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Find a sermon

Search every sermon by a word, a theme, a year or an exact phrase.

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Search by a word

  1. This is your sermon library

    Every sermon on the church's YouTube channel is here, newest first. Nobody typed these in: Filament read the channel.

    The Emberwick sermon library: a search box above a grid of sermon thumbnails, newest first.

  2. Type what you remember

    One word is enough. Search looks through summaries, themes, preachers, series and keywords.

    Type grace

    The search box, empty, above the grid of sermons.

  3. Results as you type

    Nine sermons match. The list narrowed with every key, because the search runs in your browser and never waits on a server.

    Open the first result.

    Nine results for grace, each with its date, series, preacher and themes. The matching theme is outlined.

  4. A summary, not a transcript

    Each sermon has a short summary of its argument, its themes, its keywords and the scripture it used.

    The sermon opened to show its summary, keywords and scripture references, with the video docked beside it.

Narrow it down

  1. Open the filters

    Filters sit behind one button, so the page stays quiet until you want them.

    Open the filters.

    The library with the search cleared and the Filters button at the right of the search box.

  2. Pick a theme

    The church keeps one short list of themes. Pick any of them to see every sermon that touches it.

    Choose the theme hope.

    The filter panel: a date range, a scripture picker and a row of themes.

  3. Every sermon on hope

    The count updates at once. Add a date range or a book of the Bible to narrow it further.

    The library filtered to the theme hope.

Search like you mean it

  1. Or type the filter

    Anything you can click, you can type. A theme and a year together find that theme in that year. Press Enter to apply them.

    Type theme:rest 2025

    The search box, empty again, with the filter panel closed.

  2. Quote an exact phrase

    Put a phrase in quotes to find the sermons that use those words together.

    Type "daily bread"

    Six results for the theme rest in 2025, most of them from the Unhurried series.

  3. One sermon, found

    The phrase appears in one sermon, and it is highlighted where it was found.

    A single result, Our Daily Bread, with the phrase highlighted in its summary.

Emberwick Community Church is fictional. Its sermons were written for this demo.