Fr. Micah Thompson

Fr. Micah’s Sermon: “Community Wholeness”

September 26, 2025 / Sunday service /

Readings:

Amos 8:4-12
Psalm 138
1 Timothy 2:1-7
Luke 16:1-13

Community Wholeness (Ephesians 4)

 

“As we are formed, we are sent out to love and serve those around us, communally and individually.” This is the vision of St. Timothy for Community Wholeness. In today’s sermon, we look at the outward facing actions of the church – mission, service, and outreach. As we do these, we hope to see Jesus be credible, conversions to the faith, and conformity among believers into the character of Jesus.

Fr. Micah’s Sermon: “Relational Wholeness”

September 26, 2025 / Sunday service /

Readings:

Exodus 32:1, 7-14
Psalm 51:1-17
1 Timothy 1:12-17
Luke 15:1-10

Relational Wholeness

Why is loneliness so prevalent and so hard? We were made to be relational creatures, and sin separates us from healthy connections to ourselves, to others, to God, and to creation. Today, we look at Jesus’ teaching about the value of lost things, and continue our look at St. Timothy’s Vision for a region transformed by the grace and truth of Jesus, seeing from Ephesians 4 how all believers are connected.

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.