Sermon preached at St. Francis Episcopal Church, Great Falls, Virginia, on November 13, 2011, by the Rev. Penelope Bridges. Gospel is Matthew 25:14-30, the parable of the Talents. Sermon text is intellectual property of Penelope Bridges.

Sermon for All Saints Sunday, November 6, 2011, preached at St. Francis Episcopal Church, Great Falls, Virginia, by the Very Rev. Penelope Bridges. Intellectual property of Penelope Bridges. Gospel is Matthew 5:1-12.

Sermon preached by the Very Rev. Penelope Bridges at St. Francis Episcopal Church, Great Falls, Virginia on October 23, 2011. Sermon is from Matthew 22. Intellectual property of Penelope Bridges, with credit to AMC for references to "Breaking Bad".

Sermon preached at St. Francis Episcopal Church, Great Falls, Virginia, on October 16 2011, by seminarian Margaret Peel. Intellectual property of Margaret Peel. Gospel is from Matthew 22.

Sermon preached at St. Francis Episcopal Church, Great Falls, Virginia, on October 2 2011, by the Very Rev. Penelope Bridges, celebrating St. Francis Day. Intellectual property of Penelope Bridges. Gospel is from Matthew 11.

Sermon preached at St. Francis Episcopal Church, Great Falls, Virginia, on September 25 2011, by the Very Rev. Penelope Bridges. Intellectual property of Penelope Bridges. Gospel is from Matthew 21.

Sermon preached at St. Francis Episcopal Church, Great Falls, Virginia, on September 11, 2011, by the Very Rev. Penelope Bridges. Intellectual property of Penelope Bridges. Gospel is from Matthew 18.

Sermon preached at St. Francis Episcopal Church, Great Falls, Virginia, on September 4, 2011, by the Very Rev. Penelope Bridges. Gospel is from Matthew 18. Intellectual property of Penelope Bridges.

Sermon preached at St. Francis Episcopal Church, Great Falls, Virginia, on August 14, 2011, by the Very Rev. Penelope Bridges. Gospel is Matthew 15:10-28. Intellectual property of Penelope Bridges.

Sermon preached on August 7, 2011, at St. Francis Episcopal Church, Great Falls, Virginia, by the Very Rev. Penelope Bridges. Gospel is Matthew 14. Intellectual property of Penelope Bridges.

Sermon preached at St. Francis Episcopal Church, Great Falls, Virginia, on July 31 2011 by the Very Rev. Penelope Bridges. Gospel is Matthew 14. Intellectual property of Penelope Bridges.

Sermon preached at St. Francis Episcopal Church, Great Falls, Virginia, at the early service on June 26, 2011, by the Very Rev. Penelope Bridges. Intellectual property of Penelope Bridges.

Sermon preached at St. Frsncis Episcopal Church, Great Falls, Virginia, on June 26, 2011, by Larry Duffee, a lay missionary serving in Juba, Sudan. Intellectual property of Lawrence Duffee.

Sermon preached at St. Francis Episcopal Church, Great Falls, Virginia, on July 10, 2011, by the Very Reverend Penelope Bridges. Gospel is Matthew 13. Intellectual property of Penelope Bridges.

Sermon preached on May 29 2011 at St. Francis Church, Great Falls, Virginia, by the Very Rev. Penelope Bridges. Intellectual property of Penelope Bridges.

Sermon preached at St. Francis Episcopal Church, Great Falls, Virginia, on May 15 2011, the fourth Sunday of Easter, by the Very Rev. Penelope Bridges. Intellectual property of Penelope Bridges.

Sermon for Easter Day, April 24 2011, preached at St. Francis Episcopal Church, Great Falls, Virginia, by the Very Rev. Penelope Bridges. Gospel is John 20:1-18. Intellectual property of Penelope Bridges, with the exception of the quotation from "The Crown and the Fire" by NT Wright (Eerdmans, 1992).…

Homily preached by the Rev. Deacon Dana Buchanan at St. Francis Episcopal Church, Great Falls, Virginia, on Maundy Thursday, April 21, 2011. Intellectual property of Dana Buchanan. Caution: recording level is low; you may need to turn up the volume.

Sermon preached by the Rev. Bill Myers at St. Francis Episcopal Church, Great Falls, Virginia, on April 10, 2011. Gospel is John 11: the raising of Lazarus.

Sermon preached by the Rev. Dr Katherine Sonderegger at the ordination of Benson Shelton to the priesthood, at St. Francis Episcopal Church in Great Falls, Virginia, on April 2, 2011. Intellectual property of Katherine Sonderegger.

Sermon for the second Sunday in Lent, March 20, 2011 preached at St. Francis Episcopal Church, Great Falls, Virginia by the Rev. Penelope Bridges. Gospel is John 3:1-21. Intellectual property of Penelope Bridges.

Sermon preached on the first Sunday in Lent, March 13 2011, at St. Francis Episcopal Church, Great Falls, Virginia, by Penelope M. Bridges. Gospel is Matthew 4. Intellectial property of Penelope Bridges.

Sermon on the last Sunday after Epiphany, March 6, 2011, preached by Penelope Bridges at St. Francis Episcopal Church, Great Falls, Virginia. Gospel is Matthew 17:1-9, the Transfiguration. Intellectual property of Penelope Bridges.

Sermon preached on the seventh Sunday after Epiphany, February 20 2011, at St. Francis Episcopal Church, Great Falls, Virginia, by the Very Reverend Penelope Bridges. Gospel is Matthew 5:38-48, "Love your enemies".

Sermon preached by Patricia Sexton at St. Francis Episcopal Church, Great Falls, Virginia, on February 13, 2011 (6 Epiphany). Intellectual property of Patricia Sexton.

Sermon preached on February 6, 2011 at St. Francis Episcopal Church, Great Falls, Virginia, by the Very Rev. Penelope Bridges, rector. Intellectual property of Penelope Bridges. The Rev. Dana Buchanan read the Gospel, one day after she was ordained as a vocational deacon.

Sermon for the 3rd Sunday after Epiphany, preached at St. Francis Episcopal Church, Great Falls, VA on January 23, 2011 by the Rev. Penelope Bridges. Intellectual property of Penelope Bridges. Occasion is the annual parish meeting. Gospel is Matthew 4:12-23.

Sermon for the Baptism of Christ, first Sunday after the Epiphany, preached at St. Francis Episcopal Church, Great Falls, VA, on January 9 2011 by Penelope Bridges. Intellectual property of Penelope Bridges.

Sermon for the Fourth Sunday of Advent, preached at St. Francis Episcopal Church, Great Falls, Virginia, on December 19, 2010 by the Rev. Penelope Bridges. Intellectual property of Penelope Bridges.

Sermon for the third Sunday of Advent, preached by the Rev. William Myers on December 19, 2010 at St. Francis Episcopal Church, Great Falls, Virginia. Gospel is Matthew 11:2-11. Intellectual property of William F. Myers.

Sermon for the Second Sunday of Advent, preached on December 5, 2010 at St. Francis Episcopal Church, Great Falls, Virginia, by Penelope Bridges. Gospel is Matthew 3:1-12. Intellectual property of Penelope Bridges.

Sermon preached by Patricia Sexton at St. Francis Episcopal Church, Great Falls, Virginia, on the First Sunday of Advent, November 28, 2010. Gospel is Matthew 24:36-44. Intellectual property of Patricia Sexton.

Sermon for Christ the King Sunday, preached on November 21, 2010 at St. Francis Episcopal Church, Great Falls, Virginia, by Penelope Bridges. Intellectual property of Penelope Bridges. Jeremiah 23:1-6 and Luke 23:33-43.

Sermon for All Saints Sunday, November 7, 2010, preached at St. Francis Episcopal Church, Great Falls, Virginia, by the Very Rev. Penelope Bridges. Intellectual property of Penelope Bridges.

Sermon for the 23rd Sunday after Pentecost, October 31, 2010, preached at St. Francis Episcopal Church, Great Falls, Virginia, by Dr. Charles Jackson. Intellectual propoerty of Charles B. Jackson MD.

Sermon for October 24, 2010, Pentecost 22, preached by Penelope Bridges at St. Francis Episcopal Church, Great Falls, Virginia. Intellectual property of Penelope Bridges. Quoted poem may be found in The Hymnal 1982, #469. Gospel reading is Luke 18:9-14.

Sermon preached by Penelope Bridges and John Lowe on September 19, 2010 at St. Francis Episcopal Church, Great Falls, Virginia. Gospel is Luke 16:1-3. Intellectual property of Penelope M. Bridges and John Lowe.

Sermon preached by the Very Rev. Penelope Bridges at St. Francis Episcopal Church, Great Falls, Virginia, on September 5, 2010. Gospel reading is Luke 14:25-33. Intellectual property of Penelope M. Bridges

Sermon preached by Penelope Bridges at St. Francis Episcopal Church, Great Falls, Virginia, on August 29 2010. Texts are Luke 14 and 1 Corinthians 13. Intellectual property of Penelope M. Bridges

Sermon preached by Penelope Bridges at St. Francis Episcopal Church, Great Falls, Virginia, on August 29, 2010. Texts are Luke 14 and 1 Corinthians 13. Intellectual property of Penelope M. Bridges.

A dialogue between the pray-er and God based on the Lord's Prayer, preached at St. Francis Episcopal Church, Great Falls, Virginia, on July 25 2010. Dana Buchanan and Lori Beer are the voices.

Sermon preached by the Rev. Penelope Bridges at St. Francis Episcopal Church, Great Falls, on August 8, 2010. Gospel is from Luke 12.

Sermon preached by the Rev. Penelope Bridges at St. Francis Episcopal Church, Great Falls, Virginia, on July 11, 2010. Scripture references are to Luke 10 and Amos 7.

Sermon preached by deacon candidate Dana Buchanan at St. Francis Episcopal Church, Great Falls, on Proper 9, July 4, 2010.

Four of our graduating seniors: Will Gralley, Drew Smith, Trevor Yarnall, and Virginia Lee, offer two-minute reflections on what the church has meant to them as they have grown up at St. Francis. Listener alert: get your Kleenex ready.

Sermon preached at St. Francis Episcopal Church, Great Falls, VA, on May 23 at the 11:00 service, byt Penelope Bridges. Includes the Gospel reading. Intellectual property of Penelope M. Bridges.

The Rt. Rev. Shannon S. Johnston spoke at the Great Falls Ecumenical Prayer Breakfast on May 15, 2010. His theme was "Rebuilding with Faith".

Sermon preached by Penelope Bridges on the sixth Sunday of Easter, May 9, 2010 at St. Francis Episcopal Church, Great Falls, Virginia. The Gospel passage is John 5:1-9. Intellectual property of Penelope M. Bridges.

Sermon preached by the Rev. Peneleop Bridges on the fourth Sunday of Easter, April 25 2010, at St. Francis Episcopal Church, Great Falls, Virginia. The song is by Ralph Stanley and its title is "Listen to the Shepherd". Text of the sermon is the intellectual property of Penelope Bridges.

Sermon preached at the 11:00 service on Easter Sunday 2010 by the Very Reverend Penelope Bridges at St. Francis Episcopal Church, Great Falls, Virginia. Intellectual property of Penelope Bridges.