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Oct 5/6 – Simple Practices for Joining Jesus: Part 2 – Lutheran Weekend Worship

It’s easy for join Jesus on His mission.  Today, we will finish our look at simple practices for Joining Jesus on His mission.  This week we will look at the last three steps of this simple practice.  Today, we look … Continue reading

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Sep 28/29 – Simple Practices for Joining Jesus: Part 1 – Lutheran Weekend Worship

It’s easy for join Jesus on His mission. Over the next two weeks we will look at simple practices for Joining Jesus on His mission.This week we will look at the first two steps of this simple practice. We look … Continue reading

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Sep 21/22 – Seeking What’s Already Happening – Lutheran Weekend Worship

“Seeking What’s Already Happening” – Matthew 6:33 It really is this simple. Jesus’ secret weapon for accomplishing his redemptive mission was hanging out with sinners and enjoying them in his Father’s grace. It was inefficiently effective. We can question this … Continue reading

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Sep 14/15 – The River Moved – Lutheran Weekend Worship

It’s hard to take, but it is what it is. The river has moved. You are a missionary to your own community. It time to trust Jesus and join him in building the next span of bridge to our current … Continue reading

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Sep 7-8 / Follow the Example – Lutheran Weekend Worship

How is Jesus messing with you? What is He up to? What is He inviting you to notice, believe or wrestle with? Jesus is on a mission and he invites you to join him. He does not give you a … Continue reading

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Aug 31/Sep 1 – Follow the Example – Lutheran Weekend Worship

“For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted” (Luke 14:11). We are urged to a path of humility, not thinking of ourselves more highly than we ought and thinking of others before … Continue reading

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Aug 24/25 – Joining Jesus on His Mission with Rev. Greg Finke – Lutheran Weekend Worship

As we kick off our fall emphasis, “Joining Jesus on His Mission,” we are excited to have the book’s author and mission expert Rev. Greg Finke with us. Greg will be sharing with us how we can join Jesus on … Continue reading

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Aug 17/18 – Backpacks, Barbeque and Blessings Weekend – Lutheran Weekend Worship

Sun 10:30 – Backpacks, Barbeque and Blessings – Immanuel Has Left The Building… almost Well, Immanuel tried to leave the building and get out into the community at our local band-shell, but the weather didn’t work out for us this … Continue reading

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Aug 10/11 – Anxious – Lutheran Weekend Worship

How easy it is to become anxious when things go differently than we had hoped. We worry about ourselves and our loved ones. We experience everyday anxieties and big cosmic ones too. Sometimes anxiety can become so serious that professional … Continue reading

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Aug 3/4 – Labels – Lutheran Weekend Worship

Our world enjoys labeling people. Whether by skin color, gender, economic status, ethnic background, political affiliation, age, or whatever else it may be, labels are popular. This sort of labeling divides people into categories and causes much strife and argument. … Continue reading

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July 27/28 – Real, Present, God – Lutheran Weekend Worship

Every three years the LCMS holds the National Youth Gathering. This year it was July 10- 15, in Minneapolis. There were 21,000 youth who attended the NYG a couple weeks ago. The theme for this year was, “Real, Present, God” … Continue reading

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July 20/21 – Better than Busy – Lutheran Weekend Worship

Our only hope is Jesus! He is the eternal Word of God who in love entered our world to bring life and salvation to all people. Jesus proclaimed Himself Lord and Christ and then commissioned His apostles and disciples to … Continue reading

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July 13/14 – Rescued – Lutheran Weekend Worship

God’s people have been rescued! The heavenly Father has “delivered us”—rescued us—from the darkness of sin, death, and the power of the devil. He has “transferred us” into the kingdom of grace in His Son, our Lord Jesus Christ (Colossians … Continue reading

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July 6/7 – You are Free to Go – Lutheran Weekend Worship

In the Gospel for today, Jesus sends out seventy-two of His followers with power to heal and cast out demons. They go and do as Jesus asks. When they come back, they are rejoicing that even the demons were subject … Continue reading

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June 29/30 – A Costly Decision – Lutheran Weekend Worship

When people are confronted by the claims of Jesus, they sometimes reject Him. We see this in today’s Gospel as an entire Samaritan village rejects Jesus. The cost of following Jesus is high. We see Jesus set His face to … Continue reading

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June 22/23 – Set Free to Share – Lutheran Weekend Worship

We are held captive by many things in this earthly life, but three main enemies emerge: sin, death, and Satan. In the Gospel, Jesus encounters a man who is possessed by many demons. This man had been chained so he … Continue reading

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June 15/16 – What’s In a Name? – Lutheran Weekend Worship

Whenever we contemplate the mystery of God being three persons in one God, we are in awe of how far above us He is in His divine nature. We were called into being when we were nothing, we were saved … Continue reading

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June 8/9 – How is the Spirit Alive in You – Lutheran Weekend Worship

Many people seek wise counselors. The Holy Spirit is the world’s best counselor. In today’s Gospel, Jesus promised that the Father would send the Holy Spirit in His name as Counselor. In this ministry, the Holy Spirit both honestly convicts … Continue reading

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