Williamsburg Baptist Church

Happy Easter season! We are so glad you are listening to our podcast. This week's sermon is based on John 20:19–31, which is the story of "Doubting Thomas." This continues our months-long journey through the Gospel of John as part of the Narrative Lectionary, and it is actually our last week in John! To find more out about our church, head on over to our website at https://www.williamsbu...

We are so glad you are listening to our podcast! This week's sermon is based on Ecclesiastes 3:1–22, which includes the familiar "there is a time for everything" poem. This is a one-week departure from our journey through the Gospel of John, as we welcome our special guest, the Rev. Dr. Lisa Wolfe, to our pulpit this week. Dr. Wolfe is Professor of Hebrew Bible at Oklahoma City Universit...

We are delighted to share this wonderful conversation with Sheila Herlihy, who is the Faith Organizer at the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy (VICPP). Virginia Interfaith engages people of faith to advocate for economic, racial, and social justice in Virginia’s policies and practices through education, prayer and action. Our pastor, Rev. Art Wright, sat down with Sheila to talk about t...

Happy Easter! We are so glad you are listening to our podcast. This week's sermon is based on John 20:1–18, which is John's unique story of the first Easter morning, and Mary Magdalene's encounter with the risen Christ. This continues our months-long journey through the Gospel of John as part of the Narrative Lectionary. To find more out about our church, head on over to our website at h...

We are so glad you are listening to our podcast! This week's sermon is  based on John 12:12–19, which is John's unique story of Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem. This continues our months-long journey through the Gospel of John as part of the Narrative Lectionary. To find more out about our church, head on over to our website at https://www.williamsburgbaptist.com . While you are th...

We are so glad you are listening to our podcast! This week's sermon is based on John 19:1–16a, which is the second half of Jesus' trial before Pontius Pilate. This continues our months-long journey through the Gospel of John as part of the Narrative Lectionary. To find more out about our church, head on over to our website at https://www.williamsburgbaptist.com . While you are there, you can...

We are thrilled that the Rev. Dr. Lisa Wolfe will be joining us on April 23rd at 3pm as part of our ongoing Speaker Series! Dr. Wolfe will share a lecture entitled "Giving Birth to Divine Revolution." Dr. Wolfe is a professor of Hebrew Bible at Oklahoma City University, and has published widely on feminist perspectives on Scripture, especially on Ruth, Esther, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, and Judi...

We  are so glad you are listening to our podcast! This week's sermon is  based on John 18:28–40, the first part of Jesus' trial before Pontius Pilate. This continues our months-long journey through the Gospel of John as part of the Narrative Lectionary. This week, our guest proclaimer is the Rev. Dr. Paul Baxley. Paul is Executive Coordinator of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowsh...

We are so glad you are listening to our podcast! This week's sermon is based on John 18:12–27, Peter's betrayal. This continues our months-long journey through the Gospel of John as part of the Narrative Lectionary. To find more out about our church, head on over to our website at https://www.williamsburgbaptist.com . While you are there, you can also find out updated information about our cu...

We are so glad you are listening to our podcast! This week's sermon is based on John 13:1–17, the footwashing scene from the Last Supper. This continues our months-long journey through the Gospel of John as part of the Narrative Lectionary. To find more out about our church, head on over to our website at https://www.williamsburgbaptist.com . While you are there, you can also find out updated...

We are so glad you are listening to our podcast! This week's sermon is based on John 9:1–41. This continues our months-long journey through  the Gospel of John as part of the Narrative Lectionary. To find more out about our church, head on over to our website at https://www.williamsburgbaptist.com . While you are there, you can also find out updated information about our current programming f...

We are so glad you are listening to our podcast! This week's sermon is based on John 7:37–52. This continues our months-long journey through the Gospel of John as part of the Narrative Lectionary. To find more out about our church, head on over to our website at https://www.williamsburgbaptist.com . While you are there, you can also find out updated information about our current programming for ch...

We are delighted to welcome Dr. John Dominic Crossan on Saturday, March 5th as part of our WBC Speaker Series! As a preparation for this event, our pastor Art sat down to talk with Dr. Crossan to get to know him better. We hope you'll enjoy this bonus podcast conversation as they talk about Dr. Crossan's career and research, the historical Jesus, and what exactly Jesus was up to in the first centu...

We are so glad you are listening to our podcast! This week's sermon is based on John 4:46–5:18, which includes two healing stories. This continues our months-long journey through the Gospel of John as part of the Narrative Lectionary. To find more out about our church, head on over to our website at https://www.williamsburgbaptist.com . While you are there, you can also find out updated informatio...

We are so glad you are listening to our podcast! This week's sermon is based on John 6:35–59, in which Jesus describes himself as "the bread of life." This continues our months-long journey through the Gospel of John as part of the Narrative Lectionary. This week, our guest proclaimer is teh Rev. Susan Blanchard. Susan is the director of the new Baptist House of Studies at Union Presbyterian...

We are delighted to share this wonderful podcast interview with the Rev. Susan Blanchard, who is the new director of the Baptist House of Studies right up the road from us at Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, VA! Our pastor, Rev. Art Wright, sat down with her to talk about her background and sense of call, as well as all the exciting things that are going on as the Baptist House gets underw...

We  are so glad you are listening to our podcast! This week's sermon is  based on John 4:1–42, the story of Jesus' encounter of a Samaritan Woman at a well. This continues our months-long journey through the Gospel of John as part of  the Narrative Lectionary. NOTE: We have struggled a little bit recently with capturing sermon audio and are working on it. It is a little hard to...

We are so glad you are listening to our podcast! This week's sermon is based on John 2:1–11, the wonderful story of the Wedding at Cana. This  continues our months-long journey through the Gospel of John as part of the Narrative Lectionary. To find more out about our church, head on over to our website at https://www.williamsburgbaptist.com . While you are there, you can also find out updated...

We are so glad you are listening to our podcast! This week's sermon is based on John 1:35–51, which is John's story of the call of Jesus' first disciples. This continues our months-long journey through the Gospel of John as part of the Narrative Lectionary. To find more out about our church, head on over to our website at https://www.williamsburgbaptist.com . While you are there, you can also find...

Thanks for listening! This is the homily (short sermon) from our Christmas Eve service this year. Apologies for posting it late: our offices were closed for part of the holidays, and it took a while to circle back to get this posted. Still, I hope it's a helpful and encouraging word for you as we move forward into this new year together. To find more out about our church, head on over to our websi...

We are so glad you are listening to our podcast! This week's sermon is based on John 1:1–18, and begins a months-long journey into the Gospel of John that will take us through most of this Gospel and to the Easter season. Blessings to you this week as we prepare for Christmas and the birth of the Christ Child. We would love for you to join us for Christmas Eve service at 5pm on Friday, 12/24 if yo...

We have been following the Narrative Lectionary this past fall as it has guided us through the Hebrew Scriptures (what we commonly call the Old Testament), and this week we will finally turn the page to the New Testament and the Gospel of John! In this special podcast episode, our special guest, Rev. Dr. Amanda  Miller (Associate Professor of Biblical Studies at Belmont University)  walk...

Thanks for listening to our podcast! This week we continue with the Narrative Lectionary as we move through the Advent season. This sermon is based on Isaiah 55:1–13. To find more out about the Narrative Lectionary, head on over to our website at https://www.williamsburgbaptist.com/fall-2021-sermon-series.html . While you are there, you can also find out updated information about  our current...

*Note: The audio is not especially loud this week.. we apologize and will try to fix that for next week's sermon!* Thanks for listening to our podcast! This week we continue with the Narrative Lectionary as we move through the Advent season. This sermon is based on Ezekiel 37:1–14. To find more out about the Narrative Lectionary, head on over to our website at https://www.williamsburgbaptist.com/f...

Our pastor, Rev. Dr. Art Wright, was recently on the Williamsburg radio show “A Woman’s Heart” with Lisa Granger! This episode was a part of her series in this Advent season on the various characters in the Nativity story, and in it Art and Lisa discuss the Shepherds from Luke 2:1–20. It is a wonderful conversation, and we’d love for you to listen as we move through this Advent season together. Yo...