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connections: Sing Hosannas

April 9, 2019 Leave a Comment

Bishop Ward reminds us to sing hosannas and praise to Jesus as the crowds did when he entered Jerusalem to begin Holy Week.

Filed Under: Connections Tagged With: Bishop Hope Morgan Ward, hosanna, Palm Sunday, Russ Ritchey

Bishop's Crest

March For Our Lives Prayer

March 23, 2018 Leave a Comment

Dear friends, Let us pray and support young people who “March For Our Lives” this weekend. Let us learn, advocate, witness, work and pray so that violence in schools will cease. Let us listen to the youth in our midst: “We are praying for and standing in solidarity with those who march this weekend. As… Continue Reading→

Filed Under: ePistles Tagged With: Bishop Hope Morgan Ward, Florida, March For Our Lives, Palm Sunday, Parkland, unity, youth

connections: Generosity During Holy Week

April 4, 2017 Leave a Comment

As we prepare to enter Holy Week and in honor of Jesus, who suffered on the cross, Bishop Ward encourages us to be generous in giving to a mission project to alleviate suffering in the world.

Filed Under: Connections Tagged With: Hope Morgan Ward, Hurricane Matthew, mission offering, Palm Sunday, Peru

connections: This Is the Day

March 22, 2016 Leave a Comment

Bishop Ward uses Psalm 118 scripture to guide us through Holy Week events from Jesus’ triumphant entrance into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday to his resurrection on Easter morning.

Filed Under: Connections Tagged With: Bishop Ward, Connections, Easter, Holy Week, Palm Sunday, Psalm 118

connections: Journey to the Cross

March 24, 2015 Leave a Comment

Bishop Ward encourages us to follow Jesus with our hearts, rather than our heads, as we enter into the last days of Lent .

Filed Under: Connections Tagged With: Bishop Hope Morgan Ward, cross, Holy Week, Palm Sunday

connections: Palm Sunday 2013

March 20, 2013 Leave a Comment

Bishop Ward discusses Palm Sunday and the week leading up to it in this Connections video.

Filed Under: Connections Tagged With: Bishop Hope Morgan Ward, donkey, Easter, Jesus, Palm Sunday

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connections: There Can Be Change

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connections: The Call to Social Holiness

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