Amelia Moffat, Youth Min.Mar 9, 20215 min3rd Sunday in LentThere’s a cartoon that you may have seen before. Moses’s his wife stops the caravan procession as the Israelites continue to circle their...
Amelia Moffat, Youth Min.Feb 24, 20215 min1st Sunday in LentIf we were to say one word that encapsulates the Old Testament what would that word be ... hmmm? Surely it might be salvation; or...
Amelia Moffat, Youth Min.Feb 24, 20215 min5th Sunday after EpiphanyGood versus evil: the ultimate formula for Hollywood success! Yes, Hollywood has made an awful lot of hay in its long history in the...
Amelia Moffat, Youth Min.Feb 24, 20215 min4th Sunday after EpiphanyDeuteronomy; 8:15-20; Psalm 111; 1 Corinthians 8:1-13; Mark 1:21-28 What is a miracle? We would all agree with Merriam-Webster that a...
Amelia Moffat, Youth Min.Feb 24, 20214 min3rd Sunday after EpiphanyJonah 3:1-5, Psalm 62:6-14; 1 Corinthians 7:29-31; Mark 1:14-20 The Book of Jonah is one of the most puzzling and entertaining books in...
Amelia Moffat, Youth Min.Feb 24, 20215 min2nd Sunday after Epiphany1 Samuel 3:1-10; Psalm 139:1-5, 12-17; 1 Corinthians 6:12-20; John 1:43-51 Jesus is making a declaration about who He is in John’s...
Amelia Moffat, Youth Min.Feb 24, 20214 min2nd Sunday after ChristmasDoes anyone here love history? Well, I sure do. When I was a boy my grandfather drove me all over Virginia and Maryland, to visit...
Amelia Moffat, Youth Min.Feb 24, 20215 minDecember 27 - First Sunday of ChristmasYou know something that I haven’t done in a while? Exult! “I will greatly exult in the Lord, my whole being shall exult in my God; for he...
Amelia Moffat, Youth Min.Feb 24, 20213 minChristmas Day 2020Merry Christmas! Christmas is a lovely holiday and my hope for you during this time of challenge and pandemic you have not felt your...
Amelia Moffat, Youth Min.Feb 24, 20214 minChristmas Eve 2020I have never – not that I can remember - told or read the gospel quite the way I have tonight. Tonight, I wanted to try to tell the...
Amelia Moffat, Youth Min.Dec 4, 20205 minChrist the King SundayNovember 22, 2020 Christ the King The Rev. George C. Roberts Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24; Psalm 100; Ephesians 1:15-23; Matthew 25:31-46 This...
Amelia Moffat, Youth Min.Dec 4, 20205 min24th Sunday after PentecostI’m sometimes in awe of Jesus’ storytelling abilities. Today he does what he is so often does and that is to take this very simple story...
Amelia Moffat, Youth Min.Dec 4, 20205 minFirst Sunday of Advent: Finding our way in the darknessIsaiah 64:1-9; Psalm 80:1-7, 16-18; 1 Corinthians 1:3-9; Mark 13:24-37 “Every year, Advent begins in the dark.” (Fleming Rutledge,...
Amelia Moffat, Youth Min.Nov 2, 20205 min21st Sunday after PentecostDeuteronomy 34:1-12; Psalm 90:1-6, 13-17; 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8; Matthew 22:34-46 You know there is something wrong with the story from...
Amelia Moffat, Youth Min.Nov 2, 20205 min20th Sunday after PentecostExodus 33:12-23; Psalm 99; 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10; Matthew 22:15-22 “Give therefore to the emperor – Caesar - the things that are the...
Amelia Moffat, Youth Min.Nov 2, 20206 min19th Sunday after PentecostExodus 32:1-14; Matthew 22:1-14 Oftentimes, Exodus and Matthew can be difficult for us to accept, lay claim to, or even understand. But...
Amelia Moffat, Youth Min.Nov 2, 20207 minAll Saints DayExodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20; Psalm 121; Galatians 6: 14-18: Matthew 11:25-30 “Come to me, all who labor and are carrying heavy burdens and...
Amelia Moffat, Youth Min.Nov 2, 20205 min17th Sunday after PentecostScripture is many things and people of goodwill can disagree on how to interpret it. But Scripture is, or it is nothing to us, the story...
Amelia Moffat, Youth Min.Nov 2, 20205 min16th Sunday after PentecostExodus 16:2-15; Psalm 105:1-6, 37-45; Philippians 1:21-30; Matthew 20:1-16 Matthew’s Gospel bookends the parable of the laborers in the...
Amelia Moffat, Youth Min.Nov 1, 20205 minAll Saints DayRevelation 7:9-17; Psalm 34:1-10, 22; 1 John 3:1-3; Matthew 5:1-12 All Saints has been commemorated, in some way, since at least the...