St. Aidan's Anglican Church, Kansas City - Weekly Talks

The call and example of Jesus to likewise become a servant is a way to dismantle abusive power structures. He did not come to be served but to serve and give his life as a ransom for many. At St. Aidan's, we call newcomers to membership to commit their lives to one another in loving service. Serve the Lord with gladness and come before his presence with singing! We long to be joyful servants of the King.

We strive to build a church family that lives as the interrelated, interdependent Body of Christ of I Corinthians 12. We view membership as local and universal with intentionality and mutually agreed-upon biblical aims for the people of God in a local church family.

The Transfiguration of Christ reveals the original glorious light humanity wore as a garment. This loss of glory revealed to our ancestral parents a sense of nakedness, fear, and shame. The entrance of sin into the cosmos stripped humanity of this glory shared in communion with God. Christ, the Second Adam, the ultimate human, fully human and fully divine, shows forth the outcome of our salvation in Christ. The feast of the Transfiguration shows us what it means to be fully human, restored in Christ. Christ calls us out of darkness into his marvelous light. In baptism we put on Christ, the restored robe of glory. He calls us to walk in the light, restoring communion with God and creation. As we live in this light, we have communion with one another and the blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sin.

The Calling of Saint Matthew is a painting by Caravaggio, depicting the moment at which Jesus Christ inspires Matthew to follow him. It was completed in 1599–1600 for the Contarelli Chapel in the church of the French congregation, San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome, where it remains. It hangs alongside two other paintings of Matthew by Caravaggio, The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew (painted around the same time as the Calling) and The Inspiration of Saint Matthew (1602).

Icon by Ivanka Demchuk The Wedding at Cana of Galilee, John 2:1-11, is a picture of humanity, empty and without the wine of divine life. Israel had run out of wine, and it would require the Paschal Mystery to restore the divine life. The wedding at Cana is a picture of how our transformation occurs. Jesus brings the wine, restored communion, to our lives. He fills our empty vessels with the abundance of his Kingdom - righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. He’s saying if our relationship with God has run out of wine, do what he tells you, and out of your innermost being shall flow rivers of living water. If our marriages are running low on this joyous wine, do whatever he tells you, and out of our innermost being shall flow rivers of living water. The presence of Jesus in our households brings transformation. “I will restore the years that the locust have eaten.” Joel 2:25 We see how Jesus transformed water into wine. Today we believe he will transform wine into his blood. Likewise, he can

Holy Matrimony, a truly Christian marriage, and life-long celibacy point to the union of Christ and His Church, His Bride. Both an outward signs of an inward grace; both signify Union in Christ, yet marriage signified earthly union awaiting the consummation of all things, while life-long celibacy points to the eschatological union, the full consummation of Christ and His Church in the eschaton.

Andrew and Annette Comiskey are the founders of Desert Stream Ministries (desertstream.org/). Desert Stream is based on Jesus' mercy and the dignity of men and women made in God's image. They equip Christians to gather in pursuit of radical wholeness.

Andrew and Annette Comiskey are the founders of Desert Stream Ministries (desertstream.org/). Desert Stream is based on Jesus' mercy and the dignity of men and women made in God's image. They equip Christians to gather in pursuit of radical wholeness. Following today's talk includes portions of the ministry prayer time. The entire congregation responded and came forward to receive prayer. Next week, they will continue part 2 of their message to our congregation.

Icon: Ivanka Demchuk

Icon: Ivanka Demchuk Psalm 127 Ephesians 2:11-21 Luke 11:14f. Icon: Ivanka Demchuk

Alongside the sermon series, The Church Comes Home, we encourage our congregation to read Habits of the Household - practicing the Story of God in Everyday Family Rhythms by Jason Whitmel Earley.

The Feast of Pentecost, Anita Powers - artist

This is the final class for the summer. We plan to begin with Genesis 12 sometime after the summer. Blessings.

John 17:1-11; Acts 1:1-14 - Year A - 7th Sunday of Easter. This talk encourages us to look at God's eternal plan of redemption in Christ as a whole, from the anticipation of Advent blooming into Christmas, the Feast of the Incarnation; from Good Friday necessitating Easter, and the Ascension anticipating Pentecost, the final act of redemption until the return of Christ, the Grand Finale. These feasts are not to be understood as individual events but one dependent on the next to accomplish the whole plan of redemption from the Theotokos' conception by the Holy Spirit to the return of the glorified God/man, King Jesus. Though Easter is the feast of feasts, it is not isolated from the Ascension pointing to Pentecost. Alas, Pentecost points to the Grand Finale, the final return of Christ to inaugurate the New Creation, new heavens, and a renewed earth wherein righteousness dwells. Come, Lord Jesus!

Eastertide brings us backward to the forward teachings of Christ, pointing to his resurrection and ascension, and to Pentecost, the sending of the Holy Spirit. It would take all three of these salvific events for His Church to form and abide in Him.

17. Genesis 9:18 - 10:32 Bill Baldwin 5.14.23 by St. Aidan's Anglican Church, KC

Genesis 8:20 - 9:17 - After the Flood (Worship, Government, and Covenant) Bill Baldwin 05.07.23 by St. Aidan's Anglican Church, KC

Let Not Your Hearts Be Troubled - Fr. Derek Metcalf 05.07.23 by St. Aidan's Anglican Church, KC

Genesis 7-8

Luke 24:39-49 Today we continue in Luke 24, with Luke’s final resurrection appearance. Last week, we reflected on how the risen Lord interacts with humanity. He appears to the fearful, the unbelieving, the sad and disillusioned on Emmaus Road. Emmaus road can be understood as a metaphor for humanity going the wrong way. These two disciples attended the first Holy week, witnessed the crucifixion and heard the testimony of the women that Christ had risen. They knew the facts but didn’t get the meaning of it all, the visible realm was obvious, but the invisible realm was closed. There are two ways of seeing, perceiving. The first way is familiar to all. Though born blind to true reality, we come into this world seeing the surface of things. Genesis 3:7 says, “Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked.” Like us all, these two on Emmaus Road were familiar with this way of seeing. It’s all humanity knows until the risen Lord reverses this limited way of seeing passed down from Genes