The Rev. Kristin E. Orr, Rector
St. John the Evangelist (Episcopal)
Flossmoor, Illinois

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Sermons
2005 - 2006

Year A

The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost - September 11, 2005
     "To Know Christ and Make Christ Known"

The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost - September 18, 2005
     "We are the Lord's"

The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost - September 25, 2005
     Fifth Anniversary of Called to Common Mission - Preached at Trinity Lutheran Church, Park Forest
     "All God's Critters Got a Place in the Choir"

The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost - October 2, 2005
     "Celebrate Poverty"

The Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost - October 9, 2005
     "To Tithe"

The Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost - October 16, 2005
     No sermon available

The Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost - October 23, 2005
     No sermon available

The Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost - October 30, 2005
    No sermon available

All Saints' Sunday - November 6, 2005
    "A Great Cloud of Witnesses"

The Twenty-sixth Sunday after Pentecost - November 13, 2005
     "Consequences"

The Last Sunday after Pentecost - November 20, 2005
     "Power"

Year B

The First Sunday of Advent - November 27, 2005
     "O come, O come, Emmanuel"

The Second Sunday of Advent - December 4, 2005
     No sermon available

The Third Sunday of Advent - December 11, 2005
     No sermon available

The Fourth Sunday of Advent - December 18, 2005
     "Jesus' Midwives"

The Nativity of Our Lord:  Christmas Eve - December 24, 2005
     "What Child is this?"

Holy Name Day - January 1, 2006
     No sermon available

First Sunday after the Epiphany: The Baptism of our Lord - January 8, 2006
     "Baptized into the Future"

Second Sunday after the Epiphany - January 15, 2006
     No sermon available

Third Sunday after the Epiphany - January 22, 2006
     "Catch the Glory"

Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany - January 29, 2006
     No sermon available

Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany - February 5, 2006
     "The Fine Art of Going Home from Church"

Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany - February 12, 2006
     "It takes two kingdoms..."

Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany - February 19, 2006
     No sermon available

Last Sunday after the Epiphany - February 26, 2006
     "Seek my Face"

Ash Wednesday - March 1, 2006
     "Beginning in Ashes"

First Sunday in Lent - March 5, 2006
     No sermon available

Second Sunday in Lent - March 12, 2006
     "The Whole Story" (notes only)

Third Sunday in Lent - March 19, 2006
     No sermon available

Fourth Sunday in Lent - March 26, 2006
     "Transformation"

Fifth Sunday in Lent - April 2, 2006
     "Not as a Stranger"

Palm Sunday - April 9, 2006
     "The Sermon Not Preached"

Maundy Thursday - April 13, 2006
     "In This Room"

Good Friday - April 14, 2006
     "Good Friday"

The Great Vigil of Easter - April 15, 2006
     "Keeping Vigil"

Easter Day - April 16, 2006
     "God's Easter Music"

Second Sunday of Easter - April 23, 2006
     "Easter Lullaby"

Third Sunday of Easter - April 30, 2006
     "Christians"

Fourth Sunday of Easter - May 7, 2006
     No sermon available

Fifth Sunday of Easter - May 14, 2006
     "Jesus is my Lawyer"

Sixth Sunday of Easter - May 21, 2006
     No sermon available

Seventh Sunday of Easter - May 28, 2006
     No sermon available

Pentecost - June 4, 2006
     "Being Heard - The Act of an Apostle"

Trinity Sunday - June 11, 2006
     "Surpassing Human Understanding"

Second Sunday after Pentecost - June 18, 2006
     No sermon available

Third Sunday after Pentecost - June 25, 2006
     No sermon available

Fourth Sunday after Pentecost - July 2, 2006
     "Thou Shalt not Hoard"

Fifth Sunday after Pentecost - July 9, 2006
     No sermon available

Sixth Sunday after Pentecost - July 16, 2006
     No sermon available

Seventh Sunday after Pentecost - July 23, 2006
     No sermon available

Eighth Sunday after Pentecost - July 30, 2006
     No sermon available

Feast of the Transfiguration - August 6, 2006
     No sermon available

Tenth Sunday after Pentecost - August 13, 2006
     "Familiarity Breeds Connection"

Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost - August 20, 2006
     No sermon available

Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost - August 27, 2006
     "Creative Liturgy"

Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost - September 3, 2006
     "Recognizable as People Whose God is Near"