Mission Statement

 


Mission Statement: The purpose of this blog is to share selected sermons of the

late Rev. Ernest F. Campbell. The sermons will be posted following the three-year

cycle of the common lectionary (see link below). The sermons are shared with the

hope that they may bring; personal inspiration, spiritual growth, and the joy that

flows from appreciation for the words of a priest that -- loved his God, loved Jesus,

and loved and served faithfully in the church.

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Annual Meeting Epiphany 3 C Going His Way

 Annual Meeting Epiphany 3 C Going His Way January 26, 1992 By Rev. Ernest F. Campbell I’ve been a priest for 40 years and I’ve been to my share of annual meetings. To be perfectly honest, I have not particularly enjoyed the responsibility of standing in front of a widely diversified, and in some cases, highly opinionated group of vote packing parishioner who now have the opportunity to talk back. I used to have this nightmarish fantasy that someone would jump up at the meeting and tear into something, or somebody, or me with breath taking precision. It never happened. In forty years, it never happened. But I submit to you that chairing the annual meeting was for me an annual test of my faith. I can see our Lord smiling at me, a teacher of faith, and saying, “Remember: I am with you always… no matter what… even at annual meetings.” The annual meeting, as I remember, with the smallest attendance, was at St. marks in Evanston, Ill. There the Rector insisted that everyone read their r...
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Epiphany 3 C The Ripple Effect

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