Sermons
Each week, we listen for a word from God spoken into the middle of ordinary life: into joy and grief, into questions and hope, into the places where we are still becoming.
Our sermons are shaped by the readings of the day and the life of the community. They are not meant to have the final word, but to open a space where something deeper might begin.
Listen, and see what stays with you.
A Word for the Week
A sermon is not only an explanation. Often it is an invitation: to pay attention, to notice where grace is already at work, to hear the gospel in the middle of real life.
Some sermons meet you immediately. Others return days later, in prayer, in conversation, in the quiet background of your week. We trust that God can use even a small word, received at the right moment, to open something new.
Our Preachers
At Saint Peter’s, preaching is shared among our clergy, each bringing a distinct voice to the pulpit and a shared commitment to the gospel.
The Rev. Jenifer Gamber
Rector
The Rev. Cory Michael Irwin, Associate Rector
The Rev. Lauren Banks, Associate Rector
Sermon Archive
Browse recent sermons and return to one that stayed with you—or discover one you may have missed.
30 August 2026
A sermon on the holiness of human encounter, drawing on Moses’ theophany, a midnight hospital vigil, and C.S. Lewis to argue that every meeting with another person is sacred ground.
23 August 2026
This sermon calls the congregation to recognize themselves as participants in God’s ongoing revolution - one that begins not with proclamation but with conscience,
16 August 2026
Come Closer: A sermon on Genesis 45 and Matthew 15: Joseph’s forgiveness, the Canaanite woman’s faith, and the invitation to draw near across every divide. Come closer.
9 August 2026
Lord, Save me: Faith isn’t proof that our loved ones arrive safely — it’s the promise that God keeps crossing the dark water toward us, again and again, whether we’re brave enough to step out or too afraid to speak. A sermon on anxiety, trust, and the God who never stops moving toward us.
26 July 2026
The Kingdom in Ordinary Things: We needn’t transcend the ordinary to find the sacred. We simply need to look harder at the ordinary until god’s kingdom is revealed.
