In today's reading, Peter denies Jesus three times. Peter isn’t any worse than any other sheep in God’s flock. Here, at least, he’s also not better. We are people, like Peter, who deny.We deny our connectedness.We divide into “us and them”.We seek easy answers to complicated questions.Denial is not the end of Peter's story. It doesn't have to be the end of ours either. Whatever answer we have chosen in the past, we can always choose a new answer today.

Rev. Marci Glass delivered this sermon on Sunday, March 8, 2026.

The scripture reading was from John 18:12–27.

On the night we expect bread and cup, John’s gospel gives us a towel and a basin. Jesus kneels, turning ritual into relationship and power into vulnerable love. Communion is not words at a table, but embodied connection that changes and binds us together—when we dare to be present. 

Rev. Victor Floyd delivered this sermon on Sunday, March 1, 2026.

The scripture reading was from John 13:1–17.

The rhythm of living, dying, and rising is the story of our faith, and the rhythm of our lives. We worship a man who rose from the dead. After he had lived. And after he died. As we enter the season of Lent, we'll focus on the story of Lazarus, and see how living, dying, and rising affected him and his community.

The sermon was delivered by Rev. Marci Glass on Sunday, February 22, 2026.

The scripture reading was from John 11:1-44.

In John's Gospel, the signs Jesus performs are supposed to point people to see who Jesus is, to connect them to God. But in the sign of the blind man receiving his sight, it doesn't seem to work. When Jesus' signs don't match what we know to be true in the world, do we dismiss them, explain them away?

The sermon was delivered by Rev. Marci Glass on Sunday, February 15, 2026.

The scripture reading was from John 9:1–41.

“In the ways that are exemplified by Calvary, I think San Francisco has changed for the better. Because Calvary and a lot of people in San Francisco and causes rooted in San Francisco are for justice and equality.” Fran Moreland Johns' life is continually colored by a passionate energy for involvement and action. Born in Brazil to Methodist missionaries, her progressive activism and dynamic writing career have persisted through the decades. Fran’s story is one that vitally traipses across 90+ years of American history, from meeting Eleanor Roosevelt to experiencing a pre-Roe v. Wade abortion to intimate involvement with Calvary’s HIV support group in the 1990s. It’s a story that’s not to be missed.

Many of us feel things are falling apart-either in our personal, professional, or public life. How can suffering invite us toward deeper freedom, integrity, and trust in God? How can our helplessness transform us into the people God has created us to be?

The sermon was delivered by guest preacher Rev. Mark Yaconelli on Sunday, February 8, 2026.

The scripture reading was from John 4:46–54.

We live in a world full of shallow wells, creating a thirsty, isolated world. There’s a lot of anxiety in the world, in the church, because we turn to those shallow wells and are never satisfied. Jesus offers the Woman at the Well living water. What would it take for us to leave our water jars by our wells so we can have our thirst slaked and our souls renewed with living water?

The sermon was delivered by Rev. Marci Glass on Sunday, February 1, 2026.

The scripture reading was from John 4:1–42.

Salvation is not an exit plan! It's God’s deep commitment to redeeming what the world has learned to call normal. God does not abandon the world’s brokenness but enters it to make it whole.

The sermon was delivered on Sunday, January 25, 2026 by Rev. Victor Floyd.

The scripture reading was from John 3:1–21.

What makes Jesus angry? Injustice, exploitation, and religious complicity with corruption and power, among other things. Tom Morello said in the 80s, "If you aren't angry, you aren't paying attention." Perhaps it is time to join Jesus in overturning some tables.

The sermon was delivered by Rev. Joann Lee on January 18, 2026.

The scripture reading was from John 2:13–25.

Jesus' baptism is where Christian community begins. The community Jesus creates comes about because of non-anxious invitation. Inviting people to see Jesus is not a popularity contest or a numbers game where we measure victory by budgets, attendance, or other measures. As we claim and remember our baptismal promises, we also claim and remember our call to be community.

The sermon was delivered by Rev. Marci A. Glass on Sunday, January 11, 2026.

The scripture reading was from John 1:29–51.