Fr. Micah’s Sermon: “Spiritual Wholeness”

September 10, 2025 / Sunday service /

Readings:

Deuteronomy 30:15-20
Psalm 1
Philemon 4-21
Luke 14:25-33

Spiritual Wholeness (Ephesians 4)

What would it look like for our region to be transformed by the grace and truth of Jesus? What would it feel like? Today, St. Timothy begins a series that provides the basis for our vision statement, “Pursuing Spiritual, Relational, and Community Wholeness.”

It begins with our internal lives. The fundamental problem of humanity is a spiritual separation from God. If our region is to transform our region, we must first be formed. We want to see “Every Person, at every age and stage of life is being formed toward the likeness of Jesus!”

 

Fr. Micah’s Sermon: “Hope and Choices” (Luke 14)

September 4, 2025 / Sunday service /

Readings:
Psalm 112
Hebrews 13:1-8
Luke 14:1, 7-14

Hope and Choices (Luke 14)
On this Sunday, we celebrated a baptism! The sacrament of baptism reminds us that our hopes define our choices. In Hebrews 13, we are encouraged to make a number of selfless decisions. In Luke 14, Jesus instructs us to be humble. Selflessness and humility only make sense if we have a hope greater than our own comfort.

Fr. Micah’s Sermon: “The Holiness Goal”

August 22, 2025 / Sunday service /

Readings:

Jeremiah 23:23-29
Psalm 82
Hebrews 12:1-14
Luke 12:49-56

The Holiness Goal

So many people hit difficult times and wonder if God is really there, or really cares. The writer of Hebrews gave a long history of God’s faithfulness in Hebrews 11, and in Ch. 12, he gives some great advice to these early Christians, suffering under persecution. He reframes suffering as discipline, captures our imagination, and directs our habits. These steps move to understand that the goal of this life is not comfort, but holiness.

Fr. Micah’s Sermon: “Faith Is The Assurance Of What We Hope For”

August 22, 2025 / Sunday service /
“Faith is the assurance
of what we hope for”
 
Readings:
Genesis 15: 1-6
Psalm 33: 10-22
Hebrews 11: 1-16
Luke 12: 32-40

Faith is the assurance of what we hope for – so if we aren’t sure, does that mean we just try harder to believe? The writer of Hebrews didn’t write to a church in crisis to guilt them into more work. Instead, he shared the whole testimony of substance. The real God has been shaping history by His invisible power, and is still at work.

Fr. Micah’s Sermon: “Teach Us To Pray”

August 22, 2025 / Sunday service /

Readings:

Genesis 18:20-33
Psalm 138
Colossians 2:6-15
Luke 11:1-13

Teach Us To Pray

In Luke 11, Jesus powerfully shows his disciples that most important part of praying is to actually do it! Whether it is well-crafted or a primal cry, bring your requests to God, and because He is relational, He will answer. The Lord’s prayer is an amazingly compact way of praying for most of our needs – praise, purpose, provision, freedom, and direction.

 

Dr. Paul Hines’s Sermon: “Sending the 72”

August 22, 2025 / Sunday service /

Sending the 72 — Morning Prayer Worship Service

Readings:

Isaiah 66:10-16
Psalm 66:1-9
Galatians 6:6-18
Luke 10:1-20

Sending the 72

In the gospel reading from Luke 10, Jesus sends out 72 of his disciples to prepare the way for his coming by healing the sick and reminding others that the kingdom of heaven is near. Here we reflect on the implications of this passage for us in Vermont, as we seek to follow Jesus’ example and invite others to join us in following him.

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Fr. Micah’s Sermon: “Indecision”

August 22, 2025 / Sunday service /

Indecision – Ordinary Time

Readings:

1 Kings 19:15-21
Psalm 16
Galatians 5:1, 13-25
Luke 9:51-62

Indecision

Galatians 5 presents with an ironic mystery. St. Paul gives us a list of sins and a list of virtues, but tells us that we are free in Jesus. The statement of liberty arrives with a command, while the lists of vice and virtue have no command.

In this passage, these lists provide evidence of a deeper understanding of grace. They are the diagnostics of our lives. When we find ourselves drawn to the works of “the flesh,” we know that there is spiritual work to be done. If however, we grow in the fruit of the spirit, we know that we are living “by the Spirit,” and making progress in our faith.


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