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February 01, 2023

Bible Study Tonight, February 1

February 01, 2023/ Dennis
Bible Study Tonight, February 1

Just a reminder of Bible Study tonight Wednesday, February 1 at 7:00 PM on Zoom. 

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February 01, 2023/ Dennis/
February 01, 2023

Lent 2023: Unfinished

February 01, 2023/ Dennis
Lent 2023: Unfinished

This Lent, you are invited into the spiritual practice vocare, a practice designed to help you discover and embrace various ways that God calls you in everyday life.

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February 01, 2023/ Dennis/
January 26, 2023

Sermon: Fishing in Low Tide

January 26, 2023/ Dennis
Sermon: Fishing in Low Tide

In this time when the tide is low, we continue to be faithful because the people who live in darkness have seen a great light.

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January 26, 2023/ Dennis/ Comment
January 26, 2023

Weekly Check-in: Does God Care About Classified Documents?

January 26, 2023/ Dennis
Weekly Check-in: Does God Care About Classified Documents?

Trump, Biden, Pence...it seems like everyone in DC has mishandled classified documents. Does it matter? Does it matter to God? Pastor Dennis talks about this in the latest Weekly Check-in.

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January 26, 2023/ Dennis/ Comment
youtube, commentary
January 12, 2023

Weekly Check-in: Giving Evangelism A Bad Name

January 12, 2023/ Dennis
Weekly Check-in: Giving Evangelism A Bad Name

What is evangelism? What's so good about it? What is evangelism for mainline Protestants? Well, evangelism is about the good news which is Jesus. But there is a right and wrong way to do it.

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January 12, 2023/ Dennis/ Comment
January 06, 2023

Weekly Check-in: Your Baptism Matters.

January 06, 2023/ Dennis
Weekly Check-in: Your Baptism Matters.

What is baptism? Why is it so important for Christians? In this special Weekly check-in, Pastor Dennis shares his own baptism story and why it mattered as he grew older and met the challenges of life.

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January 06, 2023/ Dennis/ Comment
December 31, 2022

Year End Review

December 31, 2022/ Dennis
Year End Review

No matter what happens as a congregation and also in our own individual lives, we remember that God is with us, and we aren’t alone. 

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December 31, 2022/ Dennis/
November 20, 2022

Great Expectation: Advent Worship Theme

November 20, 2022/ Roseville Lutheran Church/ Dennis
Great Expectation: Advent Worship Theme

There is a lot about the birth of Jesus that doesn’t make sense. And yet, this absurd birth brings salvation to all of creation.

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November 20, 2022/ Roseville Lutheran Church/ Dennis/
October 29, 2022

Weekly Check-in: When the World Invades the Church

October 29, 2022/ Dennis
Weekly Check-in: When the World Invades the Church

Pastor Dennis talks about how the world can invade the church even and how Christians must bring God's reality into the world.

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October 29, 2022/ Dennis/
videos, video, commentary, pastor's blog
violence
October 21, 2022

Weekly Check-in: What Is Christian Nationalism?

October 21, 2022/ Dennis
Weekly Check-in: What Is Christian Nationalism?

Pastor Dennis shares his love for the United States and how patriotism differs from Christian Nationalism.

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October 21, 2022/ Dennis/
videos, video, commentary, pastor's blog
christian nationalism
October 15, 2022

Weekly Check-in: Why Does Worship Matter?

October 15, 2022/ Dennis
Weekly Check-in: Why Does Worship Matter?

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?

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October 15, 2022/ Dennis/
worship, videos, video, commentary, pastor's blog
sunday worship
October 06, 2022

Weekly Check-in: Is First Christian A Progressive Congregation?

October 06, 2022/ Dennis
Weekly Check-in: Is First Christian A Progressive Congregation?

Is First Christian a progressive congregation? The answer is complex.

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October 06, 2022/ Dennis/
justice, pastor's blog, videos, video, commentary
progressive christianity, progressive church, progressive, conservative, politics
September 29, 2022

Weekly Check-in: We Need An Anxious Faith!

September 29, 2022/ Dennis
Weekly Check-in: We Need An Anxious Faith!

In this video, Pastor Dennis talks about the anxious times we live in and how we need to have an "anxious faith."

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September 29, 2022/ Dennis/
commentary, pastor's blog, video, videos
faith, anxiety, psalm 121, youtube
September 07, 2022

Preparing for Sunday | September 11, 2022

September 07, 2022/ Dennis
Preparing for Sunday | September 11, 2022

Here is this week’s episode of Preparing for Sunday. We look at Luke 15:1-10.

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September 07, 2022/ Dennis/
August 16, 2022

A Church Is Its People: Introducing FCC's Sabbath Year

August 16, 2022/ Dennis
A Church Is Its People: Introducing FCC's Sabbath Year

Throughout this coming program year, we will be taking a kind of sabbatical as a church. We will still worship together and spend time together, but we will use our time to intentionally discern God’s call for us as a community.

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August 16, 2022/ Dennis/
July 19, 2022

Tuesday Thoughts: Work the Problem

July 19, 2022/ Dennis
Tuesday Thoughts: Work the Problem

Ministry is in many ways living by the seat of your pants, or at least it should be. Walking in faith and trusting that God will work through us is risky and dangerous. You might even lose your life.

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July 19, 2022/ Dennis/
July 13, 2022

Decommissioning Service set for July 24

July 13, 2022/ Dennis
Decommissioning Service set for July 24

We are not closing, but we are moving to a new location and we want to close this chapter in the life of this congregation.

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July 13, 2022/ Dennis/
June 29, 2022

Vespers: Every New Beginning Comes From Some Other's Beginning's End

June 29, 2022/ Dennis
Vespers: Every New Beginning Comes From Some Other's Beginning's End

Packing up and moving and means saying goodbye. And we don’t really like saying Goodbyes because it means the end of something.

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June 29, 2022/ Dennis/
vespers, essays
June 25, 2022

Vespers | Happy Pride!

June 25, 2022/ Dennis
Vespers | Happy Pride!

What do LGBTQ people mean when they talk about pride?

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June 25, 2022/ Dennis/
essays, vespers, videos, worship
June 04, 2022

Preparing for Sunday | June 5,2022

June 04, 2022/ Dennis
Preparing for Sunday | June 5,2022

Here is this week’s episode of Preparing for Sunday. We look at the famous text for Pentecost Sunday, Acts 2:1-21.

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June 04, 2022/ Dennis/
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