The Table Anglican Church

“In His incarnation, crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension, Christ became the first to complete the journey from groaning to glory. To belong to Christ is in part to follow Him in that journey. To participate in the life of Christ is to participate in all of it — suffering and victory, humiliation and exaltation, death and life, groaning and glory. But we do not journey alone. The Spirit has come. And the Spirit groans with us.”
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Fr. John's sermon for the Ninth Sunday After Pentecost, "From Groaning to Glory Guaranteed!", is available on our podcast, "Sermons From The Table".

From Groaning to Glory Guaranteed | Sermons From The Table A sermon preached by Fr. John Gram from Romans 8:35-39 on the Ninth Sunday After Pentecost (July 26, 2026).

"The hope of the gospel is that we can have redeemed hearts, redeemed minds, redeemed bodies, and redeemed vocation – in short, that we can be fully human again."
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Fr. John's sermon for the Eighth Sunday After Pentecost, "Fully Human Again!", is available on our podcast, "Sermons From The Table".

Fully Human Again! A sermon preached by Fr. John Gram from Romans 8:18-25 on the Eighth Sunday After Pentecost (July 19, 2026).

"In Christ, we have gone from the hostility of the flesh to the peace of the Spirit, from physical and spiritual death to eternal embodied life, and from fearful slavery to astonishing sonship. We have gone from enemies of God to heirs awaiting resurrection. Anyone or anything that tells you that you ae less than this is a liar. Now go forth this week and live like what you are."
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Fr. John's sermon, "Heirs Awaiting Resurrection", is now available on our podcast "Sermons From The Table".

Heirs Awaiting Resurrection | Sermons From The Table A sermon preached by Fr. John Gram from Romans 8:7-17 on the Seventh Sunday After Pentecost (July 12, 2026).

"In the first six verses of Romans 8, we’ve only begun to scratch the surface of all that God has done, is doing, and will do for us through the Son and the Spirit. But for now, let your blessed assurance be this: Through the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ and the indwelling power of the Holy Spirit, God has solved the problem of sin by reversing its consequences and removing our inability to resist its power. Though you do not yet experience these realities in full, you will someday when you stand before God with a resurrected body, a renewed mind, and a reordered heart as part of a restored creation. Even so, come quickly, Lord Jesus!"

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Fr. John's sermon for the Sixth Sunday After Pentecost, "No Condemnation!", is available on our podcast "Sermons From The Table".

No Condemnation! | Sermons From The Table A sermon preached by Fr. John Gram from Romans 7:21–8:6 on the Sixth Sunday After Pentecost.

Thanks to Jared Chatfield for being our guest speaker on Sunday! You can listen to Jared’s sermon, “The Mountain and the Mission” on our podcast, “Sermons From the Table".

The Mountain and the Mission | Sermons From The Table A sermon preached by Jared Chatfield from Exodus 19:1-8 and Matthew 9:35-10:15 on the Third Sunday of Pentecost (June 14, 2026).

"But in remembering and anticipating together each Sunday, we call our souls back to rest in the present, too. Through the same Word by which God created and sustains everything that is, has been, or ever will be, He has secured us as His own forever. The God who simply spoke and stars, mountains, birds, and plants came into existence is the same God who has redeemed us, has adopted us, who knows the number of hairs on our heads, and who preserves our every tear as a precious treasure. If you have trusted in Christ, you are as likely to wake up tomorrow outside of the love and care of God as you are to wake up tomorrow to find that stars, mountains, birds, and plants are no longer things."
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Fr. John's sermon for Trinity Sunday, "Jesus and the Rest of the Triune God", is available on our podcast "Sermons From The Table".

Jesus and the Rest of the Triune God | Sermons From The Table A sermon preached by Fr. John from Genesis 1:1-2:3 on Trinity Sunday (May 31, 2026).

"Who in their right mind would desire baptism for themselves or their children? What could ever convince someone to be joined to a community called to pursue holiness and endure suffering? The answer is hope. Hope in the promises and proven character of God. Hope in the power of the cross and the triumph of the empty tomb. Hope in the transforming power of the indwelling Spirit. Hope that whatever faithfulness in this age costs us will be more than repaid in the age to come. Hope that, whatever happens, our destiny is to forever participate in the life and love of the Triune God in whose name we are baptized."
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Fr. John's latest sermon, " A Holy, Suffering, Hopeful Community", is available on our podcast "Sermons From The Table"!

A Holy, Suffering, Hopeful Community | Sermons From The Table A sermon preached by Fr. John Gram from 1 Peter 5:1-14 on Pentecost Sunday (May 24, 2026).

"Holiness is not something that just passively happens to us over time, like waking up one day to find our first gray hairs or skin wrinkles. From adopting Christ’s mindset towards suffering to growing in our capacity to love one another, every single command Peter gives in today’s portion of his letter requires habitual dedication to a certain way of life. Thanks be to God that He has given us the sanctifying power of the Spirit and the stabilizing hope of Christ’s return to shape our minds, enlarge our hearts, guard our souls, and direct our steps as we commit to being the holy people of a holy God. And thanks be to God that when we inevitably stumble in these commitments the Spirit and salvation remain."
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Fr. John's latest sermon, "Holiness is a Commitment", is available on our podcast "Sermons From The Table!" Join us as we journey through the book of 1 Peter in the Eastertide series "Hope and Holiness".

"The freedom to bless those who do evil to us flows from the certainty of our future blessing when Christ returns. That certainty is rooted in both the revealed character of God and the finished work of Jesus Christ. If we understand that God has promised to reward good and punish evil, and if we are confident that God has secured the victory over sin, death, and even the demonic through Jesus Christ, then we can afford to live quite differently, can’t we? We are freed to be a holy people, even in the midst of an unholy age."
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Fr. John's latest sermon, " The Freedom of Future Blessing ", is available on our podcast "Sermons From The Table!" Join us as we journey through the book of 1 Peter in the Eastertide series "Hope and Holiness".

The Freedom of Future Blessing | Sermons From The Table A sermon preached by Fr. John Gram from 1 Peter 3:8-22 on the Sixth Sunday of Easter (May 10, 2026).

"Peter’s point is that because of their true identity in Christ, even those who are seemingly powerless wield extraordinary power by modeling Christ who used His own response to suffering as the means to conquer death, sin, and the devil. If I am secure in who I am in Christ, I can afford to honor everyone I meet, regardless of whether or not they honor me. I am free to submit for the sake of the gospel because I do so as God’s servant, and I am free to resist evil for the same reason. When the Church lives this way, she reveals the kingdom of God and exposes ungodly institutions, systems, assumptions, and allegiances for what they truly are. Honor, Submit, Subvert. That is how the upside down kingdom conquers the world."
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Fr. John's latest sermon, "Honor, Submit, Subvert", is available on our podcast "Sermons From The Table"! Join us as we journey through the book of 1 Peter in the Eastertide series "Hope and Holiness".

Honor, Submit, Subvert | Sermons From The Table A sermon preached by Fr. John Gram from 1 Peter 2:13-3:7 on the Fifth Sunday of Easter (May 3, 2026).