"The Grace of Giving"

Proper 8.B.21
2 Corinthians 8:7-15
The Rev. Melanie McCarley

Landon Parvin tells a story about a charity organization’s chairperson’s visit to an infamous miser. “Sir,” the fund-raiser told him, “Our records show that despite your wealth, you’ve never even once given to our drive.”

Sara St. Peter

Sara St. Peter is a Behavior Analyst (BCBA and LABA) at Amego, Inc.’s residential and day school. She is a clinician that works with children with developmental disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Intellectual Disabilities, and challenging behaviors. She specializes in maladaptive behavior reduction and adaptive skill acquisition. Sara received her MS in Applied Behavior Analysis from Northeastern University and her BS in Psychology, with a minor in Music, from Allegheny College.

Vicky Cabot

Vicky has been an enthusiastic Episcopalian since birth! Growing up in Chestnut Hill, MA Vicky was baptized at Emmanuel Church, Boston where her father was on the Vestry and later she attended Trinity Church where she was president of the acolyte guild, was confirmed and married.

Alexander “Zander” Grant

Zander has lived in Dedham and been a member of St. Paul’s Church for the majority of his life. Zander attended Dedham Country Day School, Noble & Greenough School, Middlebury College in Vermont, and the Amos Tuck Business School at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. He continues to be involved with the schools in fund-raising and other alumni functions. Zander worked in New York City for three years before relocating and living in Boston and Dover, MA, and then returned to Dedham in 1998, along with his wife Carol and their two daughters, Audrey and Lily.

"Who Belongs to the Family of God?"

Proper 5.B.21
Mark 3:20-35
The Rev. Melanie McCarley

A crowd had gathered around Jesus; and they said to him, “Your mother and your brothers and sisters are outside, asking for you.” And he replied, “Who are my mother and my brothers?” And looking at those who sat around him, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.”