Luke 21:25-36 So, today marks the first Sunday of the season of Advent.  The season of the Church year, most often described as the season of waiting and anticipation.  The season in which we draw our attention on the coming birth of the Christ child, yet too, as we see through our gospel read just … More Advent 1 – The light of hope

Christ the King Sunday                                                                  21 November 2021 ((Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14   Psalm 93   Revelation 1:48   John 18:33-37) “Provoking One another To Love!” In the South there is a saying that, when a sermon hits home with particular power, you’ve gone from “preaching” to “meddling;” or another word to use is “interfering.”  In the Letter to the … More “Provoking One Another To Love!”

25th Sunday after Pentecost 11/14/2021 Emma Wagner, Lutheran World Relief Congregational Engagement Manager  Protect me, O God, for in you I take refuge.I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;    I have no good apart from you.” Psalm 16 My name is Emma Wagner and I’m delighted to be with you today from Lutheran World Relief. … More God is Our Refuge

All Saints 2021 – John 11:32-44 Today is the day set apart in the church year to remember the saints.  Those saints still living – those, still on this earthly plain, us gathered here this morning included – who walk as yet by faith, doing the best we can day by day, far from perfect, … More To Be Saints