Sermons from St. Clement's, an Anglican church in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Visit our website: https://www.stclementsto.ca/ Mission Learning to follow Jesus Christ. We’re all learners and everybody’s welcome, across age and stage, questions and doubts, race and ethnicity, sexual orientation and gender expression, nationality and religious background, economics and ability. Vision Transforming lives. In an age of distractions and self-promotion, we seek a different rhythm. We are choosing aut ...
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A sermon by Andrew Federle on Mark 10:46-52. Quote: "If Bartimaeus was the first fundraiser in the gospels, then the trajectory of his story has something to teach us: It's not about the money. It's about casting off whatever is holding you back from Jesus and drawing near to him." Download your Giving for Growth Package here.…
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A sermon by Liska Stefko on Mark 10:35-45. Quote: "As people learning to follow Jesus, we are called—each of us, and all of us—to bear witness to the Incarnation in our lives."Από τον St. Clement's Church
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A sermon by Michael Buttrey on Matthew 6:25-34. Quote: “I don’t worry very much about how my squirrels and trees compare to my neighbours' squirrels and trees. I’m just glad they exist, and I get to join in appreciating them.”Από τον St. Clement's Church
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A sermon by Liska Stefko on Hebrews 1:1-4, 2:5-12. Quote: "In the person of Jesus, we encounter God pressed into humanity, in a way so real and so deep that it can’t be forgotten or erased."Από τον St. Clement's Church
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A sermon by Pamela Rayment on James 5:13-20. Quote: "It should be very clear to us that the residential school system era was a broken way."Από τον St. Clement's Church
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A sermon by Liska Stefko on James 3:13-4:3, 7-8. Quote: "As we learn to follow Jesus, we need to look to people who inspire us to new ways of seeing and teach us to marvel at the vast diversity of creation."Από τον St. Clement's Church
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A sermon by Roberto Chiotti on Proverbs 1:20-33. Quote: The threat of ecocide poses an ethical challenge which calls us to rethink our relationship to nature, perceive the divine wisdom manifest in creation, and act cooperatively and co-creatively with other living beings and the ecosystems that support them to ensure a viable future for all life. …
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A sermon by Pamela Rayment on Isaiah 35:4-7a. Quote: “The theme for this year’s Season of Creation is ‘To hope and act with Creation’. The first step in this is noticing. Noticing that creation is welcoming us every single day to open ourselves up to perceive its beauty and know that in this welcome we have a responsibility toward right relationshi…
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A sermon by Michael Buttrey on Matthew 22:23-33. Quote: "God has no sons-in-law or daughters-in-law. Regardless of relationship status, everyone can be a full child of God."Από τον St. Clement's Church
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A sermon by Liska Stefko on John 6:56-69. Quote: "The fifth loaf is the one that keeps on giving. It's the one we share each time we gather for Eucharist."Από τον St. Clement's Church
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A sermon by Kate Andison on Ephesians 5:15-21. Quote: "Gratitude through obedience is a powerful type of gratitude, one that not only brings gladness to God but also brings gladness to us, as we live into God’s good vision for our lives."Από τον St. Clement's Church
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A sermon by Liska Stefko on John 6:35, 41-51. Quote: "We are called to be living bread for others through simple everyday gestures of kindness, humility, and generosity."Από τον St. Clement's Church
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A sermon by Kate Andison on John 6:24-35. Quote: “If you choose to make Jesus a priority in your life and choose to be shaped by the gift that he offers, you will no longer hunger for purpose, identity, meaning, or joy."Από τον St. Clement's Church
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A sermon by Pamela Rayment on John 6:1-21. Quote: "…what we truly need is to allow ourselves to be transformed by God’s love. A love that comes so close in the person of Jesus, who sees and feeds all who show up, regardless of our status, our vices, our successes, our failures."Από τον St. Clement's Church
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A sermon by Kate Andison on Mark 6:30-34, 53-56. Quote: "The difference between a Christian and a non-Christian is not brokenness, the difference is who we go to for healing."Από τον St. Clement's Church
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A sermon by Pamela Rayment on Mark 6:14-29. Quote: “God’s love is more patient, more far reaching, more forgiving, than we can ever comprehend.”Από τον St. Clement's Church
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A sermon by Michael Buttrey on 2 Corinthians 12:2-10. Quote: "We can show our weakness to Jesus, who had not just one thorn in his flesh but a whole crown of thorns."Από τον Michael Buttrey
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A sermon by Liska Stefko on Mark 5:21-43. Quote: "Somehow, under the constant pressure of those crowds, Jesus manages to pause, to notice, and to create space for a deep encounter."Από τον St. Clement's Church
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A sermon by Pamela Rayment on 2 Corinthians 6:1-13 for the National Indigenous Day of Prayer. Quote: “Every Sunday we sang hymns in Ojibway, and ended our time together holding hands in circle. At Easter, an elder would light a sacred fire, smudge the church, and drummers would lead us in song.” Read the preaching passage here: https://files.consta…
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A sermon by Michael Buttrey on Acts 8:26-40. Quote: "God loves you, specifically, including your body."Από τον St. Clement's Church
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A sermon by Andrew Federle on 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1 Quote: “In the midst of his struggles, Paul roots his identity – his status – not in his sufferings but in his union with Jesus Christ.”Από τον St. Clement's Church
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A sermon by Liska Stefko on 2 Corinthians 4:5-12 Quote: "We may not be used to thinking of our bodies as vessels for God’s light, but this passage invites us to do just that."Από τον St. Clement's Church
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A sermon by Michael Buttrey on John 3:1-17 Quote: "To join God’s people, you must be born of water and spirit – not blood. Who your ancestors are doesn’t matter."Από τον St. Clement's Church
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A sermon by Pamela Rayment on John 15:26-27, 16:4-15. Quote: "Thankfully, as people learning to follow Jesus, we aren’t left on our own in our listening.”Από τον St. Clement's Church
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A sermon by Andrew Federle on Luke 24:44-53. Quote: “Ever since that first Ascension day, Jesus has never blessed anyone except with wounded hands."Από τον St. Clement's Church
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A sermon by Liska Stefko on John 15:9-17 Quote: "The more firmly we are grounded in God’s unfailing friendship with us, the more fully we can befriend one another."Από τον St. Clement's Church
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A sermon by Andrew Federle on John 15:1-8 Quote: “When Jesus says, ‘I am the vine; you are the branches’ he’s not simply reaching for metaphors. He’s teaching us how reality works."Από τον St. Clement's Church
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A sermon by Andrew Federle on John 10:11-18 Quote: “I am so grateful to be a sheep - and to know that the Good Shepherd job is already taken."Από τον St. Clement's Church
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A sermon by Pamela Rayment on Luke 24:36b-48 Quote: “Maybe we need to get more comfortable with 'I don’t know?' Because that’s often the most real thing we can admit.”Από τον St. Clement's Church
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A sermon by Pamela Rayment on John 20:19-31 Quote: "When Jesus showed up to the disciples, he stood among them. He was literally at the centre of their little gathered community. The same is true for us today. Jesus is at our centre."Από τον St. Clement's Church
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A sermon for Easter Sunday by Andrew Federle on John 20:1-18. Quote: "How is it that one person shows up on a Sunday morning and can only see dirty laundry, while another sees the Angel of the Lord?"Από τον St. Clement's Church
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A sermon by Michael Buttrey on John 18:1 - 19:42 for Good Friday. Quote: "Christ is my castle to keep me safe. He has entered the hell of this place for me."Από τον St. Clement's Church
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A sermon by Liska Stefko on John 13:1-17, 31-35 for Maundy Thursday. Quote: "Jesus infuses ordinary actions with great intention and love, and he wants us to do the same."Από τον St. Clement's Church
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A sermon for Palm Sunday by Pamela Rayment on John 12:12-16 Quote: "Instead of lifting-up trophies and kissing rings, we wave palm branches and hold up the cross."Από τον St. Clement's Church
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A sermon by Andrew Federle on John 12:20-33. Quote: “For God - and God alone - knows that the road to freedom passes through the place of death and suffering."Από τον St. Clement's Church
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A sermon by Pamela Rayment on John 3:14-21. Quote: “We are made in the image of God — and there is nothing we can do that will make that untrue.”Από τον St. Clement's Church
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A sermon by Liska Stefko on John 2:13-22. Quote: "Jesus is God’s temple, and so are we. This is the mystery of the incarnation: in Jesus–and in each one of us–God comes to meet us where we are."Από τον St. Clement's Church
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A sermon by Andrew Federle on 2 Corinthians 8:1-15. Quote: “Our first posture toward God is one of receiving. You and I are here today, not because of our know-how, but because God is good.”Από τον St. Clement's Church
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A sermon by Liska Stefko on Mark 1:9-15. Quote: "Lent is a time to journey into the wilderness, and to encounter there the still and steadfast gaze of Jesus."Από τον St. Clement's Church
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A sermon by Andrew Federle on 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10 for Ash Wednesday. Quote: “As long as we’re still focused on our sin, we’re missing the point, and we’re making ourselves the centre of the story.”Από τον St. Clement's Church
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A sermon by Pamela Rayment on Mark 9:2-9. Quote: "What if the celebration of the visible is the celebration of our fragility?”Από τον St. Clement's Church
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A sermon by Liska Stefko on Mark 1:29-39. Quote: "When we are anchored in God and surrounded by community, the potential for grace is everywhere."Από τον St. Clement's Church
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A sermon by Michael Buttrey on 1 Corinthians 8:1-13. Quote: "For Paul, the weak are the indispensable centre of the church."Από τον St. Clement's Church
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A sermon by Mackenzie Wolf on Mark 1:14-20. Quote: "God does not lead us places for pointless self-improvement."Από τον St. Clement's Church
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A sermon by Andrew Federle on Mark 1:4-11. Quote: "Baptism is the sacrament of belovedness. Where we rehearse and practice the truest thing that we know."Από τον St. Clement's Church
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A sermon by Pamela Rayment on Matthew 2:1-12. Quote: "God isn’t only interested in our lives for one hour on a Sunday. God is active in every aspect of our lives, and wants nothing more than to meet us in the nitty-gritty of everyday."Από τον St. Clement's Church
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