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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 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 9, 20185 min read
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 2, 20186 min read
Sermon for May 27, 2018: Trinity Sunday, the Three in One and One in Us (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
Listen Here: “Christ be with me, Christ within me, Christ behind me, Christ before me, Christ beside me. Christ to win me. Christ to...
Deborah White
May 26, 20186 min read
Sermon for May 20, 2018, 8 a.m.: Pentecost (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
Listen Here: Like some of you, I was raised with the 1928 Prayer Book. For those of you who don’t know, this was the third revision of...
Deborah White
May 19, 20187 min read
Sermon for May 13, 2018: In the World (The Rev. Walter Ramsey)
I had the experience, years ago of sending my daughter off to her first day of school. I watched my little one, who seemed to have only...
Deborah White
May 12, 20185 min read
Sermon for May 6, 2018: What God has made clean (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
On Friday as I was preparing to write this sermon, my husband Gary interrupted me to ask a question about cell phones. He was planning to...
Deborah White
May 5, 20186 min read
Sermon for April 29, 2018: (The Rev. Walter Ramsey)
Listen Here: I attended an ordination this past January and while at the chilly reception on the Cathedral close or patio I happened to...
Deborah White
Apr 28, 20185 min read
Sermon for April 22, 2018: In the hands of the Good Shepherd (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
Listen Here: As someone who performs weddings, I am often asked to assist with choices ranging from what music should be played to...
Deborah White
Apr 21, 20185 min read
Sermon for April 15, 2018: “You are Witnesses” and We Are Witnesses,”An Early Eastertide Commission
Dr. Donald F. Morgan In our readings from Acts and Luke this morning, the disciples and those who have been in Jerusalem during the time...
Deborah White
Apr 14, 20184 min read
Children's Homily for April 15, 2018: Mission Possible (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
How many of you guys have heard of the movie, “Mission Impossible”? (Give them a chance to answer). "Mission Impossible" is a movie...
Deborah White
Apr 14, 20183 min read
Sermon for April 1, 2018, Easter, It's personal (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
Listen Here: I have begun to think that what human beings – collectively and individually – really need to do is to get over ourselves....
Deborah White
Mar 31, 20185 min read
Sermon for the March 31, 2018, Easter Vigil, Part of the Journey (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
Happy Easter! I hope you are feeling very excited and privileged because you are the very first people at Grace to get to say,...
Deborah White
Mar 30, 20183 min read
Sermon for March 30, 2018, Good Friday: Inquiring Minds want to know (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
"If you had the chance to talk to anyone, living or dead, real or fictional, who would it be? There was a time when that question was...
Deborah White
Mar 29, 20185 min read
Sermon for March 29, 2018: Maundy Thursday, Ritual (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
Today is the first day of the Paschal Triduum – the three days of preparation for the greatest feast of the Christian church: Easter....
Deborah White
Mar 28, 20183 min read
Sermon for March 25, 2018: Palm Sunday, The Suffering Servant (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
Listen Here: The other night while I was cooking dinner, Gary, who was checking his email, called out, “I just got an email from you.” ...
Deborah White
Mar 24, 20186 min read
Sermon for March 18, 2018: A New Covenant (The Rev. Walter Ramsey)
Listen Here: What are two things we aren’t supposed to discuss in polite company? I was always told never talk about religion and...
Deborah White
Mar 17, 20185 min read
Sermon for March 11, 2018: John 3:16 (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
Listen Here: I once read a study that suggested that complaining is good for your health. My first reaction was, “Well, I guess that...
Deborah White
Mar 11, 20185 min read
Sermon for March 4, 2018: On these two commandments (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
Listen Here: “Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of our hearts be always acceptable to you, O Lord, my strength and my...
Deborah White
Mar 4, 20185 min read
Sermon for February 25, 2018: The Way of the Cross (The Rev. Walter Ramsey)
“But turning and looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind me, Satan! For you are setting your mind not on divine...
Deborah White
Feb 25, 20185 min read
Children's Homily for Sunday, February 18, 2018: Follow the Rainbow (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
How many of you guys have ever seen a rainbow? (Give them a chance to answer). Do you like rainbows? (Give them a chance to answer)....
Deborah White
Feb 18, 20184 min read
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