Pandemic Service Videos
151_August 23, 2020 Open Air Eucharist
Holy Eucharist led by the Vicar, Amma Susan Taylor and supported by members of Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Winthrop. Amma Susan presides and preaches at St. Andrew’s Open-Air Holy Eucharist on the grounds of the beautiful YMCA camp in Winthrop. The focus on this 12th Sunday after Pentecost is Peter’s recognition of Jesus as…
149_August 21, 2020 Morning Meditation
Morning Meditation led by members of Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Winthrop. Sandy offers our Friday morning meditation. “Who do you say that I am?” Stop. Listen. Watch. Just like that moment of a total solar eclipse – everything comes to a screeching halt and then the world starts up again. Let us put ourselves in…
148_ August 20, 2020 Morning Meditation
Morning Meditation led by members of Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Winthrop. What is the distinction between the ‘obligatory’ gift and the ‘genuine’ gift? Jesus is the gift – the treasure is grace. The gift is the giver. Lorrie reads the last chapter from Max Lucado’s Grace. Be strong in the grace of Christ.
147_ August 19, 2020 Breakfast Bible Study
Bible Breakfast led by the Vicar, Amma Susan Taylor and supported by members of Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Winthrop. Mt 16:13-20 Jesus wants to know, “Who do you say that I am?” Peter’s confession invites us to consider more deeply what does it mean to hold the keys to the kingdom, to bind or loose?…
146_August 18, 2020 Morning Meditation
Morning Meditation led by members of Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Winthrop. Ann begins our Tuesday morning meditation with prayers for rain. Noting our troubled times amidst the pandemic, Ann explores the role that friendship and community plays in reducing our anxiety and stress levels.
145_ August 17, 2020 Morning Meditation
Morning Meditation led by members of Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Winthrop. Theology from a deck of cards? Tom B. shares the classic from Hank Williams Sr.
144_August 16, 2020 Open Air Eucharist Car Service
Holy Eucharist led by the Vicar, Amma Susan Taylor and supported by members of Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Winthrop. St. Andrew’s 4th Open-Air Holy Eucharist car service at the YMCA camp in Winthrop on the 11th Sunday after Pentecost. The gospel Mt. 15:10-28 relates the ‘incident’ of the Canaanite woman begging of Jesus to…
142_August 14, 2020 Morning Meditation
Morning Meditation led by members of Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Winthrop. The Greatest Maestro. Are we like the violin – our true value evident only by God’s hand? Sandy draws upon Myra Brooks Welch’s The Old Violin (1921).
141_August 11, 2020 Morning Meditation
Morning Meditation led by members of Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Winthrop. Falling. Peter’s guilt is our guilt. Whom among us are qualified to judge? It was the Lord who turned at looked at Peter! Lorrie reads from Bread and Wine, “Turning” by the Great Revivalist preacher Henry Drummond.
140_August 12, 2020 Bible Breakfast
Bible Breakfast led by the Vicar, Amma Susan Taylor and supported by members of Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Winthrop. Mt. 15:10-28 Jesus and his disciples encounter the Canaanite woman who seeks healing for her daughter. Jesus appears to act very “un-Jesus-y”! Is it a screen? Is it inherited bias? Is it a teachable moment?