The Rev. Mary Lynn Coulson preached this sermon to the people of St. Andrew's on Trinity Sunday.

On Sunday, May 29th, 2022, the people of St. Andrew's gathered in sadness, shock and fear after the shooting in Uvalde, Texas. The Rev. Mary Lynn Coulson preached this sermon wondering where God is in all of it.

The Rev. Mary Lynn Coulson, rector, preached this sermon on the fifth Sunday of Easter. The sermon is based on this text from John: Once Judas left, Jesus said, “Now is the Chosen One glorified and God is glorified as well. If God has been glorified, God will in turn glorify the Chosen One and will do so very soon. My little children, I won’t be with you much longer. You’ll look for me, but what I said to the Temple authorities, I say to you: where I am going, you cannot come. I give you a new commandment: Love one another. And you’re to love one another the way I have loved you. This is how all will know that you’re my disciples: that you truly love one another.”

The Rev. Mary Lynn Coulson, rector, preached this sermon for the people of St. Andrew's. The sermon is based on this scripture reading: Acts 9:36-43Now in Joppa there was a disciple whose name was Tabitha, which in Greek is Dorcas. She was devoted to good works and acts of charity. At that time she became ill and died. When they had washed her, they laid her in a room upstairs. Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, who heard that Peter was there, sent two men to him with the request, "Please come to us without delay." So Peter got up and went with them; and when he arrived, they took him to the room upstairs. All the widows stood beside him, weeping and showing tunics and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was with them. Peter put all of them outside, and then he knelt down and prayed. He turned to the body and said, "Tabitha, get up." Then she opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, she sat up. He gave her his hand and helped her up. Then calling the saints and widows, he showed her to be alive. This became known throughout Joppa, and many believed in the Lord. Meanwhile he stayed in Joppa for some time with a certain Simon, a tanner.The Psalm

The Rev. Canon Gwynn Lynch preached this sermon for the people of St. Andrew's on the second Sunday of Easter, 2022.  The sermon is based on this gospel: John 20:19-31When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you." After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you." When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained."But Thomas (who was called the Twin), one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them, "Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands, and put my finger in the mark of the nails and my hand in his side, I will not believe."A week later his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were shut, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you." Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here and see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe." Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!" Jesus said to him, "Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe."Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book. But these are written so that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name.

The sermon from Easter Sunday, April 17, 2022

The Rev. Mary Lynn Coulson preached this sermon about the gospel of pleasure. 

The Rev. Mary Lynn Coulson preached this sermon to the people of St. Andrew's on Camp Stevens Sunday about chickens and foxes and the way God loves us as a mother hen loves her chicks. 

Family Minister Kari Robinson talks with the people of St. Andrew's by-the-Sea in Pacific Beach about death in this all-ages sermon on March 7, 2022, the First Sunday in Lent.

The Rev. Mary Lynn Coulson preached this sermon to the people of St. Andrew's, challenging us all to check our privilege and strive for true equity, true connection and true belonging.