The Church of the Apostles - St. James & St. Matthias

09/06/2026

A hymn and prayer for this Feast of the Creator and Season of Creation.

"I find it elevating and exhilarating to discover that we love in a universe that permits the evolution of molecular machines and intricate and subtle as we..."

MP3 available at http://www.symphonyofscience.com. "We Are All...

06/20/2026

Most gracious God,
we praise you for the tender mercy and unfailing care
revealed to us in Jesus the Christ
and for the great joy and comfort bestowed upon us
in the gift of human love.
We give you thanks for Deborah and Steven,
and the covenant of faithfulness they have made.
Pour out the abundance of your Holy Spirit upon them.
Keep them in your steadfast love;
protect them from all danger;
fill them with your wisdom and peace;
lead them in holy service to each other and the world.

06/06/2026

Getting ready for Pride in the Park! Every day is a good day for P.I.E.- to be Public, Intentional, and Explicit about God's love for 2SLGBTQIA+ people. This is the first of 12 boxes, with Strawberry-Rhubarb, Apple, and Blueberry pies, ready for the morning. Find us at Exhibition Park tomorrow so we can give you a gift of pie!

04/07/2026

Coming soon!!!! Lots of items! Low prices !!

03/13/2026

Pi Day is Coming!

Drop by the corner of Paisley and Glasgow Saturday on 3.14 at 1:59 and let us share a gift of pie with you.

Because we love a math pun.
Because God's love is a constant.
Because you are beautifully created and worthy of good things.
Because pie is a good thing we want to share with you.
Because we celebrate a day to be P.I.E. - Public Intentional and Explicit about God's love for 2SLGBTQIA+ people, and their place in our church and community.

02/19/2026

Remember we are dust, and to dust shall we return.

MP3 available at http://www.symphonyofscience.com. "We Are All Connected" was made from sampling Carl Sagan's Cosmos, The History Channel's Universe series...

02/13/2026

Join us this Sunday, Feb 15th at 10am for our annual CAJUN MASS.

We mark the last Sunday before the season of Lent with jazz music, colour, joy, dancing, feasting, and this year- a celebration of Baptism!!

You are invited to celebrate with us.

02/09/2026

The people are angrily asking, “God- we fasted, and you still didn’t give us what we asked for.”

But our God is not a vending machine.
And fasting is not a magic cheat code that forces God’s hand.
And we already have God’s attention.

From the beginning, God has been telling God’s people the way to abundant life. Micah summarized it beautifully for us last week. “Do Justice. Love Kindness. Walk Humbly with your God”.

And this week, through Isaiah, God elaborates.
You want to get my attention?
If what you want is abundant life…
• Stop oppressing your workers
• Stop solving your disagreements with violence
• Loose the bonds of injustice,
• Let the oppressed go free.
• Feed the hungry.
• House the homeless
• Clothe the naked.

Do that. God says. And be the answer to your own prayers. Because that is how you build a world where you needs are met, like a watered garden and a spring whose waters never fail.

Do that. God says. And then you don’t even have to give me credit for granting you abundant life. You can be the one who is known as the repairer, and the restorer.

-From Feb 8 sermon on Isaiah 58:1-12 by the Rev. Naomi Miller

02/06/2026

What is Shrove Tuesday? It is the last day before the season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday. "Shrove" comes from the Old English Word "Shrive" which means to confess sins and receive absolution.

Why pancakes? They are a traditional way to use up rich foods (butter, eggs, sugar) that Christians might fast from during the season of Lent.

Pancakes are fairly sedate compared to some other traditions of celebration and feasting before the beginning of the Lenten fasting season. "Mardi Gras" is "fat Tuesday" and Carnival is derived from "remove the meat".

But we have pancakes! Join us Feb 17th from 5-7pm for a feast of pancakes with various meaty (or beany) sides and sweet toppings. Through the generosity of church members we are pleased to offer this community meal at no charge (donations are gratefully accepted)

(confessing sins is optional and discouraged while the Priest is washing pancake dishes)

02/01/2026

"To be in alignment with God’s desire, and with God’s intention, is to be out of alignment with the wisdom of the world.

And it is a hard thing.
A dangerous thing.
To be out of alignment with the wisdom of the world.

And so we come here.

To remember these stories.
To eat this bread, and drink this cup.
To baptize our children into this weak, foolish, naïve hope.

That there is another way.
An abundant life.
Where peace grows out of justice.
Where kindness can be freely offered and freely received.

That this is, in fact, what God desires for us.
That when we live in this way, God is close, and we are blessed.

And the forces and powers of this world. They are loud, and they are strong. But. Not ever stronger than the love of God which is in all ways and at all times drawing us in, calling us closer, inviting us back into alignment with the Divine Will, which is for abundant life. For Justice. For peace. For love."

-From today's sermon on Micah 6:1-8, 1 Corinthians 1:18-31, and Matthew 5:1-12, from the Rev. Naomi Miller