At first I thought, no way am I going to preach about this guy on Father’s Day. He represents a man who is ultimately tortured and has no dignity. For a long time he has lived naked among the dead without so much as one...
The Holy Spirit of wisdom and truth is no afterthought. She was there before earth began, crying to all that live. Beside God, like a master worker, she was God’s daily delight. She herself rejoices before God always, rejoices in the world we inhabit and...
WELCOME to MESSIAH & ST. PETER LUTHERAN CHURCHES The Reverend Nancy Brody, Pastor Greta Wright, Music Director Sunday, June12, 2022 First Sunday after Pentecost GREETING AND ANNOUNCEMETS PRELUDE CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS Page 56 ENTRANCE HYMN Holy, Holy, Holy #165 1 Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty! Early in the morning...
What does it take to be amazed and astonished? How about a moon turning to blood? Would that do it? Whenever I pursue a thing or experience advertised as amazing/astonishing, I’m rarely impressed. I often feel misled and conclude that the name given tried to...
WELCOME to MESSIAH & ST. PETER LUTHERAN CHURCHES The Reverend Nancy Brody, Pastor Greta Wright, Music Director Sunday, June 5, 2022 Day of Pentecost GREETING AND ANNOUNCEMENTS PRELUDE CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS Page 56 ENTRANCE HYMN Come, Thou Almighty King #522 1 Come, thou almighty King, help us thy name to...
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WELCOME to MESSIAH & ST. PETER LUTHERAN CHURCHES The Reverend Nancy Brody, Pastor Greta Wright, Music Director Sunday May 29, 2022 Seventh Sunday of Easter GREETINGS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Welcome Cub Scout Pack 156. Thank you for showing us how to fold the American flag and for your participation during today’s service. PRELUDE THANKSGIVING FOR...
In John 15, verses 12-13, Jesus says, “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lays down his life for his friends.” Memorial Day is a civic not religious holiday,...
WELCOME to MESSIAH & ST. PETER LUTHERAN CHURCHES The Reverend Nancy Brody, Pastor Greta Wright, Music Director Sunday, May 22, 2022 Sixth Sunday of Easter GREETING AND ANNOUNCEMENTS PRELUDE ENTRANCE HYMN Alleluia! Jesus Is Risen! WOV#674 (Blue Hymnal) 1 Alleluia! Jesus is risen! Trumpets resounding in glorious light! Splendor, the Lamb, heaven forever! Oh, what...
The name of the pool or intermittent spring meant house of mercy and/or flowing water. It was a place associated with ritual, bringing sheep to the temple in Jerusalem. According to tradition, on occasion an angel of the Lord would be sent to “stir the...