St. Clement's Church, Toronto

A sermon on John 16:12-15 by Pamela Rayment for Trinity Sunday. Quote: We may not be able to completely grasp the essence of who God is, we may not be able to become ‘competent in God’ yet God’s gracious loving self is extended to us and for us, an invitation into a deep, abiding, and eternal relationship. Read the preaching passage: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2016%3A12-15&a...

Pine Cone: a message on Acts 2:1-21 by Andrew Federle on Pentecost Sunday.  “How do you think the seeds get where they’re trying to go?” Read the preaching passage here:https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+2%3A1-21&version=NRSVUE

Through Powerlessness: A sermon on Luke 24:44-53 by Michael Buttrey. Quote: "The resurrection and ascension of this Jesus opens up a new way of understanding, a new path for all of us that goes through powerlessness, not around it." Read the preaching passage here: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2024%3A44-53&version=NRSVUE

Made Well: A Sermon on John 5:1–9 by Pamela Rayment Quote: “While Jesus’ healing miracles often begin with a physical change, the greater healing at play is that of restoration. And this is the healing that we are invited to live into today.” Read the preaching passage here: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%205%3A1-9&version=NRSVUE

 A sermon on John 13:31-35 by Andrew Federle. Quote: “In John’s authorial vision of Jesus the Christ, there is only ever one road: the road to glory and suffering are one and the same.” Read the scripture: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2013%3A31-35&version=NRSVUE 

A sermon by Liska Stefko on John 10:22-30 . Quote: "Can you picture this good and gentle shepherd: calling us by name, bringing us abundant life, drawing us into communion?" 

"No" - A sermon on John 21:1-19 by Andrew Federle.  “Almost no one – ever – is brave enough to offer Jesus a one-word response to anything.” Read the preaching passage here:https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+21%3A1-19+&version=NRSVUE

A sermon on John 20:19-31 by Pamela Rayment. Quote: “A resurrected Jesus who maintains his wounds shows us that we aren’t alone. That God is willing to meet us in the hurting, and that there is a way through it.” Read the passage here: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2020%3A19-31&version=NRSVUE

 A sermon on John 20:1-18 for Easter Sunday by Andrew Federle. Quote: “We go looking for Jesus, but he is nowhere to be found – or he shows up incognito, in a form or circumstance we cannot recognize.”

A sermon on John 18:1-19:42 for Good Friday by Pamela Rayment. Quote: "Jesus bore the weight of the world’s fear and hate and pain and hurt and birthed another way of walking in a world gripped by fear."

 A sermon for Maundy Thursday by Michael Buttrey on John 13:1-38 . Quote: "Judas leaves into the night. But not with dirty feet."

A sermon on Luke 19:28-40 by Bishop Andrew Asbil. Wild Hope: Confirm “This is the time for us to show up and be present, not just to be present for the liturgies of this week, but to be present to the courage and the mercy that dwells in us waiting to be expressed.”

A sermon by Andrew Federle on Luke 19:28-40 for Palm Sunday.  Quote: “And in that darkness God will make right every wrong thing that ever was.”

 A sermon on John 12:1-8 by Andrew Federle. Quote: “What does learning to follow Jesus Christ smell like?” Read the scripture here: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2012%3A1-8&version=NRSVUE 

A service of morning prayer with Liska Stefko. Psalm 103 can be read here: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm%20103&version=NIV Reflection by Goodness Uwan-Owaji Victor, from Wild Bright Hope: Reflections on faith Closing song is "All of Your Ways are Peace" by the Porter's Gate

 A sermon on Luke 13:1-9 by Liska Stefko. Quote: "Beneath the surface, there's more than meets the eye." Read the scripture here: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke%2013%3A1-9&version=NRSVUE 

A service of morning prayer with Pamela Rayment. Psalm 116 can be read here: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm%20116&version=NRSVA Reflection by Rachel Woodridge, from  Wild Bright Hope: Reflections on faith Closing song is "In Times of Trouble" by the Porter's Gate

 A sermon on Luke 13:31-35 by Andrew Federle. Quote: “Hope comes to us from the wild place, from the wilderness, from the grave.”

A sermon on Luke 4:1-13 by Pamela Rayment. "As followers of Jesus, our expert on trust is the one who knows us fully, invites us to know him, invites us into communion with him, invites us into his trust; a trust and truth that can’t be swayed by the pretense of power or scandal of evil." Read the preaching passage here: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke%204%3A1-13&ve...

A sermon by Andrew Federle on Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21. “It is in the secret place where God takes the detritus and deadfall of our lives and transforms them into a soil that can again grow something new.” Read to the preaching passage here: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%206%3A1-6%2C%2016-21&version=NRSVUE

A sermon on Luke 9:28-36 by Liska Stefko. Quote: "Jesus is an illuminator. Over and over, he turned the light of his attention toward the person in front of him: healing, encouraging, inviting."  Read the scripture passage here:  https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%209%3A28-36&version=NRSVUE

A sermon by Andrew Federle on Romans 8:31-39.  “Hope is another name for Jesus and comes to us in the same way: not generated from within but given to us from beyond as a gift of the Holy Spirit.”

A sermon on Luke 6:17-26 by Michael Buttrey. Quote: "What do we think the future looks like? Who do we identify with, now or in that future? And how does that influence us now?"

A sermon by Pamela Rayment on Luke 5:1-11 . Quote: When Jesus calls us to push out into the deep, he goes with us.

 A sermon by Andrew Federle on Luke 2:22-40. Quote: “Now, going to church means joining the resistance: it means following this kid and learning from him how to resist fear, resist idolatry, resist isolation, resist despair.” Read the scripture here: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%202%3A22-40&version=NRSVUE