Vespers Sermon Archive
Not all Vespers preachers preach from transcripts.
When they do, however, we are pleased to make the text of those sermons
available here on the Fourth Church website.
2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009
| July 10, 2005 | God
Don’t Give a Damn |
John H. Boyle, Parish Associate |
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| July 24, 2005 | Wise Investing |
Carol J. Allen, Associate Pastor |
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| August 14, 2005 | When
Will We Ever Learn? |
Carol J. Allen, Associate Pastor |
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| August 21, 2005 | Midwives,
Moses, and Mexico |
Jenny Gleichauf, Director of Youth Ministry |
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| September 4, 2005 | What Is This Thing Called Love? |
John H. Boyle, Parish Associate |
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| September 18, 2005 | Opening
Up Space for God |
Carol J. Allen, Associate Pastor |
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| September 25, 2005 | Water,
Thirst, and Faith |
Richard Williams, Pastoral Resident |
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| November 13, 2005 | The Crowd Within |
John H. Boyle, Parish Associate |
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| December 11, 2005 | Living
between the Call and the Consummation |
Patrick Daymond, Pastoral Resident |
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| December 25, 2005 | God
in the Middle of the Mess |
Erica Schemper, Pastoral Resident |
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| January 8, 2006 | The Beloved |
Elizabeth Andrews, Minister for Congregational Care |
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| January 15, 2006 | All Things New |
Richard Williams, Pastoral Resident |
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| January 22, 2006 | No Ordinary Call |
Alice M. Trowbridge, Associate Pastor |
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| February 5, 2006 | Have You Not Seen? Have You Not Heard? |
Richard Williams, Pastoral Resident |
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| February 26, 2006 | Doing Nothing |
Catherine Knott, Pastoral Resident |
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| March 12, 2006 | When Opportunity Knocks |
Patrick Daymond, Pastoral Resident |
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| March 26, 2006 | What
Does It Mean to Be Saved? |
John H. Boyle, Parish Associate |
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| April 9, 2006 | He Entered the City |
Elizabeth Andrews, Parish Associate |
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| April 16, 2006 | Walking Among Us |
Catherine Knott, Pastoral Resident |
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| May 7 , 2006 | The Good Shepherd | Elizabeth B. Andrews, Parish Associate |
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| May 14 , 2006 | Shared Birth | Erica Schemper, Pastoral Resident |
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| June 4 , 2006 | Communion Meditation | Patrick Daymond, Pastoral Resident |
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| June 18 , 2006 | Communion Meditation | Adam Fronczek, Associate Pastor |
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| June 25 , 2006 | To Die For | John H. Boyle, Parish Associate |
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| July 16 , 2006 | Shazam! | John W. Vest, Associate Pastor |
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| July 23, 2006 | Communion Meditation | Elizabeth B. Andrews, Parish Associate |
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| August 13, 2006 | O Absalom, My Son, My Son | Adam Fronczek, Associate Pastor |
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| August 20, 2006 | No one Knows You Better | Patrick Daymond, Pastoral Resident |
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| September 3, 2006 | A Divine Economy of Accommodation | Joyce Shinn, Associate Pastor for Congregational Life |
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| September 10, 2006 | Communion Meditation | Catherine Knott, Pastoral Resident |
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| September 17, 2006 | Knowing Is Half the Battle | John W. Vest, Associate Pastor |
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| September 24, 2006 | The Longing for Wholeness | Elizabeth B. Andrews, Parish Associate |
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| October 8, 2006 | God's Awful Grace | John H. Boyle, Parish Associate |
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| October 15, 2006 | He Still Moves Stones | Keith C. Harris, Associate Pastor |
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| November 5, 2006 | The Frustration of Famine | Patrick Daymond, Pastoral Resident |
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| November 12, 2006 | Partners in Providence | John W. Vest, Associate Pastor |
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| December 17, 2006 | The Point of It All | John H. Boyle, Parish Associate |
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| January 7, 2007 | Having Been Warned in a Dream | Adam Fronczek, Associate Pastor |
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| January 14, 2007 | With Lavish Rejoicing | Martha Langford, Pastoral Resident |
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| February 18, 2007 | When History Catches Up with You | Patrick Daymond, Pastoral Resident |
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| Palm Sunday, April 1, 2007 | Cheers and Tears | John H. Boyle, Parish Associate |
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| Easter Sunday, April 8, 2007 |
When a Hero Dies | John W. Vest, Associate Pastor |
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| April 29, 2007 | Communion Meditations | Members of Fourth Church Rising (Confirmation Class) |
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| May 27, 2007 | What Does This Mean? | Elizabeth B. Andrews, Parish Associate |
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| June 3, 2007 | Stand | Martha Langford, Pastoral Resident |
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| June 17, 2007 | Revenge and Redemption | John H. Boyle, Parish Associate |
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| June 24, 2007 | The Lepers in Your Head | John W. Vest, Associate Pastor |
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| July 8, 2007 | Not Fearing Rejection | Adam Fronczek, Associate Pastor |
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| July 15, 2007 | Communion Meditation | Joyce Shin, Associate Pastor |
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| July 22, 2007 | A Day without Divinity | John W. Vest, Associate Pastor |
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| August 5, 2007 | Satisfying the Thirsty | Adam Fronczek , Associate Pastor |
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| August 12, 2007 | Uprooted By Grace | Martha Langford, Pastoral Resident |
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| September 9, 2007 | Are We More Than Clay? | John W. Vest, Associate Pastor |
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| September 16, 2007 | Gathered In | Martha Langford, Pastoral Resident |
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| September 23, 2007 | The Power to Bless | John H. Boyle, Parish Associate |
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| October 21, 2007 | God’s Word on Domestic Violence | John H. Boyle, Parish Associate |
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| December 16, 2007 | Rejoice | Martha Langford, Pastoral Resident |
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| December 30, 2007 | Subject to Change | John H. Boyle, Parish Associate |
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| January 13, 2008 | Water Works | John W. Vest, Associate Pastor |
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| January 20, 2008 | From Above and from Below | Joyce Shin, Associate Pastor |
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| February 3, 2008 | Moments on a Mountain | Martha Langford, Pastoral Resident |
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| February 10, 2008 | Show Me the Way | Alice M. Trowbridge, |
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| February 17, 2008 | Hear Me Now and Believe Me Later | John W. Vest, Associate Pastor | Download the worship bulletin |
| March 9, 2008 | Mortal, Can These Bones Live? | Joyce Shin, Associate Pastor | Download the worship bulletin |
March 23, 2008 |
Come Up Higher | John H. Boyle, Parish Associate | Download the worship bulletin |
| March 30, 2008 | Supposing Him to Be the Gardener | Adam Fronczek, Associate Pastor | Download the worship bulletin |
| April 6, 2008 | The Eyes of the Heart | Alice M. Trowbridge, Associate Pastor |
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| April 20, 2008 | The Soul Bowl | John W. Vest, Associate Pastor | Download the worship bulletin |
| April 27, 2008 | Groping for God | John H. Boyle, Parish Associate | Download the worship bulletin |
| May 4 , 2008 | Lift up a Song | Alice M. Trowbridge, Associate Pastor |
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| June 1 , 2008 | Vespers Meditation | Adam Fronczek, Associate Pastor |
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| July 6, 2008 | There Is No "I" in Community | John W. Vest, Associate Pastor |
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| July 20, 2008 | To Labor and Wait | Alice M. Trowbridge, Associate Pastor |
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| August 3, 2008 | When God Challenges Us | John H. Boyle, Parish Associate |
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| August 17, 2008 | Brothers | Adam Fronczek, Associate Pastor |
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| September 7, 2008 | Beginnings | Adam Fronczek, Associate Pastor |
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| September 21, 2008 | Good Work to Be Done | Joyce Shin, Associate Pastor |
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| October 5, 2008 | Meditation on “God Not Guns” Sabbath | Victoria G. Curtiss, Associate Pastor |
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| October 12, 2008 | Happy Talk | Adam Fronczek, Associate Pastor |
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| October 19, 2008 | A Promise Written into Creation | Joyce Shin, Associate Pastor |
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| October 26, 2008 | The Greatest Commandment | Sarah A. Johnson, Pastoral Resident |
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| November 9, 2008 | The Foolish and the Wise | Alice M. Trowbridge, Associate Pastor |
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| November 30, 2008 | What Time Is It? | Jocelyn C. Cadwallader, Pastoral Resident |
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| December 7, 2008 | What Are We Waiting For? | John W. Vest, Associate Pastor |
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| December 28, 2008 |
Let Nothing You Dismay | Victoria G. Curtiss, Associate Pastor |
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| December 31, 2008 New Year's Eve Service |
Singing a New Song |
Victoria G. Curtiss, Associate Pastor |
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| January 4, 2009 | Track Lighting | Jocelyn C. Cadwallader, Pastoral Resident |
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| January 11, 2009 | Beginnings | Adam Fronczek, Associate Pastor | Download the worship bulletin |
| February 1, 2009 | For the Sake of Your Neighbors | Victoria G. Curtiss, Associate Pastor | Download the worship bulletin |
| February 8, 2009 | The Healing Power of God | Sarah A. Johnson, Pastoral Resident | Download the worship bulletin |
| February 15, 2009 | Bargaining with the Propeht | Adam Fronczek, Associate Pastor | Download the worship bulletin |
| March 1, 2009 | Memory | Jocelyn C. Cadwallader, Pastoral Resident |
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| March 8, 2009 | The Challenge of Forgiveness | Victoria G. Curtiss, Associate Pastor |
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| March 15, 2009 | Vespers Meditation | Adam Fronczek, Associate Pastor | Download the worship bulletin |
| March 22, 2009 Ordination of Jocelyn Cadwallader |
Step Out | Katherine L. Kussmaul, Guest Preacher | Download the worship bulletin |
| March 29, 2009 | Change Has Come Change Is Coming |
John W. Vest, Associate Pastor | Download the worship bulletin |
| April 11, 2009 Easter Vigil |
Change | John W. Vest, Associate Pastor | Download the worship bulletin |
| April 19, 2009 | Poetry or Novels? | Jocelyn C. Cadwallader, Pastoral Resident | Download the worship bulletin |
| May 3, 2009 Mental Illness Recovery and Understanding |
I Will Deliver | Victoria G. Curtiss, Associate Pastor | Download the worship bulletin |
| The last Vespers service was held on Sunday, May 31, 2009. The new afternoon service began on Sunday, June 7, and sermons from that service can be found in the Afternoon Sermons Archive. |