St. Peter's Lutheran Church

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  • God Surprised Me

    God Surprised Me

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    Rev. Craig Ross
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    This Sunday morning past, God surprised me.  That is not an earth-shattering observation in that I am a simple soul … a soul easily amused … and more easily surprised.  But sometimes the blindness of my inner eye of faith, prevents me from seeing the joy of God breaking through into our world at times…

  • Playing Hide and Seek

    Playing Hide and Seek

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    Rev. Craig Ross
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    This morning’s sermon was preached away from the pulpit using notes. This text is an approximation of the actually verbal text of the sermon. Do you have any great Hide and Seek stories?  Most of us have at least one … and usually those stories involve someone who managed to never get found.  Robert Fulghum…

  • A Rainy Baptism

    A Rainy Baptism

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    Rev. Craig Ross
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    We again thank Brendan Armitage for providing this week’s devotion. Make sure to tune in next week for another guest devotion by Jill Emmert. Galatians 3:26 — “So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.” Have you ever…

  • Morning Has Broken

    Morning Has Broken

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    Rev. Craig Ross
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    Mine is the sunlight, Mine is the morning Born of the one light Eden saw play Praise with elation, praise ev’ry morning God’s recreation of the new day. (Morning Has Broken, Verse 3) This past Sunday morning as I was listening to the three Emmert brothers sing “Morning Has Broken” as an offertory anthem, I…

  • April Fools!

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    Rev. Craig Ross
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    Traditional Sermon Easter Sunday What a day!  We gather on what is inarguably the greatest day of the Christian year.  Our world gets all hot and bothered about Christmas.  But for the Christian, Easter is the day that matters. Our opening hymn this morning trumpeted the Easyer message from the empty tomb:         Jesus Christ is…

  • I’m Especially Fond of You

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    Rev. Craig Ross
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    EMAIL DEVOTIONAL week of Epiphany 5 Papa: Mack, you may not know this, but I am especially fond of you. This brief dialogue is from the movie, The Shack.  It is part of a conversation between the movie’s main character, Mack … and God … who Mack calls Papa because it is the way his…

  • From Scoffs to Giggles

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    Church office
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    New Day Sermon, Pentecost 9 Before we jump into Genesis 18, let’s begin with a little laughter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpQnqp3jqog Have you ever laughed because it took too much energy to cry? You’re not alone.