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The Rev. Frank St. Amour, III
Jan 31, 20215 min read
Sermon - 4 Epiphany
In the Name… A fellow trying to become a vegetarian was finding it very difficult. Unable to resist temptation, he went to a restaurant...
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The Rev. Frank St. Amour, III
Jan 24, 20215 min read
Sermon - 3 Epiphany
EPIPHANY 3, January 24th, 2021 In the Name.. A few years ago, on the Sunday when this text was appointed, a preacher got into his pulpit...
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The Rev. Frank St. Amour, III
Jan 17, 20214 min read
Sermon - 2 Epiphany
In the Name.... Did you know that the Easter Bunny is real? I’m serious. In the museum of the University of Wisconsin you can see, with...
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The Rev. Frank St. Amour, III
Jan 10, 20214 min read
Sermon - 1 Epiphany
In the Name... Over the years, I think I have baptized children with every possible variation on the spelling of “Caitlyn” and lots of...
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The Rev. Frank St. Amour, III
Jan 3, 20214 min read
Sermon - Holy Family
In the Name... I've always enjoyed the New Yorker cartoon which portrays the traditional manger scene bathed in light from the star,...
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The Rev. Frank St. Amour, III
Dec 27, 20204 min read
Sermon - St. John, the Evangelist
In the Name... Well, Merry Christmas. Yes, it is the Third Day of the Christmas Season – so, watch out for French Hens. Today, though,...
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The Rev. Frank St. Amour, III
Dec 25, 20203 min read
Sermon - Christmas 2020
In the Name... And may we all join in the prayer of Tiny Tim, "God bless us, every one." Now, Tiny Tim is not to be found in the Bible,...
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The Rev. Frank St. Amour, III
Dec 20, 20205 min read
Sermon - 4 Advent
In the Name... A little boy returned from Sunday School to tell his parents what he had learned about the first Christmas. “Santa Claus...
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St. Paul's
Dec 18, 20203 min read
The Way God Chosen to Bring a New HVAC Unit
The way God chose to bring a new HVAC unit to the Retreat House at Hillsboro In this hard time of pandemic, of political upset, of racial...
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St. Paul's
Dec 17, 20207 min read
Bishop's Pastoral Directive
Bishop’s Pastoral Directive Suspension of In-Person Worship Indoors “And the king will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did...
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The Rev. Frank St. Amour, III
Dec 13, 20204 min read
Sermon - 3 Advent
In the Name… Two brothers owned a dry cleaners and, on Christmas Eve, one of them found a $100 bill in a customer’s trouser pocket. At...
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The Rev. Frank St. Amour, III
Dec 6, 20205 min read
Sermon - 2 Advent
In the Name... There are times when truth is stranger than fiction. I was recently reading about some Federal policies from the 1950’s...
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St. Paul's
Nov 29, 20204 min read
Sermon - 1 Advent
In the Name... A man was arrested and brought before the Judge. "Now then" the Judge asked, "what is the charge against this man?" The...
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The Rev. Frank St. Amour, III
Nov 22, 20205 min read
Sermon - Christ the King
In the Name… After a trial had been going on for three days, the man accused of committing the crimes approached the bench and said "Your...
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The Rev. Frank St. Amour, III
Nov 15, 20204 min read
Sermon - 24 Pentecost
In the Name... The story is told of a priest who found a dead donkey in a field near his church. He phoned the local authorities to...
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The Rev. Frank St. Amour, III
Nov 8, 20205 min read
Sermon - 23 Pentecost
In the Name... A priest was performing the baptism of a tiny infant. A five-year-old girl in the congregation was watching everything...
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The Rev. Frank St. Amour, III
Nov 1, 20204 min read
Sermon - All Saints' Sunday
In the Name… A fellow opened a new restaurant and ordered a floral wreath for the occasion. When he got it, though, he saw the ribbon...
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The Rev. Frank St. Amour, III
Oct 25, 20205 min read
Sermon - 21 Pentecost
In the Name... Henry Augustus Rowland, a professor at Johns Hopkins, was noted both for his ground-breaking discoveries in physics and...
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The Rev. Frank St. Amour, III
Oct 18, 20205 min read
Sermon - 20 Pentecost
In the Name... I forget who said this, it might have been Groucho Marx, “Death and taxes may always be with us, but, at least death...
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