Matt Kennedy+: Sunday Sermon at Good Shepherd/Picture

Sunday Service at Good Shepherd April 20, 2008

Photo by Raymond Dague

This Sunday is different from other Sundays. Threats and challenges to this body have arisen in recent days that are too great to simply pass over or ignore. And so I've set aside the Sunday lectionary in order to deal as carefully as possible with them. If you're a guest this morning or missed out on Christian education or missed the newspaper on Friday you may not have heard, but the Diocese of Central New York has filed a lawsuit against this parish. If successful, they’ll gain control of our property, the rectory and this church building, our financial assets including: endowments, bequests, and bank accounts, and everything movable within the church building itself: the vestments, altar, lectern, organ, piano, prayerbooks, bibles, pews, computers, sound equipment, everything.

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