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Recorded Worship

We are pleased to offer you the chance to browse through our previously recorded worship services, dating back through several years. If you want to hear a sermon again, or catch up on a service you missed, or just get a sense for how we worship, this is the place.

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4th Sunday after Pentecost                                                                    July 6, 2025

7/6/2025

 
Readings:  Isaiah 66:10-14 / Psalm 66:1-9 / Luke 10:1-11, 16-20  

Introduction:  God is the source of our nourishment. Jesus’ invitation to “take and eat . . . take and drink” is a repeated one. In holy communion, in the word read and proclaimed, in the assembly of the people of God, the dominion of God has come near. Rejoice! Your name is written in heaven.


Sermon: Pastor Kathryn Gulbranson
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3rd Sunday after Pentecost                                                                June 29, 2025

6/29/2025

 
Readings:  1 Kings 19:15-16, 19-21/ Psalm 16 / Galatians 5:1, 13-25 /  Luke 9:51-62 

Semi-continuous-- First Reading:  2 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14 / Psalm:  Psalm 77:1-2, 11-20

Introduction: We have no good apart from God. That makes Jesus’ call to follow him an invitation to freedom. This is freedom to revel in the Spirit’s fruit: love, joy, peace, and patience. This is freedom to not be imprisoned by anything that would keep us from the fullness of the life God has given us. This is the path of life.

Sermon: Pastor Bill Wessner
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2nd Sunday after Pentecost                                                               June 22, 2025

6/22/2025

 
Readings:  Isaiah 65:1-9/ Psalm 22:19-28/ Galatians 3:23-29/ Luke 8:26-39
(Semi-continuous: First Reading:1 Kings 19:1-4 [5-7] 8-15a / Psalm:  Psalm 42—43)

Introduction: This Sunday’s texts paint startling pictures of the horrific nature of sin. The church’s repeated celebration of holy communion counters that tragic reality in a continued showing forth of the death of Jesus until he comes again. It is a dramatic declaration of “how much God has done for you.”

Sermon: Pastor Kathryn Gulbranson
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The Holy Trinity                                                                                   June 15, 2025

6/15/2025

 
Readings:  Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31/ Psalm 8 / Romans 5:1-5/ John 16:12-15

Introduction: “O Lord our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!” Today we celebrate the holy Trinity. Paul writes that through Jesus we have peace with God, whose love pours into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, giving us lasting hope. We celebrate the gracious One-in-Three, eternal Three-in-One, as we worship in community; as we share water and word, bread and wine; and as we bring God’s love and hope to our neighbors.

Sermon: Pastor Kathryn Gulbranson


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Day of Pentecost                                                                                  June 8, 2025

6/8/2025

 
Readings:  Genesis 11:1-9 / Psalm 104:24-34, 35b/ Acts 2:1-21 / John 14:8-17 [25-27]

Introduction: On Pentecost, we celebrate that we have been given an Advocate to accompany us. Poured out in wind and fire, water, wine, and bread, the Holy Spirit abides in and among us. We give thanks that God speaks to each of us, no matter our origins, language, or life path. Filled with the Spirit of truth, we go out from worship to proclaim the saving power of Christ’s love and the freedom of God’s grace with all the world.

Sermon: Pastor Kathryn Gulbranson
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Seventh Sunday of Easter                                                                   June 1, 2025

6/1/2025

 
Readings:  Psalm 97 / Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21/ John 17:20-26  

Introduction:  It is possible to hear in Jesus’ high priestly prayer, a prayer he offered shortly before his death, the petitions of the ascended Christ for his own throughout history—to our day—and beyond. Jesus prays for us. In holy baptism we become believers in God, have our robes washed in the flood of Christ’s forgiveness, and receive the gift of life forever with all the saints.

Sermon: Pastor Kathryn Gulbranson
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Sixth Sunday of Easter                                                                        May 25, 2025

5/25/2025

 
Readings:  Acts 16:9-15/ Psalm 67/ Revelation 21:10, 22—22:5/ John 14:23-29

Introduction: Visions abound in the readings for the sixth Sunday of Easter. Paul has a vision about what to do. John has a vision of what will be. Jesus provides visions of peace that surpasses human understanding and power beyond human imagination.

Sermon: Pastor Kathryn Gulbranson


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Fifth Sunday of Easter                                                                         May 18, 2025

5/18/2025

 
Readings:  Acts 11:1-18 / Psalm 148 / Revelation 21:1-6 / John 13:31-35
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Introduction: Easter initiates a new day. It anticipates a new heaven and a new earth. The risen Christ is making all things new. In the mystery of holy baptism God has made new people of us. Today Jesus invites us to see everyone in a new light—through the lens of love.

Sermon: Pastor Kathryn Gulbranson
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Fourth Sunday of Easter                                                                      May 11, 2025

5/11/2025

 
Readings:  Acts 9:36-43 / Psalm 23 / Revelation 7:9-17 / John 10:22-30

Introduction: The gift of new life, of eternal life, is the gift of the risen Christ. It is the promise of Jesus. It was true for Dorcas in Joppa. It was true for those “who have come out of the great ordeal” in the Revelation vision. It is true for us and for all the baptized: Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

Sermon: Pastor Barbara Peronteau
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Third Sunday of Easter / Elim’s Centennial Celebration                       May 4, 2025

5/4/2025

 
Readings:  Psalm 30 / Revelation 5:11-14 / John 21:1-19

Introduction:  The disciples make a big splash and eat breakfast with the risen Jesus. Wading in the water (remembering baptism) and eating with Jesus (celebrating holy communion) is our weekly encounter with the risen Christ. Jesus asks us again and again: Do you love me? And Jesus invites us, again and again, to follow him, bringing the Easter life to others.

Sermon: Bishop Jeff R. Johnson, Bishop of the Sierra Pacific Synod
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