Sunday Services

Sunday School - 9:30 am

Holy Communion - 1st, 3rd, and 5th Sundays, 10:30 am

Morning Prayer - 2nd and 4th Sundays, 10:30 am

Thursday Services

Evening Prayer 7 PM weekly

Reaching out to the least, the lonely, and the lost

Holy Communion Service at Friendship South

2nd and 4th Sundays, 2:30 pm

Thoughts from the Lectionary for the Sunday called Septuagesima

From the Gospel Lesson: St. Matthew 20:1-16

Vs. 16 "So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen."

In this passage Christ tells a story of a householder who goes into the market place several times during the day to hire laborers to work in his vineyard. He contracts with each group of workers for the same wage irrespective of the time of day at which they were hired. At the close of the day when the wages were doled out, each received as contracted however some of the earlier hires grumbled that they should be paid more. Their employer, the owner of the vineyard rebuffs them saying that he was well within his rights to contract with who he will and pay each man accordingly. He pays those who came into the work later the same as those who were hired first.

God is sovereign. He gives His gifts and grace as He pleases. All Christ’s children receive the same grace regardless of their status in life or at what time of life they hear the Gospel call. The same Amazing Grace is what they receive.

Blessings,

Fr. Duane+