Sermon Archive
The heart of West End’s week is Sunday Worship at 11am, when we gather in community to worship and share our journey of faith together.
Our Sermon Archive is a place where you can watch past sermons, listen to them, or read the text - whatever is most accessible and nourishing to you.
- Acts 1
- Anti-Racism 25
- Arts 8
- COVID-19 31
- Community 48
- Creation 14
- Current Events 31
- Easter 2
- Faith in Action 15
- Faithful Living 47
- Genesis 1
- Gospels 26
- Hebrew Bible 51
- Holidays 24
- Holy Week 2
- Interfaith 2
- Job 1
- LGBTQ+ Pride 8
- Lay theology 2
- Mark 4
- New Testament 10
- Paul 8
- Proverbs 1
- Psalm 1 1
- Psalm 34 1
- Stewardship 3
- Sunday School for All 3
The Gift of Your Calling
Pastor Will asks us to (re)discover our gifts, recognizing that they are all good, and can be used for building the beloved kingdom.
A Resting Place for God
Pastor Will reminds us that moving forward and even resting are all blessed and guided by God. What do we all need from God, who always walks with us?
Search Committees
This week Rev. William Critzman unearths the Scriptural precedent for work done by committee. As West End begins to sing a new song of great discernment and hope, how can we trust the creation and re-creation all around us?
Like a Mother’s Love
On this day, Rev. William Critzman reminds us of the simple complexity of motherhood. As we celebrate the mothers in our lives we remember how Mary cared for her son. A mother’s love can change the world.
The Abundance of Resurrection
This week, Rev. William Critzman reminds us that resurrection can be found all around us. What have we gained and lost during this pandemic season? God is with us and ready to help us prune our lives, ready to help us recreate, and resurrect.
The Sound of Resurrection
This week, Rev. William Critzman connects our ears and hearts to all we’ve heard this past year. With God’s help we have much to learn about good shepherds, the behavior of flocks, and the idols that we name and dismantle together.
A Rejecting Sort of Faith
With the support of community wisdom Rev. William Critzman explores the space between rejection and resurrection. As we celebrate this Easter season, we do so knowing that God always has new things in store.
Not Going Back, Moving Forward
This Easter Sunday Rev. William Critzman explores the sacred metaphor and symbolism of both this day and this season of resurrection. As we feel the new life all around us, we know we cannot go back!
The Collegiate Church of the City of New York Commemorates a Year of COVID-19
As we consider all that has occurred, been lost and changed over the past year the Collegiate Church of New York stands together in worship and prayer as a church unified.
Raising up in 3... 2... 1...
“If our body is the temple…” With this week’s word Rev. William Critzman invites us to envision and focus on the temple we co-create even now as the body of Christ.
On Being Mindful
Grace may appear as a rainbow; it may appear when things don’t go as planned. Rev. William Critzman reminds the West End community of the shimmering colors of God’s love, God’s promises, and how the journey itself forms us.
Shining Forth
The space between transfiguration and the dusty certainties of life can be hard to grasp. Rev. William Critzman bridges this space as he threads love through the many celebrations this weekend and the world yet to come.
Love’s Authority
Why do we make art? What of authority? Rev. William Critzman guides us through love, art-making, and the sacred nature of each as we consider the artists we are becoming.
Sea Change
In our nation and in our church, change is inevitable. During this transitional moment — this Sea Change — Rev. William Critzman reminds us of God’s eternal promises when the sands shift.
On Two Kinds of Baptism?
Rev. William Critzman explores the space between a sprinkle and a dunk as we consider the baptism of Christ this Sunday. Following this week’s events, we walk through justice towards the mercy yet to come.
For the Love
What can we learn from broken candles during Advent? Rev. William Critzman walks West End in love to support our sister church Middle Collegiate as we anticipate the good news on its way this week.
I Say Amen
This morning we sit and pray in solidarity with our beloved sister church as Middle Collegiate grieves the loss of her Sanctuary. Rev. William Critzman honors this sacred moment by interrogating “amen” and discovering all of the amens that live and breathe in us this day with God’s help.
A Cautionary Tale for Times of Transition
Transitions are hard. Holidays can be hard. Seasons of transition and seasons of holidays can be even harder as they go on and on. In whatever way you’re counting these transitional days, listen in for stories from the history of our faith for the living of these days.