by ccvadmin | Jan 23, 2017 | News, Sermons
Christ Episcopal Church, Valdosta “The Grace of Repentance” January 22, 2017 Philip Ryan The preacher moved out from behind the pulpit, calling out by name a young man who nodded off in the middle of his sermon. He goes up to him and says, “have I proven...
by ccvadmin | Jan 17, 2017 | News, Sermons
Christ Episcopal Church, Valdosta “God Will Strengthen You to the End” (1 Corinthians 1:8) January 15, 2017 Dave Johnson In the Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. In his masterful biography on Abraham Lincoln entitled With Malice toward None, Stephen B. Oates...
by ccvadmin | Jan 9, 2017 | Sermons
Christ Episcopal Church, Valdosta “God’s Gift of Forgiveness” (Acts 10:43) January 8, 2017 Dave Johnson In the Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Every year after the rush of holiday shopping and spending there is another rush as people return gifts they did...
by ccvadmin | Jan 4, 2017 | News, Sermons
Christ Episcopal Church, Valdosta “A Name that Saves” (Philippians 2:5-11) January 1, 2017 Philip Ryan Henry VIII, Cleopatra, Caesar, when you hear these names what images come to mind – Royalty, power hungry, ancient history? One of those three is not only a...
by ccvadmin | Dec 28, 2016 | News, Sermons
Christ Episcopal Church, Valdosta “A New and Glorious Morn” (Luke 2:8-16) Christmas 2016 Dave Johnson In the Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. I clearly remember lying awake in bed on Christmas Eve when I was five years old. Like millions of other children I...
by ccvadmin | Dec 19, 2016 | Sermons
Christ Episcopal Church, Valdosta “Good News for the Lonely” (Matthew 1:18-23) December 18, 2016 Dave Johnson In the Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. I recently watched the classic 1946 Christmas movie It’s a Wonderful Life in which Jimmy Stewart plays George...