Sermons from St. John’s Episcopal Church

Fr. Mullins is the guest preacher on Celebration Sunday, connecting love with all the ways the Bible talks about the sacrifices we make, and God's sacrifice for us.

Fr. Houk preaches on the Gospel from Matthew 22:15-22, where Jesus points us to the image that we should care about the most.

It's out annual Episcopal Schools Sunday and the theme comes from our reading from Hebrews. Fr. Houk preaches about how and Episcopal Schools especially prepare students for the race of a lifetime.

Exodus 14:19-31. Matthew 18:21-35. Fr. Houk deals with why forgiveness is hard to believe in, pointing to the supernatural reality of forgiveness as the way to freedom.

Fr. Butler preaches on Romans 12. We are all given a vision and gifts; our job is to get plugged in and bring it to life.

Exodus 3:1-15. Like Moses, we find out who we are, and what our lives are about, by knowing God. But it takes curiosity and effort and intention. We need to "turn aside and see."

Fr. Butler starts with the reading from Exodus1:8-2:10 and ends with Matthew 16:13-22, showing how God chooses regular people like Moses and Peter, and you, to change the world.

Matthew 15:10-28. Fr. Butler looks at Jesus's words about what makes a person clean and his healing of a Canaanite woman.

On Transfiguration Day, Fr. Houk reports on the state of the parish and the Vestry's goals for the coming year.

In Genesis 28:10-19a Jacob has an amazing vision of God and immediately anoints a rock. We all need sacramental reminders that help us let the grace of God in.