2023 Advent & Christmas Service Schedule
This year Christmas Eve falls on a Sunday, which is also the Fourth Sunday of Advent. So we will have two very different services on the same day. We will…
Doing Love!
How will you love today? This past Sunday I preached on the two great commandments, to love God and love our neighbor as ourselves. We usually associate love with a…
Offering our Tears for the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
By geography they are Israelis and Gazans. By ethnicity they are Jews and Arabs. By religion they are Jewish and Muslim. By history they are enemies. At least, that’s what…
How will you serve at St. Philip’s?
Each Sunday we need approximately fifteen people to help serve at our two services. This does not include those in the choir, the altar guild, or the vestry person of…
NEW – St. Philip’s Legacy Class
The "St. Philip's Legacies" invite you to join them as they begin a new book. The class began on September 13th but you are still welcome to join! The class…
NEW Bible Study for Women
This fall we will be studying 1&2 Kings and how to overcome our struggles to trust God. The book is titled Trustworthy by Lysa Terkeurst and is a short 6 week…
Reflection on the Rite of Elderhood
As I reflected on last Sunday’s service with our Bishop, it seemed to me to be one of stating our personal vows to live into the stage of life’s journey…
A Great Day of Celebration and Thanksgiving
One of my favorite Sundays every year is when the Bishop visits St. Philip's. It's always good to catch up with the Bishop and their spouse. It's feels good sharing…
Prayers and More for Maui!
Reaching out in faith! I know we are all sending our love and prayers for Maui, Hawaii, and that is great. But let's do more to help them rebuild and…
It’s time to “Re-Connect with IWC at St. Philip’s
Invite (Evangelism), Welcome (Hospitality), Connect (Belonging) (IWC) You may remember that several of us have attended Invite Welcome Connect events over the years. We have learned from the collective experience…
Read The Rev. Dr. Michael K. Marsh’s Sermons
AN EPISCOPAL PRIEST’S SERMONS, PRAYERS, AND REFLECTIONS ON LIFE, BECOMING HUMAN, AND DISCOVERING OUR DIVINITY
Interrupting the Silence
- Asking A Better Question – A Sermon On Luke 13:1-19 And Exodus 3:1-15The Why Question Years ago I was talking with John, one of my best friends. I was telling him about something that had happened to me. I no longer remember what it was but I vividly remember wanting to know why it had happened. I wanted an explanation, a sense of security, maybe even a […]
- The Clarity To Be All In – A Sermon On Luke 13:31-35Last Sunday I spoke about the decisive moments in our lives. You may remember that I distinguished them from the routine and ordinary decisions we make every day. They are the kind of decisions that reveal who we are and what it means to be uniquely us, decisions that ask something of us, decisions that […]
- The Decisive Moments – A Sermon On Luke 4:1-13Decisive Moments When you look back on your life what have been some of the decisive moments? I’m not asking about the routine decisions and choices we make every day. I’m asking about those decisions that have profound and lasting consequences. They are the decisions that reveal who we are and what it means to […]
- Rethinking Ash Wednesday And Lent – A Sermon On Isaiah 58:1-12Years ago I heard a story about a priest who went to a new parish. I don’t know if it really happened; it probably didn’t, but I think there’s some truth in the story. Anyway, the priest was meeting and getting to know the people and would ask about their relationship with God. Most responded […]