You will find here the Sunday sermons. Each sermon is posted in English and in French.
Pentecost IIJune 22, 20251 Kings 19:1-15 Galatians 3:23-39 Luke 8:26-39 There are a few tricky things in the miracle story Joris just read to us from the gospel of Luke. Firstly, it’s topic. It is about demonic possession; something our modern minds find difficult to accept at all. Secondly, there is the problematic means through…
Trinity Sunday June 15, 2025 Proverbs 8:1-4; 22-31 Romans 5:1-5 John 16:12-15 You have heard me speak about the 400th anniversary of Saint-Esprit in 2028; but this year, all Christian churches are celebrating a major anniversary: the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea. Every Sunday, we confess our faith with the words of this…
Pentecost June 8, 2025 Romans 8:22-27 Acts 2:1-21 John 14:8-1 After the church service next Sunday, a group of volunteers will come together to begin work on the little garden that we plan to make next door. Tending a garden in a shaded yard in the middle of Manhattan surrounded by skyscrapers is not an…
Sunday after the AscensionJune 1, 2025Acts 1:1-11 Ephesians 1:15-23 Luke 24, 44-53 A few steps from Saint-Esprit, on the same street between Park Avenue and Madison, is the Grolier Club. This club is the oldest and most important society of bibliophiles and graphic arts enthusiasts in the United States. It organizes exhibitions and maintains a…
Easter VI May 25, 2025 Acts 16:9-15 Revelation 21:10-22:5 John 14:23-29 Once every few years, our spring schedule of services means that we celebrate four big Sundays in a row: Palm Sunday, Easter Sunday, Huguenot Sunday and the Sunday of the Annual General Meeting. Almost every year, we celebrate those last two occasions during the…
Easter V May 18, 2025 Acts 11:1-18 Revelation 21:1-6 John 13:31-35 Many new things make us uncomfortable. Meeting new people, starting a new job or relationship, immigrating to an unfamiliar country… All of these things can be uncomfortable, even for the most outgoing of individuals. If you didn’t grow up going to church, what we…
Easter III May 1, 2025 Acts 9:1-6 Revelation 5:11-14 John 21:1-19 The word we use in both French and English to describe someone whose interest in sports, a certain sort of music or a celebrity is a shortened form of the word ‘fanatic’. In its long form it has rathe disparaging connotations. It…
Pâques II / Dimanche de la commémoration de la promulgation de l’Édit de Nantes27 avril, 2025 Actes 5:27-32 Apocalypse 1:4-8 Jean20:19-31 En ce dimanche dit « des Huguenots », nous célébrons l’héritage de ces protestants qui, aux XVIIème…
April 20, 202510:34-43 Romans 6:3-11 Luke 24:1-10 In recent months, the row over textbooks and what is taught in universities in the United States has reached a head. When I went to primary school in the sixties and seventies, the answer to the question, “Who discovered America?” was “Christopher Columbus.” The answer to the question,…
Vendredi Saint 2025 Des représentations de la crucifixion qui font semblant d’être fidèles aux événements « tels qu’ils se seraient passés » peuvent parfois être trompeuses. Une image comme celle sur notre bulletin d’aujourd’hui peut donner l’impression que la mort de Jésus est un événement hors du temps et solitaire, une sorte de concept lointain…