Good Samaritan Episcopal Church

Good Samaritan Episcopal Church 1522 Highland Rd. Dallas, TX. 75206 info@goodsamaritandallas.org 214 328 3883 Read all our posts. Feel free to add comments. We’d like to have you be a part of our website. ISLAM (* and American culture. This is of course one of the the great world religions. The nature of our culture [...]

Maundy Thursday is the portrayal of Jesus last night before his death. The scriptural accounts of this time are found in Mt 26:17-56, Mk 14:12-52, Lk 22:7-53, and Jn 13-18:11. There is also a reference to the last supper in I Cor 11:23-26. There are four parts to the Maundy Thursday observance: the foot washing, [...]

Palm Sunday Holy week is the week beginning on Palm Sunday and going to the First Mass of Easter. The worship is a bit different from the usual with more attention being paid to portraying the events that occurred the last week of Jesus earthly life. Moods shift quickly and dramatically. Palm Sunday has two [...]

The East Dallas Spirituality Group held it’s seventh meeting Sunday, July 5th, at 7pm at Highland Park Cafeteria, 1200 N. Buckner Blvd. The group is growing and more folks are indicating interest. The topic for the next meeting is, “Spiritual Prophecy.” We will meet at the same time and place Sunday June 21st. Come and [...]

The sermons at the Sunday service during Lent are an application of the Twelve Step Program of Alcoholics Anonymous for all of us regardless of whether we have any addictions or not. On the First Sunday in Lent we focus on the first three steps. The first step focuses on powerlessness and unmanageability. What are [...]

Spiritual but not Religious by The Rev. George Anne Boyle In the wake of the New Age, and the ever-growing love affair our culture has with all things spiritual, a new mantra has emerged: I’m spiritual, not religious! It is the mantra of ex-Catholics and once-in-awhile Protestants and others on the spiritual path. This emerging [...]

Who is Jesus to You? We asked you on a survey to answer the question: Who is Jesus to you? Below are some of your responses…. Christ I see Christ in every person I meet. This makes me think that Jesus is not some abstract idea or demagogue; he is every person I encounter. “What [...]

The Book of Common Prayer appoints Ash Wed. and Good Friday as days of fasting, BCP p. 17. It goes on to say that the forty days of Lent are days of, “Special Devotion” and are, “observed by special acts of discipline and self denial.” What’s fasting all about anyway? Classically, it’s giving up food, [...]

The East Dallas Spirituality Group blasts off this Sunday at 7:00pm! We’ll meet at Highland Park Cafeteria, 1200 N. Buckner Blvd., Dallas. This new group will meet on the first and third Sundays of the month. There are a lot of people who are searching for a deeper spiritual life, and understanding. That’s true for [...]

Stations of the Cross is a traditional devotion usually done on Friday’s in Lent to commemorate the crucuifixion. This is not an historical reenactment, rather it is a meditative path which brings us closer to Jesus as we follow him to his death and burial. This year Roger Button our intern will lead us in [...]