During Lent and Holy Week, we will be using a devotional from Lutheran Hour Ministries. They can be read at home every day, and will serve as the basis for our worship on Wednesdays and Sundays through Easter. These devotions are available at church, but can also be downloaded as a PDF to read on…
We were going to sing this hymn originally as the sermon hymn for this Sunday. And then, we were going to try to add it to the service. But we’re finding that using music in worship is a lot more complex than we had hoped – copyright issues, social media platforms basically taking down videos…
Full service recording can be found here. Old Testament: Psalm 25:1-7 Epistle: Romans 8:31-39 Gospel: Mark 14:32-42 Message Suffering and Love Audio (you can also listen to this and past sermons as a podcast here): Sermon Video Give Offering Online Submit Prayer Requests
Full service recording can be found here. Old Testament: Psalm 46 Epistle: Philippians 3:12-21 Gospel: Matthew 21:33-46 Message Occupied Territory Audio (you can also listen to this and past sermons as a podcast here): Sermon Video Give Offering Online Submit Prayer Requests
The crucifixion story is one that I hold very near to my heart, now especially after saying goodbye to two children, one during Lent and one whose sickness started during Holy Week. That our God would willingly allow His Son to die, in order that we could be forgiven! This particular hymn is written in…
As I said a couple of days ago, I have a deep, abiding love of Lenten hymns. The poetry is so beautiful, and I could sit and ponder the language all day (apologies to all non-English majors out there). I mean, look at the fourth verse. Where else do you see a word like sepulchral?…
Welcome to the second music blog post of our Lenten quarantine!
Because of the format we are using for worship right now, trying to worship together with music is a lot more complicated. But there is so much beauty and richness in music, that I hope to use this blog as a point of contact and connection right now. During Lent, I’ve been using a devotional…
Full service recording can be found here. Old Testament: Psalm 71:1-6 Epistle: Romans 5:1-11 Gospel: John 8:1-11 Message Freedom from Shame Audio (you can also listen to this and past sermons as a podcast here): Video Give Offering Online Submit Prayer Requests
Old Testament: Job 1:20-22 Epistle: 2 Corinthians 12:1-10 Gospel: John 5:1-15 Message God’s No and God’s Yes Audio (you can also listen to this and past sermons as a podcast here): Video Give Offering Online Submit Prayer Requests