Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost (20B), September 23, 2018; The Rev. Susan Ackley

Proverb 31:10-31 A capable wife who can find?
James 3:13-3;3, 7-8A Who is wise and understanding among you?
Mark 9:30-37 Jesus and his disciples pass through Galilee.

You might know that Emmanuel Church has started a Recovery Eucharist.

I initiated it when I came here because I’ve celebrated — and “celebrated” is a good word — a weekly Recovery Eucharist for seven years at a drug and alcohol rehab in NH.

I emphasized “celebrated” because I’m an alcoholic and I live in perpetual wonder that God lets me do this priest thing!
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