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Category: Holy Week

Easter Day: Sermon Summary and Reflection Questions

News | April 20, 2025

On Easter Sunday, Doyt called on us to embrace hope and transformation through the resurrection of Jesus Christ. He compared the burdens we often carry—exhaustion, despair, or uncertainty—to the grief of the women who came to Jesus’ tomb on that first Easter morning. They expected death but were met with resurrection, a divine disruption that

Easter Day Summary

Easter Vigil: Sermon Summary and Reflection Questions

News | April 20, 2025

In her Easter Vigil sermon, Kate reflected on the profound journey from the silence of Holy Saturday into the joy of Easter resurrection. She described this sacred moment as a liminal space—a place where we sit with the grief of the tomb, waiting for the light of new life. Drawing from Good Friday, she reminded

Easter Vigil Summary

Good Friday: Sermon Summary and Reflection Questions

News | April 18, 2025

In his Good Friday sermon, Doyt reflects on the courage of Jesus Christ as revealed in Isaiah’s Fourth Servant Song, describing it as a love-driven bravery that transforms suffering into redemption. He emphasizes that Jesus’ journey to the cross is not an act of weakness or resignation but a bold, divine decision to face pain

Good Friday Summary

Guardians of Hope

Sermon | April 9, 2023

Good morning. HAPPY EASTER! I’m so glad to see you today. There is a sense that we’re back to normal, if that’s really possible in a world where COVID is endemic. In fact, I know some of you can’t be here today because you have COVID. I’m glad you’re joining us online. I hope you’re

The God who Makes, Moves, Purposes, and Renews

Sermon | April 8, 2023

As we sit in darkness having heard the Cantor sing: “This is the night…” we remember. This is the night we remember who our God is. We tell the stories about what our God has done. We remember that it is God who saves us. The song we just sang makes the point:   Surely it

At the Foot of the Cross

Sermon | April 7, 2023

Today is Good Friday. This is the day Jesus was crucified. We tend to think of this day from Jesus’s perspective. We imagine what he was feeling. We envision what his body looked like – all bruised, and broken, and bloodied, nearly unrecognizable. Today IS a hard, hard day. I think of it as a

Maundy Thursday

Sermon | April 6, 2023

Here we are, at Maundy Thursday. Our participation in Christ’s Passion was already real throughout this Holy Week, but it’s getting really real now. So, a question for you: How would you choose to spend the last night of your life? I had a friend who used to say that if the bombs were coming,

The Great Vigil

Sermon | April 16, 2022

Tonight, I’d like you to join me on a journey to the Holy Land. I have been there 10 times, and tonight, I look forward to returning there with you. It is a journey that continues the exploration of our souls as so illuminated by Kelli on Maundy Thursday and Susan on Good Friday. We

Good Friday

Sermon | April 15, 2022

Good evening. My name is Susan Pitchford, and I work on adult faith formation here at Epiphany.  “Good” Friday? Seriously? People often want to know, why do we call this day “good”? It’s a day of tragedy, of injustice, a day of suffering and darkness and death. What’s so good about that? Well, the short