Sermons from St. George's

“Jesus confronts humanity out of love – He refuses to leave us in our blindness.” Sermon from the 10:00am traditional service.

The Rev. Dr. Marcia King served as a guest preacher for our 75th Anniversary Preaching Series at 10:00am in the Nave. The Rev. Dr. Marcia King was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, but lived in Jacksonville, Florida, most of her life.  She graduated magna cum laude from the University of North Florida and was employed by Prudential Insurance Company for 27 years, retiring in 2001 as the Director of Sales and Marketing. While senior warden at Resurrection Episcopal Church in Jacksonville, Marcia felt a call from God to ordained ministry.  She attended Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry, graduating with honors in 2004.  Marcia was ordained in June 2004 and called to St. John's Episcopal Church in Ocean Springs, MS, as assistant rector.  In 2005, after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, Marcia served the people of that area in leadership activities to support the parish Diocese and community.  In 2007, she was called to St. George's Episcopal Church in Nashville as associate rector and director of ministry, working on the parish Strategic Plan, liturgy, Alpha, and women’s ministries. Upon the birth of her grandson in 2012, Marcia and her husband, John, retired to Fernandina Beach to be close to family in Jacksonville. In 2014, she was called to part-time ministry at St Peter’s, primarily coordinating Adult Christian Education and teaching classes. Marcia received her Doctor of Ministry degree from Trinity School for Ministry in 2019. Marcia served as Interim Rector at St. Peter’s in Fernandina Beach, FL, from November 2020 through August 2021. After traveling the world with her beloved husband, John, she is currently resting on her laurels and loving life with John, her grandkids, and two bad cats. She preaches, celebrates, and teaches as the spirit moves her.  Learn more about our 7th Annivesary Preaching Series at stgeorgesnashville.org/75years.

Sermon from The Table.

Psalm 34:1-8 The psalmist summons us to praise God and to taste his goodness. Have you sought to taste him? Sermon from the 10:00am service.

"The importance of how we 'see' ourselves cannot be overstated. It frames our hopes, expectations, and sense of the world." Sermon from The Table.

Dr. Agatha Nolen served as our guest preacher in the Nave.

Sermon from The Table.

What do we hunger for? In what ways are we asking Jesus to feed us? The promise given to us is that Jesus comes to feed our souls as the bread of life. Reading: John 6

Sermon from The Table.

How are we supposed to respond to injustices done to us as Christians? Peter instructs us to not repay pain with pain, but to remain faithful to our call as Christians when we suffer unjustly. 1 Peter 2:18-25 18 Slaves, accept the authority of your masters with all deference, not only those who are kind and gentle but also those who are harsh. 19 For it is to your credit if, being aware of God, you endure pain while suffering unjustly. 20 If you endure when you are beaten for doing wrong, where is the credit in that? But if you endure when you do right and suffer for it, you have God’s approval. 21 For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you should follow in his steps. 22 ‘He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth.’ 23 When he was abused, he did not return abuse; when he suffered, he did not threaten; but he entrusted himself to the one who judges justly. 24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, so that, free from sins, we might live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed. 25 For you were going astray like sheep, but now you have returned to the shepherd and guardian of your souls. Sermon from the 10:00am traditional service.