St. Peter's Lutheran Church

Category: Sermons

  • Epiphany 4 Traditional Sermon

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    Sister Dottie Almoney
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    Have you ever been so angry at someone you wanted to hurl them off a cliff? Unfortunately, Jesus did! Two weeks ago, I lead our annual women’s retreat at Camp Kirchenwald – the theme was Holy Imagination.  One of the activities was taking a look at Jewish writings known as Midrash – an ancient commentary…

  • The Back Story on Cana

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    Rev. Craig Ross
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    Wedding receptions can be interesting events.  The mixture of excitement … lots of young people … laughter and joy … all fueled by gallons of booze … can create all kinds of unusual experiences.  At my first call right out of seminary I had three weddings during my three year ministry at St. John’s.  What…

  • 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…

  • Fingerprints

    Fingerprints

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    Church office
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    Traditional Sermon Baptism Of Our Lord Last weekend the Teichmann family took down the Christmas tree. I do so enjoy going out and finding a tree as a family, decorating it and enjoying it. And at the end of the season I do so love taking it down! One of my favorite parts of decorating…

  • We Three Kings

    We Three Kings

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    Rev. Craig Ross
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    The Epiphany of our Lord festival lands on a Saturday only every five or six years.  We last celebrated it six years ago in 2013.  Although most of you do not wake up in the morning thinking about hymns … I sometimes do … Adam does too, I suspect … I am in good company. …

  • Episodes and Epiphanies

    Episodes and Epiphanies

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    Church office
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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.

  • Babies … All This Talk About a Baby

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    Rev. Craig Ross
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    So they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the child lying in the manger. When they saw this, they made known what had been told them about this child; and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds told them. Babies … all this talk about a baby.  We love…

  • Sneak Peek!

    Sneak Peek!

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    Church office
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    Christmas Eve Sermon7:30pm Service Merry Christmas, friends! We’ve arrived. It is Christmas Eve. There were some days leading up to this marvelous night that felt like an instant, and some moments that seemed to slow down to molasses speed. Some say time is constant, but no–to me–time has a way of slowing down and speeding…