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Sean Allen, Director of Finance and Administration

2023 Lenten Guide: First Sunday in Lent

By Sean Allen, Director of Finance and Administration

Excerpted from 2023 Lenten Guide: A Season of Renewal, a Lenten Guide for Lectionary Year A from the North Carolina Council of Churches. Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7 The Lord God took the man and […]

2023 Lenten Guide: First Sunday in Lent

by Sean Allen, Director of Finance and Administration

Excerpted from 2023 Lenten Guide: A Season of Renewal, a Lenten Guide for Lectionary Year A from the North Carolina Council of Churches. Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7 The Lord God took the man and […]

2022 Advent Guide: Third Sunday

By Sean Allen, Director of Finance and Administration

Excerpted from Keep Awake, an Advent Guide for Lectionary Year A from the North Carolina Council of Churches. Isaiah 35:1-10 The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad;    the desert shall […]

2022 Advent Guide: Third Sunday

by Sean Allen, Director of Finance and Administration

Excerpted from Keep Awake, an Advent Guide for Lectionary Year A from the North Carolina Council of Churches. Isaiah 35:1-10 The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad;    the desert shall […]

2022 Advent Guide: Keep Awake

By Sean Allen, Director of Finance and Administration

The central calling of an Advent ethic is waiting. But this waiting is not a passive or idle activity. The root word for wait is the same root word for […]

2022 Advent Guide: Keep Awake

by Sean Allen, Director of Finance and Administration

The central calling of an Advent ethic is waiting. But this waiting is not a passive or idle activity. The root word for wait is the same root word for […]

2021 Advent Guide: Third Sunday of Advent

By Sean Allen, Director of Finance and Administration

Luke 3:7-18 John said to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bear […]

2021 Advent Guide: Third Sunday of Advent

by Sean Allen, Director of Finance and Administration

Luke 3:7-18 John said to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bear […]

Advent Guide: Christmas Day

By Sean Allen, Director of Finance and Administration

Excerpted from The Heart of the Work, an Advent Guide for Lectionary Year B from the North Carolina Council of Churches. Luke 2:1-20 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree […]

Advent Guide: Christmas Day

by Sean Allen, Director of Finance and Administration

Excerpted from The Heart of the Work, an Advent Guide for Lectionary Year B from the North Carolina Council of Churches. Luke 2:1-20 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree […]

Lenten Guide – Third Sunday

By Sean Allen, Director of Finance and Administration

Excerpted from Power Made Perfect in Weakness, a Lenten Guide for Lectionary Year A from the North Carolina Council of Churches. John 4:5-42 So he came to a Samaritan city called […]

Lenten Guide – Third Sunday

by Sean Allen, Director of Finance and Administration

Excerpted from Power Made Perfect in Weakness, a Lenten Guide for Lectionary Year A from the North Carolina Council of Churches. John 4:5-42 So he came to a Samaritan city called […]

Advent Guide: Christmas Eve and Christmas Day

By Sean Allen, Director of Finance and Administration

Excerpted from Cultivating Care for Creation, an Advent Guide for Lectionary Year A from the North Carolina Council of Churches. John 1:1-14a In the beginning was the Word, and the […]

Advent Guide: Christmas Eve and Christmas Day

by Sean Allen, Director of Finance and Administration

Excerpted from Cultivating Care for Creation, an Advent Guide for Lectionary Year A from the North Carolina Council of Churches. John 1:1-14a In the beginning was the Word, and the […]