Sermon: First Sunday after Epiphany

mural: John Baptizing Jesus

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Listen to the sermon preached by the Rev. Elizabeth Maxwell on the First Sunday after Epiphany: The Baptism of Our Lord, January 11, 2026.

      Sermon - Epiphany I 2026 - The Rev. Elizabeth Maxwell

Lessons

You can read the scriptures for this service here: Isaiah 42:1-9; Psalm 29; Acts 10:34-43; Matthew 3:13-17.

The image above, “John Baptizing Jesus,” is from a mural in the Church of Enda Yesus in Axum, Ethiopia.


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