Sermon: Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost

Sermon: Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost

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Listen to the sermon preached by the Rev. Ed Chinery on the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, August 9, 2026.

      Sermon - Pentecost XI 2026 - The Rev. Edwin Chinery

Lessons

You can read the scriptures for this service here: Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28; Psalm 105:1-6, 16-22, 45b; Romans 10:5-15; Matthew 14:22-33.

The image above is a tondo (round picture) with Christ commanding Peter to walk on the waves. It was a draft for a circular composition, likely by Angelo de’ Rossi (1671–1715), and is today part of the collection of the National Gallery of Denmark.


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