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Sermons At Trinity 2008
Want to go back and revisit a sermon you heard in previous years? Want to check and see if Rev. Meg is preaching the same sermons year after year? You've come to the right place. Just scroll down through the list and you can peruse all of 2008's sermons. Unless otherwise noted, all sermons are by Trinity's Rector, The Rev. Meg Decker.
December 25th Christmas Day
December 24th Christmas Eve Midnight Mass
December 21st 4 Advent
The Sermon - The Rev. Meg Decker: Why Mary? What was so special about her?
December 14th 3 Advent
The Sermon - The Rev. Meg Decker: Christmas brings out so many whacky things, even in church!
December 7th 2 Advent
The Sermon - The Rev. Meg Decker: Sin! Why do we have to talk about sin and repentance now? This is Christmas!!
December 1st World AIDS Day Service
November 30rd First Sunday of Advent
The Sermon - The Rev. Meg Decker: What's with all of this purple Advent stuff? It reminds us of the need to look within.
November 23rd Last Pentecost
November 16th 27 Pentecost
November 9th 26 Pentecost
November 2nd 25 Pentecost
October 26th 24 Pentecost
The Sermon - The Rev. Meg Decker: It's a whole lot easier to be holy when you don't have to deal with those other people God created.
October 19th 23 Pentecost
The Sermon - The Rev. Meg Decker: Sometimes, don't we wish that Jesus had never said anything about money?
October 12th 22 Pentecost
The Sermon - The Rev. Meg Decker: Sometimes we really wish we could check the "op out" box and not have to deal with the details.
October 5th 21 Pentecost
The Sermon - The Rev. Meg Decker: The Good News of judgments is that our choices matter. The second Good News of judgments is we can change our choices.
September 28th 20 Pentecost
The Sermon - The Rev. Meg Decker: What gives Jesus the right to break the rules?
September 21st 19 Pentecost
The Sermon - The Rev. Meg Decker: Life isn't fair. If we've worked harder and longer, shouldn't our reward be greater?
September 14th 18 Pentecost
The Sermon - The Rev. Meg Decker: When people offend us, how many times do we have to forgive them?
September 7th 17 Pentecost
The Sermon - The Rev. Meg Decker: There is no fight like a church fight!
August 31th 16 Pentecost
The Sermon - The Rev. Meg Decker: If Peter believes Jesus is the Messiah, how can he object to Jesus' game plan?
August 24th 15 Pentecost
The Sermon - Andy Shamel: The crazy thing is, this is how God works.
August 17th 14 Pentecost
The Sermon - The Rev. Richard Harms: Jesus takes us from the centripetal to the centrifugal.
August 10th 13 Pentecost
The Sermon - The Rev. Richard Harms: Peter sank like a rock when he lost his faith.
August 3rd 12 Pentecost
The Sermon - The Rev. Meg Decker: Did Jesus violate the laws of physics when he fed the 5,000 with five loaves and two fish?
July 27th 11 Pentecost
The Sermon - The Rev. Meg Decker: What we need to know about the Kingdom of Heaven. Who's in charge and what are the rules?
July 13th 9 Pentecost
The Sermon - The Rev. Bob Lucent: God choses some pretty strange people to do his work.
July 6th 8 Pentecost
The Sermon - The Rev. Meg Decker: The Gospel is an invitation, but what's this business about having to bear a yoke?
June 29th 7 Pentecost
The Sermon - The Rev. Meg Decker: What does God want me to do?
June 22nd 6 Pentecost
The Sermon - The Rev. Meg Decker: "I have not come to bring peace, but a sword." Just what is God's understanding of victory?
June 15th 5 Pentecost
The Sermon - The Rev. Melvin Thomas, Faith Liaison, Interfaith Community Services: When we come together, working together, we can do more, seeing people like God sees them - with compassion.
June 8th 4 Pentecost
The Sermon - The Rt. Rev. James Mathes, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of San Diego: Trinity is a risky place, but I feel safe here.
May 25th Day of Pentecost
May 18th Day of Pentecost
The Sermon - The Rev. Meg Decker: Our lives today are full of change, just as the Bible is full of change.
May 11th Day of Pentecost
The Sermon - The Rev. Meg Decker: Pentecost - the gift of the Holy Spirit
May 4th 7 Easter
The Sermon - The Rev. Meg Decker: We live in Holy Saturday, living the gift of wonder.
April 27th 6 Easter
The Sermon - The Rev. Meg Decker: Rogation Sunday and birdhouses: One God, one creation, and we are all a part of it.
April 20th 5 Easter
The Sermon - The Rev. Meg Decker: The gospel is not safe. What was it that brought Stephen to martyrdom?
April 13th 4 Easter
The Sermon - The Rev. Meg Decker: The surveys indicate people like Christ, but they're not so crazy about Christians! Why is this?
April 6th 3 Easter
The Sermon - The Rev. Meg Decker: Where those two who were on the road to Emmaus really disciples of Christ?
March 30th 2 Easter
The Sermon - The Rev. Meg Decker: Doubting Thomas' example: He showed up and demanded an answer.
March 23rd Easter Sunday
Preludes (Serenade - Joseph Haydn, Notturno from String Quartet #2 - Alexancer Borodin, Allegro from Divertimento #1 in D Major - W. A. Mozart) - String Quartet Members: Burt Fisch, Maya Ginsberg, Pricilla Norris, Annette Taupier
March 22nd The Great Vigil
March 21st Good Friday
March 20th Maundy Thursday
March 9th 5 Lent
The Sermon - The Rev. Meg Decker: Life or death; there is no third option.
March 2nd 4 Lent
The Sermon - The Rev. Meg Decker: If we do our faith right, we can protect ourselves. Is this true?
February 24th 3 Lent
The Sermon - The Rev. Meg Decker: Jesus' longest conversation in the Bible gives insight on how He might have sent Britney Spears out to be a missionary.
February 17th 2 Lent
The Sermon - The Rev. Meg Decker: Motivating Christians by using another word from the Christian vocabulary: "blessing."
February 10th 1 Lent
The Sermon - The Rev. Meg Decker: Expanding your vocabulary through Christianity.
February 6th Ash Wednesday
The Sermon - The Rev. Meg Decker: The Ash Wednesday contradiction - piety and ashes.
February 3rd 4 Epiphany
The Sermon - The Rev. Meg Decker: Just like football fans at the Super Bowl, at church we Christians cheer for our winning team too. How?
January 27th 3 Epiphany
January 20th 2 Epiphany
The Sermon - The Rev. Meg Decker: "Where are you staying?" What would you answer if someone asked you this question?
January 13th The Baptism of our Lord
January 6th Epiphany
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