Author: Messiah Lutheran Church

Because there’s so much content in today’s three readings, let’s see how the readings overlap.  In Deuteronomy, Moses gives a speech recounting the history of Israel in an attempt to persuade God’s people to hear and observe instructions given to Moses. He pleads the case...

“This teaching is hard,” is exactly what the woman thought as tears began to spill from her eyes and roll down her cheeks. What the hospital pharmacist was saying out loud and the stack of papers she’d been handed reinforced were too much to bear...

WELCOME to MESSIAH & ST. PETER LUTHERAN CHURCHES The Reverend Nancy Brody, Pastor Greta Wright, Organist Sunday, August 25, 2024 Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost ANNOUNCEMENTS PRELUDE BRIEF ORDER OF CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS     Page 56 In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Almighty God,...

ANNUAL CHURCH PICNIC MESSIAH & ST. PETER’S LUTHERAN CHURCHES Reverend Nancy Brody, Pastor Greta Wright, Music Director August 18, 2024 Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost ANNOUNCEMENTS PRELUDE CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS  Blessed be the holy Trinity, [☩] one God, Amen. Let us approach Christ in humility and seek God’s abundant mercy by confessing our sin. Dear Lord,...

[Jesus said,] “I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.” The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, “How can...

Jesus said to [the crowd,] “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry." This does not refer to the physical sensation of hunger never being experienced by someone who comes to Jesus, but that whoever comes to Jesus will...

WELCOME to MESSIAH & ST. PETER LUTHERAN CHURCHES The Reverend Nancy Brody, Pastor Greta Wright, Organist Sunday, August 11, 2024 Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost ANNOUNCEMENTS PRELUDE BRIEF ORDER OF CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS     Page 56 In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Almighty God,...

WELCOME to MESSIAH & ST. PETER LUTHERAN CHURCHES The Reverend Eric Anderson, Supply Pastor Greta Wright, Organist Sunday, August 4, 2024 Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost ANNOUNCEMENTS PRELUDE BRIEF ORDER OF CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS     Page 56 In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Almighty...

What a powerful testimony of God being faithful to people who trust God’s word. A man brought food from the first fruits to [Elisha,] the man of God consisting of twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain. This man and the community he...