Sermons & Speaker Series

Hope For The Ninevites, And Hope For Us – The Rev. Robert W. Fisher On January 21, 2024 by St. John's, Lafayette Square

Come, See, & Be Known – The Rev. Sarah Akes-Cardwell On January 14, 2024 by St. John's, Lafayette Square

A Good Interruption – The Rev. Robert W. Fisher On January 7, 2024 by St. John's, Lafayette Square

The Rev. William Morris at St. John's, Lafayette Square on December 31, 2023.

Sermon at St. John's, Lafayette Square on Christmas Day, 2023

Sermon at St. John's, Lafayette Square on Christmas Eve, 2023

Sermon at St. John's, Lafayette Square on the Fourth Sunday of Advent, 2023

The Rev. Robert W. Fisher's sermon from St. John's, Lafayette Square on December 17, 2023, the Third Sunday of Advent.

Simon Johnson, the Kurtz Professor of Entrepreneurship at the MIT Sloan School of Management and a former Chief Economist at the International Monetary Fund, will give a talk entitled “Power and Progress: The History and Economics of Major Technological Transformations.” Johnson has worked on global economic crises and recoveries for 30 years and published more than 300 high-impact pieces in leadi...

The Beginning Of The Good News – The Rev. Sarah Akes-Cardwell On December 10, 2023 by St. John's, Lafayette Square

Keep Awake – The Rev. Robert W. Fisher On December 3, 2023 by St. John's, Lafayette Square

Not Your Typical King – The Rev. Shawn Evelyn On November 26, 2023 by St. John's, Lafayette Square

Thanksgiving And Thanksgiving – The Rev. Shawn Evelyn On November 23, 2023 by St. John's, Lafayette Square

Talents Are For Using – The Rev. Robert W. Fisher On November 19, 2023 by St. John's, Lafayette Square

Fiona Hill, Senior Fellow in the Center on the United States and Europe within the Foreign Policy Program at the Brookings Institution and former Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Director for European and Russian Affairs on the National Security Council will speak about Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Thomas B.F. Cummins, Dumbarton Oaks Professor of the History of Pre-Columbian and Colonial Art in the Department of History of Art and Architecture at Harvard University and Director of Dumbarton Oaks, will speak about Dumbarton Oaks, the historic Harvard research institute, library, museum, and gardens located in the heart of Georgetown.

Oil Reserves Of A Different Sort – The Rev. Sarah Akes-Cardwell On November 12, 2023 by St. John's, Lafayette Square

All Souls: Gone, But Still With Us – The Rev. William Morris On September 5, 2023 by St. John's, Lafayette Square

Blessed Are Those Willing To Be Transformed – The Rev. Robert W. Fisher On November 05, 2023 by St. John's, Lafayette Square

Stewart D. McLaurin, President of the White House Historical Association, converses with John H. Dalton about his inspirational American success story traveling the world and working across private and public sectors, including four presidential appointments. After graduating with distinction from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1964, Dalton served on two submarines. In 1977, President Carter nominated...

Security And Peace Are Not The Same Thing – The Rev. Robert W. Fisher On October 29, 2023 by St. John's, Lafayette Square

Reflecting The Image Of God – The Rev. Shawn Evelyn On October 22, 2023 by St. John's, Lafayette Square

The Rev. Sharron Dinnie, head of Kwasa College in Springs, South Africa, will speak about the work of the college. Kwasa, St. John’s partner in South Africa for 19 years, supports education and other services to 600 children living in an informal settlement near Johannesburg.

Shibley Telhami, a noted Mideast expert, will speak about recent developments in the region. Telhami is a nonresident senior fellow with the Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings, and the Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland. He has also served as a senior advisor to the U.S. Department of State, advisor to the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, advis...

Cousins – The Rev. Robert W. Fisher On October 15, 2023 by St. John's, Lafayette Square