Messiah Lutheran Church

WELCOME to MESSIAH & ST. PETER LUTHERAN CHURCHES The Reverend Nancy Brody, Pastor Greta Wright, Organist Sunday, February 16, 2025 Sixth Sunday After Epiphany ANNOUNCEMENTS PRELUDE BRIEF ORDER OF CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Almighty God, to whom all hearts...

Had there been news feeds or social media back in Jesus’ day the title or caption might read: “Fisherman Makes Mega-Bonus Catch after Doing Favor for Stranger.” I wonder how many clicks, “Likes” or “Shares” Simon may have received had he told his story today...

WELCOME to MESSIAH & ST. PETER LUTHERAN CHURCHES The Reverend Nancy Brody, Pastor Greta Wright, Organist Sunday, February 9, 2025 Fifth Sunday After Epiphany ANNOUNCEMENTS PRELUDE BRIEF ORDER OF CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS Blessed be the holy Trinity, ☩ one God, our creator, our protector, our wellspring of life. Amen. Trusting that God receives our words...

WELCOME to MESSIAH & ST. PETER LUTHERAN CHURCHES The Reverend Nancy Brody, Pastor Greta Wright, Organist Sunday, February 2, 2025 Fourth Sunday After Epiphany ANNOUNCEMENTS CONFESSION and FORGIVENESS Blessed be the holy Trinity, ☩ one God, our creator, our protector, our wellspring of life. Amen. Trusting that God receives our words and the meditations...

The best way to understand why Jesus causes such a stir among the temple goers of Nazareth in Luke chapter 4 is by overlaying the contents of 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 with the gospel text. The text begins by saying that all in the synagogue spoke...

WELCOME to MESSIAH & ST. PETER LUTHERAN CHURCHES The Reverend Nancy Brody, Pastor Greta Wright, Organist Sunday, January 26, 2025 Third Sunday After Epiphany ANNOUNCEMENTS PRELUDE BRIEF ORDER OF CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS Blessed be the holy Trinity, ☩ one God, our creator, our protector, our wellspring of life. Amen. Trusting that God receives our words...

Some of you may remember, back in the day, when no one owned movies. If you wanted to watch something, you had to wait until it was offered on television at a certain day and time according to a schedule printed in the newspaper or...

The scene leading up to the first of many signs that Jesus would perform is a slice of real life. There’s a wedding going on and the guest list includes Jesus, his mother, and Jesus’ disciples. Like many weddings you and I have attended, there...

WELCOME to MESSIAH & ST. PETER LUTHERAN CHURCHES The Reverend Nancy Brody, Pastor Greta Wright, Organist Sunday, January 19, 2025 Second Sunday After Epiphany ANNOUNCEMENTS PRELUDE BRIEF ORDER OF CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS Blessed be the holy Trinity, ☩ one God, our creator, our protector, our wellspring of life. Amen. Trusting that God receives our words and...

Today’s story about Jesus’ baptism begins by setting a tone among the people there on the scene. The people were filled with expectation. All were questioning in their hearts concerning who might be the Messiah.  In other words, the people were inspired to seek and find...