Sermon: Fifth Sunday after Pentecost

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Listen to the sermon preached by the Rev. Liz Maxwell on the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, July 13, 2025.

      Sermon - Pentecost V 2025 - The Rev. Elizabeth Maxwell

Lessons

You can read the scriptures for this service here: Amos 7:7-17; Psalm 82; Colossians 1:1-14; Luke 10:25-37.

The picture above depicts the Parable of the Good Samaritan, with Christ in the title character role, from the world’s oldest extant illustrated manuscript of the Gospels: the Rossano Gospels (ca. 550-559), discovered in the diocesan cathedral of Rossano, Italy.


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This Sunday, everyone is welcome to join us for Welcome Back Sunday, a joyful celebration of returning to full parish life after summer. The season turns with the cooler air, the return of our choir, and the resumption of two Sunday morning services. (The 6 pm Sunday service of Meditation & Sacrament continues, as well.) We’ll mark the occasion with festive fellowship and opportunities to reconnect with parish programs. At its heart, “coming home” means belonging — finding shelter in God and in one another, where faith, doubts, joys, and sorrows are all embraced. Whether longtime members or newcomers, all are warmly welcomed home.

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