Grace New Lenox Sermons

Sermon preached on Sunday, May 8, 2022, at the live-streamed Eucharist at 10:30am, the Fourth Sunday of Easter, by the Rev. Gregory L. Millikin, entitled “The Great Ordeal.”

Sermon preached on Sunday, May 1st, 2022, the Third Sunday of Easter, on Acts 9:1-20, by Director of Children's Ministries, Charity Therrien.

Sermon preached by the Rev. Gregory L. Millikin on Easter Day, Sunday, April 17, 2022, Year C, at the 10:30am service which was livestreamed. The sermon is on John's Gospel account of the Resurrection, John 20:1-18, and entitled “The Land of the Living.”

Sermon preached by the Rev. Gregory L. Millikin on Good Friday, April 15, 2022, Year C, at the live-streamed 7:00pm Proper Liturgy for Good Friday, entitled “The Skeletons of Datong.”

Sermon preached by the Rev. Gregory L. Millikin on Maundy Thursday, April 14, 2022, Year C, at the live-streamed 7:00pm Eucharist, entitled “The Betrayer.”

Sermon preached by the Rev. Gregory L. Millikin on Palm Sunday, April 10, 2022, at the 10:30am service, entitled “Remember What You See Here.”

Sermon preached by guest preacher the Rev. Mary Balfour Dunlap, for Grace Church on Sunday, April 3, 2022, the Fifth Sunday of Lent, Year C.

Sermon preached by the Rev. Gregory L. Millikin on Sunday, March 27, 2022, the Fourth Sunday in Lent, Year C, entitled “A Man Had Two Sons.”

Sermon preached by the Rev. Gregory L. Millikin on Sunday, March 20, 2022, the Third Sunday in Lent, Year C, entitled “Follow the Yellow Brick Road.”

Sermon preached by the Rev. Gregory L. Millikin on Sunday, March 13, 2022, the Second Sunday in Lent, Year C, entitled “Do As I Do.”

Sermon preached by the Rev. Gregory L. Millikin on Sunday, March 6, 2022 (The First Sunday in Lent, Year C) based on Luke 4:1-14, entitled “The Road Not Taken.”

Sermon preached on Sunday, February 27, 2022, the Last Sunday after the Epiphany: Transfiguration Sunday, Year C, by Junior Warden Brendan Diamond.

Sermon preached by the Rev. Gregory L. Millikin on Sunday, January 2, 2022 (The Second Sunday after Christmas, Year C) based on Luke 2:41-52, entitled “Parents Just Don't Understand.”

Sermon preached by the Rev. Gregory L. Millikin on Friday, December 24, 2021, Christmas Eve, Year C, “What Have We Done?”

Sermon preached by the Rev. Gregory L. Millikin on Sunday, December 19, 2021, the Fourth Sunday of Advent, Year C, at the 8:00am and Saturday 5pm and Online Services, entitled “Fairy Tales.” The text is Luke 1:39-55

Sermon preached by the Rev. Gregory L. Millikin on Sunday, December 12, 2021, the Third Sunday of Advent, Year C, entitled “Rejoice, You Brood of Vipers!” The text is Philippians 4:4-7 and Luke 3:7-28.

Sermon preached by the Rev. Gregory L. Millikin on Saturday, December 4th, the Second Sunday of Advent, Year C, at the Saturday Grace 5pm service, entitled “Mise en Place.” The text is Luke 3:1-6.

Sermon preached by the Rev. Gregory L. Millikin on Sunday, November 28, 2021, the First Sunday of Advent, Year C, on Luke 21:25-36, entitled “Get Back.”

Sermon preached by parishioner Karen Ziech on Sunday, November 21, 2021, the Last Sunday after Pentecost, aka Christ the King Sunday.

Sermon preached on Sunday, November 14th, 2021, the Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B, on Mark 13:1-8, by the Rev. Gregory L. Millikin

Sermon preached by on Sunday, November 7, 2021 (The Feast of All Saints, transferred), by Sue Horgan, Executive Director of Exodus Ministries.Exodus Ministries: https://exodusworldservice.org/

Sermon preached on Sunday, October 31st, 2021, the Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost) by Director of Children's Ministries, Charity Therrien.

Sermon preached by parishioner Steven Snyder on Sunday, October 24, 2021 (The Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost, Year B).

Sermon preached by the Rev. Gregory L. Millikin on Sunday, October 17, 2021 (The 21st Sunday after Pentecost, Year B), entitled “Their Name is Pauli.”

Sermon preached by the Rev. Gregory L. Millikin on Sunday, October 10, 2021 (The 20th Sunday after Pentecost, Year B), entitled “Chasing Us Down.”

Sermon preached on Sunday, October 3, 2021 (The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost) by guest preacher the Rev. Mary Balfour Dunlap, rector of Church of the Resurrection in Greenwood, S.C.

Sermon preached by the Rev. Gregory L. Millikin on Sunday, September 26, 2021, the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, at the 10:30am service, on Mark 9:38-50, entitled "Us or Them.”

Sermon preached by the Rev. Gregory L. Millikin on Sunday, September 19, 2021, the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, at the 10:30am service, entitled "Opposite Sketch."

Sermon preached by the Rev. Gregory L. Millikin on Sunday, September 12, 201, the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, at the 10:30am service, entitled "Do I Have to Spell it Out For You?"

Sermon preached on Sunday, September 5, 2021, at the 10:00am service, the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B, by parishioner Brendan Diamond.

Sermon preached on Sunday, August 29, 2021, at the 8:00am service, the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B, by Rita Facchina (Executive Director of C.A.S.A. of River Valley, Joliet).

Sermon preached by guest preacher, Matthew Berryman, Executive Director of Episcopal Charities, at the 10:00am service on Sunday, August 22, 2021, the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost.

Sermon preached on Sunday, August 15, 2021, the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B, at the 10:00am service, by the Rev. Gregory L. Millikin, on Ephesians 5:15-20, entitled “Into the Wild.”

Sermon preached on Sunday, July 25, 2021, the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B, at the 10:00am service, by the Rev. Gregory L. Millikin, entitled “Less is More.”

Sermon preached on Sunday, July 18th, 2021, the Eight Sunday after Pentecost, Year B, at the 10:00am service of Holy Eucharist, Rite II, by the Rev. Gregory L. Millikin, entitled “The Final Frontier” (following Mark 6:30-34,53-56).

Sermon preached Sunday, July 11, 2021 (the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost, Year B) by the Rev. Andrew B. Rutledge.

Sermon preached on Sunday, July 4, 2021 on the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B, by the Rev. Gregory L. Millikin, on Mark 6:1-13 entitled, “Once Upon a Time in America.”

Sermon preached by guest preacher, the Rev. Mary Balfour Dunlap, Rector of Church of the Resurrection in Greenwood, SC, on Sunday June 27, 2021, the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B.

Sermon preached on Sunday, June 20, 2021 on the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B, by the Rev. Gregory L. Millikin, on 1 Samuel 17, entitled, “Davids and Goliaths”

Sermon preached by guest preacher, the Rev. Maurice Dyer, on Sunday June 13, 2021, the Third Sunday after Pentecost, Year B.

Sermon preached by parishioner Sharon Seliga, on the occasion of “Wear Orange” weekend to end gun violence, on Sunday June 6, 2021, the Second Sunday after Pentecost, Year B.

Sermon preached on Sunday, May 30, 2021 on the First Sunday after Pentecost, or Trinity Sunday, Year B, by the Rev. Gregory L. Millikin, referencing John 3:1-17, and entitled, “Flour + Water + Air”

Sermon preached on Sunday, May 23, 2021, at the 8:00am service, on the Feast of Pentecost or Whitsunday, Year B, by the Rev. Gregory L. Millikin on Acts 2:1-21, entitled, “Who Are You?”

Sermon preached on Sunday, May 16, 2021, The Seventh Sunday of Easter, Year B, by the Rev. Gregory L. Millikin, entitled "The Role of 12th Disciple Will Now Be Played By..."

Sermon preached Sunday, May 9, 2021, the Sixth Sunday of Easter) by the Rev. Gregory L. Millikin entitled “Psalms by Leonard Cohen”, based on Psalm 98.

Sermon preached by guest preacher, the Rev. Andrew B. Rutledge, Associate Rector of All Saints’ Ravenswood, entitled “All Are Welcome Because All Belong,” on Acts 8, May 2, 2021, the Fifth Sunday of Easter, Year B.

Sermon preached by the Rev. Rita Travis, guest preacher for Grace Episcopal Church, New Lenox, IL, on Sunday, April 25, 2021, the Fourth Sunday of Easter, Year B.

Sermon preached by the Rev. Gregory L. Millikin on the Third Sunday of Easter, April 18, 2021, Year B, entitled “Got Anything to Eat?”

Sermon preached on Sunday, April 11, 2021, the Second Sunday of Easter, Year B, by Field Education Intern Barnabas Pusnur.

Sermon preached by the Rev. Gregory L. Millikin on Easter Sunday, April 4, 2021, Year B, entitled “Scar Tissue.”

Sermon preached on Sunday, March 28, 2021, The Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday, Year B, by the Rev. Gregory L. Millikin, entitled “Strike a Juxtapose.”