Message for worship at West Richmond Friends Meeting on the 8th day of the Second Month by Elizabeth Terney Scripture: Isaiah 53:1-3 Today’s sermon is based on the poem in your bulletin, “Despised and Rejected” by Christina Rosetti, a Victorian poet known for her romantic, devotional, and children’s poems. Her poetry is the basis of several hymns, including “In the Bleak Midwinter”, on which the song David just sang was based. This poem is about a person deep in despair and i

Message for worship on the 25th day of the 1st month, 2026 given by Elizabeth Terney. Scripture: Exodus 3:12-15 "The Burning Bush" photo by Earsaregood Hope sometimes feels lost. I believe hope can be rediscovered in connection with God. I pray this sermon today provides us with an experience of centering down to find that hope in God’s faithfulness. Once, I was attending the Friends General Conference Annual Gathering, and I met a woman who proclaimed to be a nontheist. She

Message for worship on the 21st of the twelfth month, 2025 by Elizabeth Terney Scripture: Luke 1:39-45 During Advent, most of the stories we read come from the Gospel of Luke. The Gospel of Luke contains and refers to a lot of prophesying. I think you’ll find that that’s of great interest to us as Quakers. You’ll see why in a moment. First, what makes a statement or action prophetic? And what makes someone a prophet? A message with a divine source is prophetic. It requires di

Message for worship by Elizabeth Terney on the 19th day of the 10th month at West Richmond Friends Meeting Scripture: Numbers 11:10-17 Anger! What a messy, yet entirely normal, emotion! We all have different relationships with our anger. Some of us avoid it; some of us are ashamed of it; some of us channel it into productive activity. How healthy is your relationship with anger? My relationship with anger has matured through the years. As a child, I would storm and holler to