The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost - Proper 16 - Holy Eucharist Rite II
Channel: St Barnabas Episcopal Church
Date: 2016-08-21

First Reading: Isaiah 58:9b-14
Psalm 103:1-8
Second Reading: Hebrews 12:18-29
Gospel: Luke 13:10-17

Pastor Gerry Rickel from the Community of St. Dysmas joined us in worship this morning.  The Community of St. Dysmas was the first Prison Congregation in the United States.  This first of a kind congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is a Word and Sacrament Ministry that meets in five places in the Maryland Department of Correction System; three in Jessup, one in Hagerstown and the latest being Central Maryland Correctional System in Sykesville (known as “The Laundry”).  While The Community of St. Dysmas is a sponsored by the ELCA, inmates of all religious backgrounds and often no background whatsoever, attend the worship services.  The CSD congregational model is now in 28 locations throughout the Country.