Patrick Hall Moves on to Epiphany

Patrick Hall Moves on to Epiphany News from your Missioner This is the letter Patrick Hall sent to Autry House congregants – announcing his answering the call from Church of the Epiphany.________________________________________ Dear Autry House, It has been my...

Murals at Palmer

Murals at Palmer I just love these two murals by friends of ours from Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church. They are the collaborative works of Jackie Campbell, Kaytee Esser, and Kelly Bourgeois. The murals each are about 20 feet wide. What spectacular work. Thank you,...

Blessing for Peggy and Steele

Blessing for Peggy and Steele From June of 1996 until July of 1998, we worshiped with the good people at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Conway, Arkansas. After we moved to Houston, I entered into an arrangement by which the weekly sermons would be sent to me....

Inform Your Face

Inform Your Face This is a piece I wrote years ago at the behest of our rector. He challenged me to write an Evangelism article for our monthly newsletter.  I struggled for weeks, writing, rewriting, trashing my draft, and then writing again. Then, it hit me in a...

Sunday School – 2016

Sunday School – Fall, 2016 Here it is – another school year!   9/11 Tom/Shannon 9/18 Shannon/Randy 9/25 Randy/Tom 10/2 Shannon/Randy 10/9 Randy/Yuko 10/16 Tom//Shannon 10/23 RETREAT 10/30 NO SUNDAY SCHOOL 11/6 Tom//Shannon 11/13 Shannon/Randy 11/20...

New Priest

We met our new associate rector at Palmer this past Sunday; and I do believe I have the distinction of being the first person she Communicated here....

St. Bede’s Family Service

At 9:08 in St. Bede’s Chapel we wonder if anyone other than the core team of worship leaders will show up for the 9:15 Family Service. Then, in a matter of minutes, we have a crowd of probably 75. Babies being babies, mothers chasing toddlers, crayons hitting the...

REVEALING HEAVEN

REVEALING HEAVEN Our good friend, the Rev. John W. Price, has written about his conversations with over 200 people who’ve had a “near death experience.” His book, REVEALING HEAVEN – The Christian Case for Near Death Experiences, is available...

Girls at Work

Girls at Work These are some of our students at Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church. They are SO much fun. Note the mural in the background. We have some fabulous artists at Palmer. Here are links to two of them who did the mural. Jackie Campbell and Katee Esser. ...

Shrove Tuesday Pictures

Shrove Tuesday Pictures These are a few of the pictures from our Shrove Tuesday Pancake Dinner at Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church. All proceeds go toward supporting Youth Mission...

Here I Stand: Pacts with the Devil and Haiti

Here I Stand: Pacts with the Devil and Haiti The Rev’d James W. Nutter January 14, 2010 From today’s Houston Chronicle: “Evangelical broadcaster Pat Robertson says Haiti has been ‘cursed’ because of what he calls a ‘pact with the devil’ in its history.” Well, I...

Inform Your Face You Are a Christian

Inform Your Face You Are a Christian   “Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.” 1 John 4:7 In a recent sermon, Father Nutter told us the story of a preacher who asked his...