Sermons for
Special Days & Occasions
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The days and occasions are listed ALPHABETICALLY.
- All Saints Sermons
- Isaiah 25:6-9; Hebrews 11:1-2, 32-12:2, Monumental Faith (London)
- Daniel 7:1-3, 15-18 Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones (Kegel)
- Matthew 5:1-12 Here and There (Wicher)
- Matthew 5:1-12 & Rev. 7:2-4, 9-17, The Wedding Picture (Hoffacker)
- Matthew 5:3-10 True Happiness (Gerhardy)
- Matthew 25:31-46 What Would the Saints Do? (Molin)
- Revelation 7:2-4, 9-17 & Matthew 5:1-12, The Wedding Picture (Hoffacker)
- Luke 6:20-31 Jesus' Third Way (Hoffacker)
- Luke 6:20-31 You Are Blessed (Kegel)
- John 11:32-44; Hebrews 12:1-2, The Final Word (London)
- John 11:38-44 Life in Place of Death (Gerhardy)
- John 11:38-44 More Powerful than Death (Gerhardy)
- John 11:32-44 Living Mysteries (Hoffacker)
- Hebrews 12:1-2 A Gallery of Saints (McLarty)
- Revelation 7:9-12 A Great Crowd (Gerhardy)
- Revelation 7:9-17 Who Are These? (Stevenson)
- Revelation 7:13-17 A Glimpse of Heaven (Gerhardy)
- Revelation 21 The Right Side of Heaven (Donovan)
- Revelation 21:1-7 Imagining Heaven (Bowen)
- Anniversary of a Congregation
- Annunciation Sermons
- Ascension Sermons
- Ash Wednesday Sermons
- Psalm 51:1-17 Good News in the Ashes (Leininger)
- Psalm 51 If…Then… (Molin)
- Psalm 51:1-13 The Lenten Journey (McLarty)
- Matthew 6:1-4 Anonymous Giving (McLarty)
- Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 An Excuse to Be Better (Leininger)
- Matthew 6:1, 16-18 And When You Fast (McLarty)
- Matthew 6.1-6 16-21 Not If But When (McLarty)
- Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 Becoming a Place of Resurrection (Hoffacker)
- Matthew 6:1, 16-18 Slow Down and Fast (McLarty)
- Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 Ashes and Eggs (Hoffacker)
- Baptism Sermons
- Matthew 3:13-17 Downward Mobility (Hoffacker)
- Matthew 3:13-17 To Fulfill All Righteousness (Hyde)
- Matthew 3.13-17 Renew Your Baptism (McLarty)
- Matthew 3:13-17 Praying Our Way out of a Pickle (Wigmore)
- Mark 1:4-11 Listening to the Right Voice (Hoffacker)
- Mark 1:1-13 I Will Be with You (McLarty)
- Mark 1:4-11 Mistaken for Jesus (Hoffacker)
- Mark 9:30-37 Play and Contemplation (Hoffacker)
- Luke 3:15-22 Obedience (Hyde)
- Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 Not Water Only (Kegel)
- Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 Terms of Endearment (Leininger)
- 2 Corinthians 5:17 No One Is Too Young (Gerhardy)
- Philippians 2:1-13 Learning to Laugh at Death (Hoffacker)
- Christmas Sermons
- Isaiah 2:1-5 The Lessons of Christmas (Wagner)
- Isaiah 9:1-7 For Unto Us a Child Is Born (McLarty)
- Mark 1:1-8 Do You Have the Christmas Spirit? (Wagner)
- Luke 2:1-14 Christmas Colors (Zingale)
- Luke 2:1-20 Mary's Story (Sanders)
- Luke 2:1-20 The Eternal Houdini (Hoffacker)
- Luke 2:1-20 Straight to Bethlehem (Molin)
- Luke 2:1-20 Good, But Not Safe (Hoffacker)
- Luke 2:1-20 When Heaven Came Down (Hyde)
- Luke 2:1-20 Christmas Peace (Kegel)
- Luke 2:1-20 Christmas Season (Wigmore)
- Luke 2:1-20 Christmas: Not a Day but a Season (Bedingfield)
- Luke 2.1-20 O Holy Night (McLarty)
- Luke 2:1-20 Good News of Great Joy (Brettell)
- John 1:1-14 Christmas According to John (Wigmore)
- John 1:14 God Has a Word for You (Gerhardy)
- 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 God's Bypass of Elites (Bowen)
- Titus 2:11-14 All I Want for Christmas (Leininger)
- Citizenship Sermons
- Communion Sermons
- Confirmation Sermons
- Disasters & Troubled Times (Sermons for)
- Easter Sunrise Sermons
- Easter Sermons
- Matthew 28:1-10 Celebrate Easter the Way Jesus Did (Hoffacker)
- Matthew 28:1-10 Easter Is Life (Gerhardy)
- Matthew 28:1-10 Four Truths and a Lie (Molin)
- Matthew 28.1-10 Go to Galilee (McLarty)
- Mark 16:1-8 Roll Away the Stone (Tremmel)
- Mark 16:1-8 And Are We Yet Alive? (McLarty)
- Mark 16:1-8 Why Galilee? (Hyde)
- Mark 16.1-8 Unbelievable (Butler)
- Mark 16:1-8, So… (London)
- Luke 24:1-12 Habeas Corpus (Hyde)
- Luke 24:1-12 Hard to Believe (Leininger)
- Luke 24:1-12 Just a Stone's Throw to Life (Molin)
- Luke 24:1-12 What Does the Empty Tomb Mean? (Brettell)
- Luke 24:1-12 He Is Risen! (Gerhardy)
- Luke 24:1-12 Why Do You Seek the Living Among the Dead? (McLarty)
- Luke 24:1-12, An Idle Tale? (London)
- John 20:1-18 Escaped Prisoners (Hoffacker)
- John 20:1-18 Passion, Proof, and Purpose (Molin)
- John 20:1-18 Easter Joy (Kegel)
- John 20:1-18 What I Learned at Sam's (Amon)
- John 20:1-18 When Is Easter This Year? (McLarty)
- John 20:1-18 The First Sunday after the First Full Moon (Hyde)
- John 20:1-18 Called by Name (Butler)
- John 20:1-18 In the Bulb There Is a Flower (Kegel)
- John 20:1-18 The New Eyes of Easter (Wigmore)
- John 20:1-18 Called by Name (Bedingfield)
- 1 Corinthians 15 Empty Tomb––Full Life (Bowen)
- 1 Corinthians 15:12-20 Baptized into Easter (London)
- 1 Corinthians 15:19-26 Does the Resurrection Make a Difference (Anders)
- Colossians 3:1 Easter Makes the Difference (Gerhardy)
- Epiphany Sermons
- Matthew 2:1-12 What Our Gifts Say about Us (Molin)
- Matthew 2:1-12 Follow the Star (Leininger)
- Matthew 2:1-12 Almost Missing the Messiah (Entrekin)
- Matthew 2:1-12 A Light to the Nations (Kelley)
- Matthew 2:1-12 An AHA Moment (Bedingfield)
- Matthew 2:1-12 We Three Kings (Hoffacker)
- Matthew 2:1-12 Twists, Turns, and Detours Along the Way (McLarty)
- Matthew 2:1-12 The Star of Bethlehem (McLarty)
- Matthew 2:1-12, Meaningful Gifts (London)
- Farewell Sermon (Pastor leaving)
- Father's Day Sermons
- Festival of the Christian Home (Sermons for)
- First Communion Sermons
- Funeral Sermons
- Good Friday Sermons
- Luke 23 & John 19 The Seven Last Words of Christ (Donovan)
- Isaiah 53:6 Were You There? (Gerhardy)
- Mark 14:1 – 15:47 Welcome His Folly into Our Lives (Hoffacker)
- Mark 15:37 The Eighth Word (McLarty)
- John 18:1 – 19:42 A Moral Portrait of Jesus (Hoffacker)
- John 18:33-38 The Truth (Hyde)
- John 19:28-30 Everything Is Complete! (Gerhardy)
- John 19:30 What "It" Is (Hyde)
- John 19:30 Dying into God (Hoffacker)
- Romans 5:8-10 Saved by the Cross (Gerhardy)
- Graduation Sermons
- Hanging of the Greens (Sermons for)
- Holy Cross Sermons
- Psalm 95 Bow Down to Reach High (Donovan)
- Psalm 98:1-8 Sing to the Lord a New Song (McLarty)
- Psalm 98 Make a Joyful Noise (Wagner)
- John 3:14-21 Bronze Serpent or Exalted Savior? (McLarty)
- John 3:14-21 The Gospel in Miniature (Kegel)
- John 3:14-21 The Night Visitor (Molin)
- John 3:14-21; Numbers 21:4-9 On Leaving It to the Snake (Hyde)
- John 3:14-21; Numbers 21:4-9 Lift High the Cross (Brettell)
- 1 Corinthians 1:18 God's Foolishness (Gerhardy)
- 1 Corinthians 1:18-24 Riding the Donkey in Life (Bowen)
- Holy Innocents' Day Sermons
- Holy Name Sermons
- Holy Saturday Sermons
- Independence Day (July 4), U.S. (Sermons for)
- I would be happy to post more Independence Day sermons. If you have one that you would like to submit, send it to Dick Donovan at dick@sermonwriter.com.
- Deut. 10; Heb. 11: Matt. 5 - O Beautiful for Patriot Dream (Hoffacker)
- Galatians 5:11, 13-25 Free to Be Free (Donovan)
- Galatians 5:13-15 Fully Free (Bowen)
- Installation Service Sermons
- John the Baptist Sermons
- Laity Sunday Sermons
- Labor Day Sermons
- Maundy Thursday Sermons
- Memorial Day Sermons
- Memorial Service and Funeral Sermons
- Mother's Day Sermons
- Proverbs 31 To Mother… With Admiration and Love (Carlson)
- Mark 3:20-35 Was Jesus Out of His Mind? (Anders)
- John 14:15-21 If You Love Me . . . (Strayhorn)
- John 15:1-8 Cut to the Quick (London)
- John 19:25-26 Behold, Your Mother (McLarty)
- 1 John 5:1-6 Bravely Leave Open That Tragic Gap (Mother's Day) (Hoffacker)
- 2 Timothy 1:1-10 The Essential Mother (Bowen)
- 1 John 5:1-6 Bravely Leave Open That Tragic Gap (Mother's Day) (Hoffacker)
- New Call Sermons
- New Year's Sermons
- Palm-Passion Sunday Sermons
- Psalm 118:1, 18-29 The Gate's Open (McLarty)
- Isaiah 50:4-9a Called to Remember (Bedingfield)
- Matthew 21:1-11 Humility Rules (Wagner)
- Matthew 21:1-11 Who Is This? (Anders)
- Matthew 21:1-11 Christian Nobodies (Wagner)
- Matthew 21:1-11 One Inch from the Fence (McLarty)
- Matthew 24:36-44 Marching to the Beat of a Different Drummer (McLarty)
- Matthew 26:26-30 The Upper Room – A Place of Communion (Haferman)
- Matthew 26:14-28 Hope for the Hopeless in the Potter's Field (London)
- Matthew 27:11-54 A King on a Donkey––A God on a Cross (Donovan)
- Matthew 27:11-54 Beneath The Shadow of the Cross (Strayhorn)
- Mark 11:1-11 The Street Sweeper (Zingale)
- Mark 11:1-11 A Lesson in Humility (Wagner)
- Mark 11:1-11 Sunday's Coming!! (Leininger)
- Mark 11:1-11 And When You Think It's All Over (London)
- Mark 11.1-11 The Lord Has Need of It (McLarty)
- Mark 11:1-11 And When You Think It's All Over (London)
- Mark 11:1-11 & 15:1-29, God's Terms (London)
- Mark 13:1-8 The End Is Still to Come (Gerhardy)
- Mark 14:32-42 Asleep at the Wheel (Butler)
- Mark 15:1-47 An Unexpected Encounter (Hoffacker)
- Luke 19:28-40 How Can We Sing Hosannas? (Stevenson)
- Luke 19:28-40 Faithful Followers or Fickle Friends (McLarty)
- Luke 19:28-40 & 23:13-46, The Agony of Victory/The Triumph of Defeat (London)
- Luke 23:1-49 The Ultimate Removal from Community (Hoffacker)
- Luke 23:33-43 Safe at the End (Gerhardy)
- Philippians 2:5-11 What Would Jesus Ride? (Anders)
- Pastor's Farewell Sermon
- Pentecost Sermons
- Genesis 11:1-9 A Name for Ourselves (Kegel)
- Ezekiel 37:1-14 Open Windows (London)
- John 7:37-39 Are You Thirsty? (Stevenson)
- John 14:1-27 Don't Be Afraid (McLarty)
- John 14:8-17 Promises, Promises (Hyde)
- Acts 2:1-11 Finding Our Own Voices (Hoffacker)
- Acts 2:1-11 As Simple as Breathing (Hoffacker)
- Acts 2:1-21 The Gift of Fire (Leininger)
- Acts 2:1-21 When the Fire Grows Cold (McLarty)
- Acts 2:1-21 Time to Deliver (Hyde)
- Acts 2:1-21 Breathe on Me, Breath of God (Brettell)
- Acts 2:1-21 This Sacred Discontinuity (Hoffacker)
- Romans 8:12-17 Life as Suffering (Bowen)
- Romans 8:14-17 Led by the Spirit (Gerhardy)
- Romans 8:22-27 When We Don't Know How to Pray (Anders)
- Romans 8:24-25 Hope versus Despair (Bowen)
- 1 Corinthians 12:27 Unity in the Spirit (Gerhardy)
- Presentation Sermons
- Reformation Sunday Sermons
- EXEGESIS
- Jeremiah 31:27-34
- Romans 3:19-28
- John 8:31-36
- SERMONS
- Psalm 46:1 Our Mighty Fortress (Martin
- Mark 10:46-52 Basic Steps to Being Reformed (McLarty)
- John 8:31-36 The Truth Will Make You Free (Schoonover)
- John 8:31-36 Life-Changing Discoveries (Selbo)
- John 8:31-36 Knowing God Personally (Haferman)
- John 8:31-36 Reformation Day (Haferman)
- John 8:31-36 Quo Vadis, Domine? (Kadel)
- John 8:31-36 The Freedom God Gives Us (Dohrmann)
- John 8:31-36 The Truth Will Make You Free (Donovan)
- Romans 3 John 8:31-36 Reformation: Major Transition (Robb)
- Romans 3:19-28 Reformation Day (Klingensmith)
- Romans 3:19-28 God of Refuge, God of Strength (Schoonover)
- Romans 3:23-24 Fragile Grace (Gerhardy)
- Ephesians 2:8-10 Grace and Obedience (Gerhardy)
- Remembrance Day Sermons (UK)
- Seven Last Words Homilies
- Stewardship Sermons
- 1 Kings 17:8-16,
- Psalm 116:12 & Luke 17:11-19, The 10% (London)
- Isaiah 5:1-7 The Unexpected Harvest
- Matthew 6:19-24 Hotwired to the Heart (Donovan)
- Matthew 21:33-46 Stewards of the Planet (Bedingfield)
- Matthew 23:1-12 Stewardship Through Service (Strayhorn)
- Matthew 25:14-30 Multi-Talented (Bedingfield)
- Mark 2.13-22 Followers and Would Be Followers (Anders)
- Mark 10:2-16 Straight Talk about Stewardship (McLarty)
- Mark 10:17-31 The Opposite of Rich (Anders)
- Mark 12:41-44 A Living Theology of Good Stewardship (McLarty)
- Mark 12:41-44 The New Math (Molin)
- Mark 12:38-44 The Widow WhoGave Her Last $1.21 (Smith)
- Mark 12:41-44 A Widow's Offering (Entrekin)
- Mark 12:38-44 The Widow's Might (McLarty)
- Psalm 116:12 & Luke 17:11-19, The 10% (London)
- John 2:1-10 Party Hearty (Entrekin)
- Acts 4:32-35 One Heart and Soul (Anders)
- 2 Corinthians 1:18-20 Say Yes! (London)
- 2 Corinthians 9.7 We Seek Not Yours But You (Anders)
- 2 Corinthians 9:6-10 A Theology of Offering (McLarty)
- Terrorism (Sermons related to)
- Thanksgiving Sermons
- Psalm 100 I'm Thankful For... (Leininger)
- Psalm 100 Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow (Entrekin)
- 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 Psalm 100, Celebrating All Circumstances (Donovan)
- Psalm 100 Sing to the Lord! (Gerhardy)
- Psalm 100 A Matter of Gratitude (McLarty)
- Psalm 118 Simple Gifts (McLarty)
- Matthew 6:25-34 Gratitude, Not Platitudes (Strayhorn)
- Mark 13:1-8, Joy Ahead (London)
- Luke 17:11-19 Attitude of Gratitude (Kegel)
- Luke 17:11-19 Don't Forget to Say Thank You! (McLarty)
- Luke 17:11-19 Dead Men Walking! (Gerhardy)
- Luke 17:11-19 Returning Thankfully (Donovan)
- Luke 17:11-19 Writing Your Thank You Notes (Hoffacker)
- 2 Corinthians 9:6-15 Thanks Be to God (Wagner)
- Ephesians 5:20 Happy Thanksgiving (Sellery)
- Philippians 4:4-8 The Springs of Gratitude (Bowen)
- Revelation 1:4-8 Thanks Be to God (Wagner)
- Transfiguration Sermons
- Exodus 34:29-35 Chains of Love (Anders)s
- Matthew 17:1-9 Wonderfully Scared (Hoffacker)
- Matthew 17:1-9 Those Whom God Transfigures (McLarty)
- Matthew 17:1-9 Transfiguration (Sylvester)
- Matthew 17:1-9 The Preview (Hyde)
- Matthew 17:1-9 Little Epiphanies (Bedingfield)
- Matthew 17.1-9 Mountaintop Experiences (McLarty)
- Mark 9:2-9 Manifestation and Mission (Hoffacker)
- Mark 9:2-9 WOW!!! (Leininger)
- Mark 9:2-9; 2 Kings 2 Growin' Up (London)
- Mark 9.2-9 Turning Points (McLarty)
- Luke 9:29-31 Encouragement (Gerhardy)
- Luke 9:28-36 The Greatest Miracle (Gerhardy)
- Luke 9:28-43a Mountain Tops in Our Faith (Brettell)
- Luke 9:28-43a A Redeemed Face (Hoffacker)
- Luke 9:28-43a It's Better Higher Up! (Tilleraas)
- Luke 9:28-36 The Radiance of God (McLarty)
- Trinity Sermons
- Genesis 1:1 – 2:4 The Creator Loves Pizzazz (Kegel)
- Genesis 1:1 – 2:3 Something From Nothing (Donovan)
- Genesis 1:1 – 2:4a, Trinity Mystery (London)
- Psalm 8 God the Boggler (Leininger)
- Psalm 8:1-4 Our Mysterious Yet Personal God (Gerhardy)
- Isaiah 6:1-8 Partners with God (Donovan)
- Isaiah 6.1-8 and John 3.1-17, Bold Enough to Tell the Truth (Trinity) (Hoffacker)
- Matthew 28:16-20 A Curious Community (Butler)
- Matthew 28:16-20 Taking Seriously the Great Commission (McLarty)
- Matthew 28:16-20 Following Orders (Leininger)
- John 3:1-17 The Gospel at Night (Hyde)
- John 3:1-17 Losing Your Religion (Howard)
- John 3:1-17 The Beauty Steals Inward (Hoffacker)
- John 3:1-17 Nick at Night (Wigmore)
- John 3:1-17 & Exodus 3:1-6 The Cure for Our Pride (Hoffacker)
- John 16:12-15 To Tell the Truth (Wagner)
- John 16:12-15 He Will Guide You (Kegel)
- Romans 5:1-5 Bragging on God (Hyde)
- Romans 5:1-5 What Is This Trinity? (Brettell)
- Romans 8:12-25 The Gospel According to Annie (Stevenson)
- Troubled Times (Sermons for)
- Unity Sermons
- John 17:1-11 So That We May Be One in Christ (Strayhorn)
- John 17:20-26 One (Hyde)
- John 17:20-26 What Jesus is Praying For (Hoffacker)
- John 17:20-26 Unity in Christ (McLarty)
- 1 Corinthians 1:10-18 Same Mind, Same Purpose (Kegel)
- 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 The Community (Hyde)
- 1 Corinthians 12:27 Unity in the Spirit (Gerhardy)
- 1 Corinthians 12:4-13 Unity, Not Conformity (Donovan)
- Ephesians 4:1-16 Summer School (Molin)
- Ephesians 4:25 – 5:2 Had Any Good Church Fights Lately? (Molin)
- Ephesians 4:25 – 5:2 The Rules (Butler)
- Philippians 1:21-30 A Worthy Life (Strayhorn)
- Veteran's Day Sermons
- Weddings (Homilies for)
- World Communion Sunday Sermons