St. Peter's Lutheran Church

Category: New Day Sermons

  • Loser

    Loser

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    New Day Sermon Epiphany Seven Loser. It’s one of the words we want to avoid at all costs. Yet what if following Jesus and living in the kingdom of God means becoming a holy loser?

  • “Thy Kingdom Come”

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    Vicar Nancy Brody
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    We pray The Lord’s Prayer encouraging God to “bring on” the kingdom with a nudging invitation. What if God’s Kingdom is already among us? Perhaps in trying to create our own version of heaven on earth, we miss what God has planned .

  • Deep Waters

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    Rev. Craig Ross
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    New Day Sermon Epiphany 5 Do you get busy working, or do you sit down and listen? Jesus wants you to do both, in this lesson about fishing and discipleship, before our favorite fishermen had been called as disciples.

  • Truth or Dare or Doodle

    Truth or Dare or Doodle

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    New Day Sermon Epiphany 4 Ever played truth or dare? What’s your strategy when you play? In today’s Gospel reading from Luke 4 Jesus plays a form of truth or dare…or daring to tell the truth.

  • Magic or Miracle?

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    Vicar Nancy Brody
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    New Day Sermon Epiphany 2 Ritual cleansing prepared an individual to participate in something sacred (like worship or a wedding ceremony). Purity’s goal was to open a vertical channel to God, the source of everything sacred. Jesus’ miracle of water to wine created a link between religious practice and the sacredness of horizontal relationships.

  • Jesus … the Movie

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    Rev. Craig Ross
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    Baptism of our Lord Sunday is about identity … Jesus’ identity as Son of God … and our identity as children of God. Baptism is at the heart of both these identities. In Jesus’ day, that identity was shaped through sermons spoken from hillsides and sermons preached from boats. If Jesus’ came to our world…

  • Episodes and Epiphanies

    Episodes and Epiphanies

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    New Day Sermon Epiphany Sunday January 6 is Epiphany Sunday, a day we recall the wise men visiting the holy family. The Gospel writer Matthew gives us few details about these travelers. Imagine if we could be a fly on the wall…or in this case a fly on a camel…and listen to the conversation of…

  • Lessons & Carols

    Lessons & Carols

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    Sister Dottie Almoney
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    Unified Worship Service This week we combined worship services for the Sunday after Christmas and celebrated a service of Lessons and Carols. Enjoy the story of Christmas along with some favorite Christmas carols, with music by Adam, Erik, and the New Day Band.

  • What is Love?

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    New Day Sermon Advent 4 We talk about love all the time. We love food. We love fun. We love each other. But what is love, and how do we experience love in the incarnation?

  • Rejoice?

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    Vicar Nancy Brody
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    New Day Sermonadvent 3 Is it up to us to muster up hope and joy this holiday season? When circumstances make it difficult, joy, like faith can only be received from God. What we need to fill our spirits is available, yet not always accessible. Why?