2006 Sermons
Rita Powell
On Sunday, December 31, 2006, New Year’s Eve
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, New Canaan, CT
Isaiah 61:10-62:3 , Galatians 3:23-25;4:4-7
The Rev. Vicki M. Davis
December 24, 2006, the Fourth Sunday of Advent,
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, New Canaan, CT
Texts: Micah 5:2-4 Hebrews 10:5-10
The Rev David Rider
Sunday, December 3, 2006, 1st Advent - 8 and 10 a.m.
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, New Canaan, CT
Texts: Zechariah 14:4-9, 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13
The Rev. Vicki M. Davis
Sunday, November 26th, Last Pentecost, at 8 and 10 a.m.
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, New Canaan, CT
Texts: Daniel 7:9-14,Revelation 1:1-8,John 18:33-37,or Mark 11:1-11,Psalm 93
The Rev David Rider
Sunday, November 19, 2006
24th Sunday After Pentecost
St. Mark’s Church, New Canaan CT
Texts: Daniel 12:1-4a(5-13), Hebrews 10 31-39, Mark 13:14-23, Psalm 16 or 16:5-11
The Rev. Vicki M. Davis
Sunday, November 12, 2006, Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost
At 8 and 10 a.m., St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, New Canaan, CT
Texts: 1 Kings 17:8-16, Hebrews 9 24-28, Mark 12:38-44, Psalm 146 or 146:4-9
St. Mark’s Church, New Canaan CT
Rita Powell
All Saints’ Sunday, November 5, 2006
Texts: Ecclesiasticus 44:1-10,13-14 , Revelation 7:2-4,9-17 , Matthew 5:1-12 , Psalm 149
St. Mark’s Church, New Canaan CT
The Rev David Rider
Sunday, October 29, 2006
Texts: Isaiah 59:(1-4)9-19, Hebrews 5:12-6:1,9-12, Mark 10:46-52
What is your Ambition Quotient?
St. Mark’s Church, New Canaan CT
The Rev David Rider
Sunday, October 29, 2006
Texts: Isaiah 53:4-12, Hebrews 4:12-16, Mark 10:35-45
“Go, sell everything you own, and follow me.”
Rita Powell
Sunday, October 15, 2006
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, New Canaan, CT
Texts: Amos 5:6-7,10-15, Hebrews 3:1-6, Mark 10:17-27(28-31)
The Rev. David M. Rider
Sunday, October 8, 2006, (18 Pentecost) at 8 and 10 a.m.
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, New Canaan, CT
Texts: Genesis 2:18-24, Hebrews 2:(1-8)9-18, Mark 10:2-9
"Who’s in and who’s out – and who decides"
The Rev. Vicki M. Davis
Sunday, October 1, 2006, (17 Pentecost) at 8 and 10 a.m.
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, New Canaan, CT
Texts: Numbers 11:4-6,10-16,24-29, James 4:7-12(13-5:6), Mark 9:38-43,45,47-48
The Rev. Vicki M. Davis
Sunday, September 17th, 2006, 15 Pentecost,
At 8 and 10 a.m. at St. Mark’s, New Canaan, CT
Texts: Isaiah 50:4-9 James 2:1-5,8-10,14-18 Mark 8:27-38 or Mark 9:14-29
“Be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger”
The Rev. David M. Rider
Sunday, September 10, 2006, Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, New Canaan, CT
Isaiah 35:4-7a, James 1:17-27, Mark 7:31-37
“Choose this day whom you will serve”
The Rev. Vicki M. Davis
Sunday, August 27, 2006, Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, New Canaan, CT
Texts: Joshua 24:1-2a, 14-25; Psalm 34:15-22, Ephesians 5:21-33, John 6:60-69
“Whoever eats my flesh will live because of me.”
The Rev. Vicki M. Davis
Sunday, August 20th, 2006, 11 Sunday After Pentecost, at 8 and 10 a.m.
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, New Canaan CT
Texts: Proverbs 9:1-6, Psalm 34:9-14, Ephesians 5:15-20, John 6:53-59
The Rev David Rider
July 16, 2006, Fourth Sunday After Pentecost
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, New Canaan CT
Mark 6: 7-13
The Rev David Rider
July 9, 2006, 5th Sunday After Pentecost
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church New Canaan
Mark 6: 1-6
The Rev. Maryetta Anschutz
Sunday, June 25, 2006, Third Sunday after Pentecost,
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church New Canaan
The Mustard Seed and the Church
The Rev. Maryetta Anschutz
Second Sunday after Pentecost, Sunday, June 18, 2006
St. Mark’s New Canaan
The Wind Blows Where it Chooses
The Rev. Vicki Davis
Trinity Sunday
First Sunday after Pentecost, June 11, 2006 at 8 and 10 a.m.
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, New Canaan, CT
Texts: Exodus 3:1-6, Canticle 13, Romans 8:12-17, John 3:1-16
The Rev David Rider
June 4, 2006, B Pentecost
St. Mark’s Church, New Canaan CT
Acts 2: 1-11, John 20: 19-23
The Rev. Maryetta M. Anschutz
May 21, Sixth Sunday of Easter
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, New Canaan, CT
The Rev. Vicki M. Davis
At 8 and 10 a.m. on May 14, 2006, 5 Easter and Mother’s Day,
At St. Mark’s Church, New Canaan, Ct
Texts: Acts 8:26-40, Psalm 66:1-8, 1 John 3:14-24, John 14:15-21
The Rev. Maryetta Anschutz
April 30, 2006, Third Sunday of Easter
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church New Canaan
Luke 24:36-48
Rita Powell, Director of Youth and Family Ministries
April 23, 2006
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, New Canaan CT
The Rev David Rider
April 15, 2006
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, New Canaan CT
Mark 16: 1-8
Maundy Thursday
Good Friday
The Rev. Vicki M. Davis
Palm Sunday, April 9, 2006 at 8 and 10 a.m.
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, New Canaan, CT
Texts: Mark 11:1-11a, Isaiah 45:21-25, Phil. 2:5-11, Mark 15:1-47
“The True Bread Which Gives Life to the World”
The Rev. Vicki M. Davis
Fourth Sunday of Lent, March 26, 2006, at 8 and 10 a.m.
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, New Canaan, CT
Texts: 2 Chronicles 36:14-23; Psalm 122; Ephesians 2:4-10; John 6:4-15
The Rev. David M. Rider
March 19, 2006, Third Sunday of Lent
St. Mark’s Church, New Canaan, CT
Texts: Exodus 20:1-17, Romans 7:13-25, John 2:13-22,Psalm 19:7-14
“Abraham . . . set out and went to the place in the distance that God had shown him.”
The Rev. Vicki M. Davis
March 11, 2006, Second Sunday of Lent
St. Mark’s Church, New Canaan, CT
Texts: Genesis 22:1-14, Romans 8:31-39, Mark 8:31-38
The Rev. Maryetta M. Anschutz
March 5, 2006, First Sunday of Lent
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, New Canaan, CT
“The First Heart to Break Was God’s”
The Rev. Maryetta Anschutz
Associate Dean, Berkeley Divinity School at Yale
March 6, 2005, First Lent 2005
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, New Canaan, CT
Text: John 9:1-13(14-27)28-38
“With God’s Piercing Love, Let us Dare to Dream”
The Rev. David Rider
February 26, 2006, Last Sunday of Epiphany
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, New Canaan, CT
Become a living ‘Yes’ to God and a living ‘Amen’ to Christ
The Right Reverend Wilfrido Ramos-Orench, Bishop Suffragan
February 19, 2006, 7th Sunday of Epiphany
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, New Canaan, CT
"Where do you get your authority?"
The Rev. Maryetta M. Anschutz
January 29, 2006, 4th Sunday of Epiphany
Annual Meeting Sunday
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, New Canaan, CT
Mark 1: 21-28
“Go in peace to love and serve the Lord, Now”
The Rev. David M. Rider
3rd Sunday of Epiphany, Year B, January 22, 2006
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, New Canaan, CT
Mark 1: 14-20
Eli and Samuel - The Rev. Vicki M. Davis
At 8 and 10 a.m. on Sunday, January 15, 2006
At St. Mark’s Church, New Canaan, CT
2 Epiphany Texts: 1 Samuel 3:1-20, Psalm 63:1-8, 1 Corinthians 6:11b-20, John 1:43-51
“And He shall be called Jesus” - The Rev. David M. Rider
Holy Name Sunday, January 1, 2006
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, New Canaan, CT
Texts:Luke 2: 15-21
