Listen to the sermon preached by the Rev. Liz Maxwell on the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, July 19, 2026.
Sermon - Pentecost VIII 2026 - The Rev. Elizabeth Maxwell
Lessons
You can read the scriptures for this service here: Genesis 28:10-19a; Psalm 139: 1-11, 22-23; Romans 8:12-25; Matthew 13:24-30,36-43.
The image above shows an engraved plate, ca. 1567, depicting Jacob’s dream. One of a set of plates (along with a separate item engraved with a portrait of Queen Elizabeth I) depicting scenes from the Hebrew Bible, the set was likely a gift to or from the queen herself. It is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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