Sermons from 2021
The Good News
This is the sermon Bishop Scott Mayer preached at the joint service of St. Christopher and St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church on the Third Sunday of Advent, December 12, 2021. St. Christopher has been worshiping at St. Matthew’s since they lost their building in the end of the litigation. —— St Christopher FW with St Matthew’s Lutheran December 12, 2021 I want to begin this morning by expressing gratitude on behalf of the Episcopal Church, this diocese, and St Christopher’s to…
Advent hope
This is the sermon Bishop Scott Mayer preached at St. Mary’s, Hillsboro, on the Second Sunday of Advent, December 5, 2021. —– St Mary’s Hillsboro 2021 2 Advent December 5 It is a joy to be with you – in person. It is a joy to be with you in this place. Thank you for your service to God in and through the Episcopal Church. If we are honest, there are easier paths right now – but, none any more…
The first Incarnation
This is the sermon the Rt. Rev. Scott Mayer, bishop of The Episcopal Church in North Texas, preached at his visitation to St. Alban’s Theatre Arlington, on the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 26, 2021. ———– St Alban’s Arlington 2021 Creation Season, Mountain Sunday September 26 I have an all-time favorite New Yorker cartoon. It’s a cartoon picture of two fleas standing on a dog’s back. One flea is speaking to the other. And the flea says (the caption reads):…
The mystery of the other path
This is the sermon the Rev. Paula Jefferson preached on the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 19, 2021, for the live streamed worship service at St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Keller. ——– The Road Not Taken By Robert Frost Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as…
The bread of life
This is the sermon the Rev. Alan Bentrup preached on the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, August 8, 2021, at the 10:30 am featured live streamed service of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Keller. ——- A Sermon for Proper 14B, 2021 John 6:35, 41-51 Like many folks, my wife took up the hobby of bread baking during the pandemic. Loaves, doughs, bagels, crackers. Man, you’ve got to try these crackers… Bread baking, I’ve learned, isn’t just a small hobby. There are costs involved.…
What is our cross over moment this day?
This is the sermon the Rev. Kevin Johnson preached at St. Alban’s Theatre Arlington, for the featured live streamed service for the Ninth Sunday of Pentecost, July 25, 2021. ——– If you’ll remember, few weeks back we talked about the notion that when Jesus crosses the Galilean Sea something is always afoot. I think that was the sermon in which I observed that everyone always looks and sounds better with a group of back-up singers and the choir jumped right…
“Back where we started”
This is the sermon the Rev. Casey Shobe, rector, preached at the ordination of Ted Clarkson to the. priesthood on July 8, 2021, at The Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, Dallas. ——– Isaiah 6:1-8 Psalm 119:33-40 Acts 18:1-4, 18-21, 24-28 Luke 24:13-35 © 2021 by the Rev. R. Casey Shobe Sometimes, in God’s good time, we wind up right back where we started. Sometimes, we head out into the world, filled with our questions and hopes and faith, and before…
“What is our Kingdom work this week?”
This is the sermon the Rev. Amy Haynie preached at the featured online worship service of Trinity Episcopal Church, Fort Worth, for the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost. July 11, 2021. —————- Proper 10B Names are repeated in our family – and they may be in yours too – seems like it happens more often than not in families. Of course, I am Amy and my husband’s sister is Amy. When she got married a few years after we did, the…
“It’s all grace – all gift”
This is the sermon Bishop Scott Mayer preached at the worship service before the diocesan picnic on Saturday, June 26, 2021, at All Saints’ School. Read the text below the sermon. Today the Episcopal Church in North Texas gathers together from all parts of the diocese, ranging from Wichita Falls to Hillsboro, a tremendous turnout, to celebrate the Holy Eucharist, the Sacrament of Confirmation, and have a picnic. It is a time to celebrate our identity as Episcopalians, and our…
“A story of friendship and resurrection”
This is the sermon the Rev. Bradley Dyche, rector, preached on the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Stephenville, on June 27, 2021 in the featured livestreamed service. ——- Readings: 2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27; Mark 5:21-43 In the name of God who Creates, Redeems, Sustains, and befriends us. Amen. Greetings All! We at St. Luke’s are happy to have you worshiping with us right here in the ‘Ville. It’s a wonderful moment for us after celebrating with…
‘Open wide your hearts”
This is the sermon the Rev. Paula Jefferson preached on the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, June 20, 2021, for the online worship service of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Keller. —— Job 38:1-11 Psalm 107:1-3, 23-32 2 Corinthians 6:1-13 Mark 4:35-41 Today’s readings present us with a similar theme: human suffering and God’s engagement in our imperfect world. Fr Ron refers to this sort of reading as, “The Happy Christian’s Guide to Suffering”. Job, Mark’s Gospel, and Paul … each of these readings…
“Our calling is to scatter seeds”
This is the sermon the Rt. Rev. Scott Mayer preached at All Saints’ Episcopal Church, Fort Worth, worshiping at the Chapel at All Saints’ Episcopal School, 9700 Saints’ Circle, Fort Worth, TX, 76108, on the Third Sunday after Pentecost, June 13, 2021.. —————- All Saints Fort Worth 2021 3 Pentecost – Proper 6B June 13 I want to begin this morning by expressing my respect, affection, and gratitude for you, the people called All Saints Episcopal Church. These have been…
“with enough foolishness to believe….”
This is the sermon the Rev. Kevin Johnson preached at the online worship service for St. Alban’s, Theatre Arlington, on the Second Sunday after Pentecost, June 6, 2021. ——– Pentecost + 2, Proper 5B, 2021 In the year 2018, a skinny 15-year-old girl skipped school to protest outside the Swedish Parliament building; standing there by herself, with a homemade sign reading “School strike for climate.” By September of 2019 in cities across the globe the School Strike for Climate had…
. . .in that relationship of Love
This is the sermon the Rev. Dr. Robert Pace preached on Pentecost Sunday, May 23, 2021, at Trinity Episcopal Church, Fort Worth. ————- Texts: Acts 2:1-21 John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15 In the name of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. This is quite a day in the life of our church. It’s a great day of celebration. The feast of Pentecost is one of the historic seven principal feasts of the Church.[1] One of the great…
“Sanctify them. . .”
This is the sermon the Rev. Kevin Johnson preached at the diocesan worship service for the Seventh Sunday of Easter, May 16, 2021. We are grateful to Trinity, Fort Worth, for offering their St. Mary’s Chapel for the diocesan worship service. ——– John 17:6-19 It’s only 10 a.m. on a Sunday morning, your cup of coffee hasn’t quite kicked in, the synapses in your brain, in the words of the magnificent Dolly Parton, are still “yawning, stretching, and tryin’ to…
Abiding
This is the sermon the Rev. Karen Calafat preached at the Sixth Sunday of Easter, May 9, 2021. We are grateful to Trinity Episcopal Church, Fort Worth, for offering the use of their beautiful St. Mary’s Chapel for the service. ————– Easter 6B.2021 (Scripture for reference) John 15:1-8 I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinegrower. 2He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more…