Fr. Micah’s Sermon: The Great Vigil of Easter 2026
Readings:
Genesis 7:1-5, 11-18: 8:6-20; 9:8-13
Exodus 14:10-15:1
Isaiah 4:2-6
Jonah 1:1-2:10
Zephaniah 3:12-20
Romans 6:3-11
Matthew 28:1-10
Sunday service
Fr. Micah’s Sermon: Maundy Thursday 2026
Readings:
Exodus 12:1-14
Psalm 78:14-25
1 Corinthians 11:23-26
John 13:1-15
Fr. Micah’s Sermon: Palm Sunday 2026
Readings:
Matthew 21:1-11
Isaiah 52:13-53:12
Psalm 22:1-11
Philippians 2:5-11
Matthew 27:1-54
Fr. Micah’s Sermon: Encounters with Jesus: Lazarus. The Fifth Sunday of Lent (Passion Sunday)
Readings:
Ezekiel 37:1-14
Psalm 130
Romans 6:15-23
John 11:18-44
Everyone thought they knew what Jesus should have done, but His salvation was better than they could imagine.
Fr. Micah’s Sermon: The Fourth Sunday of Lent
Readings:
1 Samuel 16:1-13
Psalm 23
Ephesians 5:1-14
John 9:1-13, 28-38
Fr. Micah’s Sermon: The Third Sunday of Lent
Readings:
Exodus 17:1-7
Psalm 95
Romans 1:16-32
John 4:5-26, 39-42
Jesus dismisses shame and makes us bold to proclaim our new life. The woman at the well could not have been further from God according to the rules of Jewish life. Her life was defined by her shame. But Jesus, knowing her perfectly, still welcomes her to new life – worshiping the Father in Spirit and Truth.
Fr. Micah’s Sermon: The Second Sunday of Lent
Readings:
Genesis 12:1-9
Psalm 33:12-22
Romans 4:1-5, 13-17
John 3:1-16
Nicodemus met Jesus at night. He is fearful for his reputation, because the legal system he led always builds a deep insecurity that we are not good enough. But Jesus responds with beautiful assurance – God loves you, even when you aren’t “good enough.”
Fr. Micah’s Sermon: The First Sunday of Lent
Genesis 2:4-9, 15-17, 25-3:7
Psalm 51:1-12
Romans 5:12-21
Matthew 4:1-11
This Lent, we are looking at the ways Jesus engaged with others. The first is from Matthew 4, where the Spirit leads Jesus to be tested by the “tempter.” The real temptation was not hunger, or fame, or glory – but identity. “If you are the Son of God, …”
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Fr. Micah’s Sermon: We Worship, Part 5 – “Where We Worship”
Exodus 24:12-18
Psalm 99
Philippians 3:7-14
Matthew 17:1-9
Have a blessed Lent! Today, we begin a season of preparation for our Easter celebration. For the next few weeks, our liturgy will change to be a bit more somber, to exclude “alleluia”, and to add more prayer as we spiritually walk the journey toward Jerusalem.
Today – mark your calendars for our Holy Week services and offerings, from Palm Sunday through Easter. These are some of my favorite events of the year, and I’d love to share them with you!
If you can’t make it to the service tonight at 7pm, there are some “open hours” when the sanctuary will be open (and warm) for private prayer. I’ll be there if you’d like to talk or pray.
Finally, throughout Lent I will be offering video devotionals on our social media pages. Keep a look out, and study the book of 1 John through Lent.
Fr. Micah’s Sermon: We Worship Part 4 – “Why we Worship”
Readings:
Isaiah 49:1-7
Psalm 67
Acts 1:1-8
Matthew 9:35-38
We worship to change the world. Worship is God’s method for transforming us into believers, into disciples, into laborers, and into the Kingdom of God. If we want to see the world changed by Jesus, we must worship.