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.
- 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 1
- 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10 1
- Acts 1
- Anti-Racism 25
- Arts 8
- Ash Wednesday 1
- Book of Wisdom 1
- COVID-19 31
- Community 48
- Corinthians 3
- Corinthians 12:1-11 1
- Corinthians 13:1-13 1
- Creation 14
- Current Events 31
- Easter 2
- Exodus 1
- Exodus 34:29-35 1
- Faith in Action 15
- Faithful Living 47
- Genesis 1
- Gospels 26
- Hebrew Bible 51
- Holidays 24
- Holy Week 2
- Interfaith 2
- Isaiah 2
- Isaiah 55:1-9 1
- Isaiah 6:1-13 1
- Jeremiah 1
- Jeremiah 17:5-10 1
- Job 1
- John 1
- John 2:1-11 1
- Joshua 1
- Joshua 5:9-12 1
- LGBTQ+ Pride 8
- Lay theology 2
- Lent 1
- Luke 7
- Luke 13:1-9 1
- Luke 17:20-21 1
- Luke 1:39-55 1
- Luke 4:14-21 1
- Luke 6:17-26 1
- Luke 6:27-38 1
- Luke 9:28-36 1
- Mark 7
- Mark 12:38-44 1
- Mark 13:1-8 1
- Mark 15:1-15 1
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.
Departing Grace
Pastor Will's sermon calls us to take notice and appreciate the changes all around us.
Everything Old is New Again
Pastor Will's sermon calls us to take notice and appreciate the changes all around us.
Unexpected Grace
Pastor Bridget reminds us that we can make our way in this world, little by little, aided by God’s unexpected grace.
The Pledge of Allegiance
Guest Preacher Rev. Darrell Hamilton preaches “The Pledge of Allegiance”
Finding God in All the Wrong Places
Guest preacher, Rev. Anthony Livolsi from Marble Church, urges us to find God in unexpected places.
Speaking the Truth
Pastor Bridget uses her personal experience to encourage us to speak the truth about history, race, and building the Beloved Community.
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?
We Got This
This Sunday we consider the nature of independence, exile and potential with guest preacher Rev. Julia Turner. As we open our lives safely to the hope yet to come, we invite the lessons laid forth from prophets and apostles alike.
Generations of Marsha
This week we continue to honor Pride in the Pulpit with a rousing word from Rev. Ashley DeTar Birt. What can a genealogy reveal about the stories we tell? The intersection of legacies this important Sunday bring a cloud of witnesses all around us.
The Mystery of a Mustard Seed
This week, Rev. Jennifer Aull is our guest preacher for our Pride in the Pulpit series. How does mystery play a role in both agriculture and parables? The growth of a seed has much to teach us as we live into the action, patience, and hope of the kindom yet to come.
Pride and the Great Tight Rope Walker
This week, Rev. Stan Sloan is West End’s first guest preacher during Pride Month. As we consider the development of LGBTQIA+ rights, we do so knowing that queer progress will never be complete unless everyone is brought along for the journey. We worship God who walks the great tightrope and teaches us to love.
Singing as Prayer, Creation, and Transformation
This Pentecost Sunday we welcome interim music director Paul Vasile to teach us about three gifts within this sacred day.
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.