Sermon: Ninth Sunday after Pentecost

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Listen to the sermon preached by the Rev. Liz Maxwell on the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, July 26, 2026.

      Sermon - Pentecost IX 2026 - The Rev. Elizabeth Maxwell

Lessons

You can read the scriptures for this service here: Genesis 29:15-28; Psalm 105:1-11, 45b; Romans 8:26-39; Matthew 13:31-33,44-52.

The image above shows a painted window, “The Parable of the Mustard Seed,” at the YMCA training center for leadership in Kassel, Germany.


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Parish News: July 26

This week, the rector reflects on Paul’s affirmation that nothing—death, hardship, corruption, violence, or our own failings—can separate us from God’s love in Christ. She explores how the Spirit sustains us in our weakness, interceding with sighs too deep for words. She invites us to consider how we might live differently if we truly believed this conviction shapes not only our ultimate fate but our daily struggles.

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