St. Christopher's Episcopal Church, Cobleskill, NY

08/19/2026

Just a reminder that there will be no midweek Mass or Bible Studay today, Wednesday August 19.

08/10/2026

Father Paul recently gave a talk on Dante's Purgatorio for the Cathedral of All Saints - Albany, NY's Summer of Dante program. Check it out below.

Continue the journey through Dante’s Divine Comedy with Fr. Paul Hu...

08/02/2026

August 1 is Lammas or ‘Loaf-mass’ day (derived from the Anglo-Saxon Hlafmaesse) is an English feast in origin, observed as a thanksgiving for the first-fruits of the wheat harvest. Traditionally, a newly baked loaf from the wheat harvest was presented before God within the mass of that day. While the ceremony ceased at the Reformation, reference to Lammas Day continued in the The Prayer Book calendar, and the practice has been revived in some places in more recent years. We will be observing Lammas with a simple blessing of bread tomorrow (Aug 2) at St. Christopher's.

07/29/2026

Due to the current hazardous weather conditions and possibility of flash flooding, Wednesday Mass and Bible study are cancelled today (7/29). Please be cautious and safe.

07/25/2026

An ecumenical discussion of Pope Leo's important encyclical on AI

What does Pope Leo XIV's new encyclical Magnifica Humanitas teach a...

07/21/2026

“Father, grant that we may be bearers of Christ Jesus.” - Christopher (?- c.251), Martyr

Christopher was a martyr of the early church. He was tortured and decapitated by the Roman state in the mid-3rd century after he refused to renounce Christ. The historical details about Christopher’s life are few, although many tales about Christopher exist in Christian tradition. He was from either Canaan or North Africa (traditions differ). According to legend, Christopher was a large, strong man who made his living as a porter. Each day, he carried travelers across a raging river, holding them on his shoulders. One day, a small child approached Christopher and asked to be carried over the water. As Christopher carried the small passenger, he was surprised to find himself nearly overcome by the weight of the child. Fearing they would drown, Christopher was strengthened by a power not of himself and made it to the other side of the river. Safely ashore, the child revealed that he was Jesus Christ and that the heaviness was from the weight of the world, which Christ bore for all of mankind. Christopher, whose name means “Christ-bearer,” had performed the essential act of every Christian - bearing the Savior who bore the sins of us all (1 Peter 2:24).

Almighty God, you gave your servant Christopher boldness to confess the Name of our Savior Jesus Christ before the rulers of this world, and courage to die for this faith: Grant that we may always be ready to give a reason for the hope that is in us, and to suffer gladly for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Art & history by Ben Lansing

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07/04/2026

Wishing all a blessed, happy and safe 4th of July! Happy 250th America!
A Collect for the Nation (BCP 258)
Lord God Almighty, you have made all the peoples of the
earth for your glory, to serve you in freedom and in peace:
Give to the people of our country a zeal for justice and the
strength of forbearance, that we may use our liberty in
accordance with your gracious will; through Jesus Christ ourLord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

06/24/2026

Today is St. John's day! Though little celebrated in this country, it is a major feast and in the middle ages it was marked the day of 'Midsummer,' as it fell so close to the Solstice. St. John's day was often celebrated throughout Europe with great festivity and bonfires.

"Christ's Incarnation was closely tied to the 'growing days' (diebus crescentibus) of the solar cycle around which the Roman year was based. By the sixth century, this solar cycle was completed by balancing Christ's conception and birth against the conception and birth of his cousin, John the Baptist. Such a relationship between Christ and his cousin was amply justified by the imagery of scripture. The Baptist was conceived six months before Christ (Luke 1:76); he was not himself the light, but was to give testimony concerning the light (John 1:8–9). Thus John's conception was celebrated on the eighth kalends of October (24 September: near the autumn equinox) and his birth on the eighth kalends of July (24 June: near the Summer solstice). If Christ's conception and birth took place on the 'growing days', it was fitting that John the Baptist's should take place on the 'lessening days' (diebus decrescentibus), for the Baptist himself had proclaimed that 'he must increase; but I must decrease' (John 3:30). By the late sixth century, the Nativity of John the Baptist (24 June) had become an important feast, counterbalancing at midsummer the midwinter feast of Christmas."

— Professor Éamonn Ó Carragáin, University College Cork[7]

06/24/2026

Join us tonight (6/24) at 5:30 for Mass as we celebrate the Nativity of St. John the Baptist! Followed by Bible study at 6:30. Our study will focus on the life of St. Joseph, foster father of our Lord.

06/21/2026

congratulations to the Rev. Deacon Jon Kimmel, the newest deacon in Christ's one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church.