Sermons | Christ Church Shrewsbury

Listen to Inspirational Sermons from the Pulpit of Christ Church by the Reverend Lisa S. Mitchell, Rector

1/20/2019 2nd Sunday After Epiphany 2019 “Love Letters”
1/13/2019 1st Sunday After Epiphany 2019 “Jesus, One of Us”
12/25/2018 Christmas 2018
12/23/2018 4th Sunday in Advent 2018 “Mothers All”
12/16/2018 3rd Sunday in Advent 2018 “John and Paul: The Odd Couple”
12/09/2018 2nd Sunday in Advent 2018 “Beloved Community”
12/02/2018 1st Sunday in Advent 2018 “One More for the Birds”
11/25/2018 Christ The King 2018 “Chicken ala King”
11/18/2018 26th Sunday After Pentecost 2018 “Why We Choose Thanksgiving”
11/11/2018 MY CHURCH, MY FAITH
by Andrew Brown

11/11/2018 25th Sunday after Pentecost 2018 “Ruth: Walk a Mile in Her Shoes”
11/04/2018 MY CHURCH, MY FAITH
by Walter Burrell

10/28/2018 MY CHURCH, MY FAITH
by Tom Cameron

10/28/2018 All Saints 2018 “The Living and the Dead”
10/21/2018 MY CHURCH, MY FAITH
by Christine Meislohn

10/21/2018 22nd Sunday After Pentecost 2018
by Reverend Kathleen Bishop
10/14/2018 21st Sunday after Pentecost 2018 “A Spooky Tale”
10/7/2018 20th Sunday after Pentecost 2018 “Battle of the Sexes”
9/30/2018 19th Sunday after Pentecost 2018 “Let’s Go!”
9/23/2018 18th Sunday after Pentecost 2018 “The Puzzler”
9/16/2018 17th Sunday after Pentecost 2018 “Oops! Wrong Messiah!”
9/9/2018 16th Sunday after Pentecost 2018 “The Turning Point”
9/2/12018 15th Sunday after Pentecost 2018 2018 “Come Labor On”
8/19/2018 13th Sunday after Pentecost 2018
8/12/2018 12th Sunday after Pentecost 2018
by Reverend Jim Jones
8/5/2018 11th Sunday after Pentecost 2018 “Rules of the Road”

The Rules of the Road sermon refers to this image.

7/22/2018 9th Sunday after Pentecost 2018 “Christianity Without Christ?”
7/15/2018 8th Sunday after Pentecost 2018 “Day to Day Distractions”
7/8/2018 7th Sunday after Pentecost 2018 “The Nazareth Principle”
6/24/2018 5th Sunday after Pentecost 2018 “Peace! Be Still!”
6/17/2018 4th Sunday after Pentecost 2018 “The Fatherhood Train”
6/10/2018 Youth Sunday 2018
by Christina Alfano
6/3/2018 2nd Sunday After Pentecost 2018 “Gone Fishin”
5/27/2018 Trinity Sunday 2018 “God in a Pail”
5/20/2018 Pentecost 2018 “God Will Get You”
5/13/2018 7th Sunday in Easter 2018 “Our Best Mom”
5/6/2018 6th Sunday in Easter 2018 “Final Jeopardy”
4/29/2018 5th Sunday in Easter 2018 “The Four Letter Word”
4/22/2018 4th Sunday in Easter 2018 “Earth Day Revisited”
by Reverend Kathleen Bishop
4/15/2018 3rd Sunday in Easter 2018 “Jesus Said, “Ya Feel Me?'”
by Reverend Kathleen Bishop
4/8/2017 “Instructed Eucharist” Instructed Eucharist 1st Sunday After Easter 2018

These images are referred to in the Instructed Eucharist sermon

4/1/2018 Easter 2018 “Christ, Hidden in Plain Sight”
3/25/2018 Palm Sunday 2018 “The First March (of our Lives)”
3/11/2018 4th Sunday in Lent 2018 “Snake on a Stick”
3/4/2018 3rd Sunday in Lent 2018 “Jesus is not a Wimp!!!”
by Reverend Vicki Cuff DCN
2/25/2018 2nd Sunday in Lent 2018 “Right Arm, Left Arm, Right Foot, Left Foot”
2/18/2018 1st Sunday in Lent 2018 “Know Thy Enemy”
2/14/2018 Ash Wednesday 2018 “Sweet Lent”
2/11/2018 Last Sunday in Epiphany 2018 “Darkness or Dawn”
2/4/2018 5th Sunday in Epiphany 2018 “The Big Pullback”
1/28/2018 4th Sunday in Epiphany 2018 “Annual Meeting (Every Day)”
1/21/2018 3rd Sunday in Epiphany 2018 “Twice Have I heard It”
1/14/2018 2nd Sunday in Epiphany 2018 “Ding Dong! God’s Calling”
12/24/2017 Christmas Eve 2017 “Treasure House”
12/17/2017 3rd Sunday in Advent 2017 “Unusual, Unthinkable, Unimaginable”
12/10/2017 2nd Sunday in Advent 2017
by The Bishop of Myra
12/3/2017 1st Sunday in Advent 2017 “King and Peasant Alike”
11/26/2017 Last Sunday After Pentecost 2017 “All Together Now”
11/19/2017 24th Sunday after Pentecost 2017 “Casserole Theology”
11/12/2017 One Church, One Faith
by Beverlee Ackerbloom
11/12/201723rd Sunday After Pentecost 2017 “The End of Days: Three Views”
11/5/2017 One Church, One Faith 2017
by Walter Dein
11/5/2017 22nd Sunday After Pentecost 2017 “Walking with Long Hair”
10/30/2017 All Saints 2017 “The Gift”
10/22/2017 20th Sunday After Pentecost 2017 “Render Unto ??”
10/15/2017 19th Sunday After Pentecost 2017 “A Beastly, Devilish, Parking Lot”
10/8/2017 18th Sunday after Pentecost 2017 “Coming Out Day”
by Dory Coe
10/1/2017 17th Sunday after Pentecost 2017 “Based on a True Story”
9/24/2017 16th Sunday after Pentecost 2017 “All in a Day’s Work”
9/10/2017 14th Sunday After Pentecost 2017 “Within the Nave”
9/03/2017 13th Sunday After Pentecost 2017 “Come, Labor On”
by Reverend Kathleen Bishop
8/27/2017 12th Sunday After Pentecost 2017 “Build My Church”
8/20/2017 11th Sunday After Pentecost 2017 “Tradition in Motion”
8/13/2017 10th Sunday After Pentecost 2017 “God’s Love for the Whole Creation”
by the Reverend Dr, Cathy Bickerton
8/6/2017 9th Sunday After Pentecost 2017 “Ho-Ho-Ho”
7/30/2017 8th Sunday After Pentecost 2017 “Old Dogs, New Tricks”
7/23/2017 7th Sunday After Pentecost 2017
7/16/2017 6th Sunday after Pentecost 2017 “The Tale of Two Roses”
7/9/2017 5th Sunday after Pentecost 2017 “The Yoke’s on You”
6/18/2017 2nd Sunday After Pentecost 2017 “A Passion for Compassion”
5/28/2017 7th Sunday of Easter 2017 “Above the Fray”
5/21/2017 6th Sunday of Easter 2017 “Baptism by Rogation”
5/14/2017 5th Sunday of Easter 2017 “Ma and God”
5/7/2014 4th Sunday of Easter 2017 “Simply Complicated”
4/30/2017 3rd Sunday of Easter 2017 “Artists: Storytellers and Painters”
by Deacon Victoria Cuff
4/23/2017 2nd Sunday of Easter 2017 “Faith in a Sea of Doubts”
by Deacon William Balmer
4/16/2017 Easter 2017 “Christ is Risen”
4/13/2017 Maundy Thursday 2017 “The Footwashing That Almost Wasn’t”
4/9/2017 Palm Sunday 2017 “Worse Than Death”
4/2/2017 5th Sunday in Lent 2017
by Reverend Kathleen Bishop
3/26/2017 4th Sunday in Lent 2017
by Reverend Kathleen Bishop
3/19/2017 3rd Sunday in Lent 2017
by Reverend Kathleen Bishop
3/12/2017 2nd Sunday in Lent 2017
by Deacon William Balmer
3/5/2017 1st Sunday in Lent 2017 “The Temptation of Jesus”
by Reverend Mary Frances Schjonberg
2/26/2017 Last Sunday in Epiphany 2017
by Reverend Kathleen Bishop
2/12/2017 6th Sunday of Epiphany 2017
by Reverend Kathleen Bishop
2/5/2017 5th Sunday in Epiphany 2017
by Reverend Kathleen Bishop
1/29/2017 4th Sunday of Epiphany 2017
by Reverend Kathleen Bishop
1/22/2017 3rd Sunday of Epiphany 2017 “Healing”
by the Reverend Dr. James W. Jones
1/15/2017 2nd Sunday in Epiphany 2017 “Dr. Kings’ Non-violent Method”
by Reverend Kathleen Bishop
12/24/2016 Christmas Eve 2016 “Remember”
12/18/2016 4th Sunday in Advent 2016 “Anniversary”
12/11/2016 3rd Sunday in Advent 2016 “Fretful Anxiety / Promising Hope”
by Deacon Victoria Cuff
12/4/2016 Visit from St Nicholas 2016
11/27/2016 1st Sunday in Advent 2016 “Groundhog Judgment”
11/20/2016 Last Sunday in Pentecost 2016 “Let us Fix our Eyes on that which Lasts Forever”
by Deacon William Balmer
11/13/2016 Stewardship Testimonial 2 2016
by Jeff Veil
11/13/2016 26th Sunday in Pentecost 2016 “God’s Dream”
11/06/2016 Stewardship Testimonial 1 2016
by Jim Halpern
11/06/2016 25th Sunday in Pentecost 2016 “The Campaign Ends … The Campaign Begins”
10/30/2016 24th Sunday in Pentecost 2016 “Flipside: Saints and Sinners”
10/23/2016 23rd Sunday in Pentecost 2016 “Give God the Glory”
by Deacon William Balmer
10/16/2016 22nd Sunday in Pentecost 2016 “Being Jesus Today”
by Reverend Mary Frances Schjonberg
10/9/2016 21st Sunday in Pentecost 2016 “Make No Outcasts”
by Reverend Mary Frances Schjonberg
10/2/2016 20th Sunday in Pentecost 2016 “Lord, Increase our Faith!”
9/25/2016 19th Sunday in Pentecost 2016 “A Word to the Church for the World”
9/18/2016 18th Sunday in Pentecost 2016 “Grocery Store Story”
9/11/2016 17th Sunday in Pentecost 2016 “9-1-1”
9/4/2016 16th Sunday in Pentecost 2016 “Ultimate Concern”
by Reverend Kathleen Bishop
8/28/2016 15th Sunday in Pentecost 2016 “Let Us Keep the Feast”
8/21/2016 14th Sunday in Pentecost 2016 “The Rest of the Week”
8/14/2016 13th Sunday in Pentecost 2016 “Seeing a Fuller Picture of God”
by Reverend Mary Frances Schjonberg
8/7/2016 12th Sunday in Pentecost 2016 “The Little Engine”
7/31/2016 11th Sunday in Pentecost 2016 “Vanity of Vanities”
7/24/2016 10th Sunday in Pentecost 2016 “The Village Prayer”
7/17/2016 9th Sunday in Pentecost 2016 “Know Your Place”
7/10/2016 8th Sunday in Pentecost 2016 “Indifferent”
6/19/2016 5th Sunday in Pentecost 2016 “Hear the Word of God and Do It”
by Deacon William Balmer
6/12/2016 4th Sunday in Pentecost 2016 Youth Sunday“Glowing With Pride”
6/05/2016 3rd Sunday in Pentecost 2016 “Know Your Story – Live It Boldly”
5/29/2016 2nd Sunday in Pentecost 2016 “Hitting the Send Button”
5/22/2016 Trinity Sunday 2016 “I-You”
5/15/2016 Pentecost 2016 “Mitakuye Oyasin”
5/8/2016 7th Sunday in Easter 2016 “A Dog Day Mother’s Day”
5/1/2016 6th Sunday in Easter 2016 “Rogation Celebration”
4/24/2016 5th Sunday in Easter 2016 “Subvert the Dominant Paradigm”
4/17/2016 4th Sunday in Easter 2016 “The Fortune Cookie”
4/10/2016 3rd Sunday in Easter 2016 “Better Call Saul: Close Encounters of Three Kinds”
4/3/2016 2nd Sunday in Easter 2016 “Struggling with Fear and Doubt in the Upper Room of Faith”
by Deacon William Balmer
3/27/2016 Easter 2016
by Reverend Mary Frances Schjonberg
3/27/2016 Easter Vigil (Sunrise) 2016 “The Moving Image of Reality”
3/24/2016 Maundy Thursday 2016 “A New Commandment to Love”
by Deacon William Balmer
3/20/2016 Palm Sunday “I Am a Crowd”
3/13/2016 5th Sunday in Lent 2016 “Where the Wild Things Are”
3/6/2016 4th Sunday in Lent 2016 “This Fellow Welcomes Sinners and Eats with Them”
by Deacon William Balmer
2/28/2016 3rd Sunday in Lent 2016 “The Judgment of God”
by Reverend Dr.James Jones III
2/21/2016 2nd Sunday in Lent 2016 “The Fox and the Hen”
2/14/2016 1st Sunday in Lent 2016 “Walking with Jesus Through Lent”
by Deacon Victoria Cuff
2/10/2016 Ash Wednesday 2016
by Deacon William Balmer
2/7/2016 Last Sunday in Epiphany 2016 “Glory to Glory”
1/31/2016 4th Sunday in Epiphany 2016 “The TODAY Show”
1/17/2016 2nd Sunday In Epiphany 2016 “One Single Act”
1/10/2016 1st Sunday in Epiphany 2016 “The Promise”
1/03/2016 2nd Sunday After Christmas 2016 “Epiphanies Require Responses”
by Reverend Mary Frances Schjonberg
12/24/2015 Sermon Christmas Eve “Bethlehemian Rhapsody”
12/20/2015 4th Sunday in Advent 2015 “Christmas: The Prequel”
12/13/2015 3rd Sunday in Advent 2015 “Both Sides of the Street”
12/06/2015 Visit by St Nicholas 2015 on the Second Sunday in Advent
with Bishop NIcholas of Myra
11/29/2015 1st Sunday in Advent 2015 “Advent Angst”
11/26/2015 Thanksgiving 2015 “Don’t Worry, check Be Thankful/Happy”
by Reverend William Balmer, thumb Deacon
11/22/2015 Last Sunday after Pentecost 2015 “The Awful Truth”

11/15/2015 Stewardship Testimonial 2015
by Elaine Feyereisen
11/15/2015 25th Sunday After Pentecost 2015 “Apocalypse Now”
11/8/2015 24th Sunday After Pentecost 2015 MCDM Sunday
by Reverend William Balmer, Deacon
11/1/2015 All Saints Day 2015 “Saints: Capital S and little s”
by Reverend Victoria Cuff, Deacon
10/25/2015 22nd Sunday After Pentecost 2015 “Last Call”
10/11/2015 20th Sunday After Pentecost 2015 “The Communion Set”
10/4/2015 19th Sunday After Pentecost 2015 “The Chasuble and the Jail Cell”
9/27/2015 18th Sunday after Pentecost 2015 “Unfinished Symphony”
9/20/2015 17th Sunday after Pentecost 2015 “Harmony”
by Jamie Green
9/13/2015 16th Sunday after Pentecost 2015 “Bit, Rudder, Flame”
9/6/015 15th Sunday after Pentecost 2015 “Called to Repent”
by Reverend Mary Frances Schjonberg
8/30/2015 14th Sunday after Pentecost 2015 “The Core of the Core”
8/23/2015 13th Sunday after Pentecost 2015 “Dog Tricks”
8/9/2015 11th Sunday after Pentecost 2015 “EAT”
8/2/2015 10th Sunday after Pentecost 2015 “Gifted and Called”
by Reverend Mary Frances Schjonberg
7/26/2015 9th Sunday after Pentecost 2015 “Let’s Eat”
by Reverend Mary Frances Schjonberg
7/19/2015 8th Sunday after Pentecost 2015 “Back to Basics”
7/12/2015 7th Sunday after Pentecost 2015 “The Birthday Party”
7/5/2015 6th Sunday After Pentecost 2015 “O, Pioneers!”
6/28/2015 Star Spangled Celebration BENJAMIN LIPPINCOTT by BOB HONECKER
6/28/2015 Star Spangled Celebration FLORENCE HAZARD by PATRICE THORNTON
6/21/2015 4th Sunday After Pentecost 2015 “And Now a Word From Our Captain”
by Reverend Valerie Redpath
6/14/2015 Youth Sunday Sophie Halpern
6/14/2015 Youth Sunday Casey Alfano
6/8/2015 2nd Sunday after Pentecost 2015 “We Believe and So We Speak”
6/1/2015 Trinity 2015 “Holy, Holy, Holy”
5/24/2015 Pentecost 2015 “Harp of the Spirit”
5/17/2015 Sunday after Ascension 2015 “Scripture Revisited”
5/10/2015 Deacon Karen Reeman
5/10/2015 Deacon William Balmer
5/10/2015 Deacon Magdalena Aders
5/3/2015 Sermon 5th Sunday After Easter 2015 “Fear Factor Fallacy”
4/26/2015 Sermon 4th Sunday After Easter 2015 “Rally Sunday”
4/19/2015 3rd Sunday in Easter 2015 “Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time”
4/12/2015 2nd Sunday in Easter 2015 “The Book of Baptism”
4/2/2015 Maundy Thursday 2015 “The Letter”
3/29/2015 Sermon Palm Sunday 2015 “Triumphant Funeral Protest”
by Reverend Mary Frances Schjonberg
3/22/2015 Sermon 5th Sunday in Lent 2015 “The Oder of Melchizidek”
3/15/2015 Sermon 4th Sunday in Lent 2015 ” John 3:16 “
3/8/2015 Sermon 3rd Sunday in Lent 2015 “We Proclaim Christ Crucified”
by Reverend Mary Frances Schjonberg
3/1/2015 Sermon 2nd Sunday in Lent 2015 “Holly: Go Lightly”
2/22/2015 1st Sunday in Lent “An Invitation to a Desert Pilgrimage”
by Reverend Victoria Cuff, Deacon
2/18/2015 Ash Wednesday “We All Fall Down”
2/15/2015 Sermon Last Sunday After Epiphany “Places of the Heart”
2/8/2015 Sermon 5th Sunday After Epiphany (The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over the Lazy Dog”
2/1/2015 Sermon 4th Sunday After Epiphany “Birdhouse”
1/25/2015 Sermon 3rd Sunday After Epiphany “Soup to Nuts”
1/18/2015 Sermon 2nd Sunday After Epiphany “Tingle Tangle”
1/11/2015 Sermon 1st Sunday after Epiphany “Beloved”
1/4/2015 Sermon 2nd Sunday After Christmas “Finding The Traces”
12/24/2014 Sermon Christmas Eve 2014 “The Other Christmas Story”
12/21/2014 Sermon Fourth Sunday of Advent “The Pregnant Pause”
by Reverend Mary Frances Schjonberg
12/14/2014 Sermon Third Sunday of Advent “The Top 10 Not-Christmas List”
12/7/2014 Visit from Saint Nicholas on the Second Sunday of Advent
with Bishop Nicholas of Myra
11/30/2014 Sermon First Sunday of Advent “Peek-a-Boo”
11/27/2014 Sermon Thanksgiving “Serenity, Now”
11/23/2014 Sermon Last Sunday After Pentecost “Selfie”
11/16/2014 Sermon 23rd Sunday After Pentecost
by Bishop William “Chip” Stokes
11/9/2014 Stewardship November 9 2014
by Bill Cuff
11/9/2014 Sermon 22nd Sunday After Pentecost “Prepare Your Lamps”
11/2/2104 Sermon Stewardship November 2 2014 (1)
by Tara Dunford
11/2/2014 Sermon 21st Sunday After Pentecost A Walk on the Dark Side
10/26/2014 Stewardship Sermon Oct 26 2014
by Jim O”Connor
10/26/2014 Sermon 20th Sunday After Pentecost “Holy Love: Wholly Indiscriminate”
10/19/2014 Sermon 19th Sunday After Pentecost “Moving the Fence”
10/12/2014 Sermon 18th Sunday after Pentecost “Not Only With Our Lips But In Our Lives”
by Reverend Mary Frances Schjonberg
10/5/2014 17th Sunday in Pentecost – “The Vineyard”
9/28/2014 16th Sunday in Pentecost – “Born This Way”
9/21/2014 15th Sunday in Pentecost – “Let it Grow”
by Sue Napoletano
9/14/2014 14th Sunday in Pentecost – “Who’s Counting?”
9/7/2014 13th Sunday in Pentecost – “All Along the Watchtower”
8/31/2014 12th Sunday in Pentecost – “Santa to Satan in 60 Seconds”
8/24/2014 11th Sunday in Pentecost – “Grand Canyon Cake”
From Christ Church annual parish picnic
8/17/2014 10th Sunday in Pentecost – “Sticker Shock”
8/10/2014 9th Sunday in Pentecost – “Education for Ministry”
By Carla Navallo and Esther Camm
8/3/2014 8th Sunday in Pentecost – “A Tale of Two Banquets”
7/27/2014 7th Sunday in Pentecost – “A Stonecutter’s Tale”
7/20/2014 6th Sunday in Pentecost – “Confessions of a Weed Picker”
7/13/2014 5th Sunday in Pentecost – “Sow What!”
7/06/2014 4th Sunday in Pentecost – “Mother Mary Come to Me”
By Reverend Victoria Cuff, Deacon
6/22/2014 2nd Sunday in Pentecost – “Family Values”
By Reverend Kathleen Bishop
6/15/2014 1st Sunday in Pentecost – “It’s Complicated”
6/08/2014 Pentecost – “What Christ Church Means to Me”
By Linette Reeman
6/01/2014 7th Sunday in Easter – “Covenant House”
By Jim O’Connor
5/25/2014 6th Sunday in Easter – “Blanketed in Faith”
5/18/2014 5th Sunday in Easter – “Eulogy”
5/11/2014 4th Sunday in Easter – “Take up your Cross and Follow your Bliss”
By Reverend Mary Frances Schjonberg
5/04/2014 3rd Sunday in Easter – “Sermon in a Box”
4/27/2014 2nd Sunday in Easter – “Not in Kansas Anymore”
4/20/2014 Easter Sunday- “Left Behind”
4/19/2014 Easter Vigil – “Leaving Our Tombs”
By Reverend Mary Frances Schjonberg
4/17/2014 Maundy Thursday – “Upgrade”
By Reverend Mary Frances Schjonberg
4/13/2014 Palm Sunday – “Weeping for Jesus”
4/06/2014 5th Sunday in Lent – “Jesus Wept”
3/30/2014 4th Sunday in Lent – “Flip of the Switch”
3/23/2014 3rd Sunday in Lent – “Page 409”
3/16/2014 2nd Sunday in Lent – “God, Unlimited”
3/09/2014 1st Sunday in Lent – “The Temptations, Limited Edition”
3/05/2014 Ash Wednesday – “Exercise for a Healthy Heart”
3/02/2014 Last Sunday in Epiphany – “Jesus Meets the Paparazzi”
2/23/2014 7th Sunday in Epiphany – “Power and Love”
2/16/2014 6th Sunday in Epiphany – “Food for the Poor”
by Reverend Robert M G Libby
2/09/2014 5th Sunday in Epiphany – “Three Arrows of Time, Part III”
2/03/2014 4th Sunday in Epiphany – “Three Arrows of Time, Part II”
1/26/2014 3rd Sunday in Epiphany – “Three Arrows of Time, Part I”
1/19/2014 2nd Sunday After Epiphany – “A Light to All Nations”
1/12/2014 1st Sunday After Epiphany – “The Power of Baptism”
1/05/2014 2nd Sunday in Christmas – “Risky Business”
11/18/2013 26th Sunday in Pentecost
by Victoria Cuff
10/07/2013 Cole Porter Funeral Remebrance Sermon
11/11/2013 Thanksgiving for Christ Church
by Rebecca Pruit
11/10/2013 25th Sunday In Pentecost
11/03/2013 Thanksgiving for Christ Church
by Bob Gall
10/27/2013 Thanksgiving for Christ Church
by Magdalena Aders
10/27/2013 23rd Sunday In Pentecost
10/20/2013 22nd Sunday In Pentecost
10/06/2013 20th Sunday In Pentecost
09/29/2013 19th Sunday In Pentecost
09/22/2013 18th Sunday in Pentecost
by Mother Mary Frances
09/15/2013 17th Sunday In Pentecost
by Sue Napoletano
09/08/2013 16th Sunday In Pentecost
09/01/2013 15th Sunday In Pentecost