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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 1/8/23: Jesus and Me (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
My husband Gary is a noodge. For those of you unfamiliar with this Yiddish term, it means “to pester.” Now, I know that our folks here at...
Deborah White
Jan 9, 20235 min read
Sermon for Christmas Day: Light shines in the darkness (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White
I used to be afraid of the dark. I actually had a night light until my first year of college – at which point my roommate put a stop to...
Deborah White
Dec 27, 20224 min read
Sermon for Christmas Eve: Words, words, words (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
My sister, among other things, is a historical textual critic. In case you don’t know, historical textual critics glean information about...
Deborah White
Dec 27, 20225 min read
Children's Homily for December 18, 2022, Advent 4, Year A: Ask God (Emily Hyberg, Seminarian)
Okay, I want you to raise your hand if you’ve ever been mad at a friend. I see most of our hands are raised. Okay, I want you to raise...
Deborah White
Dec 20, 20223 min read
Minutes of the December 13, 2022 Vestry meeting
Grace Episcopal Church Martinez, California Meeting by Video Conference Unadopted Minutes of Vestry Meeting December 14, 2022 Present: ...
Deborah White
Dec 14, 20225 min read
Sermon for 3 Advent, Year A, December 11, 2022: Gaudete in Domino semper (The Rev. Walter Ramsey)
Gaudete in Domino semper: iterum dico, Gaudete! Rejoice in the Lord always: and again, I say, rejoice is the Entrance Antiphon for this...
Deborah White
Dec 12, 20225 min read
Sermon for 2 Advent, Year A, December 4, 2022: Mind the light within (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen....
Deborah White
Dec 6, 20225 min read
Sermon for Advent 1, Year A, November 27, 2022: What do you hope for? (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
This past Thursday at Grace we hosted a Community Thanksgiving Dinner. About fifty of us from all walks of life gathered in the parish...
Deborah White
Nov 27, 20225 min read
Deborah White
Nov 26, 20220 min read
The Celebration of New Ministry of The Rev. Columba Salamony, St. Mark's, Penn Yan, New York
Watch the joyful installation of our former seminarian as rector of St. Mark's.
Deborah White
Nov 24, 20221 min read
Sermon for the Celebration of New Ministry of The Rev. Columba Salamony
November 13, 2022, Invitation and Transformation (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White) Good afternoon! What a joy and a pleasure it is to be here...
Deborah White
Nov 24, 20225 min read
Sermon for September 25, 2022, 16th Pentecost Year C, Track 1 (The Rev. Steve Sturgeon)
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O LORD, my strength and my redeemer. (Psalm 19:14)...
Deborah White
Nov 23, 20227 min read
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Children’s Homily, Feast of Christ the King, 11/20/22: That’s Backwards![1], The Rev. Deborah White
Today is called, “The Feast of Christ the King.” Who knows what a king is? (Give them a chance to answer). And what kinds of things do...
Deborah White
Nov 22, 20224 min read
Sermon for November 13, 2022, 23 Pentecost, Year C: Hope (Emily Hyberg, Seminarian)
This past summer I tried—and failed—to write a sermon about hope. I was working as an intern in a chaplain training program at Queen’s...
Deborah White
Nov 22, 20225 min read
Grace and social media
Grace Episcopal Church Martinez participates in social media in order to facilitate our mission to welcome, support, and serve all God's...
Deborah White
Nov 21, 20221 min read
Minutes of the November 8, 2022 Vestry meeting
Grace Episcopal Church Martinez, California Meeting by Video Conference Minutes of Vestry Meeting November 8, 2022 Present: The Reverend...
Deborah White
Nov 9, 20224 min read
Sermon for All Saints' Day (Year C): Saints of God (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
In 2003, “Anglicans Online,” asked readers worldwide to choose just one hymn they would take with them to a remote island. This...
Deborah White
Nov 7, 20225 min read
Sermon for October 30, 2022: Proper 26, 21 Pentecost, Year C (Emily Hyberg, Seminarian)
At first glance, today’s Gospel reading, the story of Zaccheaus, seems like a fairly straightforward example of Jesus calling a sinner to...
Deborah White
Nov 4, 20225 min read
It's Stewardship season and you can pledge online here!
Faithful financial support keeps Grace operating. Pledging (making a commitment to support Grace) is what allows us to create a budget....
Deborah White
Oct 28, 20221 min read
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