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.
12 July 2026
God is generous and absurd, throwing God's word and love all over the place, even if it lands somewhere crazy.
5 July 2026
We have to allow God into our grief, into our pain. Trusting that God will take us when we are broken and weary. Trusting that God is not the cause of our grief or pain, but the one who is with us.
28 June 2026
Hope is not a guarantee about what will happen, but a conviction about who God is.
21 June 2026
Twice God appeared to Hagar in her darkest moments. Twice God brought her from death to life, from despair to hope. God was neither a distant observer nor absent in the pain. Hagar and her future were resurrected.
14 June 2026
The Unquiet Heart: Romans 5 and a Theology of Hope
We live as people with hope to bring, knowing that God works through us to help others find hope, too
7 June 2026
Stepping into the Unknown: Faith and Trust
There is a question that follows high school seniors everywhere in the weeks before graduation: So, what are your plans?