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Seventh Sunday after Epiphany February 23, 2025

2/23/2025

Readings: Genesis 45:3-11, 15 / Psalm 37:1-11, 39-40 / 1 Corinthians 15:35-38, 42-50 / Luke 6:27-38

Introduction: Mercy. Mercy. Mercy. Joseph lives it in Egypt. Jesus preaches it in the gospel. The Spirit guides us into merciful lives with the power of forgiveness to reconcile what is fractured and divided. Such merciful living is the baptismal blessing of having put on Christ. It is the gift of the life-giving Spirit. It is a reflection of God’s glory revealed in Christ.

Sermon: Pastor Kathryn Gulbranson

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Sixth Sunday after Epiphany February 16, 2025

2/16/2025

Readings: Jeremiah 17:5-10 /Psalm 1/ 1 Corinthians 15:12-20/ Luke 6:17-26

Introduction: Blessings and curses abound on the sixth Sunday after Epiphany. We would do well to listen closely to whom the “blessed ares” and the “woe tos” are directed and to find our place in the crowd among those who desire to touch Jesus. The risen Christ stands among us in the mystery of the holy supper with an invitation to live in him, and offers power to heal us all.

Children’s Message: Pastor Peter Schwabe-Fry
Sermon: Pastor Nancy Schwabe-Fry

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Fifth Sunday after Epiphany February 9, 2025

2/9/2025

Readings: Isaiah 6:1-8 [9-13]/ Psalm 138 / 1 Corinthians 15:1-11/ Luke 5:1-11

Introduction: The fifth Sunday after Epiphany continues to highlight unlikely instruments and circumstances appointed to reveal God’s glory. “Who will go for us?” God asks. A person of unclean lips, a former persecutor of the church of God, and three fishermen who couldn’t catch a thing. More surprising still, perhaps, is that we are also called.

Sermon: Bishop Dave Nagler

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Presentation of Our Lord February 2, 2025

2/2/2025

Readings: Malachi 3:1-4/ Psalm 84/ Hebrews 2:14-18/ Luke 2:22-40
Introduction: The Presentation of Our Lord is referred to in some corners of the church as Candlemas because of an ancient tradition of blessing all the candles to be used in the church in the coming year at the mass celebrated on that day. It was a way of underscoring the truth of Simeon’s confession that this baby Jesus was “a light for revelation to the Gentiles” and a light for glory to Israel. Let the light of every candle in church be a little epiphany of the love of God for all people in the person of God’s son, Jesus, the light of the world.

Sermon: Pastor Kathryn Gulbranson

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Seventh Sunday after Epiphany February 23, 2025

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Presentation of Our Lord February 2, 2025

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