Deo volente, the Rt. Rev. Alex Cameron will ordain the Rev. Michael Juday to the Sacred Order of Priests and Anthony Hermankevich to the Order of Deacons on Saturday, December 2, 2023, at Church of the Ascension.
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"Convention reminded me in this beautiful way of what Jesus said, 'They will know you are my disciples if you love one another.' It was a glorious thing, evident in the gathering itself, in the worship that was part of that gathering, and in the interaction between the people at Convention—it was a real reminder to me of the grace of the Lord. The evidence of the grace of the Lord was in our midst. It was an incredibly encouraging day for me and for many other people."
"We are surrounded by witnesses. We are upheld and reminded of the goodness of God by these great witnesses of the faith throughout the centuries. The feast day of All Saints matters because the church is established by the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. It matters because it is an incredible reminder that we are not alone. We are surrounded by the church throughout the world and throughout time. And it reminds us that people have walked this path before us, whose example we can follow."
"It is absolutely true that our circumstances are not always things that would fill us with joy. Sometimes days are hard, weeks are hard. Sometimes years and months are hard. But the Lord never changes. We are always in the love and the grace of the Lord. We have been reconciled to God in Christ Jesus. We are at home with the Father because of the work of Jesus. That never changes—our circumstances might, but we still have a place to come home to."
"Hardness of heart keeps us from the reality of the gospel—not only in our relationship with God, but ultimately in our relationship with others. It is so important for us to remember that Jesus came that we might be reconciled. Reconciled to God and indeed reconciled to one another."
This week's message from Bishop Alex reminds us of the importance of forgiveness to our relationships with God and one another.
"One of the central messages of the book of Revelation—spoken to a people who were struggling with persecution, war, famine, and pestilence—is that there are interludes throughout where we see the worship of the saints and the angels in heaven. There is a consistent picture that in spite of all the chaos that the world seems to be devolving into, we see the worship of God in heaven. There is a sense in which it is a reminder to us that God remains on his throne and sovereign—that God will gather all things up unto himself.
Dear friends,
It is with heavy hearts that we watch the situation unfolding in Israel. The incursion of Hamas into Gaza, killing more than 1500 people and injuring many more, is a grievous and shocking event, provoking a declaration of war by Israel. I write to you today to encourage your continual prayer over the conflict, that the blood of Jesus would atone, heal, and bring peace to that region.
"When we are together, we see something larger—we see the reality of God in our midst. It is fundamentally an encouraging experience to be together. The church will eternally, always be together in glory with the Lord."
"We as Pittsburgh Anglicans (or Nashville Anglicans, or wherever you are) have Christian foreign perspectives that are quite different from the culture around us. What we need to do to become good missionaries is to develop the kind of curiosity that missionaries have for the culture they're going to.... Understanding others who are not of our own mindset helps us to understand how the gospel intersects with that reality. Jesus is indeed the hope of the nations. Jesus is the answer to everybody's deepest longings. But sometimes we don't understand what those longings are.
Join us in welcoming two new clergy to the Diocese! The Rev. Paul Calvin and the Rev. Dn. Dawn Lundgren, who both serve at Church of the Redeemer in Roseville, MN, officially dimissoried into the Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh on September 15, 2023. Church of the Redeemer is seeking to join our diocese in November.
