tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55533305458399991792011-08-12T04:53:22.200-07:00PewPointsA collection of sermons from the parish of St. Andrews Episcopal Church in Prineville, Oregon, where all are called to ministry and all are welcome!Scott Cooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15285477032727664941noreply@blogger.comBlogger81100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5553330545839999179.post-80171452483356318132010-11-07T17:18:00.000-08:002010-11-07T17:25:38.229-08:00November 7, 2010
A Sermon For All Saints
By Scott R. CooperGiven at St. Andrews Episcopal Church, Prineville, Oregon
November 7, 2010
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to our celebration of the Feast of All Saints, celebrated the first Sunday in November. Because of the way the calendar falls this year, we are celebrating a bit later than usual, but this is the day appointed, and even if we did sang “For Scott Cooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15285477032727664941noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5553330545839999179.post-73442795920557783542010-10-17T18:27:00.000-07:002010-10-18T18:28:06.329-07:00October 17, 2010The Back of the BookA message by Scott CooperDelivered October 17, 2010St. Andrews Episcopal Church, Prineville, Oregon
Faith-- more specifically the source of our faith—is the theme of today’s service.
Listen again to these words from today’s second lesson from Second Timothy: “Continue in what you have learned and firmly believed…All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for Scott Cooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15285477032727664941noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5553330545839999179.post-71164463531432929602010-08-22T22:59:00.000-07:002010-10-18T18:34:33.853-07:00August 22, 2010A Graceful SoundA message by Scott R. CooperSt. Andrews Episcopal Church, Prineville, OregonAugust 22, 2010 (13th Sunday after Pentecost)
Much to the consternation of the Worship Committee and Sally, I like to choose my own hymns on Sunday mornings when I am leading worship.
It’s not that there is anything inferior or wrong with the choices that others make. I like to do my own thing just Scott Cooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15285477032727664941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5553330545839999179.post-43814292868972111222010-07-11T23:02:00.000-07:002010-10-18T18:36:27.072-07:00July 11, 2010A Manageable TaskA message delivered by Scott R. CooperSt. Andrews Episcopal Church, Prineville, OregonJuly 11, 2010
This morning’s gospel is the parable of the Good Samaritan.
It is easily one of the most familiar passages in the Bible—the subject of sermons and Sunday school for sure but also the subject of great art, movies, poems and songs and lots of other secular attention.
Gary Cooper Scott Cooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15285477032727664941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5553330545839999179.post-4283621090241511222010-06-20T23:05:00.000-07:002010-10-18T18:37:05.556-07:00June 20, 2010The Plumber’s Tale A message delivered by Scott R. Cooper at St. Andrews Episcopal Church, PrinevilleJune 20, 2010 (Father’s Day)
My father would have been 71 this year, had he lived.
He was a good man, my father. He was quirky and independent and a model of self-sufficient. And he imprinted his values very strongly on me. For the most part, I liked him, and I remember him fondly this Scott Cooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15285477032727664941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5553330545839999179.post-9597193513232458272010-04-28T23:09:00.000-07:002010-10-18T11:51:15.224-07:00April 28, 2010Shepherds Among the PewsA message by Scott Cooper, Delivered at St. Andrews Episcopal ChurchPrineville, Oregon, April 28, 2010
People who follow the news—even casual readers—have been aware in recent weeks of the growing scandal consuming the Roman Catholic Church. Our hearts go out to the victims of terrible crimes of abuse perpetuated against innocent youth, this time in schools and churches Scott Cooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15285477032727664941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5553330545839999179.post-47480708155496074802010-01-24T23:26:00.000-08:002010-10-18T18:38:59.535-07:00January 24, 2010The Case for ListeningA message delivered by Scott Cooperat St. Andrews Episcopal Church, Prineville, OregonJanuary 24, 2010
Let’s start this morning with a conversation I recently overheard between a young student and her elementary school teacher:
The teacher said: “Patty, if I give you two dogs and two more dogs and another two dogs, how many dogs have you got?” Patty, being a smart littleScott Cooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15285477032727664941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5553330545839999179.post-79995831787512763212009-12-13T18:30:00.000-08:002010-10-18T18:33:17.950-07:00December 13, 2009Rejoice!A message for the Third Sunday in AdventDelivered December 13, 2009 by Scott CooperSt. Andrews Episcopal Church, Prineville, Oregon
The third Sunday in Advent is traditionally referred to as Gaudete Sunday. Gaudete, from the Latin, “guadeo”, a verb meaning “rejoice.”
We do things a little differently today than we do during the rest of Advent. For one thing, we light the rose candle on Scott Cooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15285477032727664941noreply@blogger.com0