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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 3rd Lent, March 7, 2021: Message from the Grace Vestry, read by Sally Hanson
May the Meditations of our Hearts Always be Acceptable in Your Sight (The Grace Vestry, read by Sally Hanson) Yesterday, the Grace Church...
Deborah White
Mar 7, 20215 min read
Sermon for 2nd Lent, February 28, 2021: Take Up Your Cross (Columba Salamony)
Watch here In the name of the triune God: our Mother, our Brother, and our Friend. What does it mean to be a Christian? This question is...
Deborah White
Feb 28, 20214 min read
Children’s Homily for 1st Lent, February 21, 2021: The Story of the Rainbow
The Story of the Rainbow (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White and Nicholas White-Spenik) Watch here Today we heard a story about Jesus being...
Deborah White
Feb 21, 20214 min read
Ash Wednesday Homily (Brother Columba Salamony)
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Deborah White
Feb 18, 20211 min read
Sermon for Ash Wednesday, February 17, 2021, Cold, Dark, and Gritty (Columba Salamony)
Watch here In the name of God: Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer. Amen. Ash Wednesday is pretty high on the list of Holy Days that I get ...
Deborah White
Feb 17, 20214 min read
Sermon for February 14, 2021: Epiphany Last (The Rev. Walter Ramsey)
You have probably heard it said that 2020 was a “dumpster fire,” in which so many things just went wrong. Worst of all was the dreadful ...
Deborah White
Feb 14, 20215 min read
Sermon for February 7, 2021: We shall not be weary (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
Watch here Is anyone else tired? I don’t mean a little beat from one late night or early morning – I mean really tired- constantly tired,...
Deborah White
Feb 7, 20216 min read
Sermon for January 31, 2021: Mark 1: 21-28 (Columba Salamony, Seminarian)
Watch here In the name of God: Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer. Amen. One of Mark’s favorite words in his gospel is “immediately.”...
Deborah White
Jan 31, 20215 min read
Sermon/Rector’s Report for Grace Annual Meeting Service, January 24, 2021: Following God's Call
Following God’s Call (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White) Watch here Jonah stood at a crossroads: Nineveh or – what? He had tried running from...
Deborah White
Jan 24, 20216 min read
Sermon for January 17, 2021: Children's Homily
God calls each of us by name (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White) Click here for recording So today since the children of Grace are watching us...
Deborah White
Jan 17, 20214 min read
Sermon for January 10, 2021, 1 Epiphany, Year B
Out of the Deepest Darkness (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White) Click to listen to recording There is a story in the Hebrew scriptures about a...
Deborah White
Jan 10, 20216 min read
Sermon for January 3, 2021, 2 Christmas, Year B
Three Kings walk into a Barn (The Rev. Dr. Deborah O. White) Listen here There is a sign in the Grace Church kitchen that reads, “Three...
Deborah White
Jan 3, 20215 min read
Grace Church Christmas Pageant: "How the COVID Grinch tried to steal Christmas" (Dec 24, 2020)
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Deborah White
Dec 24, 20201 min read
Sermon for Advent 4, Year A, December 20, 2020 (Columba Salmony, Seminarian)
In the name of the holy and undivided Trinity, one God. Amen. What a night this must have been for Gabriel. In my imagination, the ...
Deborah White
Dec 20, 20205 min read
Children's Homily for Advent 3, December 13, 2020: Advent and Hanukkah (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
Watch here: I want to tell everyone on the internet a little secret. I have been missing our children of Grace. Last Sunday I got to see...
Deborah White
Dec 14, 20204 min read
Sermon for Advent 2, December 6, 2020: God’s command is our wish (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
Today’s readings include some of the most beautiful and reassuring language in scripture. “Comfort, O comfort my people. Speak tenderly...
Deborah White
Dec 6, 20206 min read
Sermon for Advent 1, November 29, 2020: Drop down ye heavens (The Rev. Walter Ramsey):
Roráte caéli désuper, et núbes plúant jústum. Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Rorate Caeli...
Deborah White
Nov 29, 20205 min read
The Feast of Christ the King, 11/22/20: The Sheep and the Goats Redux (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
To listen to the sermon click here. You may have noticed that God has been on a tear lately. In recent parables, God has invited people...
The Rev. Dr. Deborah White
Nov 22, 20206 min read
Deborah White
Nov 15, 20201 min read
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