News • Noticias

Advent Message 2014 • Mensaje Adviento 2014

I love Advent. It is the anticipation to the fulfillment of a promise.The wonderful thing about Advent is that the season invites us to spend some intentional time in reflection and preparation for God's coming into our lives through the person of Jesus Christ. Me encanta el Adviento. Es la anticipación al cumplimiento de una promesa.Lo maravilloso de Adviento es que la temporada nos invita a pasar un momento intencional en la reflexión y la preparación para la venida de Dios en nuestras vidas a través de la persona de Jesucristo. Read more • Leer más → “Advent Message 2014 • Mensaje Adviento 2014”
Sermons

Give us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light

Sermon for November 30, 2014 (First Sunday in Advent)
Rev. Amy Welin:
Today we begin Advent, the first season of the church year, which is dedicated to our spiritual preparation for the coming of God. We wait – and we wait actively, not passively. We are supposed to cast away the works of darkness and use the armor of light to transform ourselves and the world. It is difficult for me to consider new beginnings without also considering what we need to leave behind. And there is a lot that we need to leave behind, because our lives depend on it! We live in times when the fragile light of our shared humanity seems to be disappearing in works of darkness. Read More Read more • Leer más → “Give us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light”
Sermónes

Stewardship Ingathering (en Español)

Sermón del 16 de noviembre 2014 (23 Pentecostés)
La Rev. Amy Welin: ¿Qué piensas acerca de ese evangelio? Sonaba bastante feroz, ¿no? Un rico maestro se va y confía su riqueza a sus servidores. (Un talento es una gran barra de plata, digno de una cantidad considerable de dinero.) Dos sirvientes invierten el dinero y obtener un beneficio. Una entierra temerosamente el dinero y lo mantiene seguro pero gana ningún interés. Y su señor le trata muy duramente, llamándole inútil y perezoso y malvado. Incluso Jesús tiene palabras duras: ” al que tiene, se le dará más, y tendrá de sobra; pero al que no tiene, hasta lo poco que tiene se le quitará". Lea más Read more • Leer más → “Stewardship Ingathering (en Español)”
Sermons

Stewardship Ingathering

Sermon for November 16, 2014 (23rd Sunday After Pentecost)
Rev. Amy Welin:
All of the blessings of our lives – our families and friends, our work, every good thing – and all the blessings of this parish – the worship, the outreach and educational programs, the staff, the beautiful building – are gifts from God. Sharing in the blessing demands a commitment to financial generosity for the sake of God. We can all whine about the bills, the cost of maintenance, and the diocesan requirements. Yet the real bottom line is this: stewardship is not about the budget. It is about getting ourselves into the right sort of relationship of thanksgiving to God. Read More Read more • Leer más → “Stewardship Ingathering”
Sermons

Personal Views on Stewardship

Sermon for October 26, 2014 (20th Sunday after Pentecost)
Mr. Jay Anthony:
This church, this home of ours is a tapestry of 280 plus years of Stewards, people like you who have reached out to the community and have helped them and made their lives better. Individuals and families who carefully, responsibly and prayerfully managed St. John’s Episcopal Church on the Green. It’s you and you and you and me. Even without knowing, you have probably helped put someone in need on the right path to help themselves. There are even groups who will not realize until later, St. John’s has done them much good and put them on a better path. Read More Read more • Leer más → “Personal Views on Stewardship”
News • Noticias

After 215 years, member of St. John’s Church to be buried

The Rev. Amy Welin started as the newly called priest-in-charge of St. John’s, Waterbury, in September 2012. A few months after that, Amy recalled in a phone interview, she received a call from the recently retired director of the Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury, Marie Galbraith, asking Amy if she would be willing to bury a man named “Fortune” who had died in 1798. Click here for the full story from the Episcopal News Service Read more • Leer más → “After 215 years, member of St. John’s Church to be buried”