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.

Rev. William Critzman 10/3/21 Rev. William Critzman 10/3/21

Here We Come Again

Pastor Will inaugurates West End’s first Hybrid Worship Service.

Rev. William Critzman 9/26/21 Rev. William Critzman 9/26/21

The Measure of What We've Lost

Pastor Will gets the congregation ready for hybrid worship, and encourages us to keep the faith as we move towards an uncertain future.

Rev. William Critzman 9/19/21 Rev. William Critzman 9/19/21

Departing Grace

Pastor Will's sermon calls us to take notice and appreciate the changes all around us.

Rev. William Critzman 9/12/21 Rev. William Critzman 9/12/21

Everything Old is New Again

Pastor Will's sermon calls us to take notice and appreciate the changes all around us.

Rev. William Critzman 8/1/21 Rev. William Critzman 8/1/21

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.

Rev. William Critzman 7/18/21 Rev. William Critzman 7/18/21

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?

Rev. William Critzman 7/11/21 Rev. William Critzman 7/11/21

Road Trips & Play Lists

Rev. William Critzman 5/16/21 Rev. William Critzman 5/16/21

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?

Rev. William Critzman 5/9/21 Rev. William Critzman 5/9/21

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.

Rev. William Critzman 5/2/21 Rev. William Critzman 5/2/21

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.

Rev. William Critzman 4/25/21 Rev. William Critzman 4/25/21

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.

Rev. William Critzman 4/18/21 Rev. William Critzman 4/18/21

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.

Rev. William Critzman 4/4/21 Rev. William Critzman 4/4/21

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!

Rev. William Critzman 3/28/21 Rev. William Critzman 3/28/21

Turning

What will they shout next? Rev. William Critzman guides West End on this journey together from today’s Hosannas into each of Holy Week’s sacred moments.

Rev. William Critzman 3/14/21 Rev. William Critzman 3/14/21

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.

Rev. William Critzman 3/7/21 Rev. William Critzman 3/7/21

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.

Rev. William Critzman 2/21/21 Rev. William Critzman 2/21/21

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.

Rev. William Critzman 2/14/21 Rev. William Critzman 2/14/21

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.

Rev. William Critzman 1/31/21 Rev. William Critzman 1/31/21

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.

Rev. William Critzman 1/24/21 Rev. William Critzman 1/24/21

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.

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