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2012 DIOCESAN CONVENTION ADDRESS

BISHOP-ELECT OF THE EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS  Good evening. It’s great to be with you. Betsy and I often say we were “loved into the Episcopal Church” twenty years ago. In these last...

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A sermon preached at Christ Church Cathedral, Springfield

Scripture for the Day:  Jeremiah 33:14-16,  Psalm 25:19, 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13,  Luke 21: 25-36 Let us pray with the Christ who is within us and among us, in the name of the Father, the Son, and of...

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A sermon preached at Grace in the South Berkshires, Great Barrington

Scripture for the Day:  Baruch 5:1-9, Malachi 3:1-4,  Canticle 4 or 16, Philippians 1:3-11, Luke 3: 1-6   (Note: St. James Church of Great Barrington and St. George’s Church of Lee merged to form Grace...

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Christmas Sermon 2012

One of the greatest preachers and theologians of the 20th Century, Reinhold Niebuhr, said: “No one goes to the Christmas Eve service for the sermon. They go for the music. Preaching cannot convey the...

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Renewal of Vows Sermon

GIVEN BY THE RT. REV. DOUGLAS J. FISHER ON TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 2013 Mark 14:1-9 – The Plot to Kill Jesus 14It was two days before the Passover and the festival of Unleavened Bread. The chief priests...

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Leading in Jesus’ Name

Leading in Jesus’ Name Sermon No. 2  by The Right Reverend Douglas Fisher delivered at Wardens and Vestry & Leadership Day, March 16, 2013 Mark: 2:1-12: And when he returned to Caper’na-um after...

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Following Jesus

Following Jesus Sermon No. 1 by The Right Rev. Douglas Fisher – Delivered at Wardens and Vestry & Leadership Day — March 16, 2013 Wardens/Vestry Day and an election of a Pope all in one week. The...

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WARDENS AND VESTRY DAY SERMON

 WARDENS AND VESTRY DAY SERMON March 15, 2014 Text- John 3:1-16 Nicodemus is acknowledged as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic traditions. But he is not in our Episcopal calendar of...

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Christmas Sermon 2012

One of the greatest preachers and theologians of the 20th Century, Reinhold Niebuhr, said: “No one goes to the Christmas Eve service for the sermon. They go for the music. Preaching cannot convey the...

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Image may be NSFW.
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Renewal of Vows Sermon

GIVEN BY THE RT. REV. DOUGLAS J. FISHER ON TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 2013 Mark 14:1-9 – The Plot to Kill Jesus 14It was two days before the Passover and the festival of Unleavened Bread. The chief priests...

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Leading in Jesus’ Name

Leading in Jesus’ Name Sermon No. 2  by The Right Reverend Douglas Fisher delivered at Wardens and Vestry & Leadership Day, March 16, 2013 Mark: 2:1-12: And when he returned to Caper’na-um after...

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Following Jesus

Following Jesus Sermon No. 1 by The Right Rev. Douglas Fisher – Delivered at Wardens and Vestry & Leadership Day — March 16, 2013 Wardens/Vestry Day and an election of a Pope all in one week. The...

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WARDENS AND VESTRY DAY SERMON

 WARDENS AND VESTRY DAY SERMON March 15, 2014 Text- John 3:1-16 Nicodemus is acknowledged as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic traditions. But he is not in our Episcopal calendar of...

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