St. John's Episcopal Church, Tallahassee, Florida

Deacon Melanie preaches about the moments during our service where our confession is immediately soother by the Peace. Where we are asked to lay down our burdens and take up the life that Jesus holds for us.

In this week’s episode, we continue our summer sermon series, “Being Church Together,” with Fr. Lonnie Lacy reflecting on what baptism teaches us about the Christian life — and about what it means to truly belong to one another as the Church. Drawing from Paul’s words in Romans 6, Fr. Lonnie reminds us that baptism is more than a symbol of being washed clean; it is a journey of dying and rising wi...

What does it mean to truly be the Church together? In the second sermon of our summer series, Being Church Together , Fr. Lonnie reminded us that God’s grace always comes first. Before we have everything figured out, before we get it right, before we even know we need it — God is already reaching toward us with love. And because we are people who have received that grace, we are called to share it...

This week, Fr. Lonnie launched St. John’s summer sermon series, Being Church Together , an exploration of Paul’s Letter to the Romans and its central question: How does God create a people—not just save individuals, but form a family, a body, a Church?

Deacon Melanie's Trinity Sunday sermon invited the congregation to embrace the mystery of the Triune God not as a doctrine to be mastered, but as an invitation into God's life of love, communion, and relationship—a life that calls us to honor the dignity of every person and to reflect God's reconciling love in the world.

In Fr. Lonnie Lacy's Day of Pentecost Sermon, we learn that the whole story of Pentecost is that the Spirit of God refuses to stay contained. The Spirit spills out.

Fr. Lonnie Lacy's Ascension Day sermon tells us how the Ascension turns everything upside down; because now Christ fills all things, which means there is no place where he is not already present .

St. John's Episcopal Church celebrated Baccalaureate Sunday where we honored our high school graduates. St. John's Youth, Forester Shelton, preached a sermon reminding us to always set our hearts on fire for the Lord.

Director of Music, Marissa Hall's sermon encourages us all to sing a new song unto the Lord.

Fr. Lonnie's sermon speaks on today's readings and how Jesus was more than a teacher, he was Christ, our savior. This profound truth is a comfort.

Deacon Melanie Salsgiver's sermon on today's Gospel tells us that we already know the sound of Jesus' voice. It is his voice that beckons us closer.

Listen as Fr. Lonnie Lacy preaches about the disciples encounter with Jesus on the road to Emmaus.

In The Rev. Melanie Salsgiver, Deacon's sermon, we discover how "Doubting" Thomas was, at his core, being the most honest he could be.

Enjoy Fr. Lonnie Lacy's Great Vigil of Easter sermon where we celebrate the resurrection of the risen Christ!

Listen to Fr. Lonnie Lacy's Good Friday sermon.

Listen to our deacon, The Rev. Melanie Salsgiver's moving Maundy Thursday sermon

Listen to Fr. Lonnie Lacy's Easter message of love, hope, mercy, and grace.

Assisting Bishop Chip Stokes preaches about the way Jesus' entry into Jerusalem turned the world upside down. His teachings continue to turn our world upside down and teach that love will always win.

Hear Deacon Melanie's sermon about the moments and lines in our lives where things get very real.

Today's Gospel focuses on the blind man who Jesus heals. Many times our faith calls upon us to remember a moment, that "one thing I do know."

Listen to Fr. Lonnie's sermon on the Gospel of Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well. His sermon helps to answer the question we often find ourselves asking: "Is God here among us?" The answer is, of course, yes.

Fr. Bill Trexler preaches on the day's readings and gospels, calling for us to remember we are blessed so that we may bless others.

We were never meant to be our own North Star. This Lent, rely upon the words of scripture that tell us the truth.

Listen to Fr. Lonnie Lacy's full sermon.

The First Sunday in Lent opens with the Great Litany—one of the Church’s oldest prayers, first composed by Archbishop Thomas Cranmer in 1544, even before the first Book of Common Prayer. For centuries, God’s people have returned to this prayer to name sin, fear, and need with honesty—and to do so together. Especially fitting for Lent, the Great Litany is shaped by gentle, persistent repetition, re...