On the night before the British census of April 1, 1911, a woman named Emily Davison spent the night locked in a broom closet in Westminster Palace. Why? Because Davison was a leader in the campaign for the right of women to vote and be elected to office-which was illegal at the time. So she…
We all hear something different when we hear the word Christmas and all we hear are small parts of the soundscape of Christmas. But with so many voices and a fair amount of noise flooding the air in the Christmas season, we must be careful to hear what was originally said-the Avedis-the good news of…
Sunday Sermon by Dn. Alex Calikyan.
Church is not just something we do on Sunday, it is something that by doing we become-we become participants, members of the Spiritual body of Christ. Yes our membership must first and foremost be local-here and now in this church with these people-but it is also meant to extend into the entire world, encompass our…
There are many reasons, some good and some less good, of why people come to church. I want to offer thanks to God and give myself to the upbuilding of his church, that’s a great reason. I come to church to see Santa or I come to church for the great food, those are less…
The Sunday Reflection of Ms. Sarah Stites, Director of ‘AYO’ a program of Fund for Armenian Relief.
That’s why we not only have one day of Thanksgiving in our church, every single week, every single Sunday is Thanksgiving day in our church. We say thanks to God in a bunch of ways in our Sunday worship. In our prayers right before we go up to the altar we say ‘Enter God’s gates…