for September 2, 2018: Pure and Undefiled (The Rev. Molly Elizabeth Haws)
Listen Here: Blessed are you O Lord our God, Sovereign of the Universe, who has called all things into Being through your Word. This is...
Deborah White
Sep 2, 20186 min read
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Sermon for August 26, 2018: Home is where God is (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
What do you say when people ask you what it means to be a Christian? Most dictionaries suggest that Christians are people who believe in...
Deborah White
Aug 26, 20185 min read
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Sermon for August 19, 2018: Bread of Life (The Rev. Walter Ramsey)
Who doesn’t like bread? I love bread, all kinds. When I was young my mother would bake bread every Tuesday. The wonderful smell of the...
Deborah White
Aug 19, 20185 min read
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Sermon for August 12, 2018: Telling the Truth (The Rev. Laureen Moyer)
I’d like to start the homily part of the service with everyone turning to page 350 of The Book of Common Prayer. The Prayer Book is in...
Deborah White
Aug 12, 20185 min read
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Sermon for August 5, 2018: We are the man (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
Listen Here: One of my least and most favorite biblical stories is today’s Hebrew scripture about King David. That’s because, similar to...
Deborah White
Aug 5, 20186 min read
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Sermon for July 29, 2018: Put your hand in the hand of the man (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
Listen Here: On Friday night, as I was lying in bed, not sleeping and worrying about whether we should grant an easement to our property,...
Deborah White
Jul 29, 20186 min read
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Sermon for July 22, 2018: Unity (The Rev. Walter Ramsey)
Listen Here: When I was a young boy growing up in Texas I would often see my mother along with other church women sit in a circle and...
Deborah White
Jul 22, 20185 min read
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Children's Homily for July 15, 2018: Footloose! (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
Wow! There was a lot going on in our bible stories this week! What kinds of things happened? (Give them a chance to answer). There was a...
Deborah White
Jul 15, 20183 min read
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Sermon for July 15, 2018 (8 a.m.): Getting what we deserve (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
Listen Here: My son, as some of you know, is a big fan of horror movies. He spends his spare time making movies with his friends, most of...
Deborah White
Jul 15, 20186 min read
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Sermon for July 8, 2018: Power and belief (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
From the very beginning of our existence, human beings have had to grapple with what it means to believe in something. “A belief defines...
Deborah White
Jul 8, 20186 min read
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Sermon for July 1, 2018 (The Right Reverend Marc H. Andrus)
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Deborah White
Jul 1, 20181 min read
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Sermon for June 24, 2018: Do not fear love (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
Listen Here: As many of you know, I recently attended a continuing education workshop called “The College of Congregational Development.”...
Deborah White
Jun 24, 20186 min read
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Sermon for June 17, 2018: Bloom where you are planted (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
Listen Here: I am not much of a gardener. This is a source of shame to my green-thumbed mother, who one gave me a seedling from a plant...
Deborah White
Jun 17, 20186 min read
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Children's Homily for June 17, 2018: Grow! (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
It’s almost summer! What are some of the things you like to do in the summer? (Give them a chance to answer). Things also look different...
Deborah White
Jun 17, 20182 min read
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Sermon for June 10, 2018: Our family (The Rev. Walter Ramsey)
Listen Here: We are studying St. Paul at our Wednesday Eucharist / bible study, and as Rev. Deb told us last week there is an overarching...
Deborah White
Jun 10, 20185 min read
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Sermon for June 3, 2018: Hearing God's Call (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
Listen Here: Over the last couple of weeks our Wednesday Bible Study group has been talking about what it means to communicate with God...
Deborah White
Jun 3, 20186 min read
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