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The Rev. Frank St. Amour, III
- 6 days ago
- 5 min
Sermon - 16 Pentecost
In the Name… In a Peanuts cartoon, Lucy is walking home from school with Charlie Brown, carrying her report card in her hand. She turns t...
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The Rev. Frank St. Amour, III
- Aug 23
- 5 min
Sermon - 12 Pentecost
In the Name... A mother was cooking pancakes for her two young sons, Ryan and Kevin. They began to argue about who would get the first o...
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The Rev. Frank St. Amour, III
- Aug 2
- 5 min
Sermon - 9 Pentecost
In the Name... One Saturday, a retired minister got a phone call from a church which was very small and poor. The pastor was ill and the...
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The Rev. Frank St. Amour, III
- Jul 26
- 5 min
Sermon - 8 Pentecost
In the Name.... A young salesman was disappointed after losing an important sale. In discussing it with his manager, the young man shrug...
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The Rev. Frank St. Amour, III
- Jul 24
- 1 min
The Cat Sat on the Mat
How would the Church deal with "the cat sat on the mat" if it appeared in the Bible? The Methodists would state that “cat” and “mat” had ...
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The Rev. Frank St. Amour, III
- Jul 19
- 5 min
Sermon - 7 Pentecost
In the Name… A farmer was having trouble with some kids who kept stealing his watermelons so he put a sign in his field which read, “One ...
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The Rev. Frank St. Amour, III
- Jul 12
- 4 min
Sermon - 6 Pentecost
In the Name… The farmer's son was on his way back from the market with the crate of chickens his father had entrusted to him, when the cr...
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The Rev. Frank St. Amour, III
- Jul 5
- 5 min
Sermon - 5 Pentecost
In the Name… Archbishop Fisher of Canterbury used to tell the story that one day, after he had spoken in a controversial debate in the Ho...
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The Rev. Frank St. Amour, III
- Jun 28
- 5 min
Sermon - 4 Pentecost
In the Name... A successful businessman was once asked the secret of his success. "Two words", he replied. "Good decisions." When aske...
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The Rev. Frank St. Amour, III
- Jun 23
- 2 min
When Everything Old is New Again
It has been interesting to follow how the COVID has impacted worship in our parishes. In some places, the clergy have adopted the Eastwa...
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The Rev. Frank St. Amour, III
- Jun 21
- 5 min
Sermon - 2 Pentecost
In the Name... Alexander the Great is known as the king who conquered the world from Egypt to India. But, he couldn't have done it witho...
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The Rev. Frank St. Amour, III
- Jun 12
- 1 min
TO THE PARISH
Thank you for the cards and expressions of sympathy and support following the death of my mother, Doris, last month. Although we had hop...
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