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On New Year's Resolutions: Speak, Lord, for Your Servant Hears
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If He calls you, you shall say, "Speak, Lord, for your servant hears."
Bishop Alex Cameron
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And the Lord called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” Then Eli perceived that the Lord was calling the boy. Therefore Eli said to Samuel, “Go, lie down, and if he calls you, you shall say, ‘Speak, Lord, for your servant hears.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

I Samuel 3:8-9, ESV

Ordination to the Priesthood: The Rev. Jessica Bennett and the Rev. Joshua Bennett

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Jess and Josh Bennett
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Deo volente, the Rt. Rev. Alex Cameron will ordain the Rev. Dn. Jessica Lynne Bennett and the Rev. Dn. Joshua Raymond Bennett to the sacred order of priests on Saturday, January 28, 2023, at Church of the Ascension, where they currently serve as Fellows.

Your prayers and presence are requested.

 

A Christmas Message from Bishop Alex

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A Christmas Message from Bishop Alex Cameron
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While Christmas is—and ought to be—a joy-filled time of year, it can also be a source of anxiety, grief, and even fear for many among us. For those of you burdened with fear, I want to assure you that Jesus Christ is the antidote to that fear—that the gift God gives us on Christmas is a reminder that we are not alone. He has come to dwell among us. 

Watch the Anglican Bishop of Pittsburgh's Christmas address, below.

 

A Devotion for the Fourth Week in Advent
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An Advent 4 Devotional
Bishop Alex Cameron
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But there will be no gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time he has made glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.

A Devotion for the Third Week in Advent
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An Advent 3 Devotional
Bishop Alex Cameron
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Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz: “Ask a sign of the Lord your God; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven.” But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, and I will not put the Lord to the test.” And he said, “Hear then, O house of David! Is it too little for you to weary men, that you weary my God also? Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. He shall eat curds and honey when he knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good.

A Devotion for the Second Week in Advent

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An Advent 2 Devotional
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The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad;
    the desert shall rejoice and blossom like the crocus;
it shall blossom abundantly
    and rejoice with joy and singing.
The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it,
    the majesty of Carmel and Sharon.
They shall see the glory of the Lord,
    the majesty of our God.
Strengthen the weak hands,
    and make firm the feeble knees.

A Devotion for the First Week in Advent
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Advent 1 Devotional
Bishop Alex Cameron
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The wolf shall dwell with the lamb,
    and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat,
And the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together;
    and a little child shall lead them.
The cow and the bear shall graze;
    their young shall lie down together;
    and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
The nursing child shall play over the hole of the cobra,