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Second Sunday in Lent February 25, 2024

2/25/2024

Readings: Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16 / Psalm 22:23-31 / Romans 4:13-25 / Mark8:31-38
Introduction: The second covenant in this year’s Lenten readings is the one made with Abraham and Sarah: God’s promise to make them the ancestors of many, with whom God will remain in everlasting covenant. Paul says this promise comes to all who share Abraham’s faith in the God who brings life into being where there was no life. We receive this baptismal promise of resurrection life in faith. Sarah and Abraham receive new names as a sign of the covenant, and we too get new identities in baptism, as we put on Christ.
Sermon: Pastor Kathryn Gulbranson

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First Sunday in Lent February 18, 2024

2/18/2024

Readings: Genesis 9:8-17 / Psalm 25:1-10 / 1 Peter 3:18-22 / Mark 1:19-15
Introduction: On Ash Wednesday the church began its journey toward baptismal immersion in the death and resurrection of Christ. This year, the Sundays in Lent lead us to focus on five covenants God makes in the Hebrew Scriptures and to use them as lenses through which to view baptism. First Peter connects the way God saved Noah’s family in the flood with the way God saves us through the water of baptism. The baptismal covenant is made with us individually, but the new life we are given in baptism is for the sake of the whole world.

Sermon: Pastor Kathryn Gulbranson

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Transfiguration of Our Lord February 11, 2024

2/11/2024

Readings: 2 Kings 2:1-12 / Psalm 50:1-6 / 2 Corinthians 4:3-6 / Mark 9:2-9
Introduction: The Sundays after Epiphany began with Jesus’ baptism and end with three disciples’ vision of his transfiguration. In Mark’s story of Jesus’ baptism, apparently only Jesus sees the Spirit descending and hears the words from heaven. But now Jesus’ three closest friends hear the same words naming him God’s Beloved. As believers, Paul writes, we are enabled to see the God-light in Jesus’ face, because the same God who created light in the first place has shone in our hearts to give us that vision. The light of God’s glory in Jesus has enlightened us through baptism and shines in us also for others to see.

Sermon: Pastor Kathryn Gulbranson

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Fifth Sunday after Epiphany February 4, 2024

2/4/2024

Readings: Isaiah 40:21-31 / Psalm 147:1-11, 20c / 1 Corinthians 9:16-23 / Mark 1:29-39

Introduction: In Isaiah the one God who sits above the earth and numbers the stars also strengthens the powerless. So in Jesus’ healing work we see the hand of the creator God, lifting up the sick woman to health and service (diakonia). Like Simon’s mother-in-law, we are lifted up and healed to serve. Following Jesus, we strengthen the powerless; like Jesus, we seek to renew our own strength in quiet times of prayer.

Sermon: Pastor Kathryn Gulbranson

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Second Sunday in Lent February 25, 2024

First Sunday in Lent February 18, 2024

Transfiguration of Our Lord February 11, 2024

Fifth Sunday after Epiphany February 4, 2024

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