Sermons That Work

For more than 20 years, Sermons That Work, a ministry of The Episcopal Church’s Office of Communication, has provided free sermons, Bible studies, bulletin inserts, and other resources that speak to congregations across the Church. Our writers and readers come from numerous and varied backgrounds, and the resources we provide are used in small house churches, sprawling cathedrals, and everything between.

Lectionary Calendar

Find this Sunday’s readings and more observances of the church year.

This Sunday’s Readings:
Last Sunday after Epiphany (C) – March 2, 2025

Sermons

We offer a large archive of sermons, as well as a new sermon every week.

This Sunday’s Sermon:
World Mission, Last Sunday after Epiphany (C) – March 2, 2025

Bible Studies

Our weekly Bible studies are produced by our very own Episcopalian seminarians.

This Sunday’s Bible Study:
Last Sunday after Epiphany (C) – March 2, 2025

Bulletin Inserts

Weekly inserts teach about the theology, history, and people of The Episcopal Church.

This Sunday’s Bulletin Insert:
Last Sunday after Epiphany (C) – What Is Lent? – March 2, 2025

Lesson Plans

Find lesson plans written by experienced church teachers.

Old Testament Lesson Plan: Last Sunday after Epiphany (C) – Moses Is Transfigured When Meeting with God – March 2, 2025

Gospel Lesson Plan: Last Sunday after Epiphany (C) – A Cloud Descending – March 2, 2025

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Upcoming Sermons

Two Sons, Lent 4 (C) – March 30, 2025

[RCL] Joshua 5:9-12; Psalm 32; 2 Corinthians 5:16-21; Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 [Today’s sermon is presented in the format of a spoken-word poem. – Ed.] There was a man who had two sons. So our story begins.  “A man with two sons,”is how a lot of stories begin, if you think about it.  That first man, expelled from…

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Repentance, Lent 3 (C) – March 23, 2025

[RCL] Exodus 3:1-15, Psalm 63:1-8, 1 Corinthians 10:1-13, Luke 13:1-9 From lightning and tempest; from earthquake, fire, and flood; from plague, pestilence, and famine, from violence and oppression, and from dying suddenly and unprepared, Good Lord, deliver us. Amen. Today’s gospel reading opens with two rather perplexing and distressing examples of dying suddenly and unprepared.…

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Enemies, Lent 2 (C) – March 16, 2025

[RCL] Genesis 45:3-11, 15; Psalm 37:1-12, 41-42; 1 Corinthians 15:35-38,42-50; Luke 6:27-38 “For many lives as enemies of the cross of Christ.” In his letter to the Philippians, Paul explains that these enemies of the cross are focused on earthly things and pursuing a hedonistic existence here in this life. There is no scholarly consensus…

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Trust and See, Lent 1 (C) – March 9, 2025

[RCL] Deuteronomy 26:1-11; Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16; Romans 10:8b-13; Luke 4:1-13 “The only way to get rid of a temptation” Lord Henry advises Dorian Grey in Oscar Wilde’s novel, “is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself.” We, like Lord Henry, have the sense that when a desire…

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Redeemed Dust, Ash Wednesday – March 5, 2025

[RCL] Joel 2:1-2,12-17 or Isaiah 58:1-12; Psalm 103 or 103:8-14; 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10;Matthew 6:1-6,16-21 Ash Wednesday has its choice hymnody, for sure. There are songs that congregations expect to sing every year. There are also popular songs, however, that fit the theme. One such tune flows down the decades to us from the year 1973.…

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World Mission, Last Sunday after Epiphany (C) – March 2, 2025

[RCL] Exodus 34:29-35; Psalm 99; 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2; Luke 9:28-36, [37-43a] This sermon, marking World Mission Sunday, was written by the Rt. Rev. Anthony Poggo, secretary general of the Anglican Communion. On this World Mission Sunday, I would like to begin by looking at the word “mission.” One of the definitions given by the dictionary…

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Upcoming Bible Studies

Bible Study: Lent 5 (C) – April 6, 2025

RCL: Isaiah 43:16-21; Psalm 126; Philippians 3:4b-14; John 12:1-8 Isaiah 43:16-21 “I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?” The author of Isaiah proclaims a prophetic exaltation to a weary Israelite people living in exile in Babylon. The ancient Israelites were stripped of their homelands, now…

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Bible Study: Lent 4 (C) – March 30, 2025

RCL: Joshua 5:9-12; Psalm 32; 2 Corinthians 5:16-21; Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 Joshua 5:9-12 During the wilderness years following the exodus from Egypt, God sustained the Israelites with manna, a miraculous bread from heaven. This experience prepared the people to enter the land God had promised to their ancestors. Now, under the leadership of Joshua, a…

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Bible Study: Lent 3 (C) – March 23, 2025

RCL: Luke 13:31-35; Psalm 63:1-8; 1 Corinthians 10:1-13; Luke 13:1-9 Luke 13:31-35 This passage marks Moses’ divine calling, in which he encounters God in the burning bush on Mount Horeb. The miraculous sight draws Moses in, demonstrating that revelation often requires attention and willingness to be interrupted. God identifies as the God of Abraham, Isaac,…

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Bible Study: Lent 2 (C) – March 16, 2025

RCL: Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18; Psalm 27; Philippians 3:17-4:1; Luke 13:31-35 Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18 This passage from Genesis is part of the origin story of the people of the ancient tribes of Israel. In ancient times, when this was part of an oral tradition and then later written down, it served to tell the people how…

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Bible Study: Lent 1 (C) – March 9, 2025

RCL: Deuteronomy 26:1-11; Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16; Romans 10:8b-13; Luke 4:1-13 Deuteronomy 26:1-11 The service of Ash Wednesday which begins the season of Lent reminds us that, from the earliest days, those who followed Jesus prepared for the celebration of his passion and resurrection through important rites (rituals). Baptism is a rite of passage through which…

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Bible Study: Last Sunday after Epiphany (C) – March 2, 2025

RCL: Exodus 34:29-35; Psalm 99; 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2; Luke 9:28-36, [37-43a] Exodus 34:29-35 We may remember that this is the second time Moses has come to the people with stone tablets containing the covenant of God. The first time is told in chapter 32, and it was kind of a disaster. In the first reception,…

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