Episcopal Church Of The Holy Communion University City

Our Rabbi in Residence Rori Picker Neiss preaches on the fourth Sunday of Lent.

Faith tends to do one of two things. It can close us down or open us up. When you read a Gospel like story of the Samaritan Woman, you have to wonder why we think it's our job, as Christians, to shut people down. Ours is a faith with the capacity to bring light, and curiosity, and hope. Ours is a faith which can help us to laugh and to listen.

Pilgrimage this Spring is taking a look at Spiritual Practices. Each Sunday we’ll take a look at Spiritual Practices that make up the life of faith, organized by time. It may seem odd to talk about practices across the whole of life. I contest, however, that there are some practices which see us through the various stages of our development. In this class, we’ll talk about the stages of faith development.

How many of us are covert about our Christian faith because we don't want to be associated with that label? John 3:16 is perhaps the most famous line in the Bible. How we read it, how we interpret it, tells us a great deal about the kind of Christianity we practice. Is your faith about exclusion, hate and power? Is your faith about love?

On the last Sunday of our February Black History month series, Deborah Nelson-Linck considers the place of teaching history. In a wide-ranging sermon on the "Great Cloud of Witnesses" she wonders what role the church can plan in teaching the stories some in our society want left out.

On Ash Wednesday, the Rev. Mike Angell asks: "how will your Lenten Discipline help you to be more fully alive?"

On the last Sunday of Epiphany, the Rev. Julie Graham prepares us for Lent by asking "which shrines do you need to unbuild?"

Guest preacher Dr. LJ Punch, a transmasculine trauma surgeon and director of two innovative clinics in St. Louis preaches on the importance of Jesus' words about the body. How can we be our whole selves?

Senior Warden Rudy Nickens kicks off our February preaching series, with a sermon on Jesus' "You are the salt of the earth." The Black community brings flavor, life, and stories of resistance. Join us as we mark Black History Month, especially this year.

In his annual "state of the church" address and sermon, the rector says: "in the year (and years) ahead, I pray that Holy Communion is known as the church where we do justice."

On January 18, 2023 our Rabbi in Residence Rori Picker Neiss joined us for an intimate conversation on life, death, and interfaith work for justice.

The Rev. Julie Graham invites us to consider, what are we invited to leave behind, as we seek to follow Jesus?

On Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's weekend, the rector asks: "Where is your village?" If you want to make a difference in the world. You're going to need a village. Don't miss the movement for the sake of honoring the man.

On the feast of the Epiphany, the rector considers whether a non-Christian can be a godparent. What does it mean to godparent in the 21st century? All of us need people, sometimes from beyond our immediate family, to name and nurture the good, the true, the beautiful in us. We need community willing to name what is holy in our lives.

On the Sunday after Christmas, our Associate Rector asks "Was Christmas everything you dreamed?"

The Dalai Lama has said, "you must know the rules well, so you can break them properly." Christmas is all about God's rule breaking love, and not about our ability to get anything right.

On Christmas Eve, the Rev. Mike Angell asks, "What does it mean to call Christ King? What does it mean to sing, 'Joy to the World' about this particular and difficult story of a birth?"

The Rev. Mike Angell asks Jesus' question: "What did you go out to the wilderness to see?" Where is your hope this Advent? What is your hope for Christmas?

When the rector is suddenly out sick, the Rev. Julie Graham has to quickly adapt. She shares what would have been the children's chapel story as a sermon and meditation on the second Sunday of Advent.

On the first Sunday of Advent, the rector wonders why Jesus asks us to "Keep Awake." What are we to do with all the prophecy of the end of the world? Can we hear the "counterpoint" tune that Advent plays? Can we learn to wait?