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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 2nd Pentecost, June 14, 2020: Make the Suffering Count (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
Listen Here: Lord speak through me. Amen. “See, I am sending you out like sheep into the midst of wolves; so be wise as serpents and...
Deborah White
Jun 13, 20206 min read
Sermon for Trinity Sunday, June 7, 2020: Trinity Dance (The Rev. Walter Ramsey)
This Sunday, the First Sunday after Pentecost is the Feast of the Holy Trinity. It is the only Feast of the Church that celebrates a ...
Deborah White
Jun 6, 20205 min read
Sermon for Pentecost, May 31, 2020: Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
Listen Here: I am not a big fan of prop sermons. It’s not like I haven’t seen some very good sermons that use props – and I have...
Deborah White
May 31, 20206 min read
Sermon for Ascension Day, May 24, 2020: Turn around as one (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
Listen Here: “Turn around. Every now and then I get a little bit lonely [because I can’t feel you around]. Turn around. Every now and...
Deborah White
May 23, 20206 min read
Sermon for 5th Easter, May 10, 2020: Relationship is home (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
Listen Here: Today we heard about St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr. Stephen was a Hellenistic Jew who was converted to...
Deborah White
May 9, 20206 min read
A Church Dog's Tour of Grace Episcopal Church Martinez (May 3, 2020)
Riptide gives a dog's-eye tour of an empty Grace during the corona virus pandemic.
Deborah White
May 2, 20201 min read
Sermon for 4th Easter, May 3, 2020: I shall not want (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
Listen Here: “The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not be in want.” Well now, that’s a lie. The Lord is my shepherd and I want lots of...
Deborah White
May 2, 20206 min read
Sermon for 3rd Easter, April 26, 2020: On the Road (The Rev. Walter Ramsey)
Listen Here: God be in my head and in my understanding; God be in my eyes and in my looking; God be in my mouth and in my speaking; God...
Deborah White
Apr 25, 20205 min read
Sermon for 2nd Easter, April 19, 2020: I doubt it (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
Listen Here: What a long strange trip this has been! The last several weeks in which we have been sheltering-in-place as a result of the...
Deborah White
Apr 18, 20206 min read
Deborah White
Apr 11, 20201 min read
Sermon for Easter Day, April 12, 2020: He is Risen; Prepare the way of the Lord (The Rev. Dr. Debora
Listen Here: Alleluia! The Lord is risen! Prepare the way of the Lord! Let’s say it again together with Easter joy! Alleluia! The Lord...
Deborah White
Apr 11, 20206 min read
Sermon for Good Friday, April 10, 2020: Death and Resurrection (The Rev. Walter Ramsey)
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Deborah White
Apr 9, 20201 min read
Sermon for Palm Sunday, April 5, 2020: Processions (The Rev. Bruce Smith)
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Deborah White
Apr 4, 20201 min read
Sermon for March 29, 2020: Can these bones live? (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
Listen Here: “Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany… [but] when Jesus heard it he said, ‘This illness does not lead to death.’”...
Deborah White
Mar 28, 20205 min read
Sermon for March 22, 2020: Teaching us a lesson (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
Listen Here: This past week after the federal government issued stringent recommendations for fighting the spread of the Corona Virus,...
Deborah White
Mar 21, 20205 min read
Sermon for March 15, 2020: 3 Lent, This is not a test (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
Listen Here: Welcome to Grace’s first livestreamed sermon! As you know by now, on March 11 in response to concerns about the Corona...
Deborah White
Mar 14, 20205 min read
Sermon for March 8, 2020: 2 Lent, Born of God (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
Listen Here: At this week’s Wednesday Holy Eucharist service, our scriptures included the passage from John which reads, “When a woman...
Deborah White
Mar 8, 20206 min read
Sermon for March 1, 2020, 1 Lent: Backwards (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
Listen Here: “In 1796, an English doctor named Edward Jenner made an incision into a young boy’s arm and inserted cowpox pus… [in order]...
Deborah White
Mar 1, 20206 min read
Homily for Ash Wednesday, February 26, 2020 (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
Listen Here: We need Lent. We need Lent because as Christians it is far too easy for us to become self-congratulatory – to see ourselves...
Deborah White
Feb 26, 20204 min read
Sermon for February 23, 2020: The Touch of Heaven (The Rev. Walter Ramsey):
Listen Here: You may not know it but I come from a mixed family background. Roman Catholic, Lutheran, and in the middle – Episcopalian....
Deborah White
Feb 23, 20205 min read
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