Sermon - 13 Pentecost (Church on the Beach)
Among the fables of Aesop is one entitled “The Hunter and the Woodsman.” A hunter was out following the tracks of a lion. He asked a...
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The Rev. Frank St. Amour, III
Aug 20, 20235 min read
Sermon - 12 Pentecost
PENTECOST 12, August 20th, 2023 In the Name... There's a scene I recall from one of the Frankenstein movies made in the 1970's. In this...
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The Rev. Frank St. Amour, III
Aug 6, 20234 min read
Sermon - The Transfiguration
In the Name... A busy minister began his sermon one week by apologizing that he had not had time to prepare a written text. "I shall...
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The Rev. Frank St. Amour, III
Jul 31, 20234 min read
Sermon - 9 Pentecost (Church on the Beach)
A Sunday School teacher asked her class if any of them could define "prayer.” One little boy raised his hand and said, "Prayer is when...
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The Rev. Frank St. Amour, III
Jul 23, 20235 min read
Sermon - 8 Pentecost
In the Name... A fiery preacher was once banging his pulpit and regaling his flock on the torments of Hell including weeping and gnashing...
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The Rev. Frank St. Amour, III
Jul 16, 20234 min read
Sermon - 7 Pentecost
In the Name... A man went to a farm stand, and, to make sure he was getting quality produce he asked, “Excuse me, I’m buying these for my...
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The Rev. Frank St. Amour, III
Jul 9, 20235 min read
Sermon - 6 Pentecost
In the Name... The story is told of a fiery preacher who stormed into a saloon and bellowed "Everyone who wants to go to heaven stand...
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The Rev. Frank St. Amour, III
Jun 18, 20234 min read
Sermon - 3 Pentecost
In the Name... "Good morning, Mr Phelps." A lot of us may remember that as a tagline of the TV series "Mission: Impossible." The line...
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The Rev. Frank St. Amour, III
May 28, 20234 min read
Sermon - Day of Pentecost
In the Name… A friend of mine had a church up in Washington State and one year his choir director found an anthem to use on Pentecost. ...
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The Rev. Frank St. Amour, III
May 21, 20237 min read
Sermon - Ascension Day
In the Name... The magnificent cathedral of Milan has three great doorways facing the piazza. Over the one on the left is an inscription...
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The Rev. Frank St. Amour, III
May 14, 20235 min read
Sermon - 6 Easter
In the Name... There is a saying that translators are traitors. This is because language is always subject to cultural idiosyncrasies. ...
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The Rev. Frank St. Amour, III
May 7, 20235 min read
Sermon - 5 Easter
In the Name... A group of hikers were being led through the Montana wilderness by a guide. On the third day, the hikers noticed that the...
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The Rev. Frank St. Amour, III
Apr 30, 20235 min read
Sermon - 4 Easter
In the Name... A minister was teaching a Sunday School lesson and he told the kids that, as the pastor, he was like a shepherd and the...
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The Rev. Frank St. Amour, III
Apr 9, 20234 min read
Sermon - Easter Day 2023
In the Name... A Sunday School teacher was telling her students the story of Jesus and, as she told how Jesus was condemned and nailed...
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The Rev. Frank St. Amour, III
Apr 7, 20236 min read
Sermon - Good Friday 2023
Just twenty years after the event we remember today, a riot broke out in Ephesus, the fourth largest city of the Roman Empire. Ephesus...
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The Rev. Frank St. Amour, III
Mar 26, 20234 min read
Sermon - 5 Lent
In the Name… Sometimes, you just can’t invent this stuff. A letter from the Department of Social Services, Greenville, South Carolina,...
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The Rev. Frank St. Amour, III
Mar 19, 20235 min read
Sermon - 4 Lent
In the Name... A minister told his congregation, "Next week I plan to preach about the sin of lying. To help you understand my sermon,...
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St. Paul's
Mar 12, 20235 min read
Sermon - 3 Lent
In the Name… A Sunday School teacher asked the class, “Why did the Hebrews wander in the desert for forty years?” One boy put up his...
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The Rev. Frank St. Amour, III
Mar 5, 20235 min read
Sermon - 2 Lent
In the Name... Some years ago I heard the phrase, "God so loved the world...that he didn't send a committee." I think we can all relate...
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The Rev. Frank St. Amour, III
Feb 26, 20235 min read
Sermon - 1 Lent
In the Name... There was once an old sailor nearing the end of his days in a nursing home. He confessed to the chaplain that he had...
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