Sermon 14 June 2026 and Flower Communion Liturgy

For a Unitarian and a Universalist κήρυγμα    

June 14, 2026

Matthew 9:35 – 10:8

Rev. Diego Garrido Barreto

 

As you go, proclaim the good news, ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.’ Cure the sick; raise the dead; cleanse those with skin disease; cast out demons. You received without payment; give without payment. 

 

Community, join me in this prayer: 

 

God of all things bright and beautiful, dark and mysterious, of all things that blossom and that we harvest. God of silences and words, give us the ones we need to preach in what we believe. Give us the grace that we love each other as we ask together and find through our relationships where is it that you are taking us, as a church. 

Amen.

• Proclaim the good news

 

Community, I titled this sermon as my search for a Unitarian and a Universalist Kerygma. Let us begin. I hope you noticed the word I just said. Kerygma. Everytime you hear the word proclaim or preach, I am very emphatic, that / is / kerygma. There are sixty one times that kerygma shows up as a verb in the New Testament. It is related to a herald. It means to proclaim, to announce, to preach. Kerygma is one of the most important verbs in the New Testament. It is the base of the first church: Proclaimers of the good news. 

But what is this good news? That depends…