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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 4th Easter, May 8, 2022: Who is the Lord? (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
It was six men of Indostan, to learning much inclined, who went to see the Elephant (Though all of them were blind), that each by...
Deborah White
May 12, 20226 min read
Vestry Minutes for May 10, 2022
Grace Episcopal Church Martinez, California Meeting by Video Conference Unadopted Minutes of Vestry Meeting May 10, 2022 Present: The...
Deborah White
May 11, 20224 min read
Sermon for 3rd Easter, May 1, 2022: Fishing (The Rev. Walter Ramsey)
Watch here: During my junior year in high school, I had a summer job at a bait camp in Galveston. I worked the overnight shift in the...
Deborah White
May 6, 20225 min read
Sermon for 2nd Easter, April 24, 2022: Not-so-doubtful Thomas (The Rev. Columba Salamony)
In the name of the one God: Our mother, our brother, and our friend. Seeing is believing, so they say. And, I wonder, what do the...
Deborah White
Apr 26, 20226 min read
Sermon for Easter Sunday, 2022: That's irrelevant
Alleluia! The Lord is risen! (Pause for response). Oh, what joy and rapture to be able to call out the Good News on Easter morning after...
Deborah White
Apr 22, 20225 min read
Homily for Easter Vigil 2022: Killer God? (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
I keep promising that I am going to buy our Music Director Arthur a t-shirt that says, “Why do I always end up in the sermon?” That’s...
Deborah White
Apr 22, 20223 min read
Sermon for Good Friday, 2022: The world is indeed full of peril (The Rev. Walter Ramsey)
“The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands...
Deborah White
Apr 22, 20224 min read
Homily for Maundy Thursday: (The Rev. Columba Salamony)
Watch here: In the Name of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, One God. Amen. As a child, I spent a lot of time at my grandparents’ house....
Deborah White
Apr 15, 20223 min read
Sermon for Palm Sunday 2022: Political actions
Watch here: Change is hard. Psychologists tell us that even positive changes cause stress in our lives. Changes that we never asked for...
Deborah White
Apr 10, 20225 min read
Sermon for Lent 5, April 3, 2022 (Year C): Keep the poor always with you (The Rev. Columba Salamony)
In the name of the one God: Our mother, our brother, and our friend. I invite you to ponder with me and to hear this story told in a...
Deborah White
Apr 6, 20226 min read
Read Bishop Marc's article on Eco-Justice
https://www.ecfvp.org/vestry-papers/article/992/eco-justice-lives-in-the-heart
Deborah White
Apr 6, 20221 min read
Sermon for March 27, 2022, 4th Advent, Year C, Sit at the Table (The Rev. Walter Ramsey)
Watch here: The fourth Sunday in Lent is traditionally a day of celebration within this austere season. It carries the theme of rejoicing...
Deborah White
Mar 29, 20225 min read
Deborah White
Mar 24, 20220 min read
Children's Homily for 3rd Advent, Year C, Ms. Marj tells a story (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
Today Jesus told his friends a story about taking care of a tree. Now, we are going to hear Ms. Marj tell us about how she takes care of...
Deborah White
Mar 24, 20223 min read
Vestry minutes for March 8, 2022
Grace Episcopal Church Martinez, California Meeting by Video Conference Minutes of Vestry Meeting March 8, 2022 Present: The Reverend...
Deborah White
Mar 24, 20223 min read
Sermon for 2nd Lent, Year C: For the facing of this hour (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
I overheard two clergy people talking the other day. One was telling a story about walking across a bridge and seeing a man standing on...
Deborah White
Mar 14, 20225 min read
Vestry minutes for February 9, 2022
Grace Episcopal Church Martinez, California Meeting by Video Conference Minutes of Vestry Meeting February 9, 2022 Present: The Reverend...
Deborah White
Mar 8, 20223 min read
Sermon for Last Epiphany, Year C, February 27, 2022 (The Rev. Steve Sturgeon)
Watch here: Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O LORD, my strength and my redeemer....
Deborah White
Mar 2, 20225 min read
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