Worship: Sermons

For Protestant Christians, the sermon has historically been of central importance to worship. A sermon is not simply a speech, or even a religious speech. Rather, the sermon bears witness to the word that God is speaking through the Biblical readings to this particular congregation at this particular moment in time. In some sense, the sermon opens up the texts so that the whole gathered congregation can see in them and through them the realities of life and the reality of God and God's grace.

Here at Second Congregational United Church of Christ, each week's sermon is based upon one or more of the Biblical readings suggested for that week by a schedule called "the lectionary." For more information on this, see the Bible Readings section of our site.

You may also want to view videos of sermons and other events at Second Congregational by going to the Sights and Sounds page.

Sermons you may particularly appreciate from the past year:

Previous Sermons at Second Congregational United Church of Christ:

Note: For the time being, due to technical difficulties, sermons after November 4, 2012, are only available in video format.