This Sunday, we’re having a family Epiphany party for Sunday School, so we’re celebrating Epiphany in worship rather than the baptism of Jesus. Here’s the sermon for January 8, 2016. The readings are Isaiah 1:1-6 and Matthew 2:1-15, the story
Last week at St. Peter Lutheran in Greene, we had the children’s Christmas program, so this week, the 4th Sunday of Advent, we picked up the Advent 3 readings we’d skipped last week. Our readings for this weekend are Matthew
A sermon on repentance and the nearness of God’s kingdom, for St. Peter Lutheran Church in Greene, Iowa, on the second Sunday of Advent, December 4, 2016. The texts this week are Isaiah 11:1-10 and Matthew 3:1-12. Before the sermon,
This is the first Sunday of Advent, Year A. Today’s sermon texts are Matthew 24:36-44, Isaiah 2:1-5, and Romans 13:11-14. Advent begins with a series of apocalyptic readings, anticipating Christ’s second coming as we prepare to celebrate his birth. Do you have a
Here are the graphics I made for our worship slides this week. The message is titled “Encourage One Another” based off of 1 Thessalonians 4:18, “Therefore, encourage one another with these words.” Conveniently, the translation is the same in the NRSV,