Author: Messiah Lutheran Church

29 Dec

Posted at 20:36h in Bulletins

WELCOME to MESSIAH & ST. PETER LUTHERAN CHURCHES The Reverend Nancy Brody, Pastor Greta Wright, Organist Sunday, December 29, 2024 First Sunday of Christmas   ANNOUNCEMENTS PRELUDE BRIEF ORDER OF CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS Blessed be the holy Trinity, ☩ one God, whose steadfast love is everlasting. Amen. Let us confess our sin in the presence of...

29 Dec

Posted at 19:38h in Sermons

Jesus increased in wisdom and years, in divine and human favor. How can that be so if Jesus is both fully human and fully God? I suppose that this statement refers only to Jesus’ humanness. As a human, he might have room to increase in...

22 Dec

Posted at 09:14h in Sermons

As if out of a scene from Call the Midwife, two pregnant women converse in Poplar. One of them has traveled from the modest home of her husband’s family in the West End of Judea to a village in East London to call on kin,...

21 Dec

Posted at 14:46h in Bulletins

WELCOME to MESSIAH & ST. PETER LUTHERAN CHURCHES The Reverend Nancy Brody, Pastor Greta Wright, Organist Sunday, December 22, 2024 Fourth Sunday of Advent   ANNOUNCEMENTS PRELUDE LIGHTING OF THE ADVENT CANDLE Holy are you, God of steadfast love and faithfulness; you made a covenant with your chosen ones to establish the throne of...

15 Dec

Posted at 21:00h in Sermons

‘Tis the season of Advent, a season of not only quiet anticipation for Jesus’ arrival, but specific time set aside for us to prepare for Jesus’ coming by doing things we haven’t yet thought about. How about that?  Are there things you haven’t yet thought about...

15 Dec

Posted at 10:37h in Bulletins

WELCOME to MESSIAH & ST. PETER LUTHERAN CHURCHES The Reverend Nancy Brody, Pastor Greta Wright, Organist Sunday, December 15, 2024 Third Sunday of Advent   ANNOUNCEMENTS PRELUDE LIGHTING OF THE ADVENT CANDLE Holy are you, God of the brokenhearted and oppressed; your chosen one offers a garland instead of ashes to whoever mourns; your...

08 Dec

Posted at 21:00h in Sermons

What is a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sin anyway? At best, it sounds like some sort of trade, a deal where a person must do “A” to qualify for “B”. It would be hard to argue against this idea: that forgiveness of...

07 Dec

Posted at 10:55h in Bulletins

WELCOME to MESSIAH & ST. PETER LUTHERAN CHURCHES The Reverend Nancy Brody, Pastor Greta Wright, Organist Sunday, December 8, 2024 Second Sunday of Advent   ANNOUNCEMENTS PRELUDE LIGHTING OF THE ADVENT CANDLE Holy are you, God of righteousness and peace; you wait with patience for all to come to repentance after sending your prophet...

27 Nov

Posted at 18:27h in Bulletins

WELCOME to MESSIAH & ST. PETER LUTHERAN CHURCHES The Reverend Nancy Brody, Pastor Bishop James S. Dunlop, Preaching   The Reverend William Krenz, Pastor Emeritus The Reverend Michael Petresky, Assisting Greta Wright, Organist Sunday, December 1, 2024 First Sunday of Advent   ANNOUNCEMENTS PRELUDE LIGHTING OF THE ADVENT CANDLE Holy are you, God of power and glory; you...