St. John's Episcopal Church, Tallahassee, Florida
by St. John's Episcopal Church · 46 episodes
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St. John’s Episcopal Church nurtures a welcoming spiritual community, rooted in tradition yet relevant and responsive to our changing world. Grounded in the mystery of God’s love revealed through the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, we seek to put our faith into action, equipping each other to be ambassadors of God’s grace.Whether you are new to faith, full of questions, or long grounded in your spiritual life, St. John’s is a place where you belong. We profess God’s love for every human being and welcome all people, regardless of age, race, income, gender, sexual orientatio...
Latest episodes
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19 min
22nd Sunday after Pentecost, 10/25/26
Guest preacher the Rev. Kevin Kelly explores the abundance of God’s love and the freedom it offers us. Through Jesus’ teaching on the greatest commandment, we are reminded to love…
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16 min
21st Sunday after Pentecost, 10/18/26
"God is a giver." Christians don't give because God ask us to. We give because we are made in his image and he is generosity and abundance.
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16 min
20th Sunday after Pentecost, 10/11/26
As we step into stewardship month at St. John's, parishioner Doug Sessions shares about the saints that have come before us. How their determination helped build and sustain our pa…
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14 min
19th Sunday after Pentecost, 10/4/26
In Matthew 21:33–43, Jesus tells the story of a landowner who carefully plants and prepares a vineyard before entrusting it to tenants. Deacon Melanie invites us to notice what hap…
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13 min
18th Sunday after Pentecost, 9/27/26
Deacon Pierce Withers’ sermon weaves Sunday’s Gospel reading, Matthew 21:23–32, with moments from his own road to the priesthood. Through the parable of the two sons, he explores w…
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15 min
17th Sunday after Pentecost, 9/20/26
Deacon Melanie Salsgiver reflects on Jesus’ parable of the workers in the vineyard, focusing not first on the question of fair wages, but on the people who spent the day waiting to…
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18 min
16th Sunday after Pentecost, 9/13/26
Deacon Melanie reflects on Sunday's Gospel of mercy and forgiveness. We give ourselves a gift when we forgive others.
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13 min
15th Sunday after Pentecost, 9/6/26
Deacon Melanie’s sermon centers on Jesus’ command to “Go!” when relationships are damaged or someone has sinned against us. Rather than avoiding conflict with a polite “bless their…
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12 min
14th Sunday after Pentecost, 8/30/26
Today’s sermon explores what it truly means to be rich—not simply in what we possess, but in what we give of ourselves. Through generosity of time, attention, compassion, service,…
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15 min
13th Sunday after Pentecost, 8/23/26
Deacon Melanie’s sermon invites us to see ministry not simply as something that happens on Sundays or is reserved for clergy, but as something every baptized Christian is called to…
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13 min
12th Sunday after Pentecost, 8/16/26
Fr. Lonnie's Sunday sermon spoke to how irrevocable God's love is for everyone. As Paul says in his letter to the Romans: "I ask, then, has God rejected his people? By no means!"
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7 min
11th Sunday after Pentecost, 8/9/26
Fr. Lonnie’s sermon centers on Paul’s image of “beautiful feet” in Romans, reminding us that our feet are beautiful not because of how they look, but because of where they go and t…
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10 min
10th Sunday after Pentecost, 8/2/26
Fr. Lonnie reflected on St. Paul's words in Romans, emphasizing that while nothing can separate us from God's love, Paul also grieved the divisions between Jewish believers and tho…
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13 min
9th Sunday after Pentecost, 7/26/26
Deacon Melanie reflected on Paul's promise in Romans 8 that nothing can separate us from the love of God, showing how St. John's lives out that truth every week. She pointed to fam…
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18 min
8th Sunday after Pentecost, 7/19/26
Deacon Melanie reflected on Paul's words in Romans 8, reminding us that much of life is spent waiting—through uncertainty, grief, and unanswered questions. Rather than denying the…
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15 min
7th Sunday after Pentecost, 7/12/26
Fr. Lonnie's Sunday sermon invites us to imagine what it means to be Church together when everyone lives from the conviction that "there is now no condemnation." Rather than motiva…
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16 min
6th Sunday after Pentecost, 7/5/26
Deacon Melanie preaches about the moments during our service where our confession is immediately soother by the Peace. Where we are asked to lay down our burdens and take up the li…
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14 min
4th Sunday after Pentecost, 6/21/26
In this week’s episode, we continue our summer sermon series, “Being Church Together,” with Fr. Lonnie Lacy reflecting on what baptism teaches us about the Christian life — and abo…
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13 min
3rd Sunday after Pentecost, 6/14/26
What does it mean to truly be the Church together? In the second sermon of our summer series, Being Church Together, Fr. Lonnie reminded us that God’s grace always comes first. Bef…
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18 min
2nd Sunday after Pentecost, 6/7/2026
This week, Fr. Lonnie launched St. John’s summer sermon series, Being Church Together, an exploration of Paul’s Letter to the Romans and its central question: How does God create a…