PLEASE BE AWARE:
Private Absolution is scheduled only for 1-3pm on Friday this week. There is a wedding rehearsal scheduled for 6pm at the Church, so Pastor Huelsman will NOT be available during the regular hours of 6-8pm.
If you would like, it is always an option to contact Pastor and schedule another time to meet during the week.
Peace be with you.
Sermon: Pentecost 7.2011
Text: Matthew 14.13-21
Date: 2011.7.31
Date: 2011.7.31
In the name of the Father and of the +Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
“And they all ate and were satisfied.”
Why did they go out there? It was a deserted place, a wilderness. There were no modern amenities, no comforts, no shelter, not even any food, apparently. Why would they seek this One man?
So they heard that He healed a few people already. Ok, so He healed a lot of people already, anyone that was brought to Him, this Jesus of Nazareth. But certainly not all of them were sick or injured. Why follow this man?
Sermon: Pentecost 6.2011
Text: Matthew 13.44-52; Deuteronomy 7:6-9
Date: 2011.7.24
In the Name of the Father and of the +Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Tradition and change. Things old and things new.
It can be confusing to congregations that they have different pastors come in and they are each emphasizing different things, each have their own ideas about what is good for the congregation and the Church at large.
Not only can this be confusing, but frankly, it can be quite / frustrating. “Who are these guys and what gives them the right to make such assertions about us, about our way of doing things, about the old and new things here?”
Sermon: Easter 5.A
Text: John 14:1-14
Date: 5.22.2011
Date: 5.22.2011
Do not let your hearts be troubled
In the name of the Father and of the +Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
The apostles could have responded, “But isn't that what You did, Jesus?”
In the upper room, on the night when He was betrayed, Jesus also commanded His disciples: “Do not let your hearts be troubled.” Yet, just moments earlier, John tells us that, “Jesus was troubled in His spirit, and testified, 'One of you will betray me.'”i Likewise, after Jesus' Palm Sunday, triumphal entry; He was praying, and He Himself says, “Now is my soul / troubled. And what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour? But for this purpose I have come to this hour. Father, glorify your name.”ii Twice, Jesus Himself was troubled concerning His death; twice He commands His disciples, “Do not let your hearts be troubled.”iii But isn't that what You did, Jesus?
Sermon: Lent 4.A
Text: Ephesians 5:14
Date: 4.3.2011
Occasion: Membership of Barb McCulley
Date: 4.3.2011
Occasion: Membership of Barb McCulley
In the name of the Father and of the +Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
“Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.” Thus writes St Paul in the Epistle lesson for this, the 4th Sunday in Lent.
An oasis. That's what the 4th Sunday in Lent has traditionally been. Some churches are adorned with rose-colored paraments today, signifying and anticipating what lies just weeks away now: Easter.
The theme for today is light. Jesus Himself says what we already know, but it's good to hear Him say it: that He is the light of the world!
Sermon: The Sacred Union of Kyle Nicolas Gray & Erica Renee Hansen
Ceremony: 4.2.2011
In the name of the Father and of the +Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
God was not kidding: It really was and is “not good that man should be alone.” This was the very first “not good” of His perfect creation. Not that the male, Adam, was created evil, he was not, He was perfect and without sin. But he was not complete; something was missing.
Sermon: Lent 3.A
Text: John 4:5-30, 39-42
Date: 2011.3.27
Date: 2011.3.27
Listen to the sermon here.
The true worshipers will worship the Father
in Spirit and in Truth.
In the Name of the Father and of the +Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Jesus said, “But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth”
True worship is worshiping the Father in Spirit and Truth. True worship therefore is Trinitarian, worshiping God, the Father, the Son (who's called Truth here, for He is the Way, the Truth and the Life); the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; the Holy Trinity.
Worshiping the Holy Trinity makes you holy. The Spirit is the Holy Spirit, and if you worship in Him, then you will be holy as He is holy. You will be flowing with holy water, (as Jesus pictures it) Spirit water, living water. Not just containing the living water but it will be bubbling over, springing over into the eternal life.
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