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20th Sunday after Pentecost, Year C October 6, 2013 Episcopal Church of the Ascension The Reverend Dr. Howard J. HessFaith Received, Nurtured, and Lived Out in RelationshipI....
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The 22nd Sunday after Pentecost, 20 Oct 2013Christian HawleyJer 31:27-34Psalm 119:97-1042Tim 3:14-4:5Luke 18:1-8Our psalmist today declares: “Oh how I love your law! How sweet are your words to my...
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The Rev. Robert P. TravisAll Saint's Sunday Sermon – 8 and 10:30am Eucharist Services, Church of the Ascension, Knoxville TNRCL Propers for All Saint's Day Year C 11/3/2013Scripture Text: Daniel 7:...
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The 25th Sunday after Pentecost - 10 Nov 2013Christian HawleyHaggai 1:15b-2:92Thes 2:1-5, 13-17Luke 20:27-38Every good Christian needs a brilliant atheist friend, to keep asking them, “Why do you go to...
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Christ the King, Year CThe Rev. Amy MorehousNovember 24, 2013“And Max, the king of all wild things, was lonely and wanted to be where someone loved him best of all.”― Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild...
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Rev. Robert P. TravisSermon for Thanksgiving Day 2013 - 10am serviceThere are so many reasons to give Thanks this Thanksgiving.Being part of a big, wonderful church like Ascensionit is easy to find...
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Good morning! My name is Venice Peek and along with Alan Wright, I am serving as Co-Chair of Ascension's 2014 Stewardship Campaign. Alan and I, along with members of this year's Stewardship...
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The Rev. Robert P. TravisAdvent 4th Sunday Sermon – 8:00am and 10:30am Church of the Ascension, Knoxville TNRCL Advent 4 Year A 12/22/2013 Scripture text: Isaiah 7:10-16, Psalm 80:1-7,16-18, Romans...
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Christmas Eve, December 24, 2013 Episcopal Church of the AscensionWhy the shepherds and why the sheep? The Reverend Dr. Howard J. HessI. Introduction. While growing up in the northeast, every Christmas...
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The Rev. Amy Hodges MorehousChristmas 1, Year ADecember 29, 2013This morning, I'm going to ask you to think back to the anticipation you once had on Christmas morning. When you were a child, how hard...
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Christmas 2, Year A, January 5, 2014 The Episcopal Church of the AscensionDanger and Deliverance The Reverend Dr. Howard J. HessI. Introduction. Today is the Last of the Twelve Days of Christmas. As is...
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The First Sunday after EpiphanyThe Baptism of Our LordJanuary 12, 2014Christian HawleyIs 42:1-9Ps 29Acts 10:34-43Mt 3:13-17The great part of living in a blended family is that I get constant practice...
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The Rev. Robert P. TravisEpiphany 3rd Sunday Sermon – 8:00am and 10:30am Church of the Ascension, Knoxville TNRCL Epiphany 3 Year A 1/26/2014Scripture Text: Isaiah 9:1-4, Psalm 27:1,5-13, 1 Corinthians...
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The Rev. Amy MorehousFeast of the PresentationChurch of the AscensionFebruary 2, 2014Let us too stand in the Temple and hold God's Son and embrace him; and that we may deserve leave to withdraw and...
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The Rev. Robert P. TravisEpiphany 3rdSunday Sermon – 8:00am and 10:30am Church of the Ascension, Knoxville TNRCL Epiphany 6 Year A 2/16/2014Scripture Text: Deuteronomy 30:15-20, Psalm 119:1-8, 1...
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The Seventh Sunday after Epiphany23 Feb 2014Padre ChristianLeviticus 19:1-2,9-18Psalm 119:33-401Corinthians 3:10-11,16-23Matthew 5:38-48For the better part of 30 years I wasn’t very good at turning the...
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The Rev. Robert P. TravisLent 2A Sermon – 8am and 10:30am Church of the Ascension, Knoxville TNRCL 3/16/2014Scripture Text: Genesis 12:1-4a, Psalm 121, Romans 4:1-5, 13-17, John 3:1-17Sermon...
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Must We Stay in the Wasteland? March 9, 2014 Episcopal Church of the Ascension The Reverend Dr. Howard J. HessI. Introduction. Jesus is in the wasteland today. Just following his exhilarating...
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The Rev. Amy MorehousLent IV, Year AChurch of the AscensionMarch 30, 20141 Samuel 16:1-13Psalm 23Ephesians 5:8-14John 9:1-41 I am waiting on the light to shine,I am waiting for the light to shine.I...
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Dem Bones Are Moving at Ascension April 6, 2014 Episcopal Church of the Ascension The Reverend Dr. Howard J. HessI. Introduction. What a gift today’s lectionary readings are to the preacher ~ lifeless...
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