Theme for September-October: "Be Still and Know"
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Are we missing something in our busyness? Could we be missing God?
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Sermon: The Great Disruption | May 28, 2023
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Pentecost Sunday | Acts 2:1-21 | May 28, 2023 | Dennis Sanders, preaching
Read MoreWeekly Check-in: Why Does Worship Matter?
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Why should we go to church on a Sunday? Does God care if we worship in a church with people or out in the woods by ourselves?
Read MorePreparing for Sunday: March 27, 2022
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Preparing for Sunday is a resource to get ready for the upcoming Sunday using a text from the Revised Common Lectionary. This week's text is from Luke 4:1-13.
Read MorePreparing for Sunday: March 6, 2022
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Preparing for Sunday is a resource to get ready for the upcoming Sunday using a text from the Revised Common Lectionary. This week's text is from Luke 4:1-13.
Read MorePreparing for Sunday: February 27, 2022
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Preparing for Sunday is a resource to get ready for the upcoming Sunday using a text from the Revised Common Lectionary. This week's text is from Luke 9:28-36.
Read MorePreparing for Sunday: February 20, 2022
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Let’s prepare for Sunday’s text by reading scripture from Luke 6:27-38 and see what questions come to mind.
Read MorePreparing for Sunday: February 13, 2022
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Let’s prepare for Sunday’s text by reading scripture from Luke 6:17-26 and see what questions come to mind.
Read MorePreparing for Sunday: February 6, 2022
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Let’s prepare for Sunday’s text by reading scripture from Luke 5:1-11 and asking a few questions.
Read MorePreparing for Sunday: January 30, 2022
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Let’s prepare for Sunday’s text by reading scripture and asking a few questions.
Read MorePreparing for Sunday: January 23, 2022
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Photo by Sunguk Kim on Unsplash
The text for this upcoming Sunday comes from Luke 4:14-21. You can read the text by going here.
Here are some questions to think about the text:
Jesus comes to Nazareth in the power of the Spirit. Earlier in chapter 4, Jesus was full of the Spirit after his baptism (4:1) and then the Spirit leads him into the desert to be tempted by the devil in the desert. What does this all say about the Holy Spirit? Has there ever been a time you felt led by the Spirit? What did that feel like?
The book of Acts is written by the same author of Luke. The second chapter of Acts is about the time of Pentecost when the Spirit comes to the nascent church and leads the disciples of Jesus from Jerusalem to the ends of the known world. What role does the Spirit play in your life? What about in your faith community?
When Jesus talks about preaching good news to the poor, does Jesus mean literal poor or spiritual poor? What difference would it make either way?
Jesus uses the text from Isaiah to say that he is God’s anointed. If you heard Jesus saying that he was the anointed one, the Messiah, how would you feel? Would you believe him?
What are your answers? What are your questions? Feel free to share them by responding to this post in the comments section or sending an email to info@fccsaintpaul.org.
Worship Video and Podcast 02/21/21
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What is hope? How is it different from optimism? We will look at the tales of Noah and the Ark found in Genesis 9. Noah and his family finally get out of the ark after a long time inside. After all the death and destruction, God offers a symbol of hope and trust.
Read MoreWorship Video and Podcast 02/14/21
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We hear a lot about freedom in our culture. The freedom of speech, the freedom to express ourselves, the freedom to choose. What does freedom look like in the body of Christ?
Read MoreWorship Video and Podcast 02/07/21
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We hear a lot about freedom in our culture. The freedom of speech, the freedom to express ourselves, the freedom to choose. What does freedom look like in the body of Christ?
Read MoreGod Is A Concept (Not). - 1/31/21 Worship→
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Do we believe in God? Really, do we believe that God is real, that God makes a difference in the world, in our lives?
Read MoreKlan We Talk? (1/24/2021 Worship) →
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If you felt that God was calling you to meet with the Klan and preach repentance, would you do it? Would you WANT to do it? That's what is the case in today's passage in Jonah 3.
Read MoreSet A Course for Adventure! (1/17/2021 Worship)
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Come and see. If you read the gospel of John, all throughout that book Jesus is always inviting people to a “course for adventure.” He invites them to come and follow him in a way that leaves them wanting more.
Read MoreHomework: Set A Course for Adventure!
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Inviting people to meet Jesus is not about shoving the Bible in people’s faces. It’s about sharing what God means to us with our family and friends.
Read MoreThis Is Who We Are. (1/10/2021 Worship)
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In light of the storming of the capital our baptism matters. We are called into a ministry of reconciliation and Lord knows we need it.
Read MoreThis Is Who We Are
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We begin our Epiphany worship series wondering what our baptisms say about us.
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