“Saint John the Baptist Pointing to Christ” by Bartolomé Estéban Murillo, c. 1655 
The Third Sunday of Advent
Readings: Isaiah 35:1-10, Canticle 15, James 5:7-10, Matthew 11:2-11
Shared on Sunday, December 15 in Miles City and Forsyth
Author: Stephen Day
Christmas Eve Services
On Tuesday, December 24 – we will celebrate the Feast of the Nativity with services at Emmanuel, Miles City at 4:30 PM with carols and organ music and service at 5 PM and at Church of the Ascension, Forsyth at 7 PM.
Preparing the Way… and an Important Letter
Second Sunday in Advent
Readings: Isaiah 11:1-10, Romans 15:4-13, Matthew 3:1-12
Shared on Sunday, December 8 in Miles City and Forsyth
The End is Coming!
First Sunday of Advent
Readings: Isaiah 2:1-5, Romans 13:11-14, Matthew 24:36-44
Shared on Sunday, December 1 in Miles City and Forsyth
Bishop’s Ordination
Millerites, Death and What’s Next
William Miller 
Harold Copping (1863-1932) from “Scenes in the Life of our Lord” published by Religious Tract Society, 1907
Proper 27 – Twenty-Second Sunday after the Pentecost
Readings: 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17, Luke 20:27-38
Shared on Sunday, November 10 in Miles City and Forsyth
Jesus and his army of fiery angels
Proper 26 – Twentieth-First Sunday after the Pentecost
Readings: Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4, 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12
and Luke 19:1-10
Shared on Sunday, November 3 in Miles City and Forsyth
Fighting the good fight, Finishing the race, and Keeping the faith
Proper 25 – Twentieth Sunday after the Pentecost
Readings: Joel 2:23-32, 2 Timothy 4:6-8,16-18, Luke 18:9-14
Shared on Sunday, October 27 in Miles City and Forsyth
Looking Ahead…
Sunday, November 3 – Time change – fall back an hour
Sunday, November 17 and 24 – Father Stephen on vacation
Saturday, December 7 – Consecration of The X Bishop of Montana
The Shawshank Redemption and Persistent Hope
The Unjust Judge by John Everett Millais, courtesy of the Harvard Art Museums
Proper 24 – Nineteenth Sunday after the Pentecost
Readings: Jeremiah 31:27-34, 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5, Luke 18:1-8
Shared on Sunday, October 20, 2019 in Miles City and Forsyth
