Episcopal Church in Almaden

06/07/2026

Welcome to our Sunday Live Stream at The Episcopal Church in Almaden, San Jose.
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03/28/2026

All ready for tomorrow. Join us for Palm/Passion Sunday at 10:45am!

03/12/2026

03/01/2026

Please take a moment to read the Presiding Bishop’s letter from this morning, and join us in holding in prayer all who are in danger, along with a swift and enduring peace.

Read the letter: https://www.episcopalchurch.org/publicaffairs/letter-from-presiding-bishop-sean-rowe-on-military-strike-on-iran/

02/19/2026

“Just as the original disciples went outward on missions to dangerous places, try going inward to dangerous places. Explore the smoldering resentments you have. Take a long, scenic look at the guilt and shame you’ve carried in your gut for decades. Always remember that Jesus is following you just as he followed those disciples….” Come join us on our community website to reflect on this quote of the week. We hope it helps you find some inspiration this week.

“...try going inward to dangerous places. Explore the smoldering resentments you have. Take a long, scenic look at the guilt and shame you’ve carried in your gut for decades. Always remember that Jesus is following you just as he followed those disciples….” Come join us on our community webs...

02/18/2026

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In a time when so much is crumbling, is burning, I don’t want to romanticize the ashes that come with destruction and devastation. As we approach Ash Wednesday and the season of Lent, I do want to keep asking what the Holy One can do with dust, and to keep looking for how I can be part of that. So many blessings to you, beloved ones, as the new season arrives.

BLESSING THE DUST

All those days
you felt like dust,
like dirt,
as if all you had to do
was turn your face
toward the wind
and be scattered
to the four corners

or swept away
by the smallest breath
as insubstantial—

did you not know
what the Holy One
can do with dust?

This is the day
we freely say
we are scorched.

This is the hour
we are marked
by what has made it
through the burning.

This is the moment
we ask for the blessing
that lives within
the ancient ashes,
that makes its home
inside the soil of
this sacred earth.

So let us be marked
not for sorrow.
And let us be marked
not for shame.
Let us be marked
not for false humility
or for thinking
we are less
than we are

but for claiming
what God can do
within the dust,
within the dirt,
within the stuff
of which the world
is made
and the stars that blaze
in our bones
and the galaxies that spiral
inside the smudge
we bear.

—Jan Richardson
from Circle of Grace: A Book of Blessings for the Seasons
janrichardson.com/books

Image: “Ash Wednesday Cross”
© Jan Richardson
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