Sacred Sermons and Stories

Rev. Jill LaRoche Wikel's sermon of June 28, 2026 from Saint John's Episcopal Church (Concord) in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania. Gospel reading: Matthew 10:40-42

Rev. Jill LaRoche Wikel's sermon of June 21, 2026 at Saint John's Episcopal Church (Concord) in Glen Mills, PA. Gospel reading: Matthew 10:24-39 .

Rev. Jill's sermon of 5-24-26 from Saint John's Episcopal Church (Concord) in Glen Mills, PA. Gospel lesson: John 20:19-23 .

Rev. Jill's sermon of 5-17-26 from Saint John's Episcopal Church (Concord) in Glen Mills, PA. The Gospel reading for this date was John 14:15-21.

Rev. Jill's sermon of 5-10-26 from Saint John's Episcopal Church (Concord) in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania. Gospel lesson: John 14:15-21

Rev. Jill's sermon from 4-26-26 from Saint John's Episcopal Church (Concord) in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania. Gospel reading: John 10:1-10 Jesus said, “Very truly, I tell you, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold by the gate but climbs in by another way is a thief and a bandit. The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep...

Rev. Jill's sermon from 4-19-26 from Saint John's Episcopal Church (Concord) in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania. Gospel reading: Luke 24:13-35 .

Rev. Jill's sermon of 4-5-26 (Easter Sunday) from Saint John's Episcopal Church (Concord) in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania. Gospel reading: Matthew 28:1-10 .

Rev. Jill's sermon of 3-29-26 from Saint John's Episcopal Church (Concord) in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania. Gospel reading: Matthew 21:1-11 .

Rev. Jill's sermon of 3-22-26 from Saint John's Episcopal Church (Concord) in Glen Mills, PA. Gospel Reading: ⁠ John 11:1-45.

Rev. Jill's sermon or 3-15-26 from Saint John's Episcopal Church (Concord) in Glen Mills, PA. Gospel Reading: John 9:1-41.

Rev. Jill's sermon on 3-8-26 from Saint John's Episcopal Church in Glen Mills, PA.

Rev. Jill LaRoche Wikel's sermon on February 22, 2026 from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Saint John's Episcopal Church (Concord)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania. Gospel Reading: Matthew 4:1-11 Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. He fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was famished. The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of...

Rev. Jill LaRoche Wikel's sermon of February 18, 2026 (Ash Wednesday) from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Saint John's Episcopal Church (Concord)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania. Gospel Reading: Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 Jesus said, "Beware of practicing your piety before others in order to be seen by them; for then you have no reward from your Father in heaven. So whenever you give alms, do...

Rev. Elizabeth Brickle's sermon of February 15, 2026 from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Saint John's Episcopal Church (Concord)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania. Gospel Reading: John 15:12-15 Jesus said, “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. I...

Rev. Jill LaRoche Wikel's sermon of February 8, 2026 from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Saint John's Episcopal Church (Concord)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania. Gospel Reading: Matthew 5:13-20 Jesus said, “You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything, but is thrown out and trampled under foot. “You are the light of...

Rev. Jill LaRoche Wikel's sermon of February 1, 2026 from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Saint John's Episcopal Church (Concord)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania. Gospel Reading: Matthew 5:1-12 When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying:“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of he...

Rev. Jill LaRoche Wikel's sermon of January 18, 2026 from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Saint John's Episcopal Church (Concord)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania. Gospel Reading: John 1:29-42 John saw Jesus coming toward him and declared, “Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks ahead of me because he was before me.’ I m...

Rev. Jill LaRoche Wikel's sermon of January 11, 2026 from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Saint John's Episcopal Church (Concord)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania. Gospel Reading: Matthew 2:1-12 In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, asking, "Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star at its rising, a...

Ms. Margie Hatcher's sermon of January 4, 2026 from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Saint John's Episcopal Church (Concord)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania. Gospel Reading: Matthew 2:1-15,19-23 In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, asking, "Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star at its rising, and...

Rev. Jill LaRoche Wikel's sermon of Christmas Day 2025 from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Saint John's Episcopal Church (Concord)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania. Gospel Reading: John 1:1-14 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come intobe...

Rev. Jill LaRoche Wikel's sermon of Christmas Eve 2025 from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Saint John's Episcopal Church (Concord)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania. Gospel Reading: Luke 2:1-20 In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. All went to their own towns to be registe...

Rev. Jill LaRoche Wikel's sermon of December 21, 2025 from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Saint John's Episcopal Church (Concord)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania. Gospel Reading: Matthew 1:15-25 Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. Her husband Joseph, being...

Rev. Jill LaRoche Wikel's sermon of December 14, 2025 from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Saint John's Episcopal Church (Concord)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania. Gospel Reading: Matthew 11:2-11 When John heard in prison what the Messiah was doing, he sent word by his disciples and said to him, “Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?” Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John what...

Rev. Jill LaRoche Wikel's sermon of November 30, 2025 from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Saint John's Episcopal Church (Concord)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania. Gospel Reading: Matthew 24:36-44 Jesus said to the disciples, “But about that day and hour no one knows, neither the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. For as the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. For as in th...