Meditation for 23 June 2010 From The Rev. Peter A. Munson Matthew 20:1-16 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. 2After agreeing with the laborers for the usual daily wage, he sent them into his vineyard. 3When he went out [...]
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Afraid of our Own Power – June 20, 2010
PROPER 7C – 1 Kings 19:1-15a; Psalm 42; Galatians 3:23-29; Luke 8:26-39 – 20 June 2010 – A sermon given by The Rev. Peter A. Munson for St. Ambrose Episcopal Church, Boulder, Colorado Afraid of Our Own Power INTRODUCTION – Two Stories About Power and Fear We have two stories today about power and fear. [...]
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Facing The Truth
Meditation for 16 June 2010 From The Rev. Peter A. Munson Numbers 11:1-15 Now when the people complained in the hearing of the Lord about their misfortunes, the Lord heard it and his anger was kindled. Then the fire of the Lord burned against them, and consumed some outlying parts of the camp. 2But the [...]
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Faith and Feelings – June 6, 2010
PROPER 5C – 1 Kings 17:8-24; Psalm 30; Galatians 1:11-24; Luke 7:11-17 – 4 June 2010 – A sermon given by The Rev. Peter A. Munson for St. Ambrose Episcopal Church, Boulder, Colorado Faith and Feelings INTRODUCTION – Themes of healing and action The first thing I’d have you notice today is that right after [...]
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Change and Desiring Something Better
Meditation for 9 June 2010 The Rev. Peter A. Munson Galatians 5:1-6 1For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. 2 Listen! I, Paul, am telling you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you. 3Once [...]
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From the Rector – The Rev. Peter Munson
Taking Responsibility for Giving Feedback I had my job review recently. Paul Austin, our Senior Warden, recruited a team of people from St. Ambrose who could give me feedback about myself and how I do my job. This was different from previous years, when a few people on my evaluation committee went around getting “anonymous [...]
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Deacon’s Dialog – from The Rev. Linda Vosburgh
Episcopal Relief and Development Network Conference Belize City, Belize This year the Episcopal Relief and Development Network Conference was held in Belize so that the delegates could visit first hand some of the ongoing partnership projects, and how they are engaging the Belize people in meeting the Millennium Development Goals. Belize is located on the [...]
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Vestry Update
Here are some highlights from the May Vestry meeting: • After several months’ discussion of how we might pay our deacon, The Rev. Linda Vosburgh, some kind of honorarium for all her good work, we unanimously decided to give Linda $1,000 (net, after calculating the amount to be withheld for taxes) for 2010. The money [...]
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Happy June Birthdays
Doug Langley Sam Pottinger Benjamin Price Nathan Smolenski Irene Vigil Toni Brennand Rachel Koepping Nancy Vidak Clara Bertness Jack Howard David Hart Beth McConnell Madeline Hall Nilda Dunlap Luke Latimer Arnold Williams Jo Jacobson Erik Ringkjob Storm Morzos Kirk Jenkins Elsa King Nancy Weidman Lois DelPizzo Ellen Bartel Tammy Lane Amanda Harden Colin O’Brien Andy [...]
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Happy Anniversary!
Lorraine Seymour and Peter Kellard Paul and Amy Austin William Eliason and Kris Bertness Kerry and Dianne Koepping Jon and Debbie Payne James and Beth mcConnell Anne and Bill Seery Dan and Toni Brennand John Taylor and Kelly Miller Taylor Randy and Beth Dickinson Doug Stewart Linda Vosburgh and Doug Langley Kristy and Dan Weprin [...]
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The cost of putting on appearances
Meditation for 2 June 2010 From The Rev. Peter A. Munson Galatians 2:11-14 11 But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood self-condemned; 12for until certain people came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But after they came, he drew back and kept himself separate [...]
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Trinity Sunday – May 30, 2010
TRINITY SUNDAY – Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31; Psalm 8; Romans 5:1-5; John 16:12-15 – 30 May 2010 – A sermon given by The Rev. Peter A. Munson for St. Ambrose Episcopal Church, Boulder, Colorado How I Experience God as Trinity INTRODUCTION – What theologians say about the Trinity Preaching today on Trinity Sunday has led me [...]