**Please pardon our sound. The equipment was malfunctioning and there is some sound distortion as a result.** When we tie our hopes on earthly kingdoms, we can feel either elated or devastated after elections. But as Christians, our hopes are to be set on the heavenly kingdom and Jesus as our King. Fr. David Trautman encourages us to invest in the …

All Saints' is the most exciting feast of the Church year - at least according to Bp. Martyn Minns. He explains to us the significance of what we are a part of through a look at the Beatitudes in Matthew 5. If you like what you hear, we hope you'll join us in person if you're in the area. Learn more about us: https://linktr.ee/servantsanglican http…

In our last sermon in the series on the book of James, Dcn. Megan Trautman shows us how James invites us to pray. Nothing is too small or too big to bring to God for healing. If you like what you hear, we hope you'll join us in person if you're in the area. Learn more about us: https://linktr.ee/servantsanglican https://www.servantsanglican.org/…

While we see the injustices that surround us every day, our task as believers is to remain steadfast, following Christ. Fr. David Trautman encourages us through James's letter to the Jewish Diaspora. If you like what you see, we hope you'll join us in person if you're in the area. Learn more about us: https://linktr.ee/servantsanglican https://www.…

True humility is content, compassionate, and courageous. Fr. David Trautman teaches us that true humility is always counter-cultural. If you like what you hear, we hope you'll join us in person if you're in the area. Learn more about us: https://linktr.ee/servantsanglican https://www.servantsanglican.org/…

To be a wise person you have to spend time with a wise person. Jesus is the wisest person around and Fr. James Manley shows us why wisdom is essential in this life. If you like what you hear, we hope you'll join us in person if you're in the area. Learn more about us: https://linktr.ee/servantsanglican https://www.servantsanglican.org/…

Though our works will not save us, Fr. David Trautman reminds us that works are the fruit and evidence of that our faith is alive. If you like what you see, we hope you'll join us in person if you're in the area. Learn more about us: https://linktr.ee/servantsanglican https://www.servantsanglican.org/…

Partiality and prejudice have no place in the kingdom of God. Fr. David Trautman reminds us that Jesus, by his incarnation, both elevated the poorest and brought low the richest so that as equals we might receive His grace. If you like what you see, we hope you'll join us in person if you're in the area. Learn more about us: https://linktr.ee/serva…

When you look in a mirror, you see what's wrong with your appearance and, as a result, you fix what's wrong. Dcn. Justin Smith invites us to see how the Bible is a mirror to see not what we look like, but who we are in Christ and to live into the identity we have in Jesus. If you like what you hear, we hope you'll join us in person if you're in the…

Fr. David Trautman sets up the background and more for our series on the book of James! If you like what you hear, we hope you'll join us in person if you're in the area. Learn more about us: https://linktr.ee/servantsanglican https://www.servantsanglican.org/

The solution to a heart not surrendered to God is a metaphysical heart transplant, a work only accomplished by the Holy Spirit. Fr. James Manley encourages us to allow this work to be done in us by feeding on Christ in our hearts by faith with thanksgiving. If you like what you see, we hope you'll join us in person if you're in the area. Learn more…

Choose this day whom you will serve, so says Joshua to the people of Israel. Jesus in essence asks the disciples the same. Fr. David Trautman elaborates on our choices when it comes to following Jesus. If you like what you see, we hope you'll join us in person if you're in the area. Learn more about us: https://linktr.ee/servantsanglican https://ww…

God has given us a means of grace to sustain us. Fr. David Trautman explains how we can be nourished in Christ through Communion. If you like what you see, we hope you'll join us in person if you're in the area. Learn more about us: https://linktr.ee/servantsanglican https://www.servantsanglican.org/…

Discipline is the way we see God growing us into dependence on Himself. Fr. David Trautman shows us that we can taste and see that He is good as we come to lean on Him more and more for all we need. If you like what you hear, we hope you'll join us in person if you're in the area. Learn more about us: https://linktr.ee/servantsanglican https://www.…

We come with our grumbling hearts and rumbling tummies, looking for God's grace and His face. Fr. David Trautman shows how the Bread of Life can satisfy all we need. If you like what you hear, we hope you'll join us in person if you're in the area. Learn more about us: https://linktr.ee/servantsanglican https://www.servantsanglican.org/…

Fr. David Sandifer expounds on the role and the requirements for being appointed a deacon in the Anglican Church. If you like what you hear, we hope you'll join us in person if you're in the area. Learn more about us: https://linktr.ee/servantsanglican https://www.servantsanglican.org/

One of the enemy's favorite tools is to take the good that God intended and corrupt it. We see that with sexuality, equality, and freedom - what God intended for good has been corrupted and taken as license to sin. Fr. David Sandifer, our guest preacher this Sunday, is a professor at Tyndale Theological Seminary in the Netherlands and is one of our…

We don't have to fear anything if we understand who God is and how He loves us. Fr. David Trautman discusses how we must rely on God in life's stresses and good times, knowing that He is our shalom. If you like what you see, we hope you'll join us in person if you're in the area. Learn more about us: https://linktr.ee/servantsanglican https://www.s…

God sets up a plumb line, a measure to show us his standard, and it's a measure we cannot meet. Fr. James Manley reminds us that if you believe that Jesus lived the life you should have lived and died the death you deserved to die and turn to him, you will be saved. If you like what you see, we hope you'll join us in person if you're in the area. L…

Our true identity is found in God. Fr. David Trautman shows us how God knows who we are and what we're called to do. If you like what you see, we hope you'll join us in person if you're in the area. Learn more about us: https://linktr.ee/servantsanglican https://www.servantsanglican.org/

Jesus is open to being interrupted when we have needs only He can meet. Fr. James Manley explains how that's true by looking at the passage of Jairus's daughter and the woman with the chronic blood problem in Mark 5. If you like what you hear, we hope you'll join us in person if you're in the area. Learn more about us: https://linktr.ee/servantsang…

God is God and we are not. Mother Susan Rhodes helps us understand this premise with the reading from Job. If you like what you hear, we hope you'll join us in person if you're in the area. Learn more about us: https://linktr.ee/servantsanglican https://www.servantsanglican.org/

Jesus uses the word "like" not as a filler word like we do, but to show us how the Kingdom of God is. Fr. James Manley explains how these parables are bringing about the Kingdom of God in our world even today. If you like what you hear, we hope you'll join us in person if you're in the area. Learn more about us: https://linktr.ee/servantsanglican h…

Our Gospel this morning is a Markan sandwich of Jesus's family coming to collect him, and the Pharisees who accused him of working black magic. The stories seem unrelated, but Fr. Bob Ayres shows us how they tell us more about who Jesus is and who we are than we might first guess. If you like what you see, we hope you'll join us in person if you're…

By the grace of God and with the consent of the people the Right Reverend Alex Farmer, Bishop of the Gulf Atlantic Diocese, ordained Jason Patrick Goble to the sacred order of deacons in Christ's one holy catholic and apostolic Church. If you like what you hear, we hope you'll join us in person if you're in the area. Learn more about us: https://li…

As servants, we don't serve those around us for the sake of serving them. We serve Jesus and as we serve Him, those around us will be served. Fr. David Trautman explains about servanthood in his sermon. If you like what you hear, we hope you'll join us in person if you're in the area. Learn more about us: https://linktr.ee/servantsanglican https://…

Our curate of the last three and a half years, Fr. Michael Mayo, preached his last sermon as curate on this Trinity Sunday. We are incredibly grateful for the way he has poured into our congregation. Servants would not be where it is now - growing and thriving - if he had not joined our staff in 2021. He will be missed in ways that we can't even be…

The Holy Spirit gathers, fills, and sends us to do the work Jesus gave us to do. And God is generous with His gift of the Holy Spirit - ask and you shall receive. If you like what you hear, we hope you'll join us in person if you're in the area. Learn more about us: https://linktr.ee/servantsanglican https://www.servantsanglican.org/…

It can be tempting to just watch life go by, but Jesus did not die on the cross and resurrect from the dead, so we could watch our lives pass us by. Fr. David Trautman invites us to consider the part we are called to play in God's Kingdom. If you like what you see, we hope you'll join us in person if you're in the area. Learn more about us: https:/…

Creation is complete when humans are a part of it, but creation does not belong to humans, but to God. As Christians, creation care isn't simply a nice thing we can do, but it is a calling on every believer. If you like what you hear, we hope you'll join us in person if you're in the area. Learn more about us: https://linktr.ee/servantsanglican htt…

Obedience, led by the Spirit, is the surest sign of a relationship with the Lord. Fr. Michael Mayo explains how we can meet God in obedience. If you like what you see, we hope you'll join us in person if you're in the area. Learn more about us: https://linktr.ee/servantsanglican https://www.servantsanglican.org/…

Jesus is the Good Shepherd who guides us, provides for us, and restores us. Fr. David Trautman entreats us not to mistake the Shepherd for the hired hands of this world whose main goal is to serve themselves. If you like what you hear, we hope you'll join us in person if you're in the area. Learn more about us: https://linktr.ee/servantsanglican ht…

Knowing that our faith doesn't require blind adherence is one of the first things that makes Christianity appealing. Fr. David Trautman shows us how Jesus helped his disciples overcome their skepticism and believe in his resurrection. If you like what you see, we hope you'll join us in person if you're in the area. Learn more about us: https://link…

If we boil who Jesus is down to his teachings alone, we miss the life-changing promise His death and resurrection promise. Fr. James Manley reminds us that if Jesus is the Son of God and rose from the dead, it changes everything. If you like what you hear, we hope you'll join us in person if you're in the area. Learn more about us: https://linktr.e…

Easter gives those who believe a new existence, a new way of life that is free from fear and filled with hope for the future. The Easter message is for everyone. Fr. David Trautman reminds of the significance of the resurrection. If you like what you see, we hope you'll join us in person if you're in the area. Learn more about us: https://linktr.ee…

The Cross is good news, but it shines a light on the brokenness within us and can't be minimized. Fr. David Trautman discusses the significance of Good Friday. If you like what you see, we hope you'll join us in person if you're in the area. Learn more about us: https://linktr.ee/servantsanglican https://www.servantsanglican.org/…

Jesus knew He was God and because He knew His inestimable value, He served His disciples by taking the role of a slave. Deacon Megan Trautman teaches about Jesus washing the disciples' feet. If you like what you see, we hope you'll join us in person if you're in the area. Learn more about us: https://linktr.ee/servantsanglican https://www.servantsa…

Though Jesus was humble, riding a donkey into Jerusalem was probably the least humble way he could have entered the city. Fr. Michael Mayo talks about how Jesus is the rightful king of not only Jerusalem but of our hearts. If you like what you hear, we hope you'll join us in person if you're in the area. Learn more about us: https://linktr.ee/serva…

We can know God. We can know Him because He sent Jesus. If we know Jesus ourselves we'll have no other choice than to invite others to know Him, too. Fr. David Trautman encourages to know Jesus and make Him known. If you like what you see, we hope you'll join us in person if you're in the area. Learn more about us:https://linktr.ee/servantsanglican…

God takes what we give Him and does more with it than we can imagine. Fr. David Trautman discusses how Jesus feeding the 5,000 should encourage us to be willing to give God all we have. If you like what you hear, we hope you'll join us in person if you're in the area. Learn more about us: https://linktr.ee/servantsanglican https://www.servantsangli…

Bishop Alex Farmer joins us this morning for Confirmations, Receptions and Reaffirmations. We also take a look at why the law shows us that our sin exists and why we don't need to despair: Jesus Christ. Fr. David Trautman brings the message from John 2:13-22. If you like what you hear, we hope you'll join us in person if you're in the area. Learn m…

The Scriptures aren't about what you're supposed to do, they all point to what Jesus has done for you. Fr. James Manley uses the story of Abraham and Isaac to help us understand the Gospel better. If you like what you hear, we hope you'll join us in person if you're in the area. Learn more about us: https://linktr.ee/servantsanglican https://www.se…

We take on spiritual practices in Lent like fasting, not so that God will see us more favorably, but so that we can see God more clearly. Fr. David Trautman encourages us to take the opportunity Lent provides to come closer to God. If you like what you hear, we hope you'll join us in person if you're in the area. Learn more about us: https://linktr…

God isn't surprised by our dirt. His first priority is cleaning us because he loves us. Fr. David Trautman elucidates more in this Ash Wednesday homily. If you like what you hear, we hope you'll join us in person if you're in the area. Learn more about us: https://linktr.ee/servantsanglican https://www.servantsanglican.org/…

The Transfiguration points us to how the glory of Jesus is revealed, not just on the mountain, but on the cross. Fr. Michael Mayo reminds us not to get lost in the glory, but to remember the cross as well. If you like what you see, we hope you'll join us in person if you're in the area. Learn more about us: https://linktr.ee/servantsanglican https:…

Though we're not all called to uproot our lives and move to a foreign country to be missionaries, we are all called as missionaries of the Gospel. Fr. David Trautman expands on the Great Commission and the Church's one mission on this World Mission Sunday. If you like what you hear, we hope you'll join us in person if you're in the area. Learn more…

On the cross Jesus took everything that evil had to offer and, though it looked like evil would prevail, he defeated it. Fr. Michael Mayo reminds us of Jesus's victory over hell and Satan. If you like what you see, we hope you'll join us in person if you're in the area. Learn more about us: https://linktr.ee/servantsanglican https://www.servantsang…

We all have a need for transformation and no life hack will change us enough to save us. Fr. Michael Mayo talks about our need for transformation and how it's only God that begin and complete that work. If you like what you hear, we hope you'll join us in person if you're in the area. Learn more about us: https://linktr.ee/servantsanglican https://…

How can you hear the voice of God and know it's really Him? Fr. David Trautman discusses some tried and true ways to know. If you like what you hear, we hope you'll join us in person if you're in the area. Learn more about us: https://linktr.ee/servantsanglican https://www.servantsanglican.org/

In Jesus' baptism we get a glimpse of the relationship the Father has with the Son - and, as Fr. David Trautman explains, the relationship the Trinity offers when we step into the waters of baptism. If you like what you see, we hope you'll join us in person if you're in the area. Learn more about us: https://linktr.ee/servantsanglican https://www.s…